Ukraine Built an ‘Amazon’ for Its Army. Battlefield Points Buy Drones
Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation Oksana Ferchuk tells Independence Avenue Media how a state-run marketplace lets brigades order drones directly, get them in days…
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A Leading Ukrainian Analyst Says Europe Deserves Credit for Sustaining Ukraine’s Fight as Washington Steps Back
President Trump's envoys were received politely in Kyiv. But analyst Mykola Bielieskov says nobody there expects the shuttle diplomacy to work — Ukraine is…
Trump Signs Sweeping Russia Sanctions Bill Named After Lindsey Graham
Most Democrats dismissed it as a blank check for Trump to impose tariffs. Republicans — and some Democrats — called it much needed leverage…
Daniel Fried: Take Trump’s Peace Push Seriously — and Pass the Sanctions Bill to Back It
Daniel Fried says the Trump administration's renewed push to end Russia's war against Ukraine is worth taking seriously — but diplomacy without credible pressure…
Sanctioning Russia Act: Can Congress Finish What Lindsey Graham Started?
The Senate passed the late senator's sanctions bill as a tribute. Six weeks later, it's stuck in a House fight over Trump's tariff powers…
John Lough: A Pause in the War Would Be Dangerous — for Putin
Days after Witkoff and Kushner floated a "win-win" settlement in Kyiv, the NATO veteran and Kremlin analyst argues Putin is still trying to negotiate…
Russia’s Double-Tap Strikes Are Hunting Ukraine’s Rescuers
Across Ukraine, second strikes keep landing where the rescuers just arrived. Researchers say that's the point.
A Pentagon Veteran Says It’s Time to Fight Back in Russia’s Shadow War
Laura Cooper ran the Pentagon's Russia and Ukraine portfolio for eight years. She says the West has waited too long to answer the sabotage…
Russia Is Burning Millions of Ukrainian Books
Ukrainian publishers printed 13.5 million books in the first eight months of the year. Russian strikes on printing plants, warehouses and bookstores destroyed more…
