But a consideration of them collectively shows that what Putin is about is not just subordinating Ukraine to his will but forcing the West to recognize his power and right to do so, a recognition that would represent a far greater victory...
The international community has focused on Russia’s buildup of forces on territory adjoining Ukraine, concerned that such a concentration of military power will be used against its neighbor. But as Moscow routinely insists, it has the...
A particularly telling point made by the Russian military advisor was that, “If in classical wars the goal is to destroy the enemy’s manpower and in modern cyber wars it is to destroy the enemy’s infrastructure, then the goal of the...
Moscow is playing up this move as well as the concurrent transfer of armored units from the eastern parts of the North Caucasus to Russian-occupied Crimea (Vzglyad, April 13; Mishen24, April 10). Analysts, however, are divided on whether...
Vladimir Putin has long made clear that he doesn’t believe that Ukraine has a right to exist as an independent country, Andrey Illarionov says. But his “number one task” in any military move against Ukraine now is to seize water...
Read also: Transfer of Russian military units towards Ukraine’s border to be finished by end of April, – Ukrainian Intel Putin doesn’t just want a little more territory in Ukraine, Piontkovsky says. He wants to control all of...
In the event of full-scale escalation, Russia could conceivably achieve a military victory, even at the cost of many losses. However, we should understand that such losses and the risk of being formally named as the aggressor will not stop...
Moscow’s propaganda campaign against Ukraine and its dislocation of troops near the Ukrainian border echo the propaganda it deployed against the Republic of Georgia and the troops it moved up to the Georgian border before invading that...
“Starting from 18 March, Ukrainian intelligence forces and means have been recording Russia’s large-scale measures for transferring its troops from remote regions to its areas adjacent to Ukraine. According to available...
As both sides accuse each other of initiating the present clashes (see EDM, April 5), talk is growing in Moscow, Kyiv, and in occupied Donetsk and Luhansk of a major escalation that may dramatically upend the present stalemate: Either the...
History weaponized Just as heavily armored “little green men” invaded and occupied Crimea, and Russian tanks entered eastern Ukraine to wage war against the Ukrainian Armed Forces, another silent front opened in the classrooms of...
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