EU urgency to dump Rosatom is growing but Russia will use every lever to prevent it
This is part three of a series of three articles exploring Rosatom, its role in the war in Ukraine, and Moscow’s international influence.
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Analysis of events in Ukraine
Ukraine’s vape market is 93% illegal. The trail leads to a sanctioned Russian oligarch.
Smuggled from Poland and barely taxed, the shadow trade drains a country at war—and the network behind it ties back to Oleg Boyko.
Next five years: Rosatom’s “strategic window” to lock in European dependence
This is part two of a series of three articles exploring Rosatom, its role in the war in Ukraine, and Moscow’s international influence.
A Putin-list oligarch runs Poland’s vape market. The EU won’t sanction him.
Ukraine, Poland, and Australia sanctioned Oleg Boyko. Brussels left him off—as his lawyers move.
Not just nuclear power: how Rosatom fuels Russia’s war machine
This is part one of a series of three articles exploring Rosatom, its role in the war in Ukraine, and Moscow’s international influence.
Ukraine’s attack on Moscow: Show of force? Yes. Path of revenge? Not quite.
Moscow's air defense "never coped under the pressure of regular UAVs."
Mendel told Tucker Carlson many tales about Zelenskyy. All blame the country being invaded
Most of what former Ukrainian press secretary Iuliia Mendel told Tucker Carlson about events after 2021 is secondhand. The facts tell a different story.
Ukraine wants the playbook of the German newsroom Russia banned
USAID is gone. The alternative was built by readers giving 20 euros each.
Can “good morals” become a legal weapon in Ukraine’s new Civil Code?
Brussels says reform is “necessary.” It also says quick answers to complex questions are always a problem.
Ukraine flipped the drone math—and Russia’s assault tempo just stopped buying ground
Russia pressed every Donbas sector in April, with assault tempo at a two-month high. The territorial line moved the wrong way anyway—and Ukrainian intelligence figures show the cost per kilometer of Donetsk soil has nearly tripled in a year.
As Western unity cracks, Ukraine fights to keep Russia sanctions alive
Moscow plays divide and conquer, testing allies as fuel shortages bite
Sanctions on Russia: Do they work? Why? Why not? Blame? Changes?
For the past 50 months, the West has steadily increased its sanctions on Russia – at least on paper. A conference in Kyiv this weekend is analyzing sanctions roll back, accountability, the role of civil society, war profiteering, Putin’s enablers, and which sanctions have worked and not.
Magyar’s victory: what it unlocks for Ukraine—and where it stops short
Hungary's new prime minister can now rewrite the constitution. He's made clear he won't rewrite everything.
Five years after Belarus’ stolen election, Ukraine is still catching up on Tsikhanouskaya
Zelenskyy met Tsikhanouskaya in January—Ukraine's first presidential-level contact. Two months on, the Kyiv visit and special envoy remain undelivered.
Trump’s Iran war lasted 39 days. The impact on Ukraine will last longer
Five weeks on, we are updating our analysis of the Iran war and its impact on Ukraine: what we got right, what we got wrong, and the moves that nobody saw coming.
NATO’s generals warn of war by 2029. Europe won’t be ready until 2035.
The gap between threat timeline and readiness timeline is not a planning error. It is a window.
Ukraine fired its NATO trainers. The alliance is running out of time to learn why.
Ten Ukrainians eliminated two allied battalions in a day. The frigate crew never saw the attack coming.
Zaluzhnyi now blames Zelenskyy for the counteroffensive. He wasn’t always so sure.
Ukraine's cursed 2023 counteroffensive ran into Europe's largest fortified belt without air cover. The blame game between Kyiv's leaders lets the biggest culprit off the hook.
China sells 62% of Russia’s weapons-making machines. EU sanctions target Kyrgyzstan.
18 countries funnel war tech to Russia. The EU's new tool covers one.
The Hungary-Ukraine crisis, explained
One Russian drone, five fronts, seven weeks—seized gold, deployed troops, blocked billions, and a pipeline Russia bombed