Ukrainian espionage incident highlights ongoing Russian naval shortcomings
Russian-Ukrainian relations, increasingly tense since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, plummeted to a new low after…
Moscow creates new ‘Cossack’ paramilitary units for possible use against Ukraine
Recent reports that Moscow is deploying Cossack groups along the Russian-Ukrainian border near the Kharkiv, Sumy and Chernihiv…
Problems in the Ukrainian military food-supply system: Coronavirus or symptom of slowdown in reforms?
On March 1, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense (MOD) reported that all combat units and some small garrisons…
Indispensable oligarchs: Ukraine turns to business leaders to support anti-coronavirus efforts
Ukraine’s top businessmen are answering President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s call to assist and even lead the country’s efforts to…
Baltic intelligence agencies increasingly worry about threats from China in addition to Russia
In mid-March, the State Security Service (VDD) of Latvia published its annual public report. “While the new coronavirus…
Kyiv finds an alibi to step back from Kozak-Yermak plan on Donbas
The COVID-19 coronavirus emergency gives Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a non-political excuse for stepping back from the plan…
Kozak-Yermak plan on Donbas: The fine print
The meeting of the Minsk-based Contact Group, held by videoconference on March 24–26, had been expected to officially…
Russia to drastically expand its influence over Ukraine, rest of post-Soviet space
In recent months, the Kremlin dramatically stepped up efforts to push its interests and political agenda across the…
Ukraine’s president Zelenskyy turns blind eye to Putin-Medvedchuk scheming
On March 10, in Moscow, Ukraine’s leading Russophile politician Viktor Medvedchuk conferred with Russian President Vladimir Putin and…
Russian electronic warfare in Donbas: Training or preparation for a wider attack?
The Russian Armed Forces are continuing their covert offensive operations in Ukraine, even as Moscow denies direct involvement.…
Baltics call for unified European ‘frontline’ against Russian disinformation
In light of the three Baltic States’ and other Central and Eastern European countries’ continued struggle against Russian…
More pro-Russian far right conferences in Europe
One of the consequences of the Kremlin’s adventurism in Ukraine appears to have been an invigoration of European…