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Tag: Donbass

Posted inSecurity

Ukraine war momentum shifting in Russia’s favor

by Andrew Salmon May 27, 2022June 2, 2022

An agonizing decision faces Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his generals: Order a retreat of forces from key towns in Donbass, or face the risk of their annihilation. Zelensky, who has adroitly taken on the mantle of warrior president since Russia’s February 24 invasion, is both fortified and trapped by public opinion. A May 24 […]

Posted inSecurity

Better weather may shift Russia’s fortunes in Ukraine

by Andrew Salmon May 4, 2022May 27, 2022
Posted inUkraine

No winners in brutal battle for Mariupol

by Andrew Salmon April 19, 2022April 24, 2022
Posted inAT+

Can Putin pull limited victory from jaws of stalemate?

by Andrew Salmon March 31, 2022April 6, 2022
Posted inRussia

Russia takes a fateful step back at Turkey talks

by Nikola Mikovic March 29, 2022April 2, 2022
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Russian invasion hobbled by an infantry shortfall

by Andrew Salmon March 23, 2022March 29, 2022
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Putin lurches from cold rationality to incendiary gamble

by Andrew Salmon February 24, 2022February 28, 2022
Posted inAnalysis

Time is not on Russia’s side in Ukraine

by Nikola Mikovic January 27, 2022February 2, 2022
Posted inUkraine

Why Putin can’t and won’t accept Ukraine sovereignty

by Jacob Lassin and Emily Channell-Justice December 22, 2021December 28, 2021
Posted inUS-Russia

Why Russia won’t likely invade Ukraine

by Nikola Mikovic December 10, 2021December 16, 2021
Posted inRussia

Russia barks at, but does not bite, Ukraine

by Oleg Smirnov November 29, 2021December 4, 2021
Posted inRussia

Biden picks an ill-conceived fight with Russia

by Stephen Bryen April 22, 2021April 25, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Can Turkey stay friends with both Ukraine and Russia?

by Nikola Mikovic April 9, 2021April 9, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Ukraine’s borders back at the center of geopolitics

by Vijay Prashad April 8, 2021April 8, 2021
Posted inCentral Asia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, World

Russia deepens footprint across Central Asia

by Alexander Kruglov December 9, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inWorld

Belarus’ tough choice: Russian oil or sovereignty

by Giovanni Pigni February 21, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inWorld

Ukraine faces crowded and combative elections

by Nile Bowie and Giovanni Pigni February 16, 2019February 18, 2020
Newly elected Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine Yepifaniy Sergiy Dubenko (C) conducts the first liturgy since the creation of a new Ukrainian church independent from Russia in the Saint Michael’s Golden-Domed Cathedral in Kiev on December 16, 2018. Photo: AFP/Genya Savilov
Posted inRussia, World

Unholy row as Ukrainian church splits from Russian church

by Giovanni Pigni December 19, 2018February 18, 2020
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is unpopular and his support has dwindled. Photo: AFP/Mykola Lazarenko
Posted inAT Finance, European Union, Russia, South Asia, World

Election loss looms for Ukraine’s embattled president

by Giovanni Pigni December 11, 2018February 18, 2020
The funeral procession for Alexander Zakharchenko, head of the Donetsk People's Republic. Photo: Valeriy Melnikov / Sputnik/ AFP
Posted inRussia, World

In breakaway Ukraine, those who live by the sword are dying by it

by Giovanni Pigni September 25, 2018February 18, 2020

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