Melania Trump brokered a temporary truce to evacuate Oleshky, but the pause allows Russia to regroup while Washington pressures Kyiv, making the relief a dangerous illusion.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Russia holds parliamentary elections in illegally annexed Ukrainian regions using armed coercion, treating democracy as a logistical exercise in imperial bookkeeping.
By Tom Beckwith ·
The reports streaming out of Ukraine are not merely chronicles of combat; they are meticulously documented acts of systemic attrition.
By Emilio Quesada ·