No Comments While objective factors like the nature of the conflict, limited mobilization, and counter-battery warfare pose significant hurdles, subjective factors such as cultural ties and changing societal values are further delaying Russia’s SMO.
No Comments The truth behind Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death remains enigmatic, with multiple plausible scenarios and motivations. Prigozhin’s confrontations with Russian authorities, his personal ambitions, and the June 24th mutiny potentially made him a target for an assassination by the Kremlin. While many suspect the role of the Kremlin, the West’s interest in targeting Prigozhin due to Wagner’s […]
No Comments Though the coup attempt and instability seem to have ended, the crisis has certainly weakened the clout and authority of President Putin. On Friday, June 23, 2023, the Yevgeniy Prigozhin-led Wagner squad of private mercenaries, operating under the direct command of the Kremlin, called for the overthrow of Russian President Vladimir Putin. In his impending […]
No Comments The disturbed diplomatic relations highlighted in these documents provide us with a glimpse of a world with failed international relations. The leak in itself is a blunder that the Biden administration is now trying to rectify through extensive efforts to find other documents, along with damage control. The documents also highlight the increasingly warming relations […]
No Comments The Kovalchuk and the head of the presidential administration Anton Vayno are Prigozhin’s vertical connections, while the GRU, FSIN, and governors are his horizontal connections. A private military corporation is a useful resource for any power with global ambitions but it should only serve the needs of the state and stay out of the public […]
No Comments With the inclusion of foreign military equipment in the Ukrainian arsenal for the first ever time, Ukraine hopes to break the ‘Taboo’ and leave behind its Russo-Soviet military dependence. Russia will not react well to the ‘breaking’ of this dependence as highlighted by Putin’s recent statements warning the West from crossing the ‘red line’. Ukraine […]
No Comments With no signs of negotiations from either side, the international community must take it as a challenge and get involved to stop the ongoing dispute. A year since Russian forces rolled into Ukraine, there are no real signs of a way out of the conflict. Neither side appears primed for an outright military victory, and […]
No Comments With Russia’s special operation in Ukraine to complete a year mark, which witnessed a huge turnaround in the world and especially in Europe, which saw instability for the first time after WW2, Russia led this special operation with the pretext of providing freedom to the Russian-speaking population in the region of Donbas. As to Russia, […]
1 Comment With the Russia-Ukraine war reaching the year mark, the article analyses its present status, latest developments, and possible outcomes in 2023. The 24th of February 2022 was the most unstable day for Europe and the world after World War II, as Russia began its ‘special operation’ in Ukraine. 2022 as a whole saw various developments, […]
4 Comments Given the high levels of fear and mistrust on both sides, it is necessary to avoid inadvertent escalations that might spiral things out of control. It is clear that Russia had no intention of invading Ukraine but all it wanted was to prevent it from becoming a satellite state of the US. India has been […]
