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War in Ukraine
OPINION: Security Guarantees for Ukraine, Ratcheting up Sanctions, Kharkiv Offensive
More from the author’s weekly update in his Newsletter on several key developments.
June 16, 2024
G7
G7: Russian Money for Ukraine
A selection of what European newspapers are saying about the results of the G7 meeting this week in Berlin concerning Ukraine.
June 16, 2024
‘Peace Cannot Be a Ukrainian Capitulation’ - Latest Updates as Global Peace Summit Enters Day Two
President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would present Moscow with a proposal for ending the war once the international community had agreed it.
June 16, 2024
US
OPINION: Fissures Within Team Biden?
US policy with respect to Ukraine seems to be split between those who want to help, yet don’t have authority, and those with authority to help, yet are afraid.
June 16, 2024
War in Ukraine
OPINION: Fortress Democracy
Putin’s alternative anti-democratic “alliance” is fading and the West is looking at seizing Russia’s frozen financial assets.
June 16, 2024
Russia
Shunned by West, Russian Army Deserters Live in Fear
Faced with choosing between fighting in Ukraine or prison, hundreds of Russian deserters and draft dodgers have fled to neighboring ex-Soviet countries, where they are now stuck in limbo.
June 16, 2024
War in Ukraine
ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 15, 2024
War in Ukraine - Latest update, key takeaways and map from the Institute for the Study of War on June 15, 2024
June 16, 2024
Zelensky
Global Peace Summit - Day One Opening Salvoes
Representatives of almost 100 nations and international organizations convened at a Swiss resort on Saturday, June 15 to discuss ways to end the war in Ukraine.
June 15, 2024
Ukraine Seeks Path to Just Peace at Swiss Summit
The summit is aimed at trying to agree on a basic international platform for eventual peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow.
June 15, 2024
War in Ukraine
OPINION: Putin’s ‘Peace’ Deal Examined
Ukraine is expected to make all the concessions, while Russia gets all the benefits. Moreover, they are basing their arguments that Putin is willing to negotiate in good faith.
June 15, 2024
Budanov
ANALYSIS: Another Throw of the Dice – Russia Deploys Prometheus Anti-Missile System to Crimea
With the S-300 / S-400 air defense systems proving ineffective against Ukraine's ATACMS strikes, Russian forces in Crimea have turned to the more advanced S-500 system for protection.
June 15, 2024
Budanov
Budanov Confirms Kyiv’s Mass Drone Attack on Russia’s Morozovsk Airfield
The airfield, in Russia’s Rostov region, is home to dozens of Su-34 fighter-bombers, a core weapon in Russia’s ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Level of damage from the strike was unconfirmed.
June 15, 2024
War in Ukraine
WORLD BRIEFING: June 15, 2024
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
June 15, 2024
Russia
OPINION: Changing Trajectory in Russia-Iran Relations?
Any engagement between Moscow and Tehran in a post-Raisi era will have to take into account certain structural elements that could preclude what both sides may claim to desire.
June 15, 2024
Ukraine
EU Agrees ‘In Principle’ to Start of Accession Talks with Ukraine and Moldova
The EU had voted in December to hold talks with Ukraine and Moldova, but needed to decide on a framework for negotiations. That framework was informally agreed upon Friday.
June 15, 2024
War in Ukraine
Australia Should Do More for Ukraine
Prominent Australian businessman and investor, James Baiilieu, recently visited Ukraine for the second time since Russia's full-scale invasion to see first hand where support is most needed.
June 15, 2024
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