Statement by President Biden on Russia's Unprovoked and Unjustified Attack on Ukraine  —  The prayers of the entire world are with the people of Ukraine tonight as they suffer an unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces.  President Putin has chosen a premeditated war …

Michael Kofman, an expert on Russia's armed forces, explains why the Kremlin will seek regime change in Ukraine  —  Scenarios involving only limited fighting make little sense militarily  —  AFTER A LENGTHY and ominous speech, Russia's President Vladimir Putin chose to recognise …

Calamity Again … The poem is called “Calamity Again.”  The original version was written in Ukrainian, in 1859, and the author, Taras Shevchenko, was not speaking metaphorically when he wrote about slavery.  Shevchenko was born into a family of serfs—slaves—on an estate in what is now central Ukraine …

Blasts rock Ukraine as Putin declares war  —  KYIV — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine, unleashing a bombardment that threatens to push Europe into its biggest conflict since World War II.  —  After his declaration of war …

Arm the Ukrainians Now  —  A rule of thumb in the theater is that if someone produces a pistol in the first act, it will be used by the end of the third.  Vladimir Putin put the pistol on the table last April as he began deploying Russian forces to the Ukrainian border.  And now he has used it.

Zelensky says Putin has ordered invasion  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an impassioned address on Wednesday night that Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered an invasion of his country but that if Russia attacks, “you will see our faces, not our backs.”