Mary Glantz, Ph.D. Russia, like other empires, will need a military defeat to give up its expansionist goals. Ukraine: A Real Peace Will Require Change from Russia | United States Institute of Peace (usip.org)
Category: Guerra in Ucraina
JUDY DEMPSEY He finally did it. After months of dithering, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced on Wednesday that Germany would send fourteen Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. He will also allow European countries that bought the tanks to send them to Kyiv. Scholz’s Tank Decision Upends Germany’s Long Affair With Russia – Carnegie Europe – Carnegie Endowment for International […]
Canada said Thursday it will join the United States, Germany, and other countries in supplying heavy tanks to Ukraine to fight off Russian forces, with a shipment of four fully operational Leopards. Canada to Send Four Combat-Ready Leopard Tanks to Ukraine (thedefensepost.com)
Jack Watling Although Russian elites are highly pessimistic about the war, polling of the Russian population likely gives the Kremlin confidence that it can sustain losses in Ukraine. Russia Through the Kremlin’s Eyes | Royal United Services Institute (rusi.org)
Nikola Mikovic Russia continues to lose influence around the world, above all in the post-Soviet space. The Russian-dominated Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) seems to be the last instrument available to the Kremlin to preserve at least some of the allies in Moscow’s geopolitical orbit. But does the CSTO have a future? How Russia loses […]
Sebastian Sprenger Following a protracted debate over battle tank donations for Ukraine that tested the unity of Kyiv’s allies, cluster munitions appear in position to fire up the next controversy. Whispers about cluster munitions for Ukraine are aimed at Berlin (defensenews.com)
PATRICK TUCKER A Russian manufacturer says it is adapting one of its ground robots to target Abrams and Leopard tanks—the types heading to Ukraine from the United States, Germany, Poland and other countries. Russian Robot Maker Working On Bot to Target Abrams, Leopard Tanks – Defense One
Vladimir Socor Russia’s war against Ukraine has dealt the coup de grâce to the “5+2” negotiations on the settlement of conflict in Transnistria, the forum where Russia and Ukraine sit next to each other. Moscow and Kyiv have been seated formally at the top of the table, but Russia was always the dominant player by far, manipulating […]
Pavel Luzin On January 11, the Russian Ministry of Defense once again changed the command structure of the Russian forces fighting against Ukraine. Army General Valery Gerasimov (born in 1955), former chief of the Russian General Staff, finally became the commander of Russia’s joint forces in Ukraine, replacing Army General Sergei Surovikin (1966), commander of […]
Kateryna Stepanenko, Karolina Hird, Riley Bailey, Grace Mappes, Layne Philipson, Nicole Wolkov, and Frederick W. Kagan Russian forces launched another massive series of missile and drone strikes across Ukraine on January 26. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 26, 2023 | Institute for the Study of War (understandingwar.org)
INDER SINGH BISHT The Biden administration has asked Israel to transfer its discontinued Hawk anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine. US Asks Israel to Send Hawk Air Defense Systems to Ukraine: Report (thedefensepost.com)
Spain said Wednesday it was ready to send some of its German-made Leopard tanks to bolster Ukraine’s fight against Russia after Berlin granted approval for their European transfers. Spain Says ‘Ready’ to Send German Tanks to Kyiv (thedefensepost.com)