Why Ukraine Was No Game Changer-So Far
Far from altering Europe’s geopolitical landscape, the Ukraine crisis has only reconfirmed the continent’s old order. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 22 February 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations – noted that fighting continued in and around Donetsk airport and in several...
Death And Redemption In Ukraine
Bohdan Solchanyk was not a materialistic young man. He did not seek worldly pleasures, but rather took delight in his studies, his fiancee, his faith. What Bohdan wanted -what they both wanted – was live in the Ukraine with dignity and freedom. on Death And Redemption In Ukraine… The post Death And Redemption In Ukraine appeared first on Acton...
NATO Enlargement: Why a Fourth Round is Long Overdue
The events in the Ukraine over the last year and a half have led to some calls for a ceasing of NATO’s successful enlargement process. However, this would be detrimental to the future stability and security of the Western Balkans region. As of 2015, Albania, Croatia and Slovenia are formal members of NATO. Why, therefore, should Montenegro...
Not Another Iron Curtain
The EU urgently needs to tie Ukraine and the rest of Eastern Europe as close as possible to the bloc and prevent the continent from becoming divided again. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Spot report by Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, 22 February 2015: explosion in Kharkiv at march commemorating February 2014 pro-Maidan events
This report is for the media and general public. On 22 February 2015 at 13:15hrs, an explosion occurred at a pro-Maidan march commemorating the anniversary of February 2014 events in Kharkiv (during which three people died in demonstrations), outside the Palace of Sports on Marshal Zhukova Street (7km east of the city centre). The SMM, who were...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 20 February 2015
This report is for the media and the general public. The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and security considerations – noted that fighting continued in and around Donetsk airport and Shyrokyne and,...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine to hold news briefing in Kyiv today
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine to hold news briefing in Kyiv today Alexander Hug, the Deputy Chief Monitor of the SMM, will talk about the process of the monitoring of withdrawal of heavy weapons in eastern Ukraine. Journalists are invited to attend the news briefing today, 21 February, at 19:00 (Kyiv time), at 26 Turhenevska Street....
Putin the Improviser
The Ukraine showdown is even scarier and more dangerous than most people think: President Putin is making it up as he goes along. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Spot report by the OSCE Observer Mission: Russian convoy of 15 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point
This report is for the media and general public. SUMMARY On 20 February 2015 at 07:00hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 15 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles crossed back into the Russian Federation (RF) at 16:05hrs on 20...
