Martin Kuz
@martinkuz.bsky.social
Independent journalist covering Ukraine
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Bylines: @thehill.com @newlinesmag.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com
Newsletter: https://martinkuz.substack.com
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Bylines: @thehill.com @newlinesmag.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com
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The timidity of Europe compounds the inaction of the US, where a doddering, mango-hued president defers to the Kremlin. The blend of inertia, ineptitude and indifference has created a world in which Russia bombing Ukrainian civilians night after night passes as normal, as inevitable, as unalterable.
The cause of all troubles
Andriy Parubiy’s murder and the eternal problem of Russia
martinkuz.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The timidity of Europe compounds the inaction of the US, where a doddering, mango-hued president defers to the Kremlin. The blend of inertia, ineptitude and indifference has created a world in which Russia bombing Ukrainian civilians night after night passes as normal, as inevitable, as unalterable.
The timidity of Europe compounds the inaction of the US, where a doddering, mango-hued president defers to the Kremlin. The blend of inertia, ineptitude and indifference has created a world in which Russia bombing Ukrainian civilians night after night passes as normal, as inevitable, as unalterable.
The cause of all troubles
Andriy Parubiy’s murder and the eternal problem of Russia
martinkuz.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The timidity of Europe compounds the inaction of the US, where a doddering, mango-hued president defers to the Kremlin. The blend of inertia, ineptitude and indifference has created a world in which Russia bombing Ukrainian civilians night after night passes as normal, as inevitable, as unalterable.
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A gunman disguised as a delivery courier had murdered Parubiy, 54, on a sidewalk in Lviv that morning. Authorities detained a suspect within 48 hours, and details soon surfaced linking him to Russian intelligence agencies.
The cause of all troubles
Andriy Parubiy’s murder and the eternal problem of Russia
martinkuz.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
A gunman disguised as a delivery courier had murdered Parubiy, 54, on a sidewalk in Lviv that morning. Authorities detained a suspect within 48 hours, and details soon surfaced linking him to Russian intelligence agencies.
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It's rare to get a chance to talk about Ukraine on the radio, and rarer still to have the discussion last almost an hour--and then find out that's only Part 1.
Thanks to @seanframe.bsky.social for inviting me on his show From the Roots Up. Audio link: kahi.com/audio_files/... (Part 2 airs Dec. 21.)
Thanks to @seanframe.bsky.social for inviting me on his show From the Roots Up. Audio link: kahi.com/audio_files/... (Part 2 airs Dec. 21.)
December 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It's rare to get a chance to talk about Ukraine on the radio, and rarer still to have the discussion last almost an hour--and then find out that's only Part 1.
Thanks to @seanframe.bsky.social for inviting me on his show From the Roots Up. Audio link: kahi.com/audio_files/... (Part 2 airs Dec. 21.)
Thanks to @seanframe.bsky.social for inviting me on his show From the Roots Up. Audio link: kahi.com/audio_files/... (Part 2 airs Dec. 21.)
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russia passes huge sentences against 65-year-old Melitopol pensioner and two other Ukrainians for their patriotism
Iryna Sukhodei was claimed by an invading power to have committed treason by supporting her own country
Twelve and a half years in a medium-security prison colony.
Iryna Sukhodei was claimed by an invading power to have committed treason by supporting her own country
Twelve and a half years in a medium-security prison colony.
Russia passes huge sentences against 65-year-old Melitopol pensioner and two other Ukrainians for their patriotism
Iryna Sukhodei was claimed by an invading power to have committed treason by supporting her own country
khpg.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:53 AM
russia passes huge sentences against 65-year-old Melitopol pensioner and two other Ukrainians for their patriotism
Iryna Sukhodei was claimed by an invading power to have committed treason by supporting her own country
Twelve and a half years in a medium-security prison colony.
Iryna Sukhodei was claimed by an invading power to have committed treason by supporting her own country
Twelve and a half years in a medium-security prison colony.
It's rare to get a chance to talk about Ukraine on the radio, and rarer still to have the discussion last almost an hour--and then find out that's only Part 1.
Thanks to @seanframe.bsky.social for inviting me on his show From the Roots Up. Audio link: kahi.com/audio_files/... (Part 2 airs Dec. 21.)
Thanks to @seanframe.bsky.social for inviting me on his show From the Roots Up. Audio link: kahi.com/audio_files/... (Part 2 airs Dec. 21.)
December 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It's rare to get a chance to talk about Ukraine on the radio, and rarer still to have the discussion last almost an hour--and then find out that's only Part 1.
Thanks to @seanframe.bsky.social for inviting me on his show From the Roots Up. Audio link: kahi.com/audio_files/... (Part 2 airs Dec. 21.)
Thanks to @seanframe.bsky.social for inviting me on his show From the Roots Up. Audio link: kahi.com/audio_files/... (Part 2 airs Dec. 21.)
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Shameless subscription discount alert: For a few more days, I’m offering 20% off a paid subscription to Reporting on Ukraine. Receive news and views on the war for as little as $40/year. Paid subscribers make my self-funded, independent journalism possible, so I hope you’ll consider it. Thank you!
Subscribe to Reporting on Ukraine
News and views on the war, plus tracing the line from Stalin to Putin. Click to read Reporting on Ukraine, by Martin Kuz, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
martinkuz.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Shameless subscription discount alert: For a few more days, I’m offering 20% off a paid subscription to Reporting on Ukraine. Receive news and views on the war for as little as $40/year. Paid subscribers make my self-funded, independent journalism possible, so I hope you’ll consider it. Thank you!
Shameless subscription discount alert: For a few more days, I’m offering 20% off a paid subscription to Reporting on Ukraine. Receive news and views on the war for as little as $40/year. Paid subscribers make my self-funded, independent journalism possible, so I hope you’ll consider it. Thank you!
Subscribe to Reporting on Ukraine
News and views on the war, plus tracing the line from Stalin to Putin. Click to read Reporting on Ukraine, by Martin Kuz, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
martinkuz.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Shameless subscription discount alert: For a few more days, I’m offering 20% off a paid subscription to Reporting on Ukraine. Receive news and views on the war for as little as $40/year. Paid subscribers make my self-funded, independent journalism possible, so I hope you’ll consider it. Thank you!
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On this Giving Tuesday, I’m recommending five charities that represent a fraction of those that I’ve witnessed doing good deeds — heroic deeds — in cities and settlements throughout Ukraine. Also, for the next week, you can save 20 percent on a 12-month paid subscription to Reporting on Ukraine.
Need without end
On Giving Tuesday, here are five aid groups in Ukraine deserving of your support (and one newsletter humbly requesting it)
martinkuz.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
On this Giving Tuesday, I’m recommending five charities that represent a fraction of those that I’ve witnessed doing good deeds — heroic deeds — in cities and settlements throughout Ukraine. Also, for the next week, you can save 20 percent on a 12-month paid subscription to Reporting on Ukraine.
On this Giving Tuesday, I’m recommending five charities that represent a fraction of those that I’ve witnessed doing good deeds — heroic deeds — in cities and settlements throughout Ukraine. Also, for the next week, you can save 20 percent on a 12-month paid subscription to Reporting on Ukraine.
Need without end
On Giving Tuesday, here are five aid groups in Ukraine deserving of your support (and one newsletter humbly requesting it)
martinkuz.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
On this Giving Tuesday, I’m recommending five charities that represent a fraction of those that I’ve witnessed doing good deeds — heroic deeds — in cities and settlements throughout Ukraine. Also, for the next week, you can save 20 percent on a 12-month paid subscription to Reporting on Ukraine.
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"For MAGA architects and adherents, history reaches only as far back as the Epstein files. The notion that a 19th-century writer — and a poet at that — could inspire a nation’s people in the time of TikTok is as alien to Trump officials and supporters as the idea that vaccines save lives."
In the land of Shevchenko
Putin and Trump appear unable to grasp why Ukraine refuses to surrender. Reading the 19th-century poet could enlighten them.
martinkuz.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"For MAGA architects and adherents, history reaches only as far back as the Epstein files. The notion that a 19th-century writer — and a poet at that — could inspire a nation’s people in the time of TikTok is as alien to Trump officials and supporters as the idea that vaccines save lives."
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If a single individual can be said to represent a nation’s essence, Shevchenko *is* Ukraine. He gives voice to the ferocious soul of a proud land unwilling to relinquish its freedom — a stubborn fact that Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump appear unable to grasp.
In the land of Shevchenko
Putin and Trump appear unable to grasp why Ukraine refuses to surrender. Reading the 19th-century poet could enlighten them.
martinkuz.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If a single individual can be said to represent a nation’s essence, Shevchenko *is* Ukraine. He gives voice to the ferocious soul of a proud land unwilling to relinquish its freedom — a stubborn fact that Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump appear unable to grasp.
If a single individual can be said to represent a nation’s essence, Shevchenko *is* Ukraine. He gives voice to the ferocious soul of a proud land unwilling to relinquish its freedom — a stubborn fact that Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump appear unable to grasp.
In the land of Shevchenko
Putin and Trump appear unable to grasp why Ukraine refuses to surrender. Reading the 19th-century poet could enlighten them.
martinkuz.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If a single individual can be said to represent a nation’s essence, Shevchenko *is* Ukraine. He gives voice to the ferocious soul of a proud land unwilling to relinquish its freedom — a stubborn fact that Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump appear unable to grasp.
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"Hunger robbed Anastasia Lysyvets of her family one by one. In less than a year, her father and mother, only sister and youngest brother starved to deathAnastasia, 11, and her 7-year-old brother, Mykola, struggled to stay alive, subsisting on weeds, grass, berries, rodents, bugs and bits of wood."
Genocide then, genocide now
Ukrainians remember the victims of Stalin’s famine as they continue to endure Putin’s tyranny
martinkuz.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"Hunger robbed Anastasia Lysyvets of her family one by one. In less than a year, her father and mother, only sister and youngest brother starved to deathAnastasia, 11, and her 7-year-old brother, Mykola, struggled to stay alive, subsisting on weeds, grass, berries, rodents, bugs and bits of wood."
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Early in the war, Ivan led a Marine scout team across enemy lines in the city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine. Russian troops captured the four men and transferred them by plane to a prison west of Moscow. As the aircraft landed, a Russian soldier offered a grim salutation: “Welcome to hell.”
To stay human
Tortured for over 1,000 days in a Russian prison, a former Marine shares his story of anguish, survival and guarding the light within
martinkuz.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Early in the war, Ivan led a Marine scout team across enemy lines in the city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine. Russian troops captured the four men and transferred them by plane to a prison west of Moscow. As the aircraft landed, a Russian soldier offered a grim salutation: “Welcome to hell.”
Early in the war, Ivan led a Marine scout team across enemy lines in the city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine. Russian troops captured the four men and transferred them by plane to a prison west of Moscow. As the aircraft landed, a Russian soldier offered a grim salutation: “Welcome to hell.”
To stay human
Tortured for over 1,000 days in a Russian prison, a former Marine shares his story of anguish, survival and guarding the light within
martinkuz.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Early in the war, Ivan led a Marine scout team across enemy lines in the city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine. Russian troops captured the four men and transferred them by plane to a prison west of Moscow. As the aircraft landed, a Russian soldier offered a grim salutation: “Welcome to hell.”
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The guards moved with unhurried menace as the sounds of torment carried up the corridor: the low buzz of Tasers, the heavy thud of truncheons, the sharp slap of fists.
To stay human
Tortured for over 1,000 days in a Russian prison, a former Marine shares his story of anguish, survival and guarding the light inside
martinkuz.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The guards moved with unhurried menace as the sounds of torment carried up the corridor: the low buzz of Tasers, the heavy thud of truncheons, the sharp slap of fists.
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Valentyna described long months of struggling with “drone trauma.” The incessant nighttime buzzing and frequent explosions had burdened her with anxiety, migraines and insomnia that antidepressants and sedatives failed to alleviate.
‘You see your life disappearing’
As civilians forced to flee their homes confront the unknown, aid workers who evacuate them channel their fury at Russia into empathy for Ukrainians
martinkuz.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Valentyna described long months of struggling with “drone trauma.” The incessant nighttime buzzing and frequent explosions had burdened her with anxiety, migraines and insomnia that antidepressants and sedatives failed to alleviate.
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"Viktoriia’s body was missing the brain, eyes and a segment of the trachea.
"Forensic analysis later revealed burn marks consistent with electric shocks and a fractured rib. The hyoid bone in her neck was broken, an injury that can occur during strangulation."
"Forensic analysis later revealed burn marks consistent with electric shocks and a fractured rib. The hyoid bone in her neck was broken, an injury that can occur during strangulation."
Killing the messengers
Putin and other autocrats believe that oppressing journalists will suppress the truth. It is a belief at once malicious and mistaken.
martinkuz.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"Viktoriia’s body was missing the brain, eyes and a segment of the trachea.
"Forensic analysis later revealed burn marks consistent with electric shocks and a fractured rib. The hyoid bone in her neck was broken, an injury that can occur during strangulation."
"Forensic analysis later revealed burn marks consistent with electric shocks and a fractured rib. The hyoid bone in her neck was broken, an injury that can occur during strangulation."
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The war's onset drew Eduard Skyork into the evacuation work he now considers his mission. Three years later, he continues to channel his fury at the Russians into compassion for his fellow Ukrainians. “Anger is another enemy—it will hurt your health,” he said. “I use that energy for empathy.”
‘You see your life disappearing’
As civilians forced to flee their homes confront the unknown, aid workers who evacuate them channel their fury at Russia into empathy for Ukrainians
martinkuz.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The war's onset drew Eduard Skyork into the evacuation work he now considers his mission. Three years later, he continues to channel his fury at the Russians into compassion for his fellow Ukrainians. “Anger is another enemy—it will hurt your health,” he said. “I use that energy for empathy.”
The war's onset drew Eduard Skyork into the evacuation work he now considers his mission. Three years later, he continues to channel his fury at the Russians into compassion for his fellow Ukrainians. “Anger is another enemy—it will hurt your health,” he said. “I use that energy for empathy.”
‘You see your life disappearing’
As civilians forced to flee their homes confront the unknown, aid workers who evacuate them channel their fury at Russia into empathy for Ukrainians
martinkuz.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The war's onset drew Eduard Skyork into the evacuation work he now considers his mission. Three years later, he continues to channel his fury at the Russians into compassion for his fellow Ukrainians. “Anger is another enemy—it will hurt your health,” he said. “I use that energy for empathy.”
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Three years ago, responding to an evacuation request in Bakhmut, Eduard Skyork began guiding a 70-year-old man down an apartment building stairwell. A moment passed before grandson and grandfather recognized one another. “I saw you in a dream,” Volodymyr told him. “I knew you would come.”
‘You see your life disappearing’
As civilians forced to flee their homes confront the unknown, aid workers who evacuate them channel their fury at Russia into empathy for Ukrainians
martinkuz.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Three years ago, responding to an evacuation request in Bakhmut, Eduard Skyork began guiding a 70-year-old man down an apartment building stairwell. A moment passed before grandson and grandfather recognized one another. “I saw you in a dream,” Volodymyr told him. “I knew you would come.”
Three years ago, responding to an evacuation request in Bakhmut, Eduard Skyork began guiding a 70-year-old man down an apartment building stairwell. A moment passed before grandson and grandfather recognized one another. “I saw you in a dream,” Volodymyr told him. “I knew you would come.”
‘You see your life disappearing’
As civilians forced to flee their homes confront the unknown, aid workers who evacuate them channel their fury at Russia into empathy for Ukrainians
martinkuz.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Three years ago, responding to an evacuation request in Bakhmut, Eduard Skyork began guiding a 70-year-old man down an apartment building stairwell. A moment passed before grandson and grandfather recognized one another. “I saw you in a dream,” Volodymyr told him. “I knew you would come.”
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A burial ceremony for three fallen soldiers had ended some time earlier. Their loved ones walked in silence down the hill. Now as 80 years ago, when war descended on Vasyl and Anna Kuz, so many families across Ukraine know that pain. So many families know they have been broken forever.
Broken forever
War severed my late father's family in Ukraine more than 80 years ago. So many in his homeland now share the same pain.
martinkuz.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A burial ceremony for three fallen soldiers had ended some time earlier. Their loved ones walked in silence down the hill. Now as 80 years ago, when war descended on Vasyl and Anna Kuz, so many families across Ukraine know that pain. So many families know they have been broken forever.
A burial ceremony for three fallen soldiers had ended some time earlier. Their loved ones walked in silence down the hill. Now as 80 years ago, when war descended on Vasyl and Anna Kuz, so many families across Ukraine know that pain. So many families know they have been broken forever.
Broken forever
War severed my late father's family in Ukraine more than 80 years ago. So many in his homeland now share the same pain.
martinkuz.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A burial ceremony for three fallen soldiers had ended some time earlier. Their loved ones walked in silence down the hill. Now as 80 years ago, when war descended on Vasyl and Anna Kuz, so many families across Ukraine know that pain. So many families know they have been broken forever.