Reports indicate that after months of fighting, the Russians have taken the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. This comes at a time when…

The Russian president is vulnerable but circumstances favor an even more belligerent hardliner as his most likely successor. As Russian defeats in…

The Russian government’s move today to annex the territories it has occupied in Ukraine is absolutely illegal, as well as a very serious escalation…

Recent Ukrainian victories made the Russian government’s declaration of partial mobilization a military necessity from Russia’s point of view. Without this, Russia could not…

Horrified by the invasion, centrist elites like Dmitri Trenin nonetheless sense the US is using the conflict to destroy their country

Source: Democracy Now! The Biden administration has pledged billions in military aid to Ukraine since Russia invaded in late February, and U.S.…

If there is indeed a shift in strategy to another level of confrontation with Russia, we need to know what we’re getting into

Interview on what a Ukraine-Russia peace deal could look like and what is at stake in a prolonged war

Shooting down Russian planes and bombing Russian anti-aircraft sites would greatly increase the risks of escalation, up to and including a nuclear confrontation

The meaning and consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the West’s response