Olga Tokariuk

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Supporters of Ukraine rally in Washington DC after the Senate passed a foreign aid bill on April 23, 2024. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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The new $61 billion US aid package for Ukraine, approved by Congress on 23 April, will improve Ukraine’s battlefield position – allowing stocks of ammunition from US bases in Poland and Germany to be shipped quickly to existing Ukrainian forces, and newly mobilized troops to be equipped.

Critics of Ukraine’s mobilization law, recently passed by the parliament in Kyiv, argued it made little sense to draft more men if there were no weapons to arm them: now that concern can be discarded.

The US package includes weapons Ukraine has long sought and which can make a significant difference in the war, like long-range ATACMS missiles.…  Seguir leyendo »

A woman visits a memorial dedicated to those who died in clashes with security forces at Maidan Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, in November 2019, marking the sixth anniversary of the beginning of the Maidan protests. (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

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As Russia and the United States clashed at the United Nations on Monday over Ukraine, all I could feel was anger. That has been the predominant feeling these past few weeks here in Kyiv.

Because of the actions of a madman, it’s as if we Ukrainians have ceased to exist: We cannot worry about raising children, do the work we love, make plans, build our future. Instead, we are forced to pack go-bags, make evacuation plans and spend our weekends studying how to survive in an occupied city — and learning first aid.

We have a lot to lose. Most people don’t stop very often to think about independence and sovereignty, but those things were hard-fought achievements.…  Seguir leyendo »