No rest for the brave. How Ukraine’s legendary “Badgers” work & fight in the war zone (photo report)
They call themselves “Badgers”, referring to their commander, Vadym Sukharevsky, call sign “Badger”, commander of the 503rd Marine…
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How Ukraine can escape the trap of the Minsk Protocols and return to international law
Taking a closer look at Minsk When Russia invaded Crimea and the Donbas in 2014, world democracies and…
Digital sleuths name soldiers from Murmansk and Chechnya who fought against Ukraine in 2014
For the seventh year now, starting from the first weeks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine's Crimea, the…
Russia’s Armed Forces test combat readiness close to Ukraine’s border
On April 30, Army General Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the General Staff, said the exercises involved over…
Forgotten political prisoners of the Kremlin have hopes for Blinken’s visit to Ukraine
The Kremlin’s Ukrainian political prisoners in Crimea are left to the mercy of fate. The issues of the…
Ukrainians fear Moscow may use their co-ethnics in Russia in provocation to restart war
Five days ago (April 29), the Federal Security Service (FSB) reported it had arrested 16 members of a…
Role of airborne troops in Russia’s military buildup in occupied Crimea
Exactly when the aforementioned units’ deployment to Crimea took place is somewhat hazy. To judge from the various…
Official data prove Russia funnelled trainloads of ammo and fuel to occupied Donbas in early 2015
A Donetsk resident who was forced to leave his hometown due to the war back in 2014, journalist…
Russia closing off more of Black Sea even as it pulls its land forces back from Ukrainian border
Russia may be extending its control over the Black Sea at the very moment Moscow is being praised…
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…
Putin’s aggression against Ukraine part of broader effort to destroy international rules of the game and force West to recognize his right to do so, Skobov says
But a consideration of them collectively shows that what Putin is about is not just subordinating Ukraine to…
Russia violating international law by closing Kerch Straits to naval vessels until October, Kyiv says
The international community has focused on Russia’s buildup of forces on territory adjoining Ukraine, concerned that such a…
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…
“Poke-and-probe.” Why Russia is massing troops & military hardware along Ukraine border
In the event of full-scale escalation, Russia could conceivably achieve a military victory, even at the cost of…
Kremlin behaving toward Ukraine now the way it did toward Georgia before 2008 invasion, Portnikov says
Moscow’s propaganda campaign against Ukraine and its dislocation of troops near the Ukrainian border echo the propaganda it…
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…
Amidst Russia’s loud sabre-rattling, U.S. delivers military hardware to Ukraine
At least three large military cargoes have been delivered by American aircraft and ships to Ukraine over the…
Ukraine’s Territorial Defense volunteers prepare to support army in case of Russian invasion
According to Ukraine’s intelligence services and that of international agencies, the Kremlin is preparing large-scale provocations with potential…
Moscow will be ready for a war against Ukraine ‘in a month,’ Felgenhauer says
With the turn of the calendar and increased tensions between Russia and Ukraine and Russia and the West,…
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…