Ukrainians believe they are at war with two different enemies at once – Russian invaders on the one hand, and Western fears, biases

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Op maandag 28 oktober spreekt Sergei Lebedev in de Rode Hoed in Amsterdam de

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, it took two bloody Chechen wars to pacify the North Caucasus. Recent turmoil shows that

When Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba visited China to speak about peace in Ukraine, Russian officials and media framed it

The Peace Summit in Switzerland highlighted Ukraine's complicated relationship with countries in the Global South. The salient lack

While there is a rich body of Ukranian literature, dating back as far as any other in Europe, it has been mostly

Russian president Vladimir Putin suggested last weekend that he may be open to negotiating a ceasefire if Ukraine concedes large

Combat medic Iryna 'Cheka' Tsybukh died in action near the frontline in Kharkiv region last week. Last year, she wrote a farewell

After more than two years of exhaustive warfare and enormous losses, an increasing number of Ukrainians believes

'What is Europe willing to do to protect its own security and defence?' It was the opening question of former top diplomat

Russia doesn’t rule the Black Sea anymore. In a classic asymmetric drone-campaign Ukraine, under siege and without a navy, has been

Ukrainian aerial attacks on Russian infrastructure could cause significant problems as international isolation makes it harder for

In their description of the frontlines in Ukraine, Western analysts often talk about a ‘stalemate’ to hide their own fatigue. This

Ethnic Hungarians living in the Zakarpatya region, in the far south-west of Ukraine, have become an important piece in the

‘Extraordinary times require extraordinary leadership,’ said Daria Kaleniuk, head of the Anticorruption Action Centre in Kyiv

Although Kremlin propaganda has attempted to present the occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts as permanent

The Maidan was a turning point for the Ukrainian civil society. Since the Revolution of Dignity local and national initiatives of

On October 19, Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a ...

In his address to the nation on Wednesday Putin announced ‘partial mobilization’ for the war in Ukraine. He also supported the

From February 27 till March 31 the Russian army was fighting around and eventually occupying the Ukrainian town of Bucha, 30

Several months into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the global discussion about the war has divided into two opposing

Chief of Russia's Security Council Nikolay Patrushev is the person closest to Putin, and the most sinister figure in Russia's

On April 27 Gazprom abruptly shut off the gas taps to Bulgaria and Poland, because the countries refused to pay for their contracts

Moscow has yet to confirm the exact number of Russian soldiers currently fighting in Ukraine. According to various estimates,

While waging war on Ukraine, the Russian state has intensified its already tight control over the Internet, press, and opposition at

People in power, middle class business men who prospered under Putin, technocrats who are not allowed to leave:

One of the most intriguing advisors of president Zelenskyi is the 46-year old Oleksiy Arestovych, who predicted the war in

International scolars on gepopolitics like the American professor John Mearsheimer don't seem to understand that their

Soon after the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine started, university teachers all over Russia were ordered to teach their

Ukrainian authorities accuse Russia of forcibly taking thousands of civilians to the Russian Federation. They also warn for

In an open letter to colleagues abroad, a group of Ukrainian journalists warned for the pitfalls of Russian

Public opinion in Europe supports the fight of Ukrainians against Russia. The EU reluctantly offered a protracted path to

How did this war with Ukraine even become a possibility? Maxim Trudolyubov, editor of the Riga-based Russian

Local mayors in East-Ukrainian towns surrounded by Russian forces face a stark choice: do they surrender or stay in power to

By invading Ukraine Putin has shown that he has put his obsession with this neighbour above the national interest of Putin. As

Considering that a war with Ukraine would foster political dissatisfaction even among the part of the population

Russia's business elite is worried and scared about the prospect of war with Ukraine, but stays eerily silent. In matters of

The topic of a possible war has recently dominated Ukraine’s politics and media. For OSW, Warsaw-based

As Western countries recall diplomats from Kyiv amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine,