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Zaporizhia Oblast: The Next Flash Point in Russia’s ‘Hybrid’ Aggression Against Southeastern Ukraine?
On July 9, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) arrested a group of radical pro-Russia separatists promoting the creation of the so-called “Zaporizhian People’s Republic”... MORE
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Mark VI for Ukraine: Key Advantages for Ukraine’s Maritime Security
The current security situation in the Black Sea region is far from stable and secure, having dramatically deteriorated due to aggressive Russian actions since 2014.... MORE
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Moscow Declares Pause in Normandy Negotiations on Ukraine
Russia’s presidential envoy for conflict-management in Ukraine, Dmitry Kozak, has unilaterally announced a pause in the Normandy negotiation process, pending “clarifications to Ukraine’s positions.” Kozak’s... MORE
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Ukraine to Decide Whether to Buy US LNG
On May 27, the Ukrainian government preliminarily approved the text of a memorandum on the prospects for importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United... MORE
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Northern Ukraine’s Vulnerable Sumy Oblast: Covert Russian Links and Cossack Threats
With Russian President Vladimir Putin’s approval ratings taking a massive hit as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic, resulting economic crisis and his government’s... MORE
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Pro-Russian Disinformation Operations in Kherson: A New-Old Challenge for Ukraine’s National Security
On June 5, Serhiy Nayev, the commander of the Operational Command East of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, reported that the military and law enforcement agencies... MORE
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Ukraine-NATO: Politicians Struggle, While Military Acts
Relations between Ukraine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have long been complicated, sometimes even uncertain. From hopes for membership after the Bucharest Summit... MORE
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Ukraine Designates Legitimate Representatives of Donetsk and Luhansk in the Minsk Process (Part Two)
*To read Part One, please click here. Pro-Ukraine personalities, forcibly displaced from the Russian-occupied Donetsk and Luhansk, participated in the Minsk Contact Group’s extended... MORE
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Ukraine Designates Legitimate Representatives of Donetsk and Luhansk in the Minsk Process (Part One)
Kyiv has appointed pro-Ukraine refugees from the Russian-occupied Donetsk and Luhansk to represent those territories in the Minsk Contact Group, the forum that negotiates the... MORE
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Ukraine and Hungary Move to Settle Differences Over National Minority Legislation (Part Two)
*To read Part One, please click here. For almost three years, the Hungarian government has sought to instrumentalize the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)... MORE