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Europe must learn from Ukraine: how combat experience shapes Europe’s new security

The growing use of drones on the battlefield presents an area in which Ukraine and Europe may cooperate in a form of symbiosis. While Kyiv now has years of direct experience in this field, allied countries across the continent are looking to update their tactics. Working closer together proves the natural next step in these circumstances.

December 11, 2025 - Serhii Kuzan

Ukraine’s energy defence: how cogeneration and decentralized solutions are shaping a new model of resilience

As Russia turns Ukraine’s energy system into a target of daily strikes, the country is building a new model of resilience — based on decentralized generation and mobile cogeneration solutions. These technologies, capable of operating autonomously even during a complete blackout, are already forming “energy islands” for hospitals, water utilities, and district heating systems. In 2025, cogeneration has become one of the key tools of energy defence: from the rapid restoration of critical infrastructure to the creation of microgrids that withstand attacks where traditional generation can no longer cope.

December 4, 2025 - Yuliia Valova

“You will be taught – and you will become Russians”: how Ukrainian teenagers resist Russian re-education

Vulnerable Ukrainian children, forced to grow up in Russian-occupied territories, face uncertain fates as their identities are systematically erased. Pressured to think of themselves as Russian, this group is subjected to intensive propaganda campaigns and intimidation at school. While these are ongoing problems, some have managed to escape and even reunite with family.

December 2, 2025 - Nataliia Sirobab

Capitulation is not peace: Europe’s strategic failure and the coming collapse of deterrence

The recently announced peace plan drawn up by the US and Russia speaks volumes about the level of support for Ukraine. While Europe has talked a good game when it comes to military supplies, it has not maximized these efforts. Real action is needed now in order to ensure Kyiv’s independence.

November 26, 2025 - Joshua Kroeker

Stopping the war through coercion: Can Trump still bring peace in Ukraine?

Peace in Ukraine will not come while one side still believes it can win on the battlefield. Supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles is not an escalation, but a way to balance the fight and bring real negotiations closer. Russian claims that these missiles would change nothing are simply false.

November 17, 2025 - Anton Naychuk

The other frontline: displaced Ukrainians with disabilities adjust to new lives in new towns

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has raised the issue of disability. While always a cause within civil society, the harm inflicted by the war has made this issue particularly important. Activists across the country continue to make do with whatever resources they can find.

November 7, 2025 - Anna Romandash

Civil society in Ukraine: a sled dog, not a watchdog

In order to truly understand Ukraine, and particularly in wartime, it is necessary to look at the role of the extensive civil society that has emerged since the country's independence.

November 3, 2025 - Valerii Pekar

“Putin is the biggest child kidnapper in the world”

An interview with Oleksandra Matviichuk, chairwoman of the Center for Civil Liberties, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (2022). Interviewer: Andrii Kutsyk.

October 27, 2025 - Andrii Kutsyk Oleksandra Matviichuk

Kremlin’s drone surge in 2025 and its hybrid threat to Ukraine and Europe

Recent incursions into Poland and Romania show that Russia is now expanding its drone operations beyond Ukraine. These realities must prompt action from Kyiv and its allies, who face being outgunned in this new realm of warfare.

October 16, 2025 - Maksym Beznosiuk

Is the Russian opposition even relevant?

In the complex political puzzle of our time, there is a black box that will play a significant role in shaping the future of the world. That box is the decision yet to be made by Russians living in Russia: the kind of political system, values, and way of life they will choose.

September 5, 2025 - LRT Saulius Spurga

The Russo-Ukrainian War. Is a “Dayton-2” possible?

The United States’ decisive role in the Yugoslav Wars would ultimately lead to the Dayton Agreement on peace in Bosnia. In light of ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine, it is useful to ask if this experience, in whole or in part, can offer any inspiration to diplomats today.

September 3, 2025 - Aleksander Kazak Andrii Kutsyk

Looking forward to victory – but focused on daily life: a review of Andrey Kurkov’s Our Daily War

Many Ukrainian writers have found new purpose in documenting Russia’s ongoing aggression. Ranging from the personal to the political and everything in between, these works have attempted to get to the heart of the conflict. This is very much the case when it comes to a new book by Andrey Kurkov.

September 2, 2025 - Nicole Yurcaba

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