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Putin’s Permanent Power Structure
Photo Credit: Wikimedia By Yan GrafStaff Writer For the past few months, the world’s attention has been fixed on the brutal war in Ukraine. While Ukrainian and Russian citizens continue to bear most of the brutality wrought by the war, it has become clear that one man is responsible for starting the conflict: the President…
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Russian Airstrike On Holocaust Memorial Babyn Yar: The Silencing of the Ukrainian Jewish Community
Photo Credit: Timon91 By Irelan Fletcher Staff Writer On Tuesday, March 1st, Ukrainian officials and the State Emergency Service confirmed that five people were killed after a Russian airstrike hit Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. The projectile was aimed at the main radio and television tower in Kyiv, close to the Babyn Yar Memorial—a Holocaust memorial placed at…
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The Historical and Modern Antecedents to the Russo-Ukrainian Conflict
Pictured Above: The People’s Friendship Arch, built in 1982, symbolized the political and cultural unity between Russia and Ukraine. Following significant deterioration over the following decades, Ukrainian activists painted a crack on the arch to resemble this rupture. Photo Credit: Timon91 By Manuel Aguilera-PrietoContributing Writer The political circumstances surrounding Ukraine have been marked by a…