Staunton, July 15 – Even if such steps would bring peace, Ukrainians oppose giving special status to the Russian-controlled Donbass by 56.1 percent to 26.4 percent and oppose transforming their country into a federal state as a whole 59.1 percent to 21 percent, according to a new poll conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of […]
Staunton, July 15 – The clashes in Mukachevo lasted no more than an hour and were not that different from those which have taken place elsewhere in Ukraine over the past year, but according to Yevgeny Krutikov, a journalist for Moscow’s Vzglyad newspaper, there are seven “synergistic” reasons why these events have “shaken” Kyiv to […]
Staunton, July 20 – Some weeks bring more, some less, but every week produces a rich harvest of manifestations of “official insanity” in Russia, according to Vera Yurchenko of Moscow’s Novaya Gazeta newspaper. On July 20, she published her “top 10” list from the last seven days and asks readers to vote for their favorites. […]
In the last few weeks Russia vetoed a UN resolution commemorating the anniversary of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre as an act of genocide and strongly hinted that it would veto a UN inquiry into the downing of the Malaysian Flight MH17 by pro-Moscow forces in Ukraine a year ago. Even for Moscow this is quite […]
The Interpreter‘s James Miller and Michael Weiss report today at The Daily Beast on the overwhelming body of evidence demonstrating that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down one year ago today by a Russian surface-to-air missile launched from separatist-held territory. It’s been a year since Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot out of […]
Staunton, July 13 – The conflict in Mukachevo is a direct threat to Ukraine because it raises the question as to whether Kyiv has lost its monopoly on the use of force, something every effective state must maintain. And consequently, Moscow wants to promote the fighting there as much as possible to make its case […]
Staunton, July 13 – Speaking in Kremenchug this week, Andrey Illarionov said that Ukraine should continue to negotiate in its quest for peace but that it should reject the documents known as Minsk-2 because “the essence of this document is that the Ukrainian authorities are rejecting their sovereignty over the Ukrainian-Russian border.” Moreover, the Russian […]
Staunton, July 12 – Given how many problems Russia’s invasion has caused and how often Moscow has covertly undermined Ukraine in other ways, it is perhaps not surprising that many Ukrainians are inclined to blame everything that has gone wrong on Moscow, Kseniya Kirillova says. But that is dangerous not only because it allows some […]
Staunton, July 11 – Several dozen contract soldiers in a Russian motorized rifle brigade based in Maikop have deserted in order to avoid being sent to fight in Ukraine. They now face up to ten years in prison, are being kept in “inhuman” conditions, and are constantly urged to agree to go to Ukraine as […]
