World
Ukraine
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
Oct. 12
War in Ukraine
Chechen leader Kadyrov is becoming increasingly emboldened in his personal political disputes.
Oct. 12
Putin
Putin’s fixation with keeping the Arab and Islamic World onside as his full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches its third anniversary means he now needs Kadyrov more than the other way around.
Oct. 12
Top News
What are Ukrainian refugees today may be Estonian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Polish, and Finnish refugees tomorrow. Europe is now addressing the symptom, not the cause.
Oct. 12
Putin
A combination of factors has Donald Trump’s support growing. As a relatively fresh face, Kamala Harris’ best approach might be to remain vague about how she would be president.
Oct. 12
Russia
According to Ukrainian partisans, the Russians are setting up mobile gas stations that constantly change locations due to the fear of being targeted.
Oct. 12
US
A report that pro-Russian bots were trying to sway the US presidential elections, with disinformation on X against Kamala Harris and Zelensky has come to the social media platform’s attention.
Oct. 12
Russia
In Saratov, Azamat Iskaliyev, a former prisoner released to fight in Ukraine, killed his girlfriend after a breakup, one of 500 such incidents after nearly three years of war.
Oct. 11
Top News
Russia is showing all of the signs of having fallen into a quagmire with no strategy or hope of being able to get out
Oct. 11
Top News
Zelensky has been seeking support on a two-day whirlwind tour of European capitals that earlier took him to London, Paris and Rome
Oct. 11
Vojislav Torden – a commander of the Russian far-right, neo-Nazi paramilitary Rusich group – was detained at Helsinki airport in July 2023.
Oct. 11
Europe
Almost 40 UK companies are being investigated for violating sanctions against Russian oil, implemented to limit the Kremlin’s profits during its war in Ukraine with no one having yet been penalized.
Oct. 11
HUR
Kyiv Post visited the training camp of the International Legion under Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR), a special unit, consisting of foreign volunteers.
Oct. 11
Drones
The 400 Russian Shahed kamikaze drones that were destroyed by a Ukrainian special forces attack on Oct. 9 were stored “offsite” away from their military launch site.
Oct. 11
Russia
Promised work-study hospitality programs, these women instead face harsh working conditions and long hours in munitions factories, often under constant surveillance and exposed to harmful chemicals.
Oct. 11
A failed Ukrainian state would be a huge security risk for Europe
Oct. 11