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Reforming Ukraine's security and intelligence services: the SBU and the GUR
The reform of Ukraine’s security and intelligence services, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Main Intelligence Directorate...
Mar 6, 2025


Sky Shield: what's it all about?
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has underscored the critical need for robust air defence systems to protect its sovereignty and civilian...
Mar 6, 2025


The use of North Korean troops by Russia in the Ukraine conflict: an update
The involvement of North Korean troops in the Russia-Ukraine conflict marks a significant development with far-reaching implications....
Mar 6, 2025


Travelling on Ukrainian Trains
By Matthew Parish As the Editor-in-Chief of the Lviv Herald, it’s inevitably part of my role that I travel around Ukraine, mostly up and...
Jan 29, 2024


“What Will You Do if the War Ends Tomorrow?”
By David Elley "Red alert? Are you sure sir? We will have to change the bulb" This was the question Lesha posed as Lakewood and I helped...
Jan 28, 2024


Saturday in the Bar with Lemkin
By Michael D. Reisman I meet Lemkin in front of 21 Zamarstynivska Street, his crash pad as a law student in the 1920s. Where he may have...
Jan 28, 2024


The dark depths of despair in Kherson
By Matthew Parish I want to tell you what life is really like for the tens of thousands of civilians who are still living in the front...
Jan 27, 2024


Signs of War - Lviv
by David Elley, "per ardua ad astra" Two Tuesdays ago, tired, struggling to carry my packs with two freshly dislocated fingers in my left...
Jan 25, 2024


In the meadow, a red kalyna has bent low...
You can walk down almost any major city street in Lviv, and find symbols and trophies of defiance to the orcs at their Eastern door....
Jan 25, 2024


An overnight stay in Kherson's luxury hotel accommodation
By Matthew Parish It’s probably fair to describe travel to liberated Kherson at this time as something of a hardship posting. At the time...
Jan 24, 2024


Winning the War from the Rearguard
Tomorrow’s headline may not read: “John Doe from Australia single-handedly defeats the Russians!” –however, the air raid alert tonight...
Jan 21, 2024


Life and death in Chernihiv
By Maryna Balamut Caught me early in my war hometown of Chernihiv. I won’t say what The war was unexpected for me. I knew there would be...
Jan 20, 2024
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