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,…
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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…
Moscow’s reasons behind the resumed fighting in Donbas
Following the latest round of consultations of political advisors within the so-called Normandy format (Ukraine, Russia, France, Germany),…
Two words that shook Putin’s regime
The resonance in Russia from a short fragment of United States President Joseph Biden’s ABC News interview last…
Putin claims right to territories of former Soviet republics
Speaking to a meeting on the seventh anniversary of his Anschluss of Crimea, Vladimir Putin said that the…
A Ukrainian moment on the eve of the European Council meeting
Since Russia began its military aggression against Ukraine in 2014, with the significant exception of Germany’s highly controversial wavering…
Between occupation and annexation: finding the proper way to call Ukrainian Crimea
Today, the question is straightforward: how should we - Ukraine, the international community, Western partners, the media -…
Honouring and remembering the fallen female Heroes of Ukraine
Today, as many countries celebrate International Women’s Day, we remember and honour the brave Ukrainian women who sacrificed…
Ukrainian IDP proves in court she was displaced due to Russian occupation. Can she make Russia pay?
Fleeing Amvrosiyivka to Dnipro The summer of 2014 was alarming for the Zdorovtsov family of Amvrosiyivka, with distant…
The ‘Wagner Affair’ in Belarus and its implications for Ukraine
At the end of last year, former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko (June 2014–May 2019) announced in an interview…
Russia’s strategy in the Sea of Azov: The Kerch Bridge, artificial shipping delays and continued harm to Ukraine
Russia’s “hard power” activity in the Sea of Azov has increased significantly since May 2018, when the authorities…
Largest-yet report on Ukraine invasion documents Russian army in Donbas
Russia's annexation of the Ukrainian Crimean peninsula, which took place from 20 February to 18 March 2014, marked…
Russian forces in Qarabagh violating their rules of engagement, Baku says
In yet another indication that the November 10 declaration was not a peace accord and that conflicts over…
Qarabagh war outcome opens way for Putin to create ‘post-Soviet space 2.0,’ Dubnov says
The most important outcome of the Qarabagh war was not the defeat of Armenia, the victory of Azerbaijan,…
Ukraine looks for applicable lessons in latest Karabakh War
Originally published by Jamestown.org on November 9, 2020 From the earliest days of war in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas…
Putin claims mounting crisis in occupied Crimea can be reversed by fresh water supplies under Azov Sea
On December 17, Vladimir Putin said that the mounting water crisis in Russia-occupied Crimea, a crisis that means…
Volodymyr Horbulin: Seven steps to defeat Russia in the wars of the future
Step 1. Ukraine’s military and political leadership must realize that modern warfare is very different from the war…
Ukraine’s geopolitical successes become Russian defeats
In the first half of October, the Ukrainian leadership concluded a series of important international agreements, with significance…
Can the vessel Akademik Cherskiy finish Nord Stream 2 pipeline construction?
At the beginning of October 2020, the Akademik Cherskiy—the only Russian pipe-laying ship capable of completing the construction…
Ukraine provides evidence of Russian aggression in Ilovaisk, but Ukrainian command’s responsibility hushed up
On 29 August 2014, Ukrainian forces found themselves entrapped by Russian-separatist forces.These Russian-separatist forces on the request of…