CNN reports that US intelligence sees Russia step up disinformation campaign against Ukraine’s Zelensky. Excerpt: Russia has stepped up its disinformation efforts to discredit Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and raise questions about his legitimacy in recent...
In “Ukraine war: ‘vranyo’ – Russian for when you lie and everyone knows it, but you don’t care” The Conversation reveals the culture of deep lying, verging on the delusional, of Putin and the Russian government. Excerpt: The bloody and terrible war in...
Reuters reports that “Putin wants Ukraine ceasefire on current frontlines, sources say”. Excerpt: MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current...
Reuters reports: KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine, May 16 (Reuters) – Peeking out from under a hat and with his face covered, the Russian fighting for Kyiv described unrelenting battles in the northeastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv where Moscow’s forces opened a...
From Andrew C. Kuchins, a Senior Fellow at the Center for the National Interest and Adjunct Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC. Follow him on X: @AndyKuchins, at The National Interest, in...