Read More 6 minute read Russian Aggression Ukraine prepared for full-scale war, says military expert The month-long official state of martial law declared in 10 Ukrainian regions on 26 November came to an… byKseniya Kirillova
Read More 3 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression Because of Putin, 2019 will be a repeat of 1939, Muzhdabayev says No one should be confused by the calendar, Crimean Tatar commentator Ayder Muzhdabayev says. The coming year will… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 4 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression Belarus already under Russian troll attack designed to give Moscow a base for further aggression Belarus meets all three requirements as a target for a hybrid war and then use it as a… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read Crimea Opinion Crimean Tatars see Budapest Memorandum as key to recovery of their homeland Mustafa Dzhemilev, the leader of the Crimean Tatars, says that the goal of his nation is “the establishment… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 5 minute read Political prisoners Learn Russian with Euromaidan Press: send holiday greetings to the Kremlin’s Ukrainian hostages This is the fourth year we’re inviting you to join the holiday letter-writing campaign to the Ukrainian hostages… byAlya Shandra
Read More 6 minute read Russian Aggression Martial law ended in Ukraine, but not Russia’s military buildup near the border The martial law was limited to 10 Ukrainian regions bordering Russia, or adjacent to the regions where Russian… byYuri Zoria
Read More 4 minute read Hybrid War 2018 Russian disinformation in figures: Ukraine-related narratives and Western pushback From US elections to Crimea to the Skripal poisoning, here’s an overview in figures of how Russian influence… byEU East StratCom Task Force
Read More 5 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression Putin regime – West’s ‘existential’ enemy and West must stop his aggression in Ukraine by force, Skobov says The regime Vladimir Putin has created in Russia is an “existential” enemy of the West and an international… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 6 minute read Russian Aggression War in Donbas A businessman, nurse & food technologist: stories of three civilian hostages in occupied Donbas Mariya Tomak, one of the coordinators of the organization, has published an infographic, according to which 13 civilians… byRadio Liberty
Read More 2 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression Moscow media outlets today with disturbing unanimity say Ukraine readying chemical weapons attack against Donbas On Western Christmas when too few outside of Moscow and Kyiv are paying close attention, the Moscow media… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression Both Russia and Ukraine ready for new expansion of war, Felgenhauer says If Moscow wants to expand its aggression in Ukraine, it will easily find a “formal” justification for this… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression Moscow commentator: ‘Era of Russian-American nuclear parity rapidly coming to an end’ and not in Russia’s favor Despite all of Vladimir Putin’s talk about super weapons that no opponent can stop, the aging of Soviet-era… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression Hollow ‘paper divisions’ are ever larger portion of Russian army, Golts says By the end of next year, Moscow will have formed 40 new brigades and divisions while cutting the… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression ‘Putin’s Ribbentrop’ emphasizes Moscow still wants all of Ukraine, Portnikov says Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow will not recognize the Donbas “republics” because to do so would… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read Hybrid War Russian online disinformation started targeting US in 2013 The reports offer the most comprehensive analysis so far of Russia’s mounting efforts to influence US politics through social media,… byEU East StratCom Task Force
Read More 8 minute read Hybrid War More How Ukraine can beat Russian influence in the EU The New Europe Center decided to fill this gap by analyzing the vulnerabilities of the Russian hybrid war… byNew Europe
Read More 7 minute read Political prisoners Ukraine Former Ukrainian hostage Kostenko tells of FSB’s torture to extract “confessions” Former political prisoner and Crimean Euromaidan activist Oleksandr Kostenko continues to experience severe health problems after injuries sustained… byKseniya Kirillova
Read More 2 minute read Hybrid War Opinion Kremlin’s targeting of messages makes ‘ideology of hybrid war’ more effective and dangerous than Soviet predecessor, Eidman says In Soviet times, Moscow sent out a single ideological message to the world; now, the Kremlin sends carefully… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression When Moscow talks of ‘deep integration’ of Belarus, it means annexation, Lukashenka says Speaking in Minsk today, Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka says that “under the pretext of ‘deep integration,’” Moscow wants… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read Crimea Opinion Deaths will exceed births in Crimea every year through 2035, Russian occupiers say The Crimean Statistical Agency (CSA), a branch of the Russian occupation authorities, says that deaths will exceed births… byPaul A. Goble