Russia has recently issued US and NATO leaders with a series of unrealistic security demands but Moscow’s true goal remains the isolation and subjugation of Ukraine
Russian hybrid war in Ukraine
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UKRAINE AT 30: Europe’s last great unfinished nation-building odyssey continues
Today’s Ukraine is increasingly democratic and European but has yet to become prosperous or live up to its huge potential
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Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine obsession could plunge Europe into a major war
The Russian president’s recent essay on the “historical unity” of Russians and Ukrainians lays bare his dangerous imperial delusions and refusal to accept the loss of Ukraine
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English language initiative aims to help Ukrainian combat veterans enter civilian life
US-based NGO seeks to empower Ukrainian military personnel with new language and professional skills
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Exploring eastern Ukraine’s European roots and the many myths of Putin’s Russian World
Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly claimed that eastern Ukraine is part of Russia’s historical heartlands, but the region actually has deep Ukrainian roots and strong historic ties to the rest of Europe
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New suicide prevention hotline aims to provide support for Ukraine’s growing army of traumatized military veterans
Lifeline Ukraine is Ukraine’s first fully professional suicide prevention and mental health support hotline. It will offer soldier-to-soldier counselling in a bid to overcome Ukrainian society’s mental health taboo
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A TALE OF TWO AIRPORTS: Diverging fates of Lviv and Donetsk airports since 2014 mirror Ukraine’s transformation
Booming Lviv International Airport almost doubled passenger numbers in 2018 while Donetsk International Airport lies in ruins as the ultimate monument to the futile destructiveness of Putin’s Ukraine War
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Increasing the cost of Russia’s Crimean crime – Oschadbank’s recent arbitration success can inspire similar Ukrainian claims
Ukrainian state-owned bank Oschadbank has set a legal precedent with a billion-dollar international arbitration court victory over the Kremlin related to the 2014 Russian seizure of Crimea
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Girkin: my bodyguards in Ukraine war were all Russian Orthodox Church monks
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Kharkiv’s key role in Ukraine’s nation-building story helps debunk the myth of an insurmountable east-west divide
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