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There is a profound, almost bureaucratic stupidity to the way this war is being fought
12.09.2026
In Kyiv, an air-raid siren no longer sounds like the herald of the apocalypse. After a while, it just sounds like a neighbour’s faulty car alarm that you’ve learned to ignore while you order another drink, writes British urban explorer James Galbraith.When death falls from the sky on a weekly basis, the human brain simply recalculates the baseline for normality. Danger just becomes the weather.We are currently witnessing a masterclass in missing the point. Lobbing a few million quid’s worth ...The “Equal Earth” maps depict parts of Ukraine’s territory that have been temporarily occupied by russia, in flagrant violation of the Charter of the United Nations and international law
05.09.2026
The Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, Andriy Melnyk, explains Ukraine’s vote on the draft resolution “Correct the map”: rebalancing global cartographic representation and promoting equitable representation of the world’s regions, particularly Africa.Madam President,Ukraine is compelled to take the floor to express our position on draft resolution A/80/L.104, entitled “Correct the map: rebalancing global cartographic representation and promoting equitable representation of the world’s regions, particularly Africa”.Ukraine does not in principle oppose to the core issue addressed in this draft ...Ending the war this year is possible only if russia starts to collapse this year – Panych
29.08.2026
Ratcliffe’s trip to moscow has still not been commented on by only the lazy. I am that lazy one. I am commenting in bullet points. Oleksiy Panych, PhD, Senior Research Fellow at the Ukrainian Humanities Publishing House ‘Dukh i Litera,’ writes.Americans expect rational decisions from putin.But it is not certain that they take into account all the parameters within which putin makes rational decisions.The thing is, for putin, stopping the current war is no less difficult — in fact, at this ...We are calling upon the Venice International Film Festival and the wider cultural community to recognize how russia weaponizes culture as an instrument of its hybrid war – MFA
20.08.2026
The Venice International Film Festival, organized by La Biennale di Venezia, is among the world’s most influential cinematic platforms, and its choices carry real weight in what the international cultural community recognizes and legitimizes, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine said in a statement.It is for this reason that the inclusion of Ilya Khrzhanovskiy’s film “DAU” in the Main Competition of Venezia 83, where it will compete for the Golden Lion, raises profound concern.russia has long used culture as ...Reconciliation with Ukrainians cannot be built on the basis of Polish claimed moral superiority – Panych
13.08.2026
In discussions with various Polish interlocutors, I have repeatedly heard: “Ukrainians are collaborators; they even formed a separate Waffen-SS division, Galizien, while Poles did nothing of the sort, so they bear no stain of collaboration.” As always, this is a highly selective approach to historical truth, where facts are deliberately or unconsciously chosen to confirm Polish moral superiority over Ukrainians. Oleksiy Panych, PhD, Senior Research Fellow at the Ukrainian Humanities Publishing House ‘Dukh i Litera,’ writes.Indeed, the Germans did not ...putin has been left with no other option but good old winter blackmail
12.08.2026
In the chaos that the failed American campaign in Iran has caused for the Western world, russia saw a chance to revive the slightly wilted “spirit of Anchorage,” former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Olena Zerkal writes.Last year, this stillborn child of kremlin propaganda was supposed to realize the kremlin’s imperial ambitions in a non-military way: buddy Trump was to force Ukrainians to surrender territories. However, neither the red carpet, nor the handshakes, nor the ride in the same ...Demonization of the UPA in Poland is a defensive mechanism of Polish historical memory – Panych
24.07.2026
The demonization of the UPA in Poland is a defensive mechanism of Polish historical memory, moreover, one copied from russian sources. Oleksiy Panych, PhD, Senior Research Fellow at the Ukrainian Humanities Publishing House ‘Dukh i Litera,’ writes.At the core of this demonization lies the version about the purely ideological nature of all anti-Polish activities of the UPA: allegedly, UPA fighters attacked Poles because they had succumbed to the “misanthropic ideology of fascism and Nazism.” In reality, ...Another russia is possible only as something other THAN russia – Yermolenko
24.07.2026
The West will continue to search for “another russia,” an “alternative russia,” an “other pole,” and so on. Because the West itself has for centuries been structured pluralistically. As an arena of struggle. As an agora and an agon. As Nietzsche’s clash of wills, writes Ukrainian philosopher, writer, and translator Volodymyr Yermolenko.In this struggle of alternatives – between the pope and the emperor, between religion and the state, between kings and barons, between Catholicism and Protestantism, between capitalism and socialism, ...It’s very interesting to analyze the position of the Polish side about Volhynia using the terminology of postcolonial studies – Panych
15.07.2026
It’s very interesting to analyze the position of the Polish side in discussions with Ukrainians about Volhynia using the terminology of postcolonial studies. Oleksiy Panych, PhD, Senior Research Fellow at the Ukrainian Humanities Publishing House ‘Dukh i Litera,’ writes.Over the past month, I had incidental discussions on this topic with dozens of Poles, and in many of them (of course, not all) you can notice the same pattern or set of assumptions that they bring into conversation with a Ukrainian ...The spirit of xenophobia in Poles lay dormant for a long time because Poland rid itself of almost all its inhabitants who were not ethnic Poles – Panych
13.07.2026
The spirit of xenophobia in Poles lay dormant for a long time primarily because, after World War II, Poland – using extremely harsh methods – rid itself of almost all its inhabitants who were not ethnic Poles. Oleksiy Panych, PhD, Senior Research Fellow at the Ukrainian Humanities Publishing House ‘Dukh i Litera,’ writes.I should note that since 1950, the share of Poland’s population that was not ethnically Polish has never exceeded 2% (compared to about 30% in interwar Poland). This was ...
