Ukraine, NATO, and the EU are once again concerned that the ongoing Russian military build-up near Ukraine might be an indication of an impending new assault on Ukraine. The information space is full of information on force composition and...
Mykhailo Gonchar, President at Center for Global Studies “Strategy XXI,” provides eight steps Ukraine and the West should take. 1. The Polish-Lithuanian-Ukrainian cooperation in countering Putin’s pipelines should be...
Poland and Ukraine vow to oppose Nord Stream 2 After the text of the deal was published on 21 July, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau joined his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba in denouncing the deal, releasing a joint statement...
The latest “National Security Strategy of Ukraine” was approved on September 14, 2020 (see EDM, September 24, 2020), months overdue; and the “Military Security Strategy” was only adopted on March 25, 2021 (see...
In November 2018, Kyiv adopted the “Strategy of the Naval Forces of Ukraine Until 2035” (Navy.mil.gov.ua, January 1, 2019). This planning document outlined the formation of a so-called “mosquito fleet” as a...
According to the Ukrainian General Staff, the reserve system reforms introduce a number of key changes (Army Inform, April 22): Help reduce the time needed to reinforce the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) and other military formations since...
In this interview with Valentyna Samar, editor-in-chief of the Center for Journalistic Investigations, and Julia Kazdobina, head of the Ukrainian Foundation for Security Studies, originally published at the Center for Journalistic...
The world breathed a sigh of relief as Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that Russia would pullback a portion of its troops from the Russo-Ukrainian border. Over the past few weeks, Russia gathered 110,000 soldiers near the...
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According to Ukraine’s intelligence services and that of international agencies, the Kremlin is preparing large-scale provocations with potential incursions deeper into Ukrainian territory. NATO’s European Command has raised...
Putin’s goals and philosophy Sławomir Sierakowski: What is Putin’s ultimate goal in this war? Timothy Snyder: That’s no big secret: to destroy Ukraine as a state and exterminate Ukrainians as a nation. I’d...