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 ·
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 ·
The spectacle of political solidarity is often mistaken for strategic calculus.
By Dana Whitfield ·
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 ·
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 ·
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 ·
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 ·
The reports detailing the passing of Oleksiy Yukov, the "collector of souls," are framed in terms of profound personal sacrifice.
By Klaus Berger ·
It’s always the same story, isn't it?
By Maya Ellison ·
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 ·
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 ·
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 ·
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired General Oleksandr Syrskyi, the army’s commander-in-chief, on Tuesday, 21 July 2026.
By Dana Whitfield ·