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Opinion: Trading territories means trading people

The following opinion piece accompanies the Kyiv Independent’s War Crimes Investigations Unit’s newly released documentary, “Shadows Across the River.” Watch the documentary  by clicking here.“Let Russia retain control over occupied Ukrainian territories to finally freeze this war!” This refrain, repeated in media and political discourse worldwide, has become a popular “peace plan” for Russia’s war…

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Opinion: UN Secretary General Guterres

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ decision to attend the BRICS summit in Kazan, Tatarstan, is a glaring example of diplomatic stupidity that should alarm anyone concerned about the principles of human rights and international law. This collection of authoritarian regimes is hardly the place for the leader of a global institution that claims to…

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Opinion: Ukraine’s Incursion Into Russia’s Kursk Region Is a Game-Changer

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have made a daring advance into Russia’s Kursk region in August 2024, as part of Ukraine’s overall self-defense strategy. Ukraine’s successful military incursion into Russia has not only amazed the West, but also stunned the Kremlin by exposing its actual vulnerability, both to NATO and Russia’s oligarchic elite, particularly when the…

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Opinion: Red Thin Line – How to Play Russia

For years, Russia has employed an escalating language of force, creating faits accomplis, waging hybrid warfare against Poland, the Baltic states, and other countries on NATO’s eastern flank, and regularly engaging in nuclear blackmail. In contrast, much of the Western political class has acted in the opposite manner, opting for de-escalation. But is this approach…

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Opinion: Ukraine’s Post-War Prosperity Depends on Taking the Right Measures Now

Ukraine has stunned the world with its resilience to Russian aggression over the last ten years, especially since the all-out invasion of February 2022. Provided the West stands firmly behind Ukraine, it looks highly unlikely that Vladimir Putin will be able to conquer Ukraine militarily. That would mean Ukrainian statehood is here to stay and,…

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Opinion: Peace in Ukraine will come through Putin’s fall, not a battlefield breakthrough

With Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine now well into its third year, there are mounting questions about whether any sort of peace or victory is possible.Much depends, of course, on how one defines those terms. For Putin, the explicitly stated objective is to eliminate Ukraine as an independent nation-state and subject…

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