Category: Updates
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5/23/2025 — “For the Lord will vindicate his peopleand have compassion on his servants.”
From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 1184) For the Lord will vindicate his peopleand have compassion on his servants.Psalm 135:14 We are busy preparing for the final tests and practicing for the Spelling Bee. The teachers are planning fun projects for the last week of school and making mental notes for the next school year.…
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5/22/2025 — Ukraine ready to negotiate EU accession — Zelenskyy
From: New Voice of Ukraine — Kyiv officials are ready to begin negotiating the detailed terms of Ukraine’s EU accession, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on May 21. “We are preparing the accession process in detail,” the president said in his evening address. “Everything on our side is ready to launch the first [negotiation] clusters.” He noted…
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5/22/2025 — Controversial ties, gas deals with Putin, and loyalty to Yanukovych: the murky political career of Andriy Portnov
From: New Voice of Ukraine — Author: Alex Stezhensky Andriy Portnov, a 51-year-old former deputy chief of staff to ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, was shot and killed in Madrid on May 21. Once a close ally of Yanukovych and a political operator involved with the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, Portnov also helped broker a proposed “grand coalition”…
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5/22/2025 — Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon shares his reflections after visiting Ukraine
From: New Voice of Ukraine — Author: Alex Stezhensky Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, heir to the Norwegian throne, visited Ukraine on May 20 and shared his impressions of the trip. During his visit, Crown Prince Haakon met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, visited wounded Ukrainian soldiers, and traveled to the village of Moshchun — the site of…
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5/22/2025 — Peace Talks or Political Theater? What Ukraine Is Really Facing Now
From: Kyiv Post — The latest round of peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia has ended in Istanbul — but little has changed. Russia continues to bombard Ukrainian cities while pushing demands Kyiv calls unacceptable. President Putin himself didn’t even show up to the talks, and the Ukrainian position remains clear: no compromise on sovereignty,…
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5/22/2025 — “Peace at any price is not peace at all — it is appeasement” — OPINION
From: Mariia Mikhaliyk (1183rd day) The New York Times: Trump’s New Position on the War in Ukraine: Not My Problem. After months of claiming that he was the only one who could end the war in Ukraine “in 24 hours,” or “in a few weeks”, or “in 100 days,” or” very-very soon”, President Trump now…
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5/22/2025 — The Diplomatic Mirage: Contradictions and Confrontations
From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / May 21, 2025 As Russian Officials Reject Ukrainian Government’s Legitimacy After Putin-Trump Call, EU and UK Impose New Sanctions While Battlefield Advances Continue Summary of the Day – May 20, 2025 One day after Trump’s “productive” call with Putin supposedly set the stage for peace negotiations, Moscow’s true intentions became clear…
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5/21/2025 — Zelensky accuses Russia of ‘buying time’ to stall truce talks
From: BBC by Rachel Hagan Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of “trying to buy time” to continue its war in Ukraine, a day after Donald Trump said progress towards a ceasefire had been made in a call with Vladimir Putin. “If Russia continues to put forward unrealistic conditions and undermine progress, there must be tough…
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5/21/2025 — US-Ukraine minerals deal creates potential for economic and security benefits
From: Atlantic Council By Svitlana Kovalchuk The Ukrainian parliament ratified a landmark economic partnership agreement with the United States in early May, setting the stage for a new chapter in bilateral relations between Kyiv and Washington. The minerals deal envisages long-term cooperation in the development of Ukrainian natural resources. It marks an historic shift in Ukraine’s status from…
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5/21/2025 — Unpacking Russia’s cyber nesting doll
From: Atlantic Council By Justin Sherman Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 challenged much of the common Western understanding of Russia. How can the world better understand Russia? What are the steps forward for Western policy? The Eurasia Center’s new “Russia Tomorrow” series seeks to reevaluate conceptions of Russia today and better prepare for its future…
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