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Yurii Tokar

Russia: The last empire that exports 'death'

By Yurii Tokar   2026-01-19 10:09:54

Over this time, Russia has failed to achieve a single strategic objective of its aggression. Ukraine has not been broken. Ukrainian society has not collapsed. International support has endured.

Russia is luring Africans to their death in Ukraine with false promises

By Yurii Tokar   2026-01-20 00:00:00

As Russia fails to deliver results and avoids accountability both at home and on the battlefield, it pushes the human cost of its war outward – recruiting and consuming lives of foreigners.

Russia's aggression unrelenting four years after Ukraine invasion

By Yurii Tokar   2026-02-24 00:00:00

Today marks four years since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine— an act of aggression that was condemned across the world. 

The shocking nuclear disaster turns 40 today

By Yurii Tokar   2026-04-26 13:15:24

Forty years ago, this very day, the Chornobyl disaster happened – the result of a reactor experiment ordered by Moscow, in violation of safety protocols, and followed by lies and cover-ups.