Section: Razumkov Centre (Ukraine)
The ceasefire in Donbas is unlikely to last long
The ceasefire in Donbas is hard to call stable. This was stated by Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk, informs the news agency Voice of America. “It is difficult to describe this situation as stable – there are almost daily casualties. I do not even have the heart to call...
Ukraine is losing economic sway over the rebel zones of Donbas
Before the war in Donbas, the separatist regions were subsidized by Ukraine, with about $2.6 billion a year going to pensions and an additional $3.2 billion to coal subsidies. Now, rubles from Russia’s own strained budget are filling that subsidy gap, buying influence along the way, the New York Times newspaper reports. “When we speak of...
Ukraine has to take all steps to declare that Russia is an occupier of Donbas
Six months after the latest Minsk agreement, to replace the first one that Russia violated as well, more than 1,000 others have been killed since Russia and Ukraine signed the “peace” deal, the Kyiv Post writes. Co-director of Foreign Affairs and Inernational Security Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk said Ukraine hasn’t yet...
The Russian public’s ignorance allows Putin’s policies to flourish
Russia’s direct involvement in prosecuting its war against Ukraine is proven, as far as most in the West are concerned. But the Russian public is still oblivious to what’s going on, accepting official denials, more than a year after the fighting began, the Kyiv Post reports. Director of Military programmes at the Razumkov Centre...
Muzhenko lost the moral right to talk about military situation in Donbas
The chief of Ukraine’s Army General Staff has left many baffled after declaring that the destroyed village of Shyrokyne “has no military value” – after soldiers held positions there for months that they said were key to defending the strategic city of Mariupol, the Kyiv Post writes. Co-director of Foreign Affairs and International Security...
Pullout of Ukrainian volunteer fighters from Shyrokyne might threaten Mariupol
Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk said Mariupol residents had plenty of reason to be concerned about the pullout of the volunteer fighters from the obliterated village of Shyrokyne, located just 20 kilometers east of the strategic port city of Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast,...
The Razumkov Centre attended a roundtable to discuss the projects of the Military doctrine of Ukraine and the development Conception for security and defence sector of Ukraine
The round table was held on 9 July 2015 at the Simulation Centre of the National Defence University of Ukraine. Director of Military Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Mykola Sunhurovskyi evaluated the documents presented for discussion in his speech. Key conclusions of the evaluation — The documents do not meet the stated objectives, and...
The Self Reliance faction will not yet dare to leave the parliamentary coalition
Deputy Director General – Director of Political and Legal Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko told Glavnoe web-site about tensions between members of a parliamentary coalition in the Verkhovna Rada. One of the factions – Self Reliance – has recently started talking about leaving the coalition. The size of this faction is rather...
Unless key terms of the Minsk agreements are met, elections in “the DPR and the LPR” are impossible
Deputy Director – Director of Political and Legal Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko explained Glavnoe web-site why pro-russian separatists need local elections in “the DPR and the LPR” and how it can influenced the conflict in Donbas. The initiative of holding local elections in “the DPR and the LPR” is another imitation by the...
All the conditions for Russia’s full-scale attack have been created in Donbas
Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk told the Obozrevatel’ web-site about preparations of pro-russian separatists for military campaign. The concentration of Russian troops at the Ukrainian border as well as other signs indicate that all the conditions for an attack...
