This issue is entirely to the reaction of the African media to the peace mission of the African leaders    Perception of the peace mission  The Observer,  a Ugandan weekly newspaper, published on June 21 the article “The sour milk of Africa’s aging leaders”, in which it stated that the mission could achieve its main…

(Full version is available under subscription)  The Ukrainian forces cannot break Russian defense lines due to the lack of the required combat power and Russian military preparedness for the Ukrainian offensive actions. Any considerable improvement of the current situation seem to be very unlikely, though Ukraine might be able to get some gains insignificant from…

Perspectives on conflict resolution  Kompas, an Indonesian national newspaper, published on June 15 the article “Regarding the Russia-Ukraine Peace Proposal, Prabowo acknowledges that he “followed” Jokowi’s steps”, concerning  the debates around peace plan proposed by Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.  “The Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto made an observation regarding the…

(Full version available by subscription) As expected, the Ukrainian government due to the lack of resources does not have an opportunity to launch a large-scale offensive and has to depict comparatively limited in range operations as  integral parts of the unified military plan. Now, when the first week an offensive is over, it has to…

(Full version available by subscription)   The Ukrainian government has been keeping on promising to launch an offensive in the near future (or declaring that it has already begun), and at the same time explaining why it cannot be started in current conditions. These mutually contradictory messages were repeated by Zelensky in his interview with…

Perspectives on conflict resolution   Kompas, an Indonesian national newspaper,  published on its website on May 30 the article “Ukraine Affirms No Need for Peace Mediators”, supplemented by a video commentary. According to it, the Ukrainian authorities chose to reject all the offers to assist the beginning the peace negotiations and intend to continue the…