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I'm in Kyiv. The energy crisis here is an emergency
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Kyiv is freezing, and so are its residents
Days go by without power and heat
Jan 13
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Yours Ukrainian: An Update
Changes to the blog in 2026
Jan 10
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What we know about Operation Spider Web
Jun 2, 2025
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How my family lives through Russian attacks
May 26, 2025
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Key lesson from the Oval Office
Mar 4, 2025
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Things I'm afraid of
Jun 11, 2025
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What to know before tomorrow's summit
Aug 14, 2025
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Between tsar and king
Feb 25, 2025
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What to know before tomorrow's summit
No one is expecting a breakthrough
Aug 14, 2025
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Zelensky kills anti-corruption agencies
Protests ongoing across Ukraine, a first since 2022
Jul 22, 2025
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Things I'm afraid of
Pondering entomophobia and shahedophobia
Jun 11, 2025
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What we know about Operation Spider Web
How Ukraine hit Russian strategic bombers
Jun 2, 2025
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The ripple effects of Yermak's firing
Who can replace him?
Dec 7, 2025
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Yermak is out
Zelensky's powerful chief of staff resigns
Nov 28, 2025
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Zelensky makes everything worse
On Ukraine's toughest moment
Nov 24, 2025
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The energy corruption scandal is a good thing
Why there won't be protests
Nov 17, 2025
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The government is in trouble
A string of recent political blunders
Nov 7, 2025
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Pokrovsk, Carol of the Bells, and AI
Can you mourn losing things you never had?
Nov 2, 2025
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