Nepal Protests: First-Hand Account
10 September 2025 “It’s worse than a crime, it’s a mistake.”, The wisdom of Tallyrand comes to mind as I walk down the foothills of the Himalayas and watch the…
Barbarians at the Gates of Europe: Nights in Lviv, Ukraine
The first siren typically sounds at about 2:00 a.m. It’s just a general alert, the Russian MiG-31Ks have taken off, and their hypersonic missiles could strike the whole country, but…
The Canadian Armed Forces is not an emergency disaster relief agency, no matter how much the Government wishes it were so.
20 August 2023 This summer Canada has been utterly pummelled by wildfires. Along with this, Canadians have been inundated with politicians standing in front of disaster relief efforts with sleeves…
Severodonetsk is not Mariupol – its a logistical warning to Ukraine and NATO in months to come
15 July 2022 Russia destroyed the last bridge connecting the contested city of Severodonetsk to Ukraine. This means that the Ukrainian soldiers and civilians are cut off from the rest…
Ukraine’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant on Fire due to Russian Shelling
3 March 2022 * Updated 4 March 2022, 0736 PST The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest of its kind in Europe and the fifth-largest in the world, is on…
Russia introduces thermobaric, lung sucking, munitions
26 February 2022 The introduction of thermobaric weapons in Ukraine is a devastating addition. CNN was the first to observe the introduction of these weapons into Ukraine. Thermobaric weapons are…
The Situation in Ukraine – What We Know Today
26 February 2022 – 1200 PST The Russian invasion of Ukraine entered its third day. Russian forces have been moving in on Kyiv and there are reports of heavy fighting.…
Humanitarian Demining: An Old Problem Needing New Tools
16 September 2019 – Toronto, CA by Dr. Walter Dorn The spectre of landmines is one of the longest lasting setbacks of wars. The haunting grasp of unexploded mines kills…
In Search of “Traitors”: Targets of Russian Special Services in Crimea and on Mainland Ukraine
22 May 2018 – San Francisco, US by Kseniya Kirillova Originally posted in Russian here. On Monday of last week, the Security Service of Ukraine officially announced that they thwarted…
Skrypal’s assassination attempt paid off for the Kremlin
21 March 2018 – San Francisco, US by Kseniya Kirillova The attempt on the life of the former GRU Colonel Sergey Skrypal added a new round of confrontation in the…