• A decision to transfer cluster munitions to Ukraine - banned by most states in the world (but not by the United States, Ukraine, and Russia) - is seen as a controversial move that highlights the problems of the Ukrainian army on the front line. However, this is not an unprecedented action, as claimed by some critics.

    Autor: Robert Czulda
    Opublikowano: 14/07/2023
  • The June 24, 2023 coup by Y. Prigozhin and the march of the Wagner group to Moscow put into question the support for President Putin both in the army structures and among Russian citizens.

    Autor: Olga Jastrzębska
    Opublikowano: 13/07/2023
  • The Russian concentration of troops and counterattacks along the Lyman-Svatove-Kupyansk line are a worrying sign. Increased pressure from Russian forces along this sector might force Ukrainian forces to transfer additional resources and manpower, potentially at a cost to their own offensive efforts.

    Autor: Sebastian Czub
    Opublikowano: 07/07/2023
  • As Ukrainians hope to capitalise on the temporary chaos and unrest in Russia they are once again forced to contend with extensive Russian defences. Minefields are one of the primary challenges faced by advancing Ukrainian soldiers, and they require the right tools to forge a path through them.

    Autor: Sebastian Czub
    Opublikowano: 30/06/2023
  • Last weekend the Western infosphere was dominated by the news coming from Russia, where the head of Wagner group Yevgeny Prigozhin started a mutiny against the Russian army and moved towards Moscow. The putsch, which started on Friday evening finished after 24 hours with an agreement between Prigozhin and Russian authorities. Many questions arise with only a small number of answers about what really happened in Russia, but the putsch has already been a lesson on disinformation. The conclusions are quite pessimistic.

    Autor: Andrzej Kozłowski
    Opublikowano: 28/06/2023
  • The situation in Russian is extraordinarily dynamic and chaotic. The reasons, objectives and even allegiances of involved actors are in majority unknown. Amidst the informational chaos only one thing can be certain – whatever happens the influence on the war in Ukraine and Russia as a nation will be unprecedented.

    Autor: Sebastian Czub
    Opublikowano: 24/06/2023
  • Thus, while the progress might be slow it does not mean that the offensive is failing - quite the opposite it is just beginning.

    Autor: Sebastian Czub
    Opublikowano: 23/06/2023
  • However, the united will of the West to continuously support Ukraine and provide with the right tools for the job, and armoured vehicles to support their troops, might set the odds in Ukrainian favour and spare the lives of many Ukrainian soldiers. The ongoing offensive rests on the skill and bravery of Ukrainian soldiers and equipment and will of the allied West.

    Autor: Sebastian Czub
    Opublikowano: 16/06/2023
  • The long awaited Ukrainian counter offensive has finally begun. Ukrainian forces went on the attack sometime on June 7 in several areas along the line of contact stretching along the entire Zaporizhia Oblast and Donetsk Oblast up to Bakhmut.

    Autor: FKP
    Opublikowano: 09/06/2023
  • As both sides prepare it seems that the upcoming Ukrainian offensive might be the make or break of the war, not only on the battlefield but also in the political sphere and western support of Ukraine.

    Autor: FKP
    Opublikowano: 02/06/2023
  • In the 1990s, Central and Eastern European countries learned quickly that by combining their forces, they can be more successful in the Euro-Atlantic integration process. Perhaps, one of the most successful forms of informal regional cooperation was the Visegrad format.

    Autor: Andras Braun
    Opublikowano: 31/05/2023
  • The recent announcement of the Czech Republic's ongoing military assistance to Ukraine highlights the growing importance of defence cooperation between the two countries.

    Autor: Tomáš Dvořák and Pavel Havlíček
    Opublikowano: 31/05/2023
  • Russia's invasion of Ukraine has turned the global security environment upside down and made all countries think about the effectiveness of the existing security architecture. It is clear, that the process of revising the international order has already begun, and it is not excluded, that in the near future, we will witness the formation of new scientific, theoretical, or practical approaches to international relations and global politics.

    Autor: Nikoloz Khatiashvili
    Opublikowano: 30/05/2023
  • The path of the modern Ukrainian state towards democracy has been relatively short, but simultaneously full of struggle. The people of Ukraine had to take to the streets at least three times over the last 30 years to preserve democracy in the country: in 1990, 2004, and 2014. The last time when Ukrainian society stood up to the rise of authoritarian rule, Russia started its aggression against Ukraine by occupying the Crimean Peninsula and deploying its mercenaries in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

    Autor: Ihor Havrylyuk
    Opublikowano: 30/05/2023
  • After 10 months of fighting the Russians, spearheaded by Wagner Group’s forces have at last captured the defiant city of Bakhmut.

    Autor: Sebastian Czub
    Opublikowano: 26/05/2023
  • 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: FKP
    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, analyst in Casimir Pulaski Foundation
    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: FKP
    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: FKP
    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