ISW: The Kremlin’s Europe distraction playbook just opened to the Balkans chapter
From airspace threats in Poland to Dodik’s referendum push, Russia’s divide-and-distract game expands.
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Szijjártó says Kyiv must accept Budapest blocking Ukraine’s EU accession, Zelenskyy says most Hungarians support Ukraine
Hungary’s Orbán-backed referendum on Ukraine’s EU future began mid-April and will last through May.
EU considers stripping Hungary of voting rights over Ukraine obstruction
Hungary launched an anti-EU campaign featuring Zelenskyy and EU leaders, vetoes Ukraine military aid, blocks declarations, and spreads disinformation about Ukrainian migrants.
“They were at gunpoint”: EU comments on Witkoff’s statement on Russian “referendums”
European Commission spokesperson said that Russian-organized votes in occupied Ukrainian territories were conducted "at gunpoint" and completely falsified.
“Crimea is Ukraine,” Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry says after Sikorski’s Crimean UN control, referendum suggestion
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry says territorial integrity non-negotiable. The statement comes after Polish FM's proposal for UN-mandated Crimea and future referendum in 20 years.
UK sanctions Russians linked to sham elections in Ukraine’s occupied parts
The UK sanctions Russian officials involved in recent sham elections in Ukraine's occupied regions of Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson.
Ukrainian MFA to Indonesia: Russian-occupied territories are not disputed to hold referendums
On 3 June, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Oleh Nikolenko, criticized an Indonesian "peace plan" for Ukraine and offered…
Quislings of Russian-occupied Ukraine announce annexation “referendums” amid Ukrainian offensive
On 20 September, Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-appointed "governor" of Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast, announced a "referendum" on joining Russia…
Ukrainian security service IDs participants of Russia’s sham referendum plan for Kherson
The SBU has intercepted documents with the Russian plans, NV reported. According to them, the pro-Kremlin organization "Volunteers…
The Kherson “referendum” sham: out of the Kremlin’s hybrid war playbook
In occupied Kherson, the Kremlin plans to hold a pseudo-referendum to declare the region the so-called “Kherson People’s…
Russia plans sham referendum to formalize its occupation of Ukraine’s south
Ukrainian reports on the Russian intentions to declare the so-called "Kherson people's republic" circulate from the first weeks…
Zelenskyi team proposes referendum on peace deal with Russia. Here’s why that’s a problem
On 21 May, newly-appointed Ukrainian Presidential Administration head Andriy Bohdan stirred up controversy with Ukrainian political commentators when…
How falling for Putin’s Crimea narrative will feed Russian expansionism
In summer 2017, the German Bundestag election campaign was rocked by an unexpected statement from the leader of…
Catalonia is (not) Crimea. The differences and commonalities of two referendums
The Russian state-funded TV channel RT broadcasted an interview with Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party…
Donetsk separatist referendum organizer: “Return to Ukraine is inevitable, Donbas is Ukraine”
First, the Ukrainian online newspaper Segodnya.ua published a recent Facebook comment by Roman Lyagin in which he calls the…
Ukrainian and Dutch NGOs call upon the Dutch Senate to ratify EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
Ukrainian and Dutch NGOs called upon the Dutch Senate to vote for the ratification of the Association Agreement…
Three years after sham referendums in Donbas, no Russian Spring
Three years ago, on 11 May 2014, illegal "referendums" were held in occupied cities of Donetsk and Luhansk…
Dutch lower house of parliament ratifies Association Agreement with Ukraine
The Dutch lower house of parliament (House of Representatives) has officially confirmed the ratification of the Association Agreement…
Dutch diplomat to Ukrainians: do not feel discouraged, with time you will prove your critics wrong
The referendum in my country rejecting the EU Association agreement with your country must have raised some bitter…
Garry Kasparov: A referendum on the values of Europe
On April 6, the Netherlands will vote in a referendum to approve the Association Agreement between the European Union…