Chinese state media continues to attach the greatest importance to portraying this conflict as a proxy war by the United States, which, along with NATO, provoked Russia to attack
Rafael Loss expects deception to play a big role ahead of Ukraine’s counteroffensive
Zelensky is cultivating relations with key EU countries, maintaining a balance between those with the strongest political support (Nordic and Baltic states, Poland) and Western European capitals
Marie Dumoulin comments on Zelensky’s foreign policy strategy towards European states
The problem then is the availability of forces because they have then two open flanks, one in the west towards Crimea, one in the east towards the Donbas
Rafael Loss explains why the start of Ukraine’s spring offensive might look rather chaotic
Should there ever be a redefinition of the existential nature of the conflict with a search for compromise, this can only be as a result of a power struggle on the ground. We are not there yet.
Marie Dumoulin on the consequences of the existential nature of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine
For the time being, both sides are in a scenario of total war. It cannot end until one side or the other decides that to preserve its existence it must accept a compromise.
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