Escalation around Donbas: Is the Ukrainian army prepared for full-scale Russian aggression?
Several reasons were put forward to try to explain the springtime Russian buildup; and any or all of…
Amidst seemingly easing tensions, Putin leaves much unsaid in speech to parliament
The first glazed-over item on this list is the sharp escalation of the Ukraine crisis caused by the…
Moscow pushing even more expansive claims on Arctic
On March 31, the Russian government filed two new submissions to the UN body overseeing sea borders regarding…
Zelenskyy seeks a summit with Putin again
The Kremlin has, since early April, deployed overwhelming military forces around Ukraine, with high publicity and dire rhetorical…
Russia effectively seizes control of Sea of Azov, threatening Ukraine
Moscow’s justification for what it has done is that it is planning naval exercises in the region and…
Ukraine teams up with Qatar in the gas sector
On April 5, Ukraine’s acting minister of energy, Yuriy Vitrenko, and his Qatari counterpart, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, signed…
Advisor to Russian Defense Minister warns of ‘mental war’: who is waging it and against whom?
A particularly telling point made by the Russian military advisor was that, “If in classical wars the goal…
Moscow moving 15 warships from Caspian Sea to waters off Ukraine
Moscow is playing up this move as well as the concurrent transfer of armored units from the eastern…
Tensions escalate in Donbas and on Ukrainian border
As both sides accuse each other of initiating the present clashes (see EDM, April 5), talk is growing in…
War scare is Putin’s natural element
The current escalation of tensions around eastern Ukraine is dangerous and may appear untimely and inopportune while Europe…
Forced migration in Crimea as part of Russia’s ‘hybrid’ strategy
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Decree No. 201 came into effect on March 20, 2021. The executive edict adds…
Yermak’s earlier giveaways come back to haunt Zelenskyy and Ukraine
Russia abandoned the ceasefire in Ukraine’s east in early February (see EDM, February 18) and persists with low-intensity…
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),…
Two words that shook Putin’s regime
The resonance in Russia from a short fragment of United States President Joseph Biden’s ABC News interview last…