ISW: Russians may delay Pokrovsk envelopment for Donetsk Oblast border push
Russian forces intensify operations near Pokrovsk, possibly aiming to widen their salient, envelop the town, or advance toward the Donetsk boundary.
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Putin declares goal to reshape global order, funds major military surge
In his previous speeches, Putin laid bare his intention to destroy Ukraine. Unfortunately, he was not taken seriously
Four objectives of Putin’s global war
Putin is convinced that Ukraine and other "historical Russian lands" can only be returned and the empire restored within the framework of a global redistribution of the world, says the head of Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service
Putin’s plan A failed, but there is the no less dangerous plan B: Kyiv defense experts
СDS experts highlight that Putin’s public position regarding Ukraine morphed from seeking a favorable agreement with Ukraine as…
What is Russia’s real grand strategy? RAND think tank investigates
A grand or high strategy of a country describes the country’s enduring interests and the way it is…
Ukraine’s security service detains alleged provocateurs aiming to detabilize region close to Russian war camp
Kharkiv Oblast borders in the north on Russia’s Belgorod Oblast and is some hundred miles away from the…
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…
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…
Russia’s triple strategy of proxy war used against Georgia in 1920 and 2000s
In 2008, during the Russo-Georgian war, the same Tskhinvali region (south Ossetia) was again occupied by Russian troops…
Gagauzia – object lesson for Ukraine on how a ‘reintegrated’ region gives Moscow leverage
Many Ukrainian commentators have focused on Transdniestria as an example of the way in which Moscow uses a…
Europe fails to see Moscow using economics as a weapon not only against the former Soviet states but against it as well, Tsybulenko says
“In contrast to the countries of the West which are led by the principle, ‘politics is the concentrated…
Putin has created a Fifth International organizing the right, Felshtinsky says
Marx created the First International; Engels established the Second; Lenin, the Third; Trotsky, the Fourth; and now Vladimir…
Putin regime has set up not one but five ‘fifth columns’ in Germany, Eidman says
In the third article of his series on Moscow’s influence operations in the West, Igor Eidman says that…
Moscow propaganda tries to hide that Kremlin interests and Russia’s are antithetical, Eidman says
Russian sociologist Igor Eidman has posted the second in a promised series of articles exposing the falsehoods contained…
Putin winning support from far right as well as far left with custom-targeted propaganda, Eidman says
In Soviet times, Moscow was able to attract support from the far left in other countries; but under…
Russian analyst: Two simple reflexes explain Putin’s decisions
As the gap between what Vladimir Putin says and does and what Russians see around them widens, ever…
Russia can no longer afford a blue water navy, defense minister suggests
Sergey Shoygu, Russia’s defense minister, says that Moscow will still build submarines – a giant one was launched…
Book on Russia’s hybrid wars to be presented in Brussels
On July 13, Brussels will host the presentation of Hybrid Warfare à la Russe by Yuriy Fedorov, expert in Russian…
Russian war strategy and tactics give Moscow ‘the edge’ over NATO, Moscow analyst says
The Russian way of war is very different from the American way, Yevgeny Krutikov says. In the past,…
Moscow supports separatism almost everywhere except at home
Yesterday in Moscow at an event organized by the Anti-Globalist Movement of Russia but paid for by the…