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End of Zelensky term: what's next? | Olexiy Haran

Oleksiy Haran spoke about the successes and failures of President Zelenskyy's five-year term in office in the Talking with TVP WORLD program
22 May 2024

Ukrainian Parliament Dismisses Deputy PM and Agriculture Minister | Olexiy Haran

Oleksiy Haran comments on the dismissal of two Ukrainian ministers
18 May 2024

Clash of Realities: The Middle East and the Russian-Ukrainian War

In this new episode of "Talking Substance" host Alina Hrytsenko and Dr Omar Ashour delve into the intricate dynamics between the Middle East...
13 May 2024

Ukraine's historic links with freedom for people in SA

Oleksiy Haran drew a unique parallel between between South Africa's fight for freedom from apartheid, and Ukraine's current fight for sovere...
24 April 2024

Ukraine’s Parliament Passes a Politically Fraught Mobilization Bill

Petro Burkovsky commented to The New York Times on the adoption of the new law on mobilization
15 April 2024

European leaders condemn acts of terror in Moscow

Oleksiy Haran commented on the terrorist attack in Moscow for Newzroom Afrika
28 March 2024

Why ISIS attacked Russia and why Russia blames Ukraine

Omar Ashour considers how Vladimir Putin, an exemplary cynic, could capitalize on the carnage at Crocus City Hall
27 March 2024

To Russia with Love and Hopeless Devotion, from Fikile Mbalula and the ANC

Most analysts say that United Russia is not really a party in the usual sense of having an independent ideology or even an independent exist...
23 February 2024

Mariia Zolkina- Using Negotiations to Pause, Regroup, Rearm and Attack Again is a Core Moscow Tactic

Maria Zolkina on using negotiations as a tactic to regroup and rearm the Russian army for a new attack against Ukraine
12 February 2024

EU’s aid for Ukraine and Zelensky’s intention to change military leadership - Mariia Zolkina in her interview for BBC

n her interview for BBC Mariia Zolkina unpacks details of the latest Ukraine-related developments
5 February 2024

After Two Years of Bloody Fighting, Ukraine Wrestles With Conscription

Petro Burkovskiy commented in The New York Times on the draft law on mobilization, which has become the subject of debate in society and may...
29 January 2024

Why Russia fights like ISIS and how to de-Putinize liberated youth ІІ Omar Ashour

Security scholar Omar Ashour explains how Russian tactics in Ukraine parallel terrorist extremist strategies
15 December 2023