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Ukrainian attack on Crimea leaves Russian warship and submarine in ruins, satellite image confirms
Two Russian naval vessels will not able to support the invasion of Ukraine following the Ukrainian attack on the Black Sea Fleet in occupied Crimea.
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy appoints gerontocrats to negotiate with Russia in Minsk
Kravchuk replaces former president Leonid Kuchma, who has retired from the position of delegation chief, citing fatigue. Kuchma…
Kyiv finds an alibi to step back from Kozak-Yermak plan on Donbas
The COVID-19 coronavirus emergency gives Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a non-political excuse for stepping back from the plan…
Kozak-Yermak plan on Donbas: The fine print
The meeting of the Minsk-based Contact Group, held by videoconference on March 24–26, had been expected to officially…
Russia to drastically expand its influence over Ukraine, rest of post-Soviet space
In recent months, the Kremlin dramatically stepped up efforts to push its interests and political agenda across the…
Russia to become observer instead of party to conflict under proposed Donbas negotiation format, MP Yasko says
[editorial] On 11 March 2019, The Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) on the peaceful settlement of the conflict in…
Ukrainians launch online protest against recognition of Russian-run “Donbas republics” set for 25 March
On 24 March, Ukrainians launched an online-protest against recognition of Russia’s Donbas puppet republics on Facebook. Under the…
Ukraine’s president Zelenskyy turns blind eye to Putin-Medvedchuk scheming
On March 10, in Moscow, Ukraine’s leading Russophile politician Viktor Medvedchuk conferred with Russian President Vladimir Putin and…
Moscow’s hybrid war against Belarus recalls its actions in Ukraine in 2013, Vlantsevich says
Moscow can’t afford the consequences of a direct military invasion of Belarus and doesn’t have sufficient resources to…
Vitaly Portnikov: Putin is preparing a new trap for Zelenskyy
In an interview with Channel One-Russia, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced that it was possible to change…
On eve of Normandy summit, most Ukrainians reject peace at any price
Read also: More than half of Ukrainians see Ukraine’s future in EU, only 13% with Russia: Poll Only…
Leaked Kremlin emails show Minsk protocol designed as path to Ukraine’s capitulation – Euromaidan Press report
Euromaidan Press is releasing the report “Leaked Kremlin emails show Minsk protocol designed as path to Ukraine’s capitulation“…
Vitaliy Portnikov: the Kremlin wants to see Ukraine’s collapse
The fact that Ukraine agrees to Russian terms and conditions so that a Zelenskyy-Putin meeting can be organized…
Were Babich and Belarusian siloviki preparing a coup? Lukashenka appears to think so
Sergey Dorenko, editor of This is Moscow Speaking, says that the Lukashenka regime is engaged in searches and…
When a foreign state buys off officials in another country, it’s more than just bribery
Andrey Dynko, a Belarusian commentator, has reminded the world of something many would like to ignore: when a…
Change of Russian ambassadors won’t slow Moscow’s effort to absorb Belarus, iSANS expert says
The replacement of the brash Mikhail Babich by the more diplomatic Dmitry Mezentsev will not bring any fundamental…
Who is behind reports of a coup plot in Belarus?
Coups and even more reported coup plots are typically murky affairs with one group suggesting someone is planning…
Russia’s creeping annexation of Belarus ‘already taking place,’ Juknevičienė says
Most people see annexation as something that occurs once and for all at a particular time; but in…
Secretly-prepared constitutional changes will open way to Anschluss of Belarus by Putin, Matskevich says
Vladimir Matskevich, a leading Belarusian thinker and sociologist, says that the Belarusian people must demand the convention of…
It’s not just Babich – Russian embassy in Minsk is a subversive organization
Belarusian media have focused on the ways in which Moscow’s ambassador in Minsk, Mikhail Babich, has behaved in…