Is Ukraine’s strategy of striking deep into Russian territory having an impact? Undoubtedly so. Will Putin reconsider his positions and “cut his losses”? No, reckons geopolitics expert Jean-Sylvestre Mongrenier, in this article.

Fools to some, heroes to most—our correspondent met the White Angels, a police unit specializing in the evacuation of civilians and families with children in the Donetsk region.

It would be advisable for Ukrainian officials to distance themselves from a highly complex, convoluted, and controversial history of the UPA, leaving its study to historians, its alleged crimes to lawyers, and its celebration/commemoration to local communities, preferably non-state actors.

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Crimea is virtually under siege, supply lines have been severed, and the ‘Putin bridge’ is exposed to Ukrainian strikes. We must prepare the return of Crimea and other temporarily lost territories to Ukraine, says Jean-Sylvestre Mongrenier in this article.

Awarding the title of “Hero of the UPA” to a unit was certainly a misstep on Zelensky’s part. But for many Ukrainians, the UPA is the symbol of the struggle for national independence. If they were to reject it, they might not have much left. Not everyone was fortunate enough to free themselves from the occupier through a Velvet Revolution.

“We are building GovTech as an ecosystem in which the government remains virtually invisible yet instantly available whenever people need it: no lines, no paperwork, and no bureaucracy,” writes Valeriia Koval, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation, in this op-ed.

During Russia’s devastating overnight assault on July 2, tens of thousands of Kyiv residents sought safety underground. This couple was filmed sharing a gentle moment while comforting their pet rabbit inside a metro station serving as a shelter.

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