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PROUD RANT: My little Denmark is - relative to GDP - Ukraine's biggest supporter. And my prime minister just told her colleagues to stop…
In a week that has been described as make or break for Ukraine, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen did not beat around the bush. How refreshing.
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BLITZ INTERVIEW: Gordon Siebring - an American farmer in Ukraine with a few home truths to tell.
This down to earth American has spent decades in Ukraine, and is in awe of the Ukrainians defending their country, but disgusted by the corruption he…
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Yalta European Strategy conference prods a slow-moving West to help Ukraine win
This is Brian Bonner's article for The Cipher Brief on the 20th annual YES conference in Kyiv on September 13-14.
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The latest on Ukraine's home & war front
Veronika Melkozerova, Politico's ace correspondent in Ukraine, gives her insights to Brian Bonner on Hromadske Radio's Ukraine Calling program.
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Fact-checking the Ukraine part of the Harris-Trump debate
Donald Trump lies to make Kamala Harris look weak. He exploits Joe Biden’s hesitancy, and uses Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats as a scare tactic…
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What Americans think about Ukraine (if they do)? Impressions from the old editor's summer trip to the US of A.
Maybe Ukraine’s best chance is that there seems to be more 'Trump fatigue' than 'Ukraine fatigue? “The overall mood is ‘When will this thing (the war…
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The answer was clearly no.
The feeble response of the West to Russia's initial invasion in 2014, combined with Ukraine's multiple weaknesses, set the stage for where we are today.
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One reason why Feb. 24, 2022, happened: Sanctions against Russia were porous
The West and some in Ukraine simply weren't interested in getting tough with the Kremlin after its 2014 seizure of the Crimean Peninsula.
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Marta Dyczok discusses her new book 'Ukraine, not the Ukraine'
The Canadian-Ukrainian professor also discusses her coverage of Ukraine's original Independence Day in 1991 -- she covered it as a journalist in Kyiv.
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Unpleasant news (1): 'The mob is not going to storm the Kremlin and throw Putin out over Kursk.'
“I realize that this will displease many people [in the West],” says Fred Weir, Moscow correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor for 25 years…
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Independence celebrations over the years
The cover of the once-independent Kyiv Post on Aug. 27, 2020. Historical footnote: The Kyiv Post opened its new office on 68 Zhylianska St. on the last…
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The build-up to the 'Big War'
Volodymyr Zelensky meets with Joe Biden, Angel Merkel; Ukraine hosts Crimean Platform. It all seemed almost normal, six months before Russia's…
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Two Grumpy Old Men on Ukraine 🇺🇦
Two Grumpy Old Men on Ukraine 🇺🇦
Between them, Michael Andersen and Brian Bonner have covered Ukraine for 50+ years. This blog is pro-Ukrainian, telling the truth about places, people and the West's role. Neither the war nor Ukraine's other challenges started in February 2022.
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