Ukraine’s NATO-backed Kursk invasion ends in failure
The failure of Ukraine’s NATO-backed invasion of Russian territory has intensified infighting within the Ukrainian ruling class and state.
•Jason Melanovski
Jason Melanovski
European court orders Ukraine to pay victims of the 2014 Odessa fascist massacre
The European Court’s findings confirm the WSWS’s assessment of the massacre 10 years ago and underscore the anti-democratic nature of the Kiev regime.
•Jason Melanovski
Zelensky faces mounting domestic political crisis amid clashes with Trump
As Zelensky has turned to the EU for support in the wake of his White House visit, the Trump administration has already begun meeting with Zelensky’s rivals within the Ukrainian ruling-class.
•Jason Melanovski
Zelensky to meet with Trump officials following Putin-Trump phone call
Trump’s bold-faced attempt to seize control of Ukraine’s mineral wealth is an open admission of the geostrategic and economic interests of US imperialism behind a war that has already claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands.
•Jason Melanovski
Russian gas transit to Europe via Ukraine ends
The ending of Ukraine’s long-standing role as transit route for Russian gas to Europe continues to exacerbate already existing tensions within Europe as the NATO proxy war heads into its third year
•Jason Melanovski
Ukraine prepares to end transit of Russian natural gas
The end of the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine to Europe underlines the fact that the war is part of a metastasizing global conflict. One of the goals of the US—to weaken Russia as a major energy supplier to European markets through the complete decoupling of its infrastructure from Ukraine—poses dangers to Europe and threatens the eruption of open conflict within the trans-Atlantic alliance.
•Jason Melanovski
Ukrainian president outlines “victory plan” that promises total war
Zelensky insisted this week that with authorization from his Western backers to launch missiles deep into Moscow’s territory, tens of billions of dollars in additional aid, and an invitation to join NATO, he will deliver “peace through strength.”
•Jason Melanovski, Andrea Peters
Zelensky begins mass dismissal of cabinet ministers
The turnover of the Zelensky cabinet comes amid an impending military defeat in the Donbass region.
•Jason Melanovski
Ukrainian parliament passes law banning Ukrainian Orthodox Church
The Zelensky government is once again seeking to whip up religious and ethnic chauvinism and divide the working class amidst its catastrophic military situation in Donbass.
•Jason Melanovski
Neo-Nazi suspect arrested in killing of Ukrainian fascist Iryna Farion
The targeted killing of a notorious fascist in public is a sign of the intense destabilization of Zelensky’s Ukraine and the degree to which neo-Nazis now shape political life in the country.
•Jason Melanovski
Zelensky government prepares further social cuts ahead of new debt negotiations
Ukraine is now the second largest debtor to the IMF after Egypt. Its agreements entail mass privatizations and further reductions in already minimal social spending.
•Jason Melanovski
Zelensky replaces general at the behest of the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion
The empowering of neo-Nazi figures such as Krotevych and the open backing of fascism by Western imperialism comes as the Zelensky regime is escalating the persecution of opponents of the war and suppression of democratic rights.
•Jason Melanovski
Ukrainian oligarch and former Zelensky backer Kolomoisky charged with attempted murder
The arrest of Igor Kolomoisky indicates a significant crisis within the Zelensky government as it slams the jail doors on its former backer and ally.
•Jason Melanovski
Ukraine updates its exemptions from the European Convention on Human Rights
The ongoing exemptions granted to Kiev from following basic human and democratic rights are further proof that Ukraine is de facto a police state in which dissent is suppressed with dictatorial measures.
•Jason Melanovski
Ukrainian government cancels consular services for military-age men
Facing a military debacle, the Ukrainian government is desperately trying to force more men into the carnage on behalf of imperialism.
•Jason Melanovski
Ukrainian parliament expands conscription to dragoon young people to the front
The new mobilization law comes amidst a staggering loss of life and hints by Zelensky that NATO’s proxy forces in Ukraine are planning another “counteroffensive.”
•Jason Melanovski, Clara Weiss
Zelensky government intensifies shelling of Russia’s Belgorod region in wake of Moscow terror attack
As the crisis of the Ukrainian military on the front has deepened, Kiev has intensified its attacks on Russian territories.
•Jason Melanovski, Clara Weiss
Amid ongoing recruitment crisis, Zelensky government prepares to mobilize Ukrainian convicts
The measures to further expand the draft follow the announcement of the mobilization of another 500,000 men to the front, where hundreds of thousands have already died.
•Jason Melanovski
Ukrainian forces withdraw from Avdeevka
The military setback is set to further deepen the political crisis of the NATO-backed Zelensky government.
•Jason Melanovski
Zelensky officially dismisses Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhny
Zelensky’s firing of Zaluzhny risks a severe backlash from the country’s far-right political groups which have been armed by the imperialist powers for over a decade.
•Jason Melanovski