Moscow threatens to crush Ukraine, Ukrainian people

Vol. 88/No. 5 - February 5, 2024

It has been nearly two years since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime launched its invasion of Ukraine, hoping to seize Kyiv, kill the elected leadership and take control over the country within a few days. But working people of Ukraine,…


Mass 2014 Maidan battles fought to defend Ukraine’s independence

Vol. 88/No. 4 - January 29, 2024
More than 50,000 people demonstrated in Kyiv’s central square Feb. 2, 2014, in 10th week of protests demanding pro-Moscow Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych resign.

As Moscow’s murderous war against Ukraine nears its third year, the Militant is running articles we wrote during and on the heels of the popular mass Maidan movement and Ukraine’s earlier history that led to the overthrow of the Moscow-backed…


Soldiers’ relatives protest Putin’s war on Ukraine

Vol. 88/No. 3 - January 22, 2024
Wife of Russian soldier fighting in Ukraine protests outside government offices in Moscow Jan. 6. Her sign says, “Get the mobilized soldiers home! Down with conscription slavery!”

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war to conquer Ukraine and its people has failed to dent the determination of working people there to defend the country’s sovereignty. Resistance to the war and its consequences continues to rise inside Russia. Despite this,…


Capitalist rulers attack Ukraine unions, seize offices

Vol. 88/No. 3 - January 22, 2024

Ukraine’s capitalist rulers, with the urging of their imperialist backers in Washington, are using wartime conditions and claims they’re advancing “de-Sovietization” to attack the union movement and weaken its ability to fight to protect workers’ interests. This includes moves to…


Defend sovereignty of Israel and Ukraine

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024

Moscow’s murderous war on Ukraine, its culture and its people, and the Tehran-sponsored Hamas pogrom seeking to smash Israel and kill as many Jews as possible are two watershed events whose ramifications effect politics worldwide. Both are deadly threats to…


Back battle for Ukraine national independence

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024

President Vladimir Putin’s regime in Moscow has stepped up its murderous rain of airstrikes against heavily populated areas of Ukraine. But working people there are determined to defeat his invasion and defend their independence. In recent months hundreds have protested…


Support struggle of the Ukrainian people to defend their independence

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024
Protest by soldiers’ mothers and wives in Novosibirsk, Russia, Nov. 19. Sign says, “I am disabled, return my son, there is no one else to look after me.”

At his end-of-year press conference Dec. 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that the aims of his invasion of Ukraine “have not changed” despite the fierce resistance his forces continue to face. Working people in Ukraine are determined to defend…


Families of Putin’s troops: ‘Bring our boys home!’

Vol. 87/No. 48 - December 25, 2023
Protest in Moscow Nov. 7 demanding troops stationed in Ukraine for over a year be rotated home. It was called by The Way Home, a group of soldiers’ mothers and wives. Relatives held placards reading, “The mobilized are not robots. They need replacement,” and “Give the children back their fathers.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin tries to disguise his attempt to conquer Ukraine and its people as a war to defend “Mother Russia” from threats by Washington and NATO. In fact his goal is to reestablish the Russian Empire, denying Ukraine…


2013 Maidan uprising marked turning point in Ukraine

Vol. 87/No. 47 - December 18, 2023

Ten years ago, on Dec. 6 and 8, 2013, tens of thousands of workers and other Ukrainians from all over the country rallied in Kyiv, the country’s capital, joining the battle to oust the pro-Moscow government of Viktor Yanukovych. The…


Defend independence of Ukraine!
No to the US gov’t push for ‘peace’

Vol. 87/No. 47 - December 18, 2023
Maria Andreeva holds Moscow protest against Putin’s war on Ukraine.

The U.S. rulers’ response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, like their response to all events worldwide, has always been to advance their own strategic economic, political and military interests, not those of the Ukrainian people. Their aim is to restrict…