There is a Russian proverb: don’t blame the mirror if your face is crooked. I first came across it as the epigraph to The Government Inspector, Gogol’s 1836 masterpiece satirising corruption and hypocrisy in the provinces of the tsar’s empire. The phrase sprang to mind last week when I learned that»»»

Ukrainian national guard personnel in training at a military base near Kyiv. File photo by Ivan Vakolenko/UPI | License Photo May 21 (UPI) -- Six Ukrainian troops were killed and at least 10 injured in a Russian missile strike as they practiced at a firing range in the northeastern Sumy region, Ukr»»»