Ukraine

On Wednesday, August 19, another protest rally in support of Mykhailo Fedorov took place in Mariinsky Park near the Verkhovna Rada. The protesters are demanding that he be reinstated as Ukraine’s Minister of Defense so that he can continue the reforms he has initiated.

It remains unclear why the president dismissed Mykhailo Fedorov. But another question is just as important: why did Fedorov himself remain silent for so many years?

All of that is, of course, true and well and good. But. Elections during a war are impossible.

Fedorov’s video address calling for elections effectively marks the former defense minister’s move to the opposition. In the current situation, this is a response to the fact that the possibility of his return to the post of defense minister has been definitively ruled out. But now the stakes are rising.

Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets commented on the question of whether Ukraine is seeking an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for Vladimir Putin in connection with the killing of Ukrainian prisoners of war.

Today, disputes about the past have almost entirely overshadowed the memory of those times when Ukrainians and Poles fought side by side.

Everyone has watched the video in which a true hero—the company commander—rescues two wounded soldiers who were being evacuated using a ground-based robotic system (GRS).

Yuriy Gudymenko, head of the Public Anti-Corruption Council under the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, explained what is wrong with the appointment of Rustem Umerov as head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine.

Photojournalist Yefrem Lukatsky recalled his meeting with the commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Soviet and Russian Navies (1991–1992) Russian Admiral Igor Kasatonov during the presidency of Leonid Kravchuk.

Russian troops continue to attack the Kyiv region—on the morning of August 18, the enemy attacked the Brovary district.