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The Russia-Ukraine Tanker Incident and Signs of a Looming Black Sea Crisis
A Russian commercial tanker named Nika Spirit entered the Ukrainian port of Izmail on July 24. However, using the EQUASIS international information system, Ukraine identified... MORE
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Belarus: Springboard or Casus Belli for Russian Aggression Against Ukraine?
The Union State Treaty between Russia and Belarus (signed in April 1997) declares, in Chapter II, Section II, Articles 17–18, that border security falls into... MORE
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Ukraine’s ‘Shady’ Political Landscape on the Eve of Parliamentary Elections
In mid-June, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (CCU) ruled that the snap parliamentary elections called by newly inaugurated President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would be scheduled for... MORE
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What the Return of Oligarch Ihor Kolomoysky Might Mean for Ukraine
Billionaire Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoysky returned to Ukraine on May 16—his first time back in the country since June 2017, when he had to leave... MORE
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Kerch Strait Incident: Ukraine Wins Court Ruling Against Russia
On May 25, the Hamburg-based International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) ordered Russia to release and repatriate to Ukraine all 24 sailors... MORE
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Moscow Makes an Overture to Ukraine’s Novice President
The interregnum in Kyiv invites probing from Moscow. “Let us start from a clean slate. We are open to dialogue,” the Russian Federation Council’s (upper... MORE
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Ukraine’s Occupied Donbas Adopts Russia’s Youth Militarization Policies
On May 9, a newly formed military-patriotic movement, Young Guard–Yunarmia, opened the Victory Day parade in Donetsk, the largest city in de facto occupied eastern... MORE
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Ukraine’s New Presidential Administration Filled With Show Business Friends
Ukraine’s elder statesman, Volodymyr Horbulyn, cautioned President-Elect Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of his inauguration that he should not fill the senior presidential staff and top national... MORE
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Ukraine’s State Language Law Enshrines the Lingua Franca
On May 15, Ukraine’s outgoing president, Petro Poroshenko, promulgated the “Law on Ensuring the Functioning of the Ukrainian Language as the State Language.” The accompanying... MORE
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Implacable Adversity: Moscow’s Response to Zelensky’s Election in Ukraine (Part Two)
*To read Part One, please click here. Ukraine’s outgoing president, Petro Poroshenko, and the governing coalition (whose mandate is also about to expire) have... MORE