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Alexander Lutsenko

Oct 14, 2026, 3:09 PM

Israel Is Studying Russian Weapons from Ukraine. That Changes the Conversation

Israel Is Studying Russian Weapons from Ukraine. That Changes the Conversation / Image generated by AI.

For years, the question in Israeli-Ukrainian relations has been familiar: what can Israel give Ukraine? Air defense systems. Military technology. Protection against Iranian-designed drones. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly looked toward Israel as a country that knows how to defend its...

Alexander Lutsenko

Oct 8, 2026, 3:17 PM

When Russia Rewrites a Museum, It Is Rewriting the People Who Live Around It

There is a mistake we often make when we talk about cultural destruction during war. We imagine a burned museum, a shattered church, a stolen painting or an archive carried away in boxes. These are visible crimes. They can...

Alexander Lutsenko

Oct 5, 2026, 12:08 AM

The Last Homework of 14-Year-Old Daniel Umansky, Killed by a Russian Drone

A 14-year-old Israeli-Ukrainian boy was writing about responsibility, protecting the weak and respecting other people. Then a Russian drone struck his home in Kyiv. There are details in war that refuse to remain statistics. I have been following Russia’s war against...

Sep 28, 2026, 9:00 PM

The payment for freedom: A Homework Notebook in Kyiv, Weeds in Oleshky

Oleshki sign (photo made by a military drone provided by the press-service to the media)

At about 8 a.m. on Friday, September 25, a Russian drone hit a residential building in Kyiv’s Pechersk district, not far from the Israeli embassy. Daniel Umansky, 14, an Israeli citizen whose family had made aliyah and returned to...

Sep 25, 2026, 5:11 PM

Kanaani Cats Nominated for Brooklyn Certificate of Proclamation

Ahead of American National Cat Day, the Jerusalem-born breed’s Brooklyn revival reaches another milestone after its historic debut in Finland and international record recognition. Something remarkable has happened to the Kanaani in a very short time. When I began working to...

Sep 18, 2026, 8:56 PM

A Mensch with Flour on His Hands

Strudel, Amber, and Pikuach Nefesh Odesa native Uriel Shtern preserves recipes and Jewish memory, transforms Ukrainian amber into Judaica, and helps women reach a doctor in places where war has made an ordinary medical exam nearly inaccessible. At first glance,...

Alexander Lutsenko

Sep 8, 2026, 1:59 AM

Soviet Dissident, Israeli Politician Natan Sharansky: Ukraine Is Europe’s Shield

Soviet Dissident, Israeli Politician Natan Sharansky: Ukraine Is Europe’s Shield - The image was created using AI.

"And so I want to say to the Ukrainian people, who are going through such a difficult time right now, but every day of your struggle you are free people, and you live a full life, and it is...

Sep 7, 2026, 6:52 PM

When Military Power Becomes a Substitute for Strategy.

Russia’s war in Ukraine and America’s confrontation with Iran are fundamentally different. Yet, both expose the same strategic danger: overwhelming force can destroy capabilities, but only political strategy can determine what follows. The enduring temptation of military power is the...

Sep 6, 2026, 5:33 PM

Why defense tech is attracting investors

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Mykhailo Fedorov has an unusual proposition for American investors. Ukraine’s former defense minister is seeking Western capital for a fund that would invest in Ukrainian defense start-ups while also creating companies of its own, taking technologies developed through years...

Sep 6, 2026, 1:34 PM

Preventive Restitution: A New Frontier in International Law

I want to share with The Times of Israel readers a scholarly article that I have co-authored with Dr. Dmytro Hrebeniuk, Associate Professor at the National University “Odesa Law Academy,” where I am currently pursuing my PhD in international...

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