Articles by Vitaliy Portnykov - June 2026

The Spirit of Anchorage
Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
The Spirit of Anchorage

This week, the fictional spirit of Anchorage, concocted in Moscow, began to dissipate completely. Initially, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that no real agreements were reached in Anchorage — only proposals w...

Zelenskyy before meeting with Trump
Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Zelenskyy before meeting with Trump

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took advantage of his American counterpart's anniversary to congratulate him and discuss the upcoming meeting during the Group of Seven summit. The very fact of this meeting is tell...

Zelenskyy Writes to Trump
Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Zelenskyy Writes to Trump

Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote a letter to Donald Trump. After another Russian strike on Kyiv—again targeting markets, shopping centers, and residential areas—the President of Ukraine reached out to his American counterpart w...

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