Russian Ground Forces get new commander
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree on May 15 relieving General Oleg Salyukov, the aging commander of the Russian Ground Forces. He has been replaced by a younger officer with extensive...
Mariupol
What we know about Russia’s new 3-ton glide bomb
Newly released footage confirms that the Russian Air Force has begun using three-ton glide bombs in Ukraine. While it remains uncertain just how big a role this munition will play in the war, it adds to...
Op-eds
Chinese and Russian Influence Operations Threaten Safety of Jewish and Ukrainian Students
Russia, China, and Iran are waging information wars against Western countries, particularly at universities, and it’s Ukrainian and Jewish students who are paying the price.
Op-eds
The Gray Lady Quietly Retracts Yet Another Slander Against Israel
A newspaper can hide substantial reporting failures by describing a story as “updated” rather than admitting to malpractice by printing a correction. A headline on the front page of...
Op-eds
Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Two Weeks In
Nearly two weeks into their long-awaited counteroffensive, Ukrainian forces have made some initial tactical gains while also taking significant losses. However, the offensive has yet to reach its decisive...
Op-eds
Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Has Likely Begun
Ukraine launched a flurry of localized offensives across the battlefield on June 4 and 5, most notably in Russian-occupied southern Donetsk Oblast. These attacks likely aim merely to probe Russian defenses...
Op-eds
UKRAINE REPORT: Russia, Ukraine Trade Missile and Drone Barrages as Counteroffensive Looms
Kyiv continues to pursue a weeks-long effort to set favorable conditions for success in its coming counteroffensive. These “shaping operations” aim to undermine the Russian military’s ability...
Op-eds
WAR IN UKRAINE UPDATE: Zelensky Visits Frontline City; Putin in Ukraine
Zelensky Visits Besieged City of Avdiivka
Op-eds
Xi, Putin Visit Light on Support for Russia’s Invasion
Putin Hosts Xi for State Visit Days after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest, Vladimir Putin hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a state visit. The event marked a diplomatic...
Op-eds
UN General Assembly votes 141-7 for Russian Forces to Withdraw from Ukraine
With an overwhelming vote of 141 in favor, seven opposed, and 32 abstentions, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly demanded on Thursday that Russia “immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw...
Policy Briefs
Countdown to counteroffensive: Give Ukraine ATACMS before it’s too late
With renewed fighting expected, Kyiv needs the ability to attack deeper behind Russian lines in occupied lands, write a trio of FDD researchers.
Op-eds
Ukraine’s Counteroffensives in Kharkiv and Kherson and the Road Ahead
Ukraine’s stunning victory in Kharkiv Oblast has reshaped the battlefield and dealt a powerful blow to Vladimir Putin’s ambitions in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces continue to wage a more gradual...
Op-eds
Cancel Russia’s UN Contracts
Congress should insist that U.S. dollars not fund United Nations procurement from Russian companies.
Op-eds
The War in Ukraine and the Western Balkans
Lessons Learned and Recommendations
Op-eds
Ukraine: Peace Through Victory
Russia’s modern day foreign ministry seems to follow the old Soviet negotiating precept: What is mine is mine, what is yours is up for negotiation.
Op-eds
Biden must force feckless WHO to hold Russia accountable for devastating Ukraine’s health facilities
Russia has attacked hundreds of Ukrainian health care facilities since it invaded unprovoked in February, yet it remains a World Health Organization executive-board member with full voting rights. Indeed,...
Op-eds
Russia’s Potemkin army to parade on Red Square
During my eight years in Moscow, the annual May 9 Victory over Nazism Parade was a huge, nationally televised extravaganza. Journalists parsed President Vladimir Putin’s speech. Military attaches from...
Op-eds
Biden, like Obama, talks tough but does little about Putin’s war crimes
Will President Joe Biden’s cri de coeur “Putin is a war criminal” become former President Barack Obama’s “Assad must go?” Lofty words; noble intentions, for sure. But Obama came and went....
Op-eds
Putin’s war perverts a personal geography
Bucha? That was the leafy Kyiv suburb where we spent a Saturday afternoon, eating ice cream cones and exploring a city park defined by neatly clipped hedges, classical sculptures and fathers teaching their...
Op-eds
Putin may be losing the information war, but Zelensky’s NATO concession suggests Ukraine may be losing on the battlefield. The West must not fool itself into thinking otherwise.
As Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine grinds on into its fourth week, the physical war rages in the cities and countryside, while an information war is waged over the airwaves and on the internet...