The relationship between Ukraine and Russia is one of the most complex and contentious geopolitical issues of our time. Tracing its roots back centuries, the ties between these two nations intertwine history, culture, and politics, leading to a narrative as rich as it is fraught with tension. ...
is simply just a pretext to potentially invade Ukraine,” he says, referring to Russia. “Ukraine is not a member of NATO, it doesn't have any of the NATO guarantees, and so there is no hint that Ukraine will become a member of NATO soon.” ...
Ukrainian and Russian information consumers are not distinguished by any inventiveness in choosing communications; they remain primarily in the traditional social contexts.doi:10.2753/SOR1061-0154500403N. V. KostenkRoutledgeSociological ResearchKostenko, N.V. (2011), `Information-culture styles in Russia ...
In a series of essays written in 2022, Terry M. Boardman revealed the deeper background to the Ukraine conflict, which he argues is actually a proxy war, an episode in a much longer-lasting war that the West, or more specifically, the ‘Anglosphere’, has been waging against Russia fo...
President Vladimir Putin, who all but denies that Ukraine is its own country. "A stable statehood hasn't been built in Ukraine," Putin said this past week, trying to justify his invasion of Russia's neighbor. "It is an inherent part of our own history, culture, [and] spiritual space....
The root causes of the Russia-Ukraine conflict is deeply entrenched in culture and civilization, said a Ukrainian parliament member. Inna Sovsun, a member of the Holos party, pointed out that there has been a long struggle over whether Ukraine's culture and civilization should be closer to Rus...
Its back might be against the wall in Bakhmut, but Ukraine has vowed to continue its defense of the city in Donetsk and is sending reinforcements into the hottest spot in the war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday. In the process of defending the city in Donetsk, he added, Ukraine...
Within the strict bounds of the Soviet system, Ukraine, like many other nationalities in the USSR, became a modern nation, conscious of its history, literate in its language, andeven in puffy pantspermitted to celebrate its ethnic culture. But the contradictory policies of the Soviets in Ukraine...
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine early Thursday, staging an assault on the country from three sides: the northern, eastern, and southern borders,NPR reports. Before dawn, Russian forces attacked locations near Ukrainian capital Kyiv with missiles, and are usin...
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