Merz funds arms in Kyiv because Berlin cannot rent peace
Chancellor Friedrich Merz visits Kyiv with new military aid, binding German industrial power to an escalating war of attrition that Berlin can no longer afford to avoid.
By Tom Beckwith ·
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Kyiv: Prosecutor General reviews negligence at Myla depot site
The immediate tragedy—the Russian drone strike hitting an ammunition depot near Kyiv, killing at least 37 people and forcing hundreds to evacuate—is only the surface event.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
European leaders in Kyiv: Support must be industrial, not spectacle
When you watch a parade—a carefully staged procession of flags and smiling dignitaries—it is easy to mistake spectacle for substance.
By Alma Cordero ·
Burnham's Kyiv trip reveals SCALP blueprints are industrial transfers
The spectacle of political solidarity is often mistaken for strategic calculus.
By Dana Whitfield ·
Russia’s War Toll Mounts In Ukraine Amid A Possible Mobilization
The perennial drama of the war in Ukraine is often reduced to a series of kinetic bursts—a tank here, a missile there.
By Dana Whitfield ·
Kyiv comes under heavy Russian missile attack, killing at least 13
The headline—Russian missile barrage kills at least 13 in Kyiv—is a brutal, necessary fact, but it is only the surface tremor.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
Volodymyr Zelensky swap: Generals prioritize ledgers over human lives
It is always disheartening to watch grand national conflicts reduce the profound dignity of human life—the memory of a man who defended Mariupol, or a woman simply waiting for her…
By Caroline Ashford ·
Petrovka fires show Russia targets civilian infrastructure, says BBC
The headlines today are saturated with casualty counts and conflicting claims about who launched what—a Russian missile attack on Kyiv that injured six people at a market,…
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
Platsdarm's work reveals systemic decay in the Donetsk region
The reports detailing the passing of Oleksiy Yukov, the "collector of souls," are framed in terms of profound personal sacrifice.
By Klaus Berger ·
North Korean missile unit deploys in Russia for Ukraine war, Kyiv says
It’s always the same story, isn't it?
By Maya Ellison ·
Unidentified projectile lands deep inside Poland causing explosion as Russia launches deadly, Ukraine-wide attack
The sheer brutality of it—the reports coming out of Ukraine this week are not merely news; they are a stark, visceral reminder that the architecture of modern sovereignty is built…
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Why the constant political drama in Kyiv is obscuring the arithmetic of survival
The reports emerging from Kyiv over the past weeks read less like a functioning national defense apparatus and more like a high-stakes, poorly managed shareholder meeting.
By Dana Whitfield ·
Command Authority Requires More Than Talking Points: The Hard Reality of Warfighting
The headlines coming out of Kyiv this week read like a poorly scripted play, featuring multiple cast members arguing over who gets to hold the script. A new commander-in-chief is appointed.
By Grant Colby ·
Ukraine dismisses battle-hardened general for a digital warfare strategist
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired General Oleksandr Syrskyi, the army’s commander-in-chief, on Tuesday, 21 July 2026.
By Dana Whitfield ·