Cnn Opinion — Media — Michael Bociurkiw

CNN Opinion: July 8, 2024

As Washington prepares for a landmark NATO summit marking 75 years, some 5,000 miles away in Ukraine the mood is hardly one of celebration.

CNN Opinion: February 29, 2024

As US legislators debate further aid for Ukraine, countless men and women have paid the ultimate price to defend their country from Russian aggression - and to prevent Moscow from making further territorial grabs.

CNN Opinion: February 2, 2024

Is UNRWA past its ‘sell by’ date? I explore some of the options after the main UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees gets accused of being too close to Hamas

CNN Newsroom: April 16, 2023

On CNN Newsroom, I spoke with host Fredricka Whitfield about the Battle for Bakhmut, and what Ukraine says it needs to achieve victory

CNN Opinion: April 14, 2023

When the war in Ukraine finally comes to an end, the besieged city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine will go down as one of the most recognizable symbols of the conflict.

CNN Opinion: March 16, 2023

After one year of war, the owners of Ukraine’s small and medium-sized businesses are struggling. Millions of displaced Ukrainians has created a smaller customer base and fewer staff. And yet the central government has hardly taken a notice of their pain.

CNN Opinion: February 9, 2023

Ukraine needs to fight two wars simultaneously: one against Russian aggression and the other against corruption. Though some feel not enough effort is being given to the latter.

CNN Opinion: Odesa used to be known for two things -- the port and raucous hedonism

Nothing prepared me for what I have witnessed in Odesa. Eerily quiet streets, closed roads, tank traps and military checkpoints, deserted beaches, near-empty restaurants and bars. Last year, more than 3 million tourists visited the city. This year you're more likely to find war correspondents, aid workers and diplomats in its seaside hotels.

CNN Opinion: April 14, 2022

As long as Moscow has the ability to send deadly long-range cruise missiles anywhere onto Ukrainian territory, no city, town or village can be declared safe.

CNN Opinion: One month into war, Zelensky is done with niceties

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's relatively new strategy to publicly name and shame countries that Kyiv believes to be sitting on the diplomatic fence appears to be his way to leverage soaring global popularity.

Michael BociurkiwMarch 25, 2022Cnn Opinion, CNN, oped, opinion, Ukraine, Zelensky, michael bociurkiwComment

CNN Opinion: Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron are locked in a post-Brexit duel

On Wednesday, a pregnant woman and three children were among the 27 who died trying to cross the English Channel in an inflatable dinghy that capsized. The International Organization for Migration said the tragedy marked the single biggest known loss of life on the busy waterway since it began collecting data in 2014. Michael Bociurkiw breaks down the situation.

Michael BociurkiwNovember 28, 2021Uk, France, migrants, Emmanuel Macron, Boris Johnson, Cnn Opinion, michael bociurkiw, English Channel, immigration, refugeesComment

CNN Opinion: What Could make Myanmar's Military Junta Back Off?

If the Myanmar generals get their way, the number of people living under military rule, together with those in Thailand, in that corner of Southeast Asia will almost double to about 124 million people. That is a prospect ASEAN, and the broader international community, must prevent at all costs.

CNN Opinion: Why Putin wants to keep Navalny locked up

The return of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny home: was it a brave move or a miscalculation?

Michael BociurkiwFebruary 6, 2021Russia, Alexei Navalny, Navalny, CNN, Cnn Opinion, Michael Bociurkiw, democracy, human rights, Putin, Vladimir Putin, GermanyComment

CNN Opinion: The World Reacts to the US Presidential Election (Panel)

How will the world react to the recently-concluded US elections? A international panel of nine experts were selected to provide commentary for CNN Opinion

Michael BociurkiwNovember 10, 2020US, US elections, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Cnn Opinion, CNN, Michael Bociurkiw, Justin Trudeau, CanadaComment

CNN Opinion: Who's standing up to Russia on Navalny poisoning? Not America

With the German government's announcement Wednesday of "unequivocal evidence" that the nerve agent Novichok was used in the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, we are once again reminded how a vacuum in global leadership -- notably, in this instance, the silence of the American President -- can potentially open the way for the world's strongmen to reach for the deadliest means to silence their critics.

Michael BociurkiwSeptember 5, 2020Russia, Navalny, Alexei Navalny, Cnn Opinion, Ukraine, Putin, Vladimir Putin, Germany, sanctions, Nord Stream, Michael Bociurkiw, CNN, CNN OpinionComment

CNN Opinion: How Justin Trudeau's latest ethics scandal could spell the end of his career

How Justin Trudeau's latest ethics scandal could spell the end of his career