Staunton, September 23 – Just as the purpose of terror is to terrorize, the purpose of provocation is to provoke – and if the targets of a provocation understand what the one engaging in it wants to provoke, they will be in a much better position not only to prepare for it but also to […]
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Ukraine Liveblog Day 218: DNR Claims Artillery Withdrawn While Continuing To Attack Airport
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Ukraine Liveblog Day 217: Russia Says OSCE To Monitor Buffer Zone As Donetsk Airport Attacked Again
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Ukraine Liveblog Day 212: Donetsk Airport Under Attack Again
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Ukraine Liveblog Day 211: Rada Ratifies Association Agreement And Passes Donbass Special Status Bill
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Many in West Still View Putin’s Moves in Ukraine as ‘Anomalous’ Rather than a New Course, Polish Expert Says
Staunton, September 15 – Many in the West view what Vladimir Putin has done in Ukraine as some kind of “anomaly” that he can correct and then cooperation between Moscow and the West can be restored to what it was, but Putin’s actions are making that position ever harder to sustain, according to Marcin Zaborowski. […]
Ukraine Liveblog Day 210: Ukraine And Allies Commence Rapid Trident Military Exercise
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Russia Will Need ‘Generations’ to Recover From Moscow’s Actions in Ukraine, Volgograd Expert Says
Staunton, September 9 – As a result of Moscow’s intervention in Ukraine, Russia faces three large sets of problems with the outside world, with Ukraine, and with itself that will take decades if not generations to overcome and limit its ability to develop as many of its citizens had hoped, according to Ivan Kurilla, a […]
Putin’s Victory in Ukraine a ‘Pyrrhic’ One, Moscow Economist Says
Staunton, September 6 – That Vladimir Putin has won another round in his invasion of Ukraine seems clear: he has forced Kiev to reach agreements with Moscow-backed secessionists, he has effectively taken his Anschluss of Crimea off the table of discussion, and he has further undermined Western unity concerning the imposition of sanctions. In all […]
Ukraine Liveblog Day 203: Poroshenko Heads To Mariupol
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