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UkraineAlert
Jul 1, 2025
Putin’s escalating air offensive is overwhelming Ukraine’s defenses
By
Mykola Bielieskov
Russian aerial attacks on Ukrainian cities are expanding rapidly and killing growing numbers of civilians. Kyiv must urgently find technological solutions to defend against Putin’s escalating air offensive, writes Mykola Bielieskov.

UkraineAlert
Jun 23, 2025
‘All of Ukraine is ours’: Putin’s Russian imperialism is now on full display
By
Peter Dickinson
Putin declared last week that “all of Ukraine is ours.” The Kremlin dictator’s revealing comments highlight the resurgent Russian imperialism driving Europe’s largest invasion since WWII, writes Peter Dickinson.

UkraineAlert
Jun 12, 2025
Putin’s peace plan is a blueprint for the end of Ukrainian statehood
By
Tetiana Kotelnykova
Russia’s peace plan sends a clear signal that Moscow wants to erase Ukraine as a state and as a nation. If Western leaders wish to avoid this catastrophic outcome, they must convince Putin that the alternative to a negotiated peace is a Russian defeat, writes Tetiana Kotelnykova.
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Resilience in the face of adversity
Ukraine’s transformation
Ukraine has moved tentatively toward an open society and market economy since independence. The country has held several democratic elections and made halting progress in addressing corruption and state control in its economy. Since the 2014 Maidan Revolution, Ukraine has undertaken significant governance and economic reform and moved decisively toward a Europe-Atlantic foreign policy. Since 2022, Ukraine has resiliently continued to advance some reforms despite fighting for its very existence against the full-scale Russian invasion.

UkraineAlert
Oct 1, 2024
Ukraine needs international investors to maintain defense tech momentum
By
Mykhailo Fedorov
Ukraine’s rapidly expanding defense tech sector can play a game-changing role in the war against Russia but Ukrainian companies need international investment, writes Ukraine’s Minister for Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov.

UkraineAlert
Jun 13, 2024
Ukraine officially embraces English as historic westward pivot continues
By
Oleksiy Goncharenko
By officially embracing English, Ukrainians aim to support their country’s historic pivot away from Moscow and return to the European community of nations, writes Oleksiy Goncharenko.
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