Macgregor’s Zelensky Assassination Claim Fits Ukraine’s Deeper Internal Crisis By Uriel Araujo Retired colonel Douglas Macgregor claims insiders sought to assassinate President Zelensky. Whether confirmed or not, the allegation fits a broader pattern of political intrigue involving intelligence services, oligarchic rivalries,… Read More ›
Russia’s “Systematic Strikes” Are Reshaping The Ukrainian Conflict’s Strategic Dynamics By Andrew Korybko Ukraine’s dearth of air defences created a strategic opportunity for Russia to ruthlessly exploit. Russia’s latest large-scale strikes against military targets in Ukraine were incredibly successful after Ukrainian Air… Read More ›
Ukraine Is Trying To Isolate Crimea Because It Cannot Reconquer It By Uriel Araujo Power outages, rationing and attacks on key supply routes are reshaping daily life in Crimea. Ukraine’s evolving strategy seeks to make Russian control increasingly costly, yet military… Read More ›
Public Pressure Is Pushing Poland’s Ruling Liberals To Harden Their Approach To Ukraine By Andrew Korybko Electoral factors seem to take precedence over whatever informal obligations liberal Prime Minister Donald Tusk might have earlier made to the EU and its de… Read More ›
Why Did Putin And Lavrov Send Such Pleasant Greetings On The US’ 250th Independence Day? By Andrew Korybko Words alone won’t get Trump to change course, but they’re known to have an effect on him depending on who they come from… Read More ›
Russia Exposed Ukraine’s New Three-Pronged Infowar Campaign About The Battlefield By Andrew Korybko Putting it all together, Ukraine’s new three-pronged infowar campaign about the battlefield sees it downplaying Russia’s on-the-ground gains as expanding the “gray zone”, potentially plotting more terrorist attacks… Read More ›
Reports Of Impending Russian Provocations Against Poland Are Fake News From The Deep State By Andrew Korybko Far from wanting an escalation of tensions with Poland, Russia wants a normalization of their ties, but that’s not possible while the Ukrainian Conflict… Read More ›
Putin Rejected Ukraine’s Two Interconnected Ceasefire Requests With Good Reason By Andrew Korybko Russia’s long-range strikes are far more destructive than Ukraine’s so ceasing them would grant Kiev a reprieve, just like limiting combat operations to the four disputed territories along… Read More ›
Poland-Ukraine Tensions: A Ukrainian Sergeant’s Drone Threat Against Poland Exposes Kiev’s Ultranationalist Problem By Uriel Araujo A controversial statement by a senior Ukrainian military figure (about Kiev striking Poland with drones) has reignited concerns about deteriorating Polish-Ukrainian relations. Historical grievances, nationalist… Read More ›
Poland Could Quickly Denazify Ukraine Without Firing A Single Shot But Tusk Refuses To Do So By Andrew Korybko All that he has to do is threaten to stop having Poland serve as the transit state for 90% of Ukraine’s military-technical… Read More ›
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