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Earlier this month, a clever bit of Russian propaganda made the viral rounds. The satirical short video is aimed at Russian citizens, or perhaps ethnically Russian Ukrainians, who are thinking of emigrating to the United States. It hammers the notion that defectors will somehow find more freedom in America, portraying the erstwhile beacon of liberty as a now completely repressed state under the thumb of woke insanity. The video shows a Russian family on an airplane, finally fulfilling their dream of moving to the United States. But in short order, the Americans on the flight disabuse them of their immigrant...

Ukrainian officials voiced support for deploying United Nations peacekeeper troops to establish a demilitarized zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Wednesday. Ukraine's support for the move comes one day after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned of a potentially "catastrophic" disaster at the plant. The IAEA deployed a team to Ukraine to inspect the facility last week. IAEA general director Rafael Grossi called for a demilitarized zone around the station. "The first important safety pillar that exists in any nuclear facility is not to violate its physical integrity," Grossi said Tuesday. "And unfortunately…this has happened. This happened and...

"Believe me not, and yet I lie not; I confess nothing, nor I deny nothing." Shakespeare Ukrainians will find dark humor in the English or Russian edition of Pravda as it attempts to marginalize blossoming liberty in the ancestral Motherland. Comic relief, however, isn't why patriots in Ukraine or the Diaspora should regularly monitor the tabloid's contents or other Russian media outlets. Rather than promote democracy the former Communist mouth piece is furthering the authoritarianism of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The newspaper provides insight into the mindset of Moscow's political power brokers that may foretell of the challenges Ukraine faces....