Section: The Centre for Eastern Studies (Poland)
War as the new normal: Ukraine six months since the Russian invasion
On 24 August 2021 Ukraine was celebrating the beginning of the fourth decade of its independence. Selected units of its Armed Forces paraded through Khreshchatyk, Kyiv’s main street. It would never have occurred to the Ukrainian citizens and politicians or foreign guests who gathered on that day in Kyiv that half a year later the same units...
Russia’s attack on Ukraine: day 186
The fighting in the Donetsk Oblast did not bring significant changes. Russian forces approached Bakhmut from the south-east, attacking the defenders’ positions in the village of Vesela Dolyna, neighbouring the city. The Ukrainians are still defending themselves in the villages northeast of Bakhmut (Soledar, Bakhmuts’ke), on its...
Russia’s attack on Ukraine: day 182
As warned by the Ukrainian side, the number of Russian rocket attacks increased significantly on Ukraine’s Independence Day, 24 August. The city of Dnipro and the Chaplyne railway station in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast were hit – the attack there was the bloodiest of those carried out that day: at least 25 people were killed and 31 wounded....
Russia’s attack on Ukraine: day 179
In the Donetsk Oblast, fighting is ongoing in six directions, with the most serious operations in the area of Bakhmut, west of Horlivka and north-west of Donetsk. Defenders are holding positions east of the roads connecting Bakhmut with Siversk and Horlivka, as well as in localities north-east and south-east of the city. The direct assault on...
Russia’s attack on Ukraine – status after 175 days
On the evening and night of 17 August, the most tragic shelling of Kharkiv since the beginning of the Russian invasion took place (including with Iskander missiles). At least 11 civilians were killed and 37 wounded (with the number of casualties increasing as the rescue work progresses). The aggressor’s artillery and aviation have also...
Russia’s attack on Ukraine: day 168
Russian troops, attempting to take control of the rest of the Donetsk Oblast, are continuing their assaults towards Sloviansk, Bakhmut and Avdiivka. The aggressor has unsuccessfully tried to break Ukrainian defence lines near the village of Bohorodychne north of Sloviansk, and fighting is also continuing east of Siversk (about 40km east of...
Russia’s attack on Ukraine: day 165
In recent days, Russian troops have stepped up their assault in the Bakhmut area in an effort to obtain favourable positions to storm the city from the north-est and south-east. …read more Source:: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Russia’s attack on Ukraine: day 161
Russian forces have intensified attacks north and west of Donetsk. Fighting is ongoing on the outskirts of Avdiivka – the invaders are attempting to break through Ukrainian defences towards Kramatorsk. Clashes are also being conducted for control of the village of Pisky (at the exit of the M04 highway from Donetsk to the Dnipro) and on the...
Ukraine: gas challenges ahead of the heating season
On 29 July, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a law providing for a ban on heating price increases for the population and on gas price increases for individual consumers. The moratorium will last for the period of martial law and will continue six months after it ends. In addition, budget expenditures were increased by ₴264.3 billion (approximately $7.2...
Belarusian citizens ambivalent about Russian aggression against Ukraine
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, several independent opinion polls have been conducted. The Andrei Vardomatski Analytical Laboratory has carried some out by telephone and the British think tank Chatham House has done so online. These have consistently shown a negative attitude among the vast majority of Belarusians toward the possible...
