Articles by Vitaliy Portnykov – Page 2

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...

Trump, Xi, and the War in Ukraine
Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Trump, Xi, and the War in Ukraine

Donald Trump's visit to the Chinese capital and his negotiations with Chinese President Xi Jinping have once again brought to the forefront the question of how interested Beijing is in ending the Russian-Ukrainian war an...

Parade Fear
Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Parade Fear

For the first time in a long while, the Russian president called his American counterpart, seemingly with a single purpose: to create opportunities for the safe conduct of the May 9 parade.

Putin's Vicious Circle
Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Putin's Vicious Circle

The Russian president will not be able to fully take advantage of the unprecedented generosity show organized for him in the United States amidst the war with Iran and attempts to somehow balance the oil situation after ...

Countdown Logic
Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Countdown Logic

Against the backdrop of the global security crisis in the Middle East, which effectively began on October 7, 2023, following the Iran and Hezbollah-backed Hamas attack on Israel, it is often heard—at least at demonstrati...

What Have We Been Doing for Eight Years?
Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
What Have We Been Doing for Eight Years?

Following publications about the possibility of a "hybrid" Russian attack on Estonia or other Baltic countries, serious discussions have begun in both Ukraine and the West regarding the possibility of conflict between Ru...

Ukraine and the Challenge of the Iranian War

The war with Iran demonstrated a truth that is always understood only after the struggle begins: military actions are always practice, not theory. The United States developed a plan for an air attack and the destruction ...

Floors of War
Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Floors of War

A few days before the fourth anniversary of the start of Russia's large-scale attack on Ukraine, an explosion occurred in the very center of Lviv, which was classified by law enforcement agencies as a terrorist act.

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