Ukraine prepared for full-scale war, says military expert
The month-long official state of martial law declared in 10 Ukrainian regions on 26 November came to an…
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Because of Putin, 2019 will be a repeat of 1939, Muzhdabayev says
No one should be confused by the calendar, Crimean Tatar commentator Ayder Muzhdabayev says. The coming year will…
Ukrainian autocephaly destroys ideological foundation of Russian empire, Espresso says
Many are saying Ukraine’s receipt of autocephaly from the Universal Patriarch is for Russia an act equivalent to…
Ukraine prepares for Russia’s interference in the country’s 2019 elections
“The way how Russia operates is not to get one specific candidate elected. They try to spread their…
‘A church without Putin, without Kirill, and without prayers for the aggressor’
The unification council of the Ukrainian Orthodox has ended with the election of a new metropolitan and promises…
Moscow organizing provocations in Ukraine to disrupt Church Unification Council, SBU says
The Russian special services and the "DNR" officials they control are organizing church marches in Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv,…
Russian aggression in the Azov Sea has been ongoing since May 2018
The situation in the Azov Sea started aggravating in May 2018, when Russian border guards began detaining merchant…
Putin treating captured Ukrainian sailors the way Stalin would have, Eidman says
The international community must do everything possible to save the Ukrainian sailors Russian forces took prisoner because Vladimir…
Russian fighter jet blasted Ukrainian ships with unguided missiles in Azov Sea, SBU claims
Read also: Russian attack on Ukrainian ships near Kerch Strait – full chronology On its YouTube channel, the…
Putin will attempt to divert attention from Russia’s attack on Ukraine in Kerch Strait, Polyakov says
What happened on November 25 in the Kerch Strait is an obvious act of military aggression, and this…
Martial law to be imposed in nearly half of Ukraine. Here is what will change
Following a Russian attack on three Ukrainian ships near the Kerch Strait, the Ukrainian Parliament has greenlighted a…
Russian military leadership ordered escalation in Black Sea, Ukrainian army intercepts show
Commander of the guard ship "Don" reports to HQ, "I pushed it [the Ukrainian tugboat] the second time,…
Russian attack on Ukrainian ships near Kerch Strait – full chronology
Landlocked by the lands of Ukraine (Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia oblasts and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea) and Russia (Rostov…
For Putin, Ukrainian autocephaly is as bad for Russia as USSR’s disintegration and something he won’t tolerate, Illarionov says
Vladimir Putin views autocephaly for the Ukrainian Orthodox as having an equally fateful and negative impact on Russia…
Romanian government concerns about Russian actions in Black Sea encourage Ukrainians
A declaration by the Romanian defense minister that his country is concerned by the increased Russian presence the…
Ukraine has law but not force on its side in Sea of Azov, Polyakov says
Leonid Polyakov, a former Ukrainian defense minister now at the Center for Research on the Army, Conversion and…
Moscow seeking to provoke revolts in Ukraine’s Azov Sea ports, Ukrainian admiral says
Admiral Serhiy Hayduk, commander of the Ukrainian Navy, says that Russia is seeking to provoke revolts in Mariupol…
Moscow has closed the Kerch Straits to Ukrainian shipping, Kyiv expert says
Andriy Klymenko, the editor of BlackSeaNews and a member of the Maidan of Foreign Affairs, says that Russia…
‘Clarity on Caspian has given Russia the opportunity to control Sea of Azov,’ Moscow commentator says
Analysts have offered a variety of reasons for the breakthrough on the Caspian – increased Russian concerns about…
Ukrainian fleet may be able to defend country in 2020s but can’t now, Zhirokhov says
One of the most disturbing and yet instructive scenes in the Norwegian TV series “Occupied” about an EU-assisted…