Zelensky’s view is consistent: Ukraine, as a country under attack, is seeking help from those who may also perceive Russia as a threat. Conversely, the Vatican is seeking an agreement at any cost
Arturo Varvelli comments on President Zelensky’s mission to Europe, and on the diversity between his approach and the one adopted by the Vatican.
Ukraine’s armed forces will need to keep the Russians guessing about where and when exactly their counteroffensive begins
Rafael Loss expects deception to play a big role ahead of Ukraine’s counteroffensive
No question Russia will remain able to fund the war for many more years
It seems absurd to believe that the US is trying to assassinate Vladimir Putin
Over the course of the war there have been numerous occasion to ask serious questions about the state of Russian air defence
The EU and the West in general have not yet achieved this overarching foreign policy goal and the collapse of the Russian economy has not materialised
In the style of the Cold War days, the Global South sees Ukraine as a Northern Hemisphere war, in which they do not want to take sides
Camille Grand analyses the war of narratives concerning the war in Ukraine at the Global South
Putin has lost some popularity so the campaign is not pro-Russia but anti-west, but it’s the other side of the same coin
Vessela Tcherneva comments on the pro-Russia party ‘Revival’ and its influence on Bulgarian politics
And this was visible in von der Leyen’s speech — Europe is not about decoupling, this American-style decoupling
Alicja Bachulska suggests that Europe was not on board with U.S.-led plans to isolate China
The Russian military responded to these failures by reverting to tactics based on barrage fire
Denys Davydenko, Margaryta Khvostova, Dmytro Kryvosheiev and Olga Lymar analyse Russia’s initial military failures in Ukraine
