Ukraine Struggles to Retain Presence in Azov Sea With Plans for New Canal Around Crimea
By finalizing the construction of the Kerch Bridge (see EDM, September 6), Russia is completing its geopolitical project of fully cutting the Crimean Peninsula—which it... MORE
Coal Smuggled From Ukraine’s Occupied Donbas Ends up in Poland
While Ukraine’s power plants are short of fuel, coal from the unrecognized Luhansk “people’s republic,” located in the Moscow-proxy-controlled eastern part of Donbas, has been... MORE
Is Europe’s Aviation Watchdog About to Effectively Isolate Half of Ukraine?
On September 20, The Kharkiv City Council sent an appeal, addressed to Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groisman, regarding concerns over recent actions by the European... MORE
Ukraine Successfully Places Eurobonds, but May Lose IMF Support
Ukraine has placed 15-year Eurobonds in the amount of $3 billion, President Petro Poroshenko announced on September 18. Poroshenko, who was on a visit to... MORE
US Defense Secretary’s Visit to Ukraine and Perspectives for US-Ukraine Military Cooperation
Last month’s (August 24) visit of the United States Secretary of Defense James Mattis to Ukraine was the first such trip by a Pentagon head... MORE
A Dexterous Move Propels Saakashvili Back Into Ukraine’s Political Limelight
What occurred on September 10, at the Medyka-Shehyni crossing on the Polish-Ukrainian border, is remarkable. Earlier that day, Mikheil Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia... MORE
Who Is Opposing Ukraine’s Health Reform Bill?
After the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine failed, on the last day of its July session, to approve health reform bill #6327, a vote on... MORE
Ukraine Strengthens and Tightens Its Borders
On September 1, 2017, President Petro Poroshenko announced that the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) would issue instructions to tighten and strengthen Ukrainian borders,... MORE
Intelligence Reform in Ukraine Falls Short
In late July 2017, the Ukrainian non-governmental advisory organization Reanimation Package of Reforms (RPR) called on President Petro Poroshenko and the National Security and Defense... MORE
Jamestown Supports U.S.-Ukraine Naval Exchange
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Matthew Czekaj pubs@jamestown.org 202.483.8888 This August, The Jamestown Foundation sponsored two Ukrainian midshipmen’s participation in a naval exchange with the... MORE