3+ hour, 43+ min ago  (584+ words) July 5, 2026 " 6: 29am ET In 2022, the invading Russian military was so confident of success that some troops reportedly packed dress uniforms to wear during the coming victory parade in Kyiv. Few could have imagined that four years later, Putin would be forced…...

1+ day, 33+ min ago  (710+ words) July 4, 2026 " 9: 40am ET For the past five years, I have had a front row seat to the most significant transformation of European security since the end of the Cold War. I have witnessed this transformation from two very different vantage points....

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (207+ words) June 30, 2026 " 4: 59pm ET Peter Dickinson is editor of the Atlantic Council's Ukraine Alert service. Ukraine Alert Jun 25, 2026 Belarus dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka is not enthusiastic about the prospect of joining Russia's Ukraine invasion, but he appears to be steadily building up his…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (634+ words) June 30, 2026 " 4: 29pm ET By Elena Davlikanova, Tatiana Vorozhko The EU is currently debating a visa ban on Russian military personnel as fears rise over Moscow's escalating hybrid war against Europe. The measure was recently proposed by European Commission President Ursula von…...

1+ mon, 17+ hour ago  (619+ words) June 4, 2026 " 4: 56pm ET For the past two decades, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum has served as a stage for Russian President Vladimir Putin to impress foreign guests and showcase his strength. Indeed, the glitzy annual event in Russia's second city…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (394+ words) May 26, 2026 " 3: 26pm ET "We all support the aspirations of the Belarusian people to rid themselves of Russian interference, and we know that Russia is currently trying to drag Belarus even deeper into this war against Ukraine," commented Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (752+ words) May 14, 2026 " 4: 23pm ET Zelenskyy's comments underline the nightmarish reality of daily life in the Kherson region, which staddles the Dnipro River on the front lines of the war in southern Ukraine. The right bank of the Kherson region was liberated from…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (235+ words) May 1, 2026 " 8: 16am ET "Instead of us thinking that Ukraine needs Europe, perhaps we should think that we in Europe need Ukraine more," Finnish President Alexander Stubb commented on April 28 in Helsinki. Ukraine, the Finnish leader noted, has "the largest, most efficient,…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (560+ words) April 30, 2026 " 2: 00pm ET Addressing stalled Russia-Ukraine peace talks in early April, US Vice President JD Vance accused both Moscow and Kyiv of "haggling over a few square kilometers of territory." He then questioned whether this dispute was worth "losing hundreds of…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (392+ words) April 14, 2026 " 1: 08pm ET While the details of the security agreements Zelenskyy signed with Saudi Arabia and Qatar last month have not been made public, they are widely understood to lay the foundations for a long-term defense cooperation and a win-win exchange:…...