Section: The Centre for Eastern Studies (Poland)
Russia’s attack on Ukraine: day 91
The Ukrainian side reports an increase in the intensity of operations at the junction of the Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. Lyman has been partially captured by the aggressor’s forces, which are to prepare for a further strike in the south-eastern direction – on Siversk–Bakhmut. The defenders are trying to prevent the seizure of the...
Russia’s attack on Ukraine: day 90
Russian forces are continuing their efforts to cut off and eliminate the enemy grouping in the Sievierodonetsk area and to drive defenders from the border of the Kharkiv and Donetsk oblasts. There are ongoing clashes over Sievierodonetsk and surrounding towns in the Luhansk Oblast under Ukrainian control, as well as Lyman, the last major town...
Russia’s attack on Ukraine: day 88
The Ukrainians are repelling hostile attacks at the junction of the Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, in most cases forcing the enemy to withdraw to previously held positions. The main area of fighting remains the area of Sievierodonetsk – the aggressor’s forces were to enter the northern part of the city, as well as destroy the bridge...
Russia’s attack on Ukraine: day 83
Russian forces pushed for another 24 hours against Ukrainian positions in the Donbas, which remains the main arena of fighting. Outside it, clashes occurred north of the town of Barvinkove, the only consistently aggressor-attacked area of the Kharkiv Oblast. Skirmishes continued on the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Sumy Oblast (in the Shostka...
Slovakia: strategic dilemmas after the Russian invasion of Ukraine
The centre-right government in Bratislava decided to discontinue its long-standing policy of avoiding antagonising Russia. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Slovakia has found itself in the vanguard of the countries most involved in providing military and humanitarian aid to Kyiv. …read more Source:: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Slovakia: strategic dilemmas after the Russian invasion of Ukraine
The centre-right government in Bratislava decided to discontinue its long-standing policy of avoiding antagonising Russia. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Slovakia has found itself in the vanguard of the countries most involved in providing military and humanitarian aid to Kyiv. …read more Source:: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Russia’s attack on Ukraine: day 75
Russian units attempted to completely cut off the Ukrainian grouping in the Sievierodonetsk area from the rest of the forces. After organising another crossing of the Donets River, they struck along the border of the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts at the height of the villages of Bilihorivka and Shypylivka (west of Lysychansk) in a southern...
Production and export of food from Ukraine during the war with Russia
Despite the war that has been raging for more than two months, Ukraine has managed to start this year’s sowing campaign, although estimates are that the areas cultivated will be up to 30% smaller than in 2021. A fuel shortage could also be a problem during this year’s harvest. Nor is it clear what the harvest will look like in the...
Russia’s attack on Ukraine day 71
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, has reported that the defenders have moved to the offensive in the Kharkiv and Izyum directions, where fierce fighting is ongoing. According to the collective reports of the operational commands ‘East’, Combined Forces Operations (in Donbas), ‘South’ and...
China’s challenges in the Indo-Pacific in the shadow of Russian aggression against Ukraine
The PRC has been in a difficult international position since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The war and the unprecedented sanctions imposed on Moscow are accelerating polarisation in the world. The US global alliance system has worked effectively and there has been not only a consolidation of NATO, but also the establishment of cooperation...
