Don’t Take Lukashenko’s Promise To Protect Ukraine From A Polish Invasion At Face Value By Andrew Korybko This was a psychological operation aimed at advancing two political goals. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed late last week that Poland wants “Both western Belarus and… Read More ›
Belarus’ Warning About Using Nukes Probably Isn’t A Bluff (But There Might Be A Catch) By Andrew Korybko Lukashenko spoke only about a conventional invasion of his country by NATO, not an unconventional attack of the sort that he warned about… Read More ›
What Was A Japanese Spy Doing In Belarus? By Andrew Korybko Japan was passing everything along to its Western partners in the implied hopes of them then supporting it more in its own part of the world. Belarusian media reported earlier… Read More ›
CNN Shared A Glimpse Of Just How Bad Everything Has Become For Ukraine By Andrew Korybko The Ukrainian Armed Forces are in the midst of converging crises caused by the failed counteroffensive, the forcible conscription policy, and Zelensky’s Kursk blunder, which… Read More ›
Ukraine Might Be Gearing Up To Attack Or Cut Off Belarus’ South-eastern City Of Gomel By Andrew Korybko Its Foreign Ministry’s ominously implied ultimatum to Minsk and reaffirmation of Ukraine’s right to self-defence suggest that Kiev might invade Belarus’ Gomel Region… Read More ›
Ukraine Reportedly Has A Whopping 120,000 Troops Deployed Along Its Border With Belarus By Andrew Korybko It would be a mistake for Russia to ignore this large agglomeration of forces since some of them might soon be redeployed to the Donbass… Read More ›
Analysing Putin’s Assessment Of Ukraine’s Incursion Into Kursk By Andrew Korybko By officially regarding the latest cross-border incursion as an act of terrorism instead of a military invasion, Putin signalled that he’s holding off on diverting forces from the Donbass front,… Read More ›
There’s A Political Method Behind Ukraine’s Military Madness In Russia’s Border Regions By Andrew Korybko Kiev wants to assert the short-lived “Ukrainian People’s Republic’s” claims to modern-day Russian territory that Zelensky tacitly revived through a decree in January that most observers… Read More ›
What’s Behind Belarus’ Military Buildup Along The Ukrainian Border? By Andrew Korybko Ukraine might soon become desperate enough to implement its own “Samson Option” of trying to expand the conflict in every direction possible if its leadership comes to believe that… Read More ›
Poland Got The Short End Of The Stick During Last Week’s Historic Prisoner Swap By Andrew Korybko Poland released a Russian detainee without getting anything in return instead of leveraging this to secure the release of two ethnic Polish detainees from… Read More ›