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…
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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…
Reintegration Costs of Donbas: $22 Billion or More?
The new government of Volodymyr Zelensky aims to reimagine the attempts to end the war in Donbas. However,…
The quick way to quasi-recognition of Donetsk-Luhansk’s armed formations: a play-by-play account
Ceasefire deal While the agreement’s full text has been released by all signatory parties, the page reserved for…
Kozak celebrates diplomatic victory over Ukraine in rude letter to Normandy Forum
Russia’s presidential envoy for conflict-management in Ukraine, Dmitry Kozak, has sent a highly undiplomatic letter to his other…
“Russia has been successful at muddying the waters”: lessons from the Syrian conflict
The war in Syria has been ongoing for over nine years. The war in eastern Ukraine has entered…
How Ukrainian society can withstand Russian aggression
Since Ukraine's Euromaidan Revolution that toppled pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych from power in early 2014, Russia has deployed…