Opinion

Strikes on drone factories alone won’t stop the Russia-Iran war machine. What global strategy can?

He skated, laughed, fought, and bled. In the end, Air Assault Forces Sergeant Roma “Sova” Tarasiuk gave everything for Ukraine. Now, his memory lives on.

Russia’s frozen assets could become the leverage Ukraine needs—not just to survive, but to compel Moscow to seek peace instead of betting on winning a war of attrition. Establishing an international “Reconstruction Bank” to manage these funds would send a clear signal: Ukraine has both the resources and international backing to endure and outlast Russia.

Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina shares how the war—and the mass abduction of Ukrainian children by Russia—reshaped her purpose beyond the court. In this powerful personal account, she reflects on motherhood, advocacy, and the fight to bring every child home.

More than three years have passed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the most intense war in Europe since World War II, marked by the largest deployment of troops and military hardware on the continent in decades. No one, including Moscow, was prepared for what followed. The Kremlin’s plan to seize Kyiv in “just three days” collapsed almost instantly. But what if Ukraine hadn’t held the line—what if it had capitulated right away?

Can a nation heal if its wounds keep reopening? On May 18, Ukraine marks 81 years since the Soviet deportation of Crimean Tatars. Russia’s repression continues, but so does Crimea’s resistance.