Roughly 80% of the more than 170,000 troops Russia had surrounding Ukraine for months before invading are now inside the country, though the Ukrainian resistance and supply issues have slowed their advance, a senior U.S. defense official said Tuesday. Russian forces advancing toward Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv “has made no …
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Wrecking The Russian Ruble: US, EU, And Japan To Ban Certain Russian Banks From SWIFT
The United States and its allies announced their crucial decision to prohibit the access of particular Russian financial institutions from the SWIFT international payment system last February 26. This marks the latest and arguably, harshest sanction to date on Moscow as it continues its invasion of Ukraine. The procedure is …
Read More »How the U.S. Started a Cold War with Russia and Left Ukraine to Fight It
The defenders of Ukraine are bravely resisting Russian aggression, shaming the rest of the world and the UN Security Council for its failure to protect them. It is an encouraging sign that the Russians and Ukrainians are holding talks in Belarus that may lead to a ceasefire. All efforts must …
Read More »Arms For Ukraine, Japan And Australia Announce They Will Rush Weapons to Ukraine
In an effort to further bolster the military capacity of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the United States and its allies are supplying Ukraine with new small arms, anti-tank weaponry, military equipment, and various munitions in support of Ukraine’s frontline men. This rally in support comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky …
Read More »A hurting stalemate? The risks of nuclear weapon use in the Ukraine crisis
Nuclear experts are trained to think the unthinkable. So, here is an unthinkable scenario that might actually happen in real life: The battle over Ukraine drags on. From both the European Union and the United States, fresh weapons and other supplies continue to enter into Ukraine and allow the Ukrainian …
Read More »The Coming Ukrainian Insurgency
Russia’s Invasion Could Unleash Forces the Kremlin Can’t Control Russian forces have struck targets across Ukraine and seized key facilities and swaths of territory. The Ukrainian military is no match for this Russian juggernaut. Although some reports suggest Ukrainian troops have rebuffed attacks in certain parts of the country, it …
Read More »Decoding Putin’s Speeches: The Three Ideological Lines of Russia’s Military Intervention in Ukraine
Russia’s strategic concerns regarding the post-Cold War European security architecture, as expressed in the two treaty drafts published by Moscow in December 2021, may be seen as legitimate, or at least deserving to be heard and taken seriously. The new lines of argument expressed in Vladimir Putin’s Feb. 21 and …
Read More »SWIFT Ban Is Like Using A Cruise Missile
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been met internationally with increasing lists of sanctions, while NATO members are increasing their (belated) military support to Kyiv. Many critics believe that current SWIFT removal threats of some Russian banks, politicians, and companies, are not enough. There are elements in some European countries …
Read More »Azerbaijan And Russia Sign Declaration On Allied Cooperation – Analysis
On February 22, just two days before Russian tanks and missiles started crossing the Ukrainian border, President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and President Vladimir Putin of Russia signed a declaration in Moscow vowing to upgrade their bilateral relations to an allied level (Azertag, February 22). The 43-article document promotes their …
Read More »Cold War Vs. Hot War In 2022
February 2022 will go down in human history as a large-scale Russian aggression against Ukraine. After the Second World War, there were no military actions on the territory of Europe on such a scale as is happening on the territory of Ukraine. The Russian–Ukrainian war has its own post-Soviet history. …
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