On the 24th of February 2022 belligerent Russian forces advanced towards Kyiv in an attempt to seize Ukraine. The US offered Volodymyr Zelensky a plane out of the country. However, in an act which has proven symbolic of heroic Ukrainian resistance, he obdurately refused to desert his country while it was under siege. Ever since, […]
When I woke up on the morning of Feb. 24, 2022, and saw my homescreen flooded with notifications, I knew. Three days earlier, when Russian President Vladimir Putin made a speech announcing Russia’s recognition of the fake DNR/LNR as separate republics, I knew. Four days earlier, when my parents made the rushed decision to fly […]
Amid the cost-of-living crisis, the war in Ukraine and the general decline of the UK to a level most generously described as “despairingly dismal”, it would be comforting to know that at least our leader was responsible enough to wear a seat belt when driving in a moving vehicle. It’s not much. I think we […]
Image credited to author Since August of this year, the skies above Kharkiv, like other parts of Ukraine, have been patrolled by Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones. The drones are the loitering munition type, which means that they hover over a target until it is located, after which they fire a 200-kilo warhead at a ground object. […]
Update, 9:55pm, 3 December: This story has been updated with statements by The Edinburgh Tab and the Russian Speaking Society. They can be viewed at the bottom of this article. The Edinburgh University Ukrainian Society (EUUS) has criticised a recent article in The Edinburgh Tab discussing the Russian-Speaking Society (RSS) at the University. Published on […]
This article was written on 19 November 2022 Senior representatives, including some defence ministers, from the ten nations comprising the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) met in Edinburgh earlier in the month to discuss cooperation and commitment in the face of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The JEF is made up of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, […]
Russian MP Vyacheslav Nikonov has had his honorary degree from the University of Edinburgh formally revoked. Nikonov has been stripped of the degree as a result of his endorsement of Russia’s war on Ukraine. He is on both the UK and US lists of official sanctions as an active member of Putin‘s United Russia party. […]
Kyiv faces massive blackouts and a looming burden on its energy system after a series of Russian attacks on its infrastructure on Halloween. Kyiv mayor Vitaliy Klitschko announced the resumption of water and power supply on Tuesday 1 November. However, he added that scheduled partial blackouts would continue in order to let the city cope […]