Whence came the oligarchs? To answer why the oligarchs are so omnipresent in Ukrainian life, one has to understand how they emerged in the first place. Ukraine did not turn into an oligarchic state in one day; rather, this was a...
The Zelenskyy-Kolomoyskyi-Medvedchuk coalition confidently rules Ukraine with the tacit support of Akhmetov. It is a coalition of treason, Putin’s coalition. Even before the beginning of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s term, I assumed...
Today’s 40-year-olds have lost the chance to see a truly sovereign and successful Ukraine. If they are lucky, the generation of those who are now 10 years old will see it. It depends on how their parents will vote. We build a state...
On 6 December 2017 the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine created a new coal giant – the National Coal Company (NCC). It happened after months of fruitless negotiations in parliament. However, even though the creation of the company...
As Crimea was occupied by Russia at the end of February 2014, Russia established several training camps in Crimea for its militants who were later used to instigate and wage war in the Donbas. After training in one of such camps, an...
On March 15, President Petro Poroshenko called an emergency meeting of the NSDC (National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine) to ask it to halt all cargo traffic with the occupied territories in Eastern Ukraine: Due to the escalation...
On February 27, Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky, terrorist leaders of the uncontrolled territories in the Donbas, delivered an ultimatum, demanding Ukraine to stop the civil trade blockade of the Donbas, threatening to take...
Activists have been blocking several railway lines connecting the Donbas with its occupied parts since January. The blockade created obstacles for transportation of coal for anthracite-fired power plants in Ukraine and of iron ore raw...
On January 25, demobilized soldiers and veterans of Ukrainian volunteer battalions launched a trade blockade of the occupied parts of the Donbas. The economic blockade of the Donbas will hit Ukrainian law enforcement agencies, as the...
In part one, I conceptualized the Hybrid War. I argued that it is a long term strategy, aimed at ensuring victory through parallel and synchronized use of military and non-military means. Read part 1: What if? Hybrid War and consequences...
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