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It’s ten years of Russia’s war against Ukraine, not two
Years of futile negotiations over Ukraine should dispel any illusions - intelligence proves Putin spent the last decade preparing for exactly this war, with aims far beyond Ukraine.
The Minsk Agreements and Merkel’s political amnesia
President Putin has allegedly been disappointed by the statement of Angela Merkel, where she claimed that the Minsk…
Six reasons the West can settle for nothing less than Ukrainian victory
Following Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and the invasion of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions by proxy forces…
Russia says its proxies have right to two entire Ukrainian oblasts, withdraws from Minsk agreements
After recognizing its puppet Donetsk and Luhansk “republics” in Donbas on 21 February, Vladimir Putin on 22 February…
63% of Ukrainians want revision of Minsk accords amid record-high support for EU & NATO membership: poll
The Rating Group’s data shows that the number of Ukrainians who want the Minsk accords revised steadily grows…
Daily review: OSINT does not confirm reported Russian withdrawal, Ukraine hit by cyberattack, new coup plot
Past 24 hours in the war zone Russian proxies launch 6 attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donetsk, Luhansk…
Russian Duma urges Putin to recognize Donbas puppet statelets. Is the Minsk peace deal dead?
The State Duma – the lower chamber of the Russian parliament – has voted to pass a motion…
No progress in Normandy talks around Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donbas
On the night of 11 February, a nine-hour Normandy Format meeting ended in Berlin amid continuing tensions between…
Macron in Kyiv denies discussing “Finlandization” of Ukraine with Putin
Speaking at a press conference after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, French President Emmanuel Macron…
Macron confirms Kyiv scrapped crucial bill upholding Ukraine’s interests to appease Russia
On Tuesday night, 8 February, speaking after meeting with Russian President Putin in Moscow, French President Emmanuel Macron…
Moscow, Kyiv differ over goals in relaunching Normandy process
On January 26, 2022 in Paris, senior political advisors to the Russian, Ukrainian, German and French heads of…
Berlin concerned by Ukraine using Bayraktar drone, but not by Russian-separatist side using banned weapons
Ukraine’s use of a Turkish-made Bayraktar drone has drawn the ire of Germany’s Foreign Ministry. “Berlin is very…
The Kremlin is pleased after Kozak-Nuland talks on Ukraine (Part 2)
According to Kremlin-connected analyst Fedor Lukyanov, the Joseph Biden administration had to work hard with Moscow to make…
The Kremlin is pleased after Kozak-Nuland talks on Ukraine (Part 1)
The Joseph Biden administration has apparently decided to work with Russia toward a political solution to the conflict…
How Ukraine can escape the trap of the Minsk Protocols and return to international law
[editorial]After the Ilovaisk debacle and rising hostilities on Ukraine’s eastern front, the first Minsk Protocol – an agreement…
What would happen if Ukraine implements the controversial Steinmeier formula for Donbas?
[editorial]German Chancellor Angela Merkel embarrassed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his visit to Berlin this July by blowing…
Moscow’s reasons behind the resumed fighting in Donbas
Following the latest round of consultations of political advisors within the so-called Normandy format (Ukraine, Russia, France, Germany),…
Ukraine-Russia peace talks are in a stalemate as Kyiv eyes ways to revise Minsk deal
[editorial] Nine months have passed since the last summit in the Normandy Four (N4) format in Paris, when…
The toxic myth of “understanding and engaging” Russia
[editorial]The fighting in Ukraine is only the tip of the iceberg of Russia’s aggressive policies, the end goal…
Nature hates a vacuum, and autocracies don’t tolerate weak democracies: Kyiv Security Forum 2020
[editorial] The Kyiv Security Forum was established in 2007 by Arseniy Yatsenyuk, former Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014-2016),…