Section: Main news
National Security and Defense Council: Terrorist Attacks’ Escalate After Russian “Humanitarian Convoy” Invades
Kyiv, January 9, 2015. There is a marked increase in the number of armed provocations against Ukrainian soldiers. Beside firearms and mortars, terrorists used the artillery and “Grad” missile systems immediately after the Russian so-called “humanitarian convoy” arrived to Ukraine on January 8th. Four Ukrainian soldiers were killed and eight more...
What the Kremlin’s Setback Means for 2015
Economics Stalled Putin, But He Often Answers Setbacks With Military Threats [Below are excerpts from an essay by longtime Berlin-based journalist and author Elizabeth Pond. Read her full analysis here.] In the Ukraine crisis, soft economic power last month trumped hard military power for the first time. The threatened meltdown of the Russian...
January: An Important Month for Shaping the US Role in Europe
Amid Ukraine-Russia Crisis, New Decisions Will Define America’s ‘Force Posture’ for Years to Come Almost a year after Russia’s invasions of Ukraine, the US government will roll out a series of decisions in the next month that will play a big role in shaping how the United States and its transatlantic allies respond in the long...
National Security and Defense Council: the so-called 11th “humanitarian convoy” from Russia invades eastern Ukraine
Kyiv, January 8, 2014. This morning, Russia unilaterally sent the 11th “humanitarian convoy” to the east of Ukraine. Representatives of the International Red Cross did not oversee the convoy movement. Apparently, 122 Russian trucks entered the territory of Ukraine through two checkpoints – “Donetsk” and “Matveev Kurgan” (Russian Federation). View...
National Security and Defense Council: Ukrainian Armed Forces Arrest Russian-Recruited Terrorist
Kyiv, January 7, 2015. Ukrainian forces arrested a terrorist with a code name “Filya” from the “Svat” criminal group. He has undergone a special training in Sevastopol military camp and planned to organize and conduct a number of terrorist acts in Ukrainian cities. View map in full size The ATO spokesperson stated that the terrorists continued to...
National Security and Defense Council:Ukrainian army restores fighting capability during ceasefire
Kyiv, January 6, 2014. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko presented more than 150 units of military equipment to the Ukrainian Army yesterday. View map in full size Military servicemen received 42 IFVs, 18 “Gvozdyka” howitzers and 4 control stations, 62 “MT-LB” auxiliary armored tracked vehicles equipped with “Sarmat” combat modules, as well...
As Kyiv Tackles Corruption and Reform, a New Threat: Warlords
Kyiv’s Government Is Failing to Act Against Some Volunteer Defense Brigades That Are Acting Like Outlaws, Adrian Karatnycky Writes Ukraine’s new parliament and cabinet are beginning to bring revolutionary changes to how the country is governed. The legislature is energized by an unprecedented crop of civic activists and pro-democracy...
Ukraine’s Crisis in 2015: What to Expect
Donbas War Will Last All Year; May Be Settled With Early Parliament Election, Mefford Writes How predictable is Ukraine’s coming year, given its financial crisis, its untested new government and, above all, its war against Russia and its proxy forces in the southeastern region of Donbas? Not very predictable, notes the Atlantic...
Predicting Ukraine’s Crisis: Here Are the Changes to Watch For in 2015
Donbas War Will Last All Year; May Be Settled With Early Parliament Election, Mefford Writes How predictable is Ukraine’s coming year, given its financial crisis, its untested new government and, above all, its war against Russia and its proxy forces in the southeastern region of Donbas? Not very predictable, notes the Atlantic...
Ukraine, EU hold talks on additional import duty
Ukraine and the EU have held consultations on the planned introduction of an additional import duty, the Economy Ministry’s press service has reported. “On January 5, Ukraine and the EU conducted a technical consultation on the introduction of an additional import duty by Ukraine. The meeting was held in the form of a video...