Ukraine is struggling with a host of challenges as Russia steps up army recruitment and advances along a 600-mile front. I joined Vox's Today, Explained from Kharkiv, to share some thoughts on what it all means
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Is Russia winning now? It sure seems like it.

@wsj’s Matthew Luxmoore reports from Ukraine on why $60 billion in military aid isn’t making much of a difference.
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HelpDesk, one of the best independent Russian resources that did vital reporting on the Ukraine war has run out of money and is forced to close. Comes as other small Russian media similarly are also struggling financially. Very sad to see

Alsu has been in Russian detention for seven months today. Each day, my daughters and I look at an empty chair at our dinner table, trying to make sense of what is happening to Alsu and to us. #Alsu was stolen from her loving family by a heartless government that is holding her

'Either the sound of death or someone deciding you're not worth their payload.' Good report Nick Paton Walsh from Vovchansk where Russia's first-person-view drones are a deadly menace for Ukrainian troops, and death can come in an instant.

In my recent piece in Foreign Affairs, I argued that nobody in Moscow is looking for an exit strategy from the war; rather, people are prepared to fight as long as it takes. Many interpreted this as a thesis that Moscow will not negotiate with Ukraine or agree to a ceasefire.

It’s been 413 days of Evan’s life, locked in a tiny cell in a notorious Moscow prison. For doing his job. Evan is a brilliant journalist and he cannot be released soon enough. #IStandWithEvan

Russian troops are fighting inside the Ukrainian city of Vovchansk as Kyiv awaits the delivery of US arms. Our dispatch from Kharkiv region, where soldiers warn: “We’ve got another Bakhmut on our hands.” w/⁦Ian Lovett⁩ & ⁦Alan Cullison⁩ wsj.com/world/russia-a…

#Slovakia ' s PM Robert Fico was shot. They took him to hospital, his condition is unknown. Via Denník N dennikn.sk/minuta/3992382… dennikn.sk/minuta/3992382…

Our report for BBC News (UK) on Tuesday’s dramatic events in Tbilisi — rayhan demytrie Matthew Goddard #georgia

Tbilisi right now after Georgian parliament passed a controversial bill on “foreign agents” after weeks of protests

We reported inside Vovchansk yesterday, where Ukrainians are fleeing what they described as “hell.” Russian bombardment is constant. More than 6,000 people already evacuated from Kharkiv region border areas. With ⁦Serhii Korolchuk⁩ and ⁦Ed Ram⁩ washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/…

A billboard on Kyiv’s main street declares: “It will only get worse.”

It’s an ad for free psychological support that seems to sum up the mood.

Nikolai Patrushev becomes a Presidential Aide
We were all wondering where he would go - this is an interesting move, sideways and a little downward, but the exact angle of that downward slide remains to be seen. A few thoughts... 1/
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It’s approaching 2am in Tbilisi and the protests outside Parliament against the Georgian government’s controversial “foreign funding” bill are still going strong - and still peaceful despite fears of a violent crackdown seen previously. The BBC’s rayhan demytrie has been speaking

Brief thoughts on the latest reshuffles:

Andrey #Belousov ’s appointment as Defense Minister is a direct result of the ongoing conflict between the ministry, as the customer, and the military-industrial complex as the producer ( #Shoigu vs #Chemezov / #Manturov ). Questioning who won