Tag: Ukraine war

‘No Limit’ on Number of Ukrainian Refugees to Be Allowed Into Canada: Federal Memo

With 230,000 Ukrainians having already emigrated to Canada to flee the war, a recently disclosed internal memo from the Immigration Department says there is “no limit” on the number of Ukrainian war refugees that can be allowed into Canada. The government closed applications on July 15 for Ukrainian refugees looking to obtain temporary emergency visas and…


Vilnius Summit Shattered Putin’s Anti-NATO Strategy—but Left Ukrainian NATO Membership on Hold

Commentary Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine directly targets the Kiev government, but dismantling NATO has been another energizing mania. NATO’s Vilnius, Lithuania, summit confirms Putin has lost his NATO war. Putin despises the alliance. NATO defeated his beloved Soviet Union (a Russian Empire hawking utopian Marxist pap). Further insult: NATO defeated the Russian Empire without…


Ukraine’s Summer 2023 Counteroffensive of Armored Infiltration

Commentary In response to Western criticism that its counter-offensive is moving too slowly, the Ukrainian government is claiming that the last ten days of combat in eastern Ukraine have been “particularly fruitful.” Facing fierce Russian resistance, the frontline has been moving eastward in lurches, two kilometers here, three kilometers there. On July 3 Oleksiy Danilov,…


Pence Meets With Zelenskyy on Surprise Ukraine Visit

Former Vice President Mike Pence made a surprise trip to Ukraine on June 29 to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid the country’s ongoing war with Russia. The move makes him the first Republican presidential hopeful to meet with the Ukrainian leader since the war began. Pence made the trip with the Christian humanitarian…


The Russia-Ukraine War and Why Tactical Obsession Is a Mental Illness

Commentary Wars beget such anxiety that those not involved in the fight for survival at the front engage in endless emotional torment and speculation. This is a tactical, individual reaction within a viral environment, so as individual anxiety achieves mass adoption, it acquires strategic impact. And today, that mass adoption is guaranteed by the still…


Ukraine War Highlights a New Threat to the American Homeland

Commentary Ukraine has become a proving ground for many of the tactics, techniques, and technologies that will transform that next era of warfare. One recent development foreshadows a novel, potentially strategic threat against the U.S. homeland. CNN reported last week that pro-Ukraine partisan forces have conducted drone strikes, covertly launched from within Russian territory, against targets…


ANALYSIS: Trump Disrupts Russia-Ukraine Narrative with Human Cost Argument

News Analysis Ending the war in Ukraine is more important than determining who won, according to former President Donald Trump, who promised, if elected, to quickly settle the conflict by pressuring both sides to end hostilities. “If I’m president, I will have that War settled in one day—24 hours,” Trump said during a May 10…


World Food Prices Rise for First Time in a Year: FAO

The world price index of the United Nations food agency increased in April this year for the first time since April 2022, but it is still 20 percent lower than a March 2022 peak after the war in Ukraine started. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) price index, which tracks the most globally traded food…


Tom Cotton Says Ukraine War Will End in ‘Negotiated Peace’

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), a prominent Republican and Senate Armed Services Committee member, said Thursday a Ukrainian victory in the ongoing war will ultimately come in the form of a “negotiated peace.” In January, Cotton penned a letter to President Biden urging him to provide more advanced weaponry to the Ukrainian military and empower the…


Conservative Patriots Are Falling for Russian Propaganda

Conservative patriots are getting swept up in Russian propaganda. The most prominent display was an anti-Ukraine war rally held in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 19. The event featured prominent conservative patriots and constitutional libertarians right alongside pro-Putin communists. The rally was a Russian propaganda event organized by the hard left and featuring figures who, as…