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He crawled for five days with his throat slit. The russians had thrown him into a pit with the bodies of his fellow soldiers and walked away to smoke. Vladyslav had heard his torturers gouging out the eyes of his men. Then they slit his throat and left him to die. He crawled out of the pit filled with garbage, hid from drones twice, and spent five days crawling back to Ukrainian positions. He was half a centimeter away from death. And he survived. Vladyslav is a platoon commander. In the Donetsk region, his platoon came under heavy fire, and he ordered his men to spread out. When he lost contact with them, he went searching through nearby houses. That was when he was ambushed by russian convicts. They took him into a basement. His fellow soldiers were already there, kneeling with their hands tied. There was blood everywhere. The torturers mutilated them in front of Vladyslav. The first two suffered the worst. Their eyes were gouged out, and their ears, noses, and genitals were cut off. They screamed in agony. Vladyslav closed his eyes, but the russians forced him to watch. Then they turned on him. They cut off part of his ear, pulled out a tooth with pliers, and slit his throat. They threw everyone into the same pit and covered them with garbage. The russians did not leave immediately. They stood over the pit filled with bodies, smoking. Vladyslav waited until they were gone. Among the garbage, he found a broken bottle. He used a piece of glass to cut the rope binding his hands. Then he began to crawl. Drones attacked him. He spent two days hiding in some kind of manhole. He crawled for five days until he finally reached Ukrainian positions. He held a grenade in his hand. There were moments when he thought about giving up. But the thought of his daughter and wife gave him the strength to keep crawling. The doctors could hardly believe what they saw. “He looked like the victim of a maniac. His trachea was completely damaged, along with parts of his neck muscles and esophagus.” A surgeon added: “On both sides, he was just half a centimeter away from death. If the carotid artery had been hit, it would all have been over within a minute and a half.” He underwent rehabilitation, during which he could not speak. He communicated with his wife and brother by writing in a notebook. Vladyslav wrote to his wife that he wanted to return to the Donetsk region – to avenge at least those seven men who had been executed before his eyes. Source: text translated from Bairak Oleh

The Ust-Luga oil port in russia is on fire after a Ukrainian attack. Despite Trump’s constant pressure on Ukraine in an attempt to protect the russian oil industry, Ukraine is systematically destroying russia’s capacity to wage war.

About peace negotiations between Ukraine and russia. Despite all the false narratives and propaganda russia has tried to spread, the core reason behind its invasion is simple and chilling: to eliminate the Ukrainian nation. Timothy Snyder, a distinguished historian, has clearly outlined the evidence of russia committing genocide. Also, at the start of the full-scale invasion, russia’s official news agency, RIA Novosti, published an explicit plan for the total destruction of Ukrainian identity — openly calling for genocide. On top of that, countless atrocities, war crimes, and crimes against humanity have already been committed against the Ukrainian people. Given all this, how can anyone talk about Ukraine giving up its territories and people? What part of Ukraine do you want to eliminate? How many Ukrainian people do you want to put through genocide? To quote Golda Meir: “You cannot negotiate peace with someone who has come to kill you.”

Ukraine has rejected American proposal to redraw its borders in an attempt to appease russia. President Zelenskyy said: “Ukraine will never recognize this – either de facto or de jure. And this has always been our position at the negotiating table.” He added: “For the United States, the easiest way to reach an agreement with the russians is to pressure us to give up territory. I hope the United States will find another way.” This is exactly what is wrong with the current approach to negotiations. Instead of increasing pressure on the aggressor, the United States keeps pressuring the victim. Ukraine is being asked to surrender its territory, while russia is being offered a way to claim victory. But rewarding aggression does not create lasting peace. It creates incentives for future aggression. The United States should be using its economic and military power to increase the costs of russia’s invasion, not trying to redraw Ukraine’s borders to accommodate Putin. Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders are not bargaining chips. Peace that rewards invasion is not peace. It is an invitation to the next war.

On May 16, 1940, the British newspaper Daily Mirror published this cartoon, dedicating it to those who were calling for negotiations with Hitler. In the image, a man holds two posters reading: “Peace by negotiation” and “Make a deal with Hitler now!” Many years have passed, but nothing has changed. Some people remain delusional, still believing that appeasing aggressors will somehow stop the aggression.

Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchiev, has just died at age 66. On the very same day that Ukraine, russia, and the United States are holding critical peace negotiations in Abu Dhabi. The Kremlin is not telling the cause of death. But we can guess. Over the years, we have seen numerous high-ranking russian officials and businessmen die under mysterious circumstances. Some fell out of windows. Others died suddenly, with little explanation. And now, russia’s ambassador to Washington dies on the day of critical negotiations. Another mysterious death in Putin’s russia.

The port and oil infrastructure of Ust-Luga in russia's Leningrad region is burning after a Ukrainian attack. Despite Trump’s constant pressure on Ukraine in an attempt to protect the russian oil industry, Ukraine is systematically destroying russia’s capacity to wage war.

The problem with European security is not the existing security order. The problem is that russia refuses to respect it. For decades, russia has violated international agreements, invaded neighboring countries, occupied foreign territories, and tried to impose its will on sovereign nations. In 1994, russia promised to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. In 2014, it invaded Ukraine. In 2022, it launched a full-scale invasion. The problem is not that Europe lacks security agreements. The problem is that russia keeps breaking them. Yet, Trump, Kushner, and Witkoff seem to believe that they can solve the problem by negotiating another security framework with Putin. But why would Putin respect a new agreement when he has repeatedly violated previous ones? This is a fundamental misunderstanding of the incentives driving russia’s aggression. Putin does not want a new European security order based on mutual respect and sovereignty. He wants a system in which russia can dictate the future of its neighbors. The solution is not to reward aggression with territorial concessions or another piece of paper. The solution is to change Putin’s incentives by making continued aggression more costly than peace. That means stronger sanctions, more military support for Ukraine, and credible security guarantees. Peace will not come from giving Putin what he wants. It will come when Putin understands that continuing the war will not get him what he wants.