Update: American journalist Gonzalo Lira dies in prison in Ukraine

Update: American journalist Gonzalo Lira dies in prison in Ukraine

by WorldTribune Staff, January 12, 2024 Gonzalo Lira, an American journalist who was being held in prison in Ukraine, has died, Tucker Carlson reported on Friday. “Gonzalo Lira Sr. says his son has died at 55 in a Ukrainian prison, where he was being held for the crime of criticizing the Zelensky and Biden governments. […]

2024 in preview: Flashpoints, elections, humanitarian crises

2024 in preview: Flashpoints, elections, humanitarian crises

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, December 31, 2023 Looking into the snow globe, it’s that time of year to predict and prognosticate what awaits this tired world in the New Year. There’s a certain trepidation in the air as we view the current and emerging crises, especially during a highly contested election year […]

With end of cash flow from the West, Zelensky confronts political oblivion

With end of cash flow from the West, Zelensky confronts political oblivion

FPI / December 20, 2023 Two years into the war against Russia, the funding spigot to Ukraine from the West has been essentially turned off. Ukraine is short of soldiers and ammunition. And Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky is running out of time. “A year ago, Volodymyr Zelensky was riding high. True, Ukraine wasn’t winning the […]

Ukraine’s expensive military reality check and the forgotten human dimension

Ukraine’s expensive military reality check and the forgotten human dimension

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, December 14, 2023 We are approaching Ukraine’s second Christmas at war with Russia. Gone are the heady days and David and Goliath moments of tough and plucky Ukraine stunning the Russian bear and, against all odds and predictions, presumably turning the military tide on the aggressor. Now the […]

$100 billion in taxpayer money later, GOP takes a stand on Ukraine funding

$100 billion in taxpayer money later, GOP takes a stand on Ukraine funding

by WorldTribune Staff, December 12, 2023 Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky must have been in shock following his latest fundraising visit to Washington, D.C. Congress had already approved sending more than $100 billion in U.S. taxpayer money to Ukraine. So, what happened this time? For the first time since his country’s conflict with Russia began, Zelensky […]

Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk call out Zelensky on detention of American journalist in Ukraine

Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk call out Zelensky on detention of American journalist in Ukraine

by WorldTribune Staff, December 10, 2023 One of the few journalists to report what is actually happening on the ground in Ukraine was arrested in May and been imprisoned since July allegedly for his criticism of the regime of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. The case of Gonzalo Lira has been ignored by legacy media outlets, […]

Zelensky advisor: Ukraine officials are ‘stealing like there’s no tomorrow’

Zelensky advisor: Ukraine officials are ‘stealing like there’s no tomorrow’

by WorldTribune Staff, October 31, 2023 Having already committed $113 billion in U.S. taxpayer money to Ukraine, Team Biden is pleading with Congress to send another $61.4 billion Volodymyr Zelensky’s way by tying the funding to emergency funding for Israel and the U.S. border crisis. Now, a top advisor to Zelensky has reportedly admitted that […]

Ex-German chancellor: Team Biden sabotaged Ukraine-Russia peace talks

Ex-German chancellor: Team Biden sabotaged Ukraine-Russia peace talks

by WorldTribune Staff, October 23, 2023 The Biden Administration deliberately upended negotiations held in Turkey last year that were aimed at a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine-Russia conflict, former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder said. During talks in Istanbul in March 2022, the Biden team did not allow Ukraine to negotiate a peace deal, Schröder, who […]

Colorado Democrat vows to shut down government if Ukraine doesn’t get more money

Colorado Democrat vows to shut down government if Ukraine doesn’t get more money

by WorldTribune Staff, October 5, 2023 Colorado Democrat Sen. Michael Bennet has threatened to shut down the government if Ukraine does not get billions more of U.S. taxpayer dollars. During Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” Tur asked Bennet, “Are you ready to hold up a bill that comes to the Senate that does […]

Of no consequence: UN General Assembly debates Ukraine war, moves on

Of no consequence: UN General Assembly debates Ukraine war, moves on

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, September 27, 2023 The arc of history passed through the UN last week as the global Assembly debated and deliberated on the ongoing war in Ukraine. Storm clouds from far off Eastern Europe descended over the delegations meeting in New York, who while largely and resolutely condemning the […]