Volodymyr Zelensky

Yesterday, U.S. President Joe Biden flew to Kyiv to reaffirm America’s commitment to continue with the War in Ukraine. In the President’s words: “I thought it was critical that there not be any doubt, none whatsoever, about U.S. Support for Ukraine in the war.” As Biden has often repeated, the…

On February 7, the first German Leopard 2 tank arrived in Kyiv, with another 100 set to follow very soon. Meanwhile, rumours swirled around Ukraine’s defence minister, Oleksii Reznikov about his possible replacement following a corruption scandal. As I’ve previously written, the rumours marked a painful moment in an agonising…

Anyone who wishes Ukraine well (and watched its president pay a quick, strategic visit to Britain) will be dismayed by news that its defence minister, Oleksii Reznikov, is to be replaced following a corruption scandal. There is no suggestion that Mr Reznikov himself is directly implicated in any wrongdoing, but…

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As we look back on this most tumultuous year, we had a bit of everything: a horrendous, inexplicable war, more and more disastrous climate change events including wildfires and floods, mass shootings and more mass shootings, inflation and looming recession, the tenaciousness of Covid, the collapse of the crypto myth…

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky gave a historic address to Congress, pleading for more military aid to win the war against Russia and only 86 of 213 House Republicans attended while a number of them refused to applaud or stand to acknowledge the war time leader. “Ukraine is alive and kicking,”…