A collection of my writing about life and the war in Ukraine.
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How leftist pacifist positions are outdated and harmful in an age of increasing war A spectre is haunting Europe, the spectre of full scale war. While Ukraine has been fighting on the front lines in the war against russian barbarism for a decade now, Europe has rested with its head in the sand and refused…
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Peace cannot be negotiated with those who seek war “Negotiations” and Mismatched Expectations Ukraine and russia have begun face to face discussions in Istanbul for the first time since 2022. Much has changed since then; Ukraine has retaken vast swathes of occupied territory, russia proper has been occupied by Ukrainian forces, russian war crimes and…
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How the “Peacemakers” get the Russo-Ukrainian war wrong Behind the stories about the President Trump’s promises of peace (read, capitulation to Russia), demands for elections, Putin’s maximalist demands for a ceasefire, and Western failures to date to deliver adequate support, there lies another story of the war in Ukraine. Almost always overlooked by reporters and…
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When people ask me what the most unusual thing about living in a country at war is, I say it is how normal things are. Life in Lviv during the war is one of constant and extreme contradictions. I must of course preface this post by acknowledging that these are only the experiences of a…
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