Drones have bolstered Ukraine’s military and psychological defenses and are likely to damage Russia’s as Ukraine continues its liberation.
Europe
Europe is being transformed by an aging population and the influx of migrants. War and reactionary politics harken back to its bloody past. Situated between two dueling superpowers, China and America, many in Europe feel squeezed and seek strategic autonomy. But Russia is on its borders.
Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party advocates for a broad national memory culture that even honors former fascists.
Partitioning Ukraine is a stopgap solution that would only create conditions for further suffering and future conflict.
The meeting in Jeddah, inconclusive as it may have been, signals a continuing shift in Ukraine’s favor, albeit at glacial speed.
The percentage of young Poles who say Poland should stay neutral in the Russia-Ukraine war has doubled from 16% last year to 34% in 2023.
Long persecuted by Russia, Crimean Tatars are playing a significant role in preventing Kyiv from being defeated by Moscow.
Ukrainian forces are transitioning away from smaller-scale action intended to shape the battlefield and beginning to attack in force.
Ukraine is struggling to gain support in the Global South, which is ambivalent about the invasion and reticent to cut off ties with Russia.
Jaguar Land Rover’s plan to build the largest battery plant in the UK is very welcome news for UK auto manufacturing.
People in Kyiv live in a near-constant state of alert, with regular air raid sirens, but life in other ways goes on.