The acknowledgement by the Ukrainian president of the critical condition of the Ukrainian energy infrastructure should be considered as the main political event of the last week. It should be pointed out that statement admitting that the infrastructure has been severely damaged was made in the period when Russian air strikes were remarkably less extensive…

The two main factors that influenced Ukrainian political process were Russian offensive attempts in the Donetsk region and long-lasting blackouts throughout the country. In the Donetsk region Russian troops are trying to advance along the entire front line. They have enough resources to continue offensive operations in the forthcoming weeks owing to their 10:1 advantage…

The political activity of this period was determined by the attempts of the Ukrainian government to to get its US and EC embroiled in direct confrontation of Russia and explicit rejection of such a scenario by western leaders. After the speech of President Zelensky on G20 summit in which he demanded the the withdrawal of…

The political activity of this period was determiner by the retreat of Russian troops from Kherson and the liberation of the city by Ukrainian army. This victory has a great political significance as further and most decisive confirmation that the course of war has been changing. The Kremlin facing the threat of total military defeat…

The political process of this period was mainly influenced by the intentions of Russian political leadership to coerce the Ukrainian society to accept the idea of the peaceful settlement on Russian terms. To achieve this goal the Russian military continued attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure and the Russian government made an attempt to leave the…

The Ukrainian political process during this period was mainly influenced by the threat of an escalation of the military conflict. There is an actual risk that the Russian government can increase the level of violence on the pretext of Ukrainian plans to use a radioactive “dirty bomb”. Such claims were made by Russian high-ranking state…