In May 2022, three committees of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada appealed to national parliaments in EU and NATO member states as well as major international institutions to sanction Russian propaganda as part of the Russian military machine....
“Russia says it hit 17 Ukrainian facilities, and killed more than 200 troops.” “Russia says Ukraine shells its own civilians; some evacuations in Mariupol.” “Lavrov says sanctions being discussed with...
President Putin today decided to recognize the “independence” of the regions in eastern Ukraine controlled by Russia-backed separatists “in the near future.” Putin informed President of the French Republic, Emmanuel...
The situation in and around Ukraine is increasingly reminiscent of the Sudetenland Crisis in 1938 and the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. What is at stake? In a word, the lives of thousands of people; regional peace and security, and...
The media has recently been full of warnings of Russia’s imminent invasion of Ukraine. The head of the Norwegian Intelligence Service claims that Russia has everything it needs for a full invasion of Ukraine, and the US has warned...
The increased threat from Russia leaves security experts in Ukraine weighing various escalation scenarios. But if specific military actions on the ground leave enough room for speculation, it is absolutely certain that Russia is preparing...
Past 24 hours in the war zone Ukraine’s Joint Forces Operation Staff reported two attacks by Russian-hybrid forces near Stanytsia Luhanska and Pyshchevyk. One Ukrainian soldier was wounded. Quick Ukraine news On 31 January, the U.N....
The police first reported about the group on 30 January, but gave more details at a briefing on 31 January, saying that a number of mass riots were planned in the capital city of Kyiv, and in Sumy, Chernihiv, and Poltava oblasts. The first...
European security has greatly deteriorated in the last months. Europe is experiencing a Russian-induced energy and migration crisis. Belarus is in the process of being integrated into the Russian Federation, potentially losing its...
While NATO is not obliged to defend Ukraine, it is committed to defending itself. That responsibility just happens to start in Ukraine, writes military analyst Hans Petter Midttun about NATO’s warranted response to Russia. NATO...
Putin’s goals and philosophy Sławomir Sierakowski: What is Putin’s ultimate goal in this war? Timothy Snyder: That’s no big secret: to destroy Ukraine as a state and exterminate Ukrainians as a nation. I’d...