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February 22, 2026, 02:05 PM - 8 min read
From Day 1 of the conflict, Western strategy has been predicated on the belief that economic sanctions would eventually cause either the Russian elite or its society to persuade Putin to abandon the war.
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February 20, 2026, 01:17 PM - 8 min read
The Kalevala, a poetic masterpiece of nearly 23,000 lines, first appeared in 1835. Now, nearly 200 years later, those “luckless lands of the North” are an increasingly tense border zone. On one side sits Finland, affluent and famously “happy.” On the other side sits the Republic of Karelia that today is part of the Russian Federation. But on February 28, both will unite in celebration of Kalevala’s anniversary and the cultural-political independence it helped achieve.
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February 16, 2026, 01:23 PM - 7 min read
Offering logistically almost-impossible elections and a referendum with a highly uncertain outcome would be a smart way for the Ukrainian President and his European allies to buy themselves the time they need for a new strategy.
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February 6, 2026, 02:56 PM - 3 min read
The US-brokered negotiations being held in the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) capital lasted two days and saw high-level delegations from the three countries remain deeply divided over various demands
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February 5, 2026, 02:45 PM - 8 min read
The use of Iranian technology has helped Russia develop a fleet of sophisticated drones able to erode Ukrainian air defences and strain the country’s resolve. By doing so, Moscow is able to preserve more expensive missiles for long-range precision strikes.
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January 27, 2026, 04:29 PM - 3 min read
In a video, Gerasimov stated that Russian forces had captured 17 settlements and gained control of more than 500 square kilometre of territory in Ukraine during January.
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January 13, 2026, 01:43 PM - 8 min read
Past precedent suggests Ukraine must be prepared for the worst: Occupied territories, once lost, often remain so indefinitely. This is what happened when the Soviet Union conquered the province of Karelia from Finland following the Winter War in 1939-1940. Finland tried to reclaim Karelia from Moscow via military means in the Continuation War of 1941-1944. But Finnish forces were ultimately beaten back.
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December 25, 2025, 02:38 PM - 2 min read
Although Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the progress in US-brokered peace negotiations with Russia is “quite solid”, he fears Donbas to be a problematic topic
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December 21, 2025, 02:20 PM - 2 min read
At his year-end news conference late Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected the idea offered by Russian President Vladimir Putin of allowing Ukrainians living in Russia to vote in Ukraine’s presidential elections
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December 20, 2025, 11:43 AM - 2 min read
Russia considers Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to be an illegitimate leader since his term expired in 2024, but Kyiv refuses to hold elections citing martial law in the country
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December 16, 2025, 01:28 PM - 8 min read
Ceasefires built on coercion or exhaustion inevitably fail because they do not resolve the conflict’s causes. Durable peace agreements require all sides to cooperate with international efforts to document war crimes and human rights violations, such as the United Nations’ Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine.
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December 2, 2025, 04:26 PM - 6 min read
From Ukraine’s point of view, having backers who can provide financial support is all they need; however, financial aid and machines do not win battles; they are won by manpower and raw force.
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