• Bakhmut has fallen. On May 20, 2023, on the one year anniversary of the fall of Mariupol, Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin declared that Bakhmut had officially been captured in its entirety, which plays very neatly into Russian obsession with symbolism, which is used for propaganda purposes - two “mighty” Ukrainian cities taken on the same date.

    Autor: Sebastian Czub
    Opublikowano: 25/05/2023
  • The battle for Bakhmut continues. Ukrainian forces have launched a series of counter offensives in the Bakhmut area.

    Autor: Sebastian Czub
    Opublikowano: 19/05/2023
  • The recent visit of the new Czech President Petr Pavel to Poland in the middle of March has clearly shown that there is a new common understanding and possibly also future appetite to do more together in relations between Czechia and Poland.

    Autor: Pavel Havlicek
    Opublikowano: 19/05/2023
  • The battle for Bakhmut continues. In the previous weeks Russian forces have achieved significant gains in and around the city. With the rate of Russian advances and surfacing geolocated footage from within Bakhmut, it is possible to estimate that Russian forces control roughly 90 percent of the city. Ukrainian forces are now mounting a stalwart defence in the western edges of Bakhmut concentrating around Yuvileina street.

    Autor: Sebastian Czub
    Opublikowano: 12/05/2023
  • Despite recent Russian advances Ukrainian forces continue to defend Bakhmut. This week saw the collapse of the Ukrainian defences along the railway line in the western part of the city.

    Autor: Sebastian Czub
    Opublikowano: 05/05/2023
  • The battle for Bakhmut continues. According to the most recent information Russian forces have broken through the Ukrainian defensive lines along the railway.

    Autor: Sebastian Czub
    Opublikowano: 28/04/2023
  • On Friday, April 21, 2023, Lu Shaye, the Chinese Ambassador to France, made statements during an interview with the French news channel LCI that caused a general outcry in the Western world.

    Autor: Manon Boscher
    Opublikowano: 27/04/2023
  • The decreased pace of Russian advance in Bakhmut may be indicative of the nature of Ukrainian defence of the city.

    Autor: Sebastian Czub
    Opublikowano: 21/04/2023
  • Although defense cooperation with Taiwan (Republic of China) is difficult, as it is burdened with numerous risks, there are several areas that can be developed.

    Autor: Robert Czulda
    Opublikowano: 19/04/2023
  • Russian forces continue offensive operations in and around Bakhmut.

    Autor: Sebastian Czub
    Opublikowano: 14/04/2023
  • The French president, Emmanuel Macron, visited China for a three-day state visit from 5 to 7 April 2023.

    Autor: Manon Boscher
    Opublikowano: 14/04/2023
  • The first days of April bring with them bleak news. Russian forces now control the majority of the embattled city of Bakhmut.

    Autor: Sebastian Czub
    Opublikowano: 07/04/2023
  • The last days of March bring with them further changes to the frontlines of Ukraine.

    Autor: Sebastian Czub
    Opublikowano: 31/03/2023
  • The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has declared that nuclear weapons will now be deployed to Belarus

    Autor: Sebastian Czub
    Opublikowano: 31/03/2023
  • The Russian offensive in Bakhmut has slowed down, with a record low of daily combat clashes recorded this week.

    Autor: Sebastian Czub
    Opublikowano: 24/03/2023
  • Despite the Russian assault Ukrainian forces continue to hold Bakhmut. Col. General Oleksandr Syrskyi stated that the situation in and around Bakhmut remains difficult, with Russian forces attacking from several directions simultaneously.

    Autor: Sebastian Czub
    Opublikowano: 17/03/2023
  • One year into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the West is in need for a diversified strategy when discussing the conflict with its partners. Due to historical experiences, non-European and non-Western countries look at the Russian aggression differently. Supporting Ukraine thus means learning how communicate the consequences of the ongoing invasion in a language that would take into account addressees’ sensitivity. Such language is essential to assist Kyiv in winning the war and embarking on a path of successful and quick recovery.

    Autor: Miłosz J. Cordes
    Opublikowano: 15/03/2023
  • A surprising decision to re-establish diplomatic ties between two arch-rivals - the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - could potentially alter a security landscape in the Middle East. However, significant challenges remain, and they will ultimately determine a fate of the agreement. Their deep and structural nature makes it difficult to be optimistic.

    Autor: Robert Czulda
    Opublikowano: 14/03/2023
  • In Bakhmut Russian forces continue to press Ukrainian lines and the situation remains very difficult, despite that Ukrainian command has officially declared that the defence of the city will continue.[i] Several western experts have doubted the importance of Bakhmut, stating that the city has little to no strategic value, while at the same time draining Ukrainian forces.

    Autor: SEBASTIAN CZUB
    Opublikowano: 10/03/2023
  • The 2023 Estonian Parliamentary Elections have come to an end. Victory was claimed by the Reform Party, under the leadership of current Prime Minister Kaja Kallas.

    Autor: Sebastian Czub
    Opublikowano: 07/03/2023
  • The battle for Bakhmut seems to be entering its final stages. Over the last week the Russian forces launched a large coordinated offensive along the entire line of contact in the region.

    Autor: Sebastian Czub
    Opublikowano: 03/03/2023
  • Ogłoszone 27 lutego br. „Ramy windsorskie” mają w zamierzeniu rządu Zjednoczonego Królestwa oraz Unii Europejskiej stanowić remedium na niedoskonałości Protokołu północnoirlandzkiego.

    Autor: Bartłomiej Kot
    Opublikowano: 02/03/2023
  • In most important frontline news from this week, Ukrainian forces carried out a missile attack against several key Russian targets, including far behind the frontlines such as occupied Mariupol.

    Autor: SEBASTIAN CZUB
    Opublikowano: 24/02/2023
  • Putin’s speech has been an excruciatingly long ordeal, and one that started with aggressive yet somewhat reused statements. The first key point brought forward was a reaffirmation of Russian commitment to the “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine.

    Autor: Sebastian Czub
    Opublikowano: 22/02/2023
  • The legal and organisational nature of the “Special Military Operation” has always been rather unclear. Neither an outright war nor a counter terrorist operation so common in Russia, it didn’t fit into the pre-existing legal statutes of the Russian Federation.

    Autor: Sebastian Czub
    Opublikowano: 21/02/2023