Making them pay: How Ukraine’s special operations could bring Putin to negotiate

Making them pay: How Ukraine’s special operations could bring Putin to negotiate

Cover image: picture alliance / Newscom | MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF UKRAINE Problem In a nighttime raid on June 8th, Ukrainian forces claim to have damaged two Russian fighter jets on an airfield deep inside Russia. This follows two special intelligence operations a week earlier—called “Operation Spiderweb”—which saw Ukrainian drones eliminate 34% of Russia’s strategic cruise missile carriers, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, and damage K…

The Periphery is Never the Problem: Oleksiy Radynski on Special Operation

Karl Marx’ oft-cited quip about how history repeats itself, “first as a tragedy, second as a farce,” could easily apply to Special Operation, Oleksiy Radynski’s cunning archival documentary about the Russian occupation of Chornobyl’s Nuclear Power Plant. In the wake of the full-scale invasion of February 24, 2022, Russian troops overtook Chornobyl and its surroundings, [...] The post The Periphery is Never the Problem: Oleksiy Radynski on Specia…