Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Further advances by Ukrainian troops. 223rd day of the war
Russian forces are conducting artillery and rocket fire on enemy army positions and facilities along the entire length of the front line and individual localities, including Dnipro, Kharkiv, Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Zaporizhzhia, Nikopol’, Mykolaiv and Bila Tserkva. The aggressor maintains offensive capabilities only in the Donetsk section....
Shortages looming: How the annexation of Ukraine’s oblasts affects electricity generation
The Russian-occupied part of Ukraine contains about 25% (about 15.5 GW) of the country’s installed power plant capacity. Of particular significance are: the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) – the largest facility of its kind in Europe (6 GW of installed capacity) – and the Zaporizhia Thermal Power Plant (ZTPP; 3.6 GW). Although there...
Ukraine: after two months, the food corridor operation is a success
1 October marked two months since the first ship loaded with Ukrainian grain sailed from Odesa. The unblocking of food exports from three Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea (Odesa, Chernomorsk and Pivdenne) was made possible by an agreement between Ukraine, Turkey and the UN which was signed in Istanbul on 22 July. Since then, 241 vessels have used...
Russia’s Mass Exodus Is Forcing Its Neighbors to Get Off the Fence
As more Russians flee to neighboring countries and more nationals of those countries go to fight in Ukraine, their governments will find it increasingly difficult to ignore these developments. …read more Source:: Carnegie Endowment for International...
War In Ukraine: Can Putin Really Press The Nuclear Button?
War In Ukraine: Can Putin Really Press The Nuclear Button? LeAnn Tue, 10/04/2022 – 11:26 quoting Rose Gottemoeller On Sun, 10/02/2022 – 11:39Hoover Daily Report Tuesday, October 4, 2022 4 California18 https://california18.com/war-in-ukraine-can-putin-really-press-the-nuclear-butt… Off On 4 1 Off Off Main Research Feed Off Articles In...
Reaction to the annexation: the West announces tougher sanctions against Russia
In response to the annexation of four occupied Ukrainian regions to the Russian Federation and the Kremlin’s threats (including the possible use of nuclear weapons), Western countries are extending their sanctions on Russia, or announcing that they will take such action. New restrictions have already been introduced by the United Kingdom,...
What to expect from the right-wing populist shift in Italy?
Italy is facing profound change after the last parliamentary elections: The centre-right alliance of the right-wing populist parties Fratelli d’Italia (FdI) and Lega, as well as the centre-right party Forza Italia, won an absolute majority in both chambers of parliament. From economic policy to cooperation with the EU and the rule of law to...
What Caused the Ukraine War?
…read more Source:: Project Syndicate (Czech...
Lyman rebounded. 221st day of the war
In the last days of September, Ukrainian forces outflanked Russian positions in the northeastern region of Donetsk Oblast, leading to the hasty withdrawal of enemy units from the surrounding villages and Lyman (1 October). In the final period of fighting, this pre-war town of 20,000 was to be defended by up to 5,500 soldiers from the 2nd Army...
Russia announces the annexation of four regions of Ukraine
On the afternoon of 30 September, President Vladimir Putin signed ‘agreements’ to annex four Ukrainian oblasts to Russia: Donetsk (the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, DPR), Luhansk (the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, LPR), Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. In a speech before the ceremony, he declared these acts irreversible....