The full-scale war against Ukraine sets new rules and military doctrines that have to be taken into account when building a collective European security system aligned with new challenges and technologies. This war is totally turning the traditional concepts of warfare upside down: aviation can no longer control space without hindrance, while large ships and…
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The Kremlin’s nuclear rhetoric fails to work: Ukraine hits the strategic aviation
In autumn 2024, the Kremlin made another step towards fresh nuclear blackmail. On 25 September, Vladimir Putin publicly hinted at the possibility of expanding the conditions for the use of nuclear weapons, stressing the need to “forecast the development of the situation” and update strategic documents to new circumstances. And on 19 November 2024, Putin…
Photo by Oleksii Bobovnikov Can Ukraine survive without US military aid? Could Kyiv’s European partners potentially fill the gap in weapons deliveries? Policymakers, analysts, and commentators around the world have been wrestling with these questions in recent weeks as they come to terms with US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy pivot away from Europe and…
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The ICRC’s indifference and inaction kills just like Russian weapons
In recent years, Ukraine has been calling on all international organisations to put pressure on the Russian side to revive the exchange of prisoners of war and civilians, and to allow access to all prisoners of war – information about whom Russia deliberately conceals.
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The approach of war in Dagestan could exacerbate internal conflicts in the problematic region for Russia
On November 6, a Ukrainian kamikaze drone (probably an A-22 Flying Fox) hit Russian warships in the Caspian Sea for the first time. According to the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, at least two targets were damaged. These are likely missile patrol ships Tatarstan and Dagestan moored at the Russian naval base in the city of Kaspiysk, Dagestan.