Europe’s darkest hour

Putin’s sucker punch to the West could be seen coming from space, but the pugilists in the ring didn’t think he would risk a hammer blow at the heart of democracy in

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Russian troops ordered to advance in Ukraine

Russia on Saturday ordered its troops to advance in Ukraine “from all directions” as the Ukrainian capital Kyiv imposed a blanket curfew and officials reported 198 civilian deaths. Kyiv residents took shelter

Russia-Ukraine war a paradigm shift in diplomacy

According to John Mearsheimer, the eminent American international relations scholar, “what money is to economics, power is to international relations”. Indeed, the two major assumptions/tenets of rationality and maximisation, either of wealth

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No solidarity in sanctions

Sanctions are ineffective; solidarity is non-existent, and you’re on your own. This conclusion is as relevant to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to instil a pro-Kremlin regime change in Kyiv, as much as

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Humanitarian aid for war-torn Ukrainians

The Cyprus government has launched a campaign to collect humanitarian aid for the people of Ukraine under siege following Russia’s invasion. Launching the campaign, the commissioner for the citizen Panayiotis Sentonas said

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Ukrainians take to the streets in Limassol

Ukrainian citizens living in Cyprus took to the streets on Friday to demonstrate against Russia’s invasion of their country. More than 100 Ukrainians residing in Cyprus, gathered at the old Limassol port,

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PM back on attack as UK rallies against Russia

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, besieged for weeks by scandal and economic crisis, is back on the offensive as he unites Britain’s warring politicians against a common enemy in Russia’s Vladimir Putin. While

Ukraine battles invading Russian forces in Kyiv

Ukrainian forces fought off Russian invaders in the streets of the capital Kyiv on Friday as President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of targeting civilians and called for more international sanctions. Pre-dawn blasts

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