Ukraine

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25.February 2022. Slobodan Bubnjević

Return to Chernobyl: Invasion of the Land of Nuclear Reactors

Ukraine is not only the country where the world's largest nuclear accident occurred 35 years ago, but also a country with an impressive fleet of active nuclear reactors, which in the middle of a war represent a greater hazard than Chernobyl encased in concrete.

The war in Ukraine

25.February 2022. SP

The West's New Sanctions: A Game for Time

In response to the invasion of Ukraine, the European Union and the US are introducing a new set of sanctions against Russia. Although the EU leaders announced the new sanctions yesterday during the day as the harshest ever, the question is how much they will really affect the Russian economy.

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24.February 2022. Slobodan Georgijev

Serbia and the war in Ukraine: A state without a stance

While the governments of all other countries have spoken out about the Russian attack on Ukraine, Vučić still hesitates. And this silence at the top of the state says a lot

The war in Ukraine

24.February 2022. SP

Reactions from the EU to the Russian attack on Ukraine: Strong condemnations and announcements of new sanctions

The European Union and its member states strongly condemn the Russian aggression against Ukraine, which could turn into a war on a wider scale. During the day, they will make a decision on additional sanctions against Russia "with the aim of weakening it and preventing it from developing".

The war in Ukraine

24.February 2022. A.I

Martial law in Ukraine: Explosions across the country

Putin ordered the attack on Ukraine. Russian troops are crossing the Ukrainian border from several sides. While Putin talks about "demilitarization", military aggression is at work, which could soon turn into a bloody war on a wider scale. At the moment, it is not clear how the Ukrainian armed forces will respond

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23.February 2022. Bogdan Petrovic

How much does the NATO perspective cost: The economic mauling of Ukraine

Even if it does not attack militarily, Russia can severely damage Ukraine economically by maintaining tensions permanently. The damage is already enormous, capital is fleeing, investors are avoiding high-risk areas, and Western aid is scarce.

Crisis of the West and Russia

23.February 2022. JH

Sanctions against Russia: Spring rain instead of thunder

From the "thunderbolt of ready-made sanctions", "atomic" sanctions, "never seen package" of punitive measures "that are ready for use stored in the shale with poisons" and are to be applied in the event of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, nothing is visible so far . And Russia did recognize the independence of the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, its troops are already in Donbass, and Crimea was annexed a long time ago.

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22.February 2022. Andrei Ivanji

The Russian world: The Serbian dream

In full view of the whole world, Putin can play with Ukraine like a cat with a mouse: he can send "peacekeeping troops" to the newly created pro-Russian independent republics and secure a separation border with the rest of Ukraine; can occupy an additional separation band, purely for the sake of order; can establish a land strip between the already formally annexed Crimea and Donbass; can order the invasion of Kiev and establish a pro-Russian regime. And no one can stop him

Crisis of the West and Russia

21.February 2022. JH

Putin's recognition of separatists in Ukraine: the West announces harsh sanctions where they hurt

After Vladimir Putin recognized the independence proclaimed by Russian separatists in the territory of eastern Ukraine, the US and the EU announced a series of comprehensive sanctions against individuals who participated in the violation of international law and violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine

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20.February 2022. M.M

Agreement between Macron and Putin: Urgent stoppage of escalation in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron agreed to take immediate measures to stop the escalation of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, according to a statement from the Elysée Palace late on Sunday, February 20.

Eastern crisis

20.February 2022. M.M

In Anticipation of War: General Mobilization and Mass Evacuation

In the unrecognized Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, a general mobilization has been declared, practically no side is keeping the truce anymore, tens of thousands of people are fleeing to safety due to fear of an escalation of the conflict, Russia and Belarus have extended their joint military operations due to "increased military activities" near their borders. exercises, and the West always resets the countdown to the start of the alleged Russian offensive

14.February 2022. Daniela Pruger

Waiting for the Russians: The Women's War Course and the Territorial Defense Battalions

While the state tourism organization promotes Ukraine with the slogan "Keep Calm and Visit Ukraine", war courses and combat training are held throughout the country, in which women participate in large numbers. A survey by the Kyiv Institute for Public Opinion Research shows that one third of Ukrainians are ready to take up arms in the event of war

The World

12.February 2022. JH

Ukraine crisis: Russia attacks on Wednesday, or not

Bidding on dates for the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues in the West. The impression that consumers of Western media get is that it is no longer a question of if, but when Russia will attack. It refers to Wednesday February 16, or some day before the end of the Olympics in Beijing on February 20, or already sometime. They say from Moscow that the American and British colleagues seem to know something, which the Russians do not

Ukraine's nuclear arsenal

12.February 2022. Slobodan Bubnjević

Relations between Russia and Ukraine: Agreement weighing 1700 nuclear warheads

Kiev gave up its nuclear arsenal after the collapse of the USSR. The USA, the Russian Federation, Great Britain and Ukraine signed the "Budapest Memorandum" in 1994, which included the obligations that the great powers will have towards Ukraine after it gets rid of its bombs, primarily the protection of Ukrainian sovereignty. When Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, Washington announced that the Budapest Memorandum was not actually legally binding.

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03.February 2022. M.M

Eastern crisis: USA and NATO rejected Russian demands

The USA and NATO rejected Russia's request that NATO not expand to the east, demand de-escalation in the case of Ukraine, propose negotiations on the deployment of missiles and nuclear arms control and on the concept of "security indivisibility".

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02.February 2022. JH

Reheating the Cold War: No one is giving in

The world seems to have gotten used to the Cold War rattling of heavy weapons by Russia and the West: it is not abating, but it no longer causes so much attention. After a five-hour conversation with Viktor Orban in Moscow, Vladimir Putin personally repeated the Russian demands, which were automatically rejected. In this game of chess or poker, the long-term security of Europe is at stake

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29.January 2022. SP

The Balkans and the Ukrainian crisis: Who loves Putin and who is for NATO

The negotiations of the great powers on the situation in and around Ukraine are not yielding results. The bloc's division into "West" and "East" recalls the best days of the Cold War. Consolidation at the NATO and EU level around a unified response to Russia is still ongoing. In an increasingly divided world, Serbia will have to take sides at some point

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28.January 2022. Nemanja Rujevic

Ukrainian crisis: Helmets and conversation from Germany

No one seems to be satisfied with the German government's handling of the Ukrainian crisis. Neither the few left-wing opponents of interventionism and NATO, nor the numerous proponents of the thesis that "Putin only understands the language of force"

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28.January 2022. Milan Milošević

Waiting for Putin's answer: Demonstration but not the use of force

America has not accepted Russian demands to limit the expansion of NATO to the east and is proposing negotiations on the deployment of short- and medium-range missiles. Russia is not satisfied with that answer. Tensions between Russia and the West are not abating, and the expected next moves of both sides speak in favor of deepening the crisis.

The World

26.January 2022. JH

Joe Biden: Possible sanctions against Putin personally

In the case of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the US president appeared to impose sanctions against Putin himself. He did not specify what exactly they would refer to

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24.January 2022. Milan Milošević

When will that Russian invasion happen: Nobody listens to Putin

The West is bidding whether Russia will attack Ukraine for Catholic or Orthodox Christmas, for the New Year, during the Winter Olympics in China, or wait for the Chinese New Year. In the general commotion, no one listens to what the President of Russia is actually saying

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02.January 2022. Uroš Mitrović

Crisis 2022: War for gas and other New Year's anxieties

The price of gas has skyrocketed and with it everything else, inflation is rising, money is becoming more expensive, the USA and Russia are playing Ukrainian poker, and the pandemic is not abating. Happy New Year

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31.December 2021. M.M

New Year's conversation between Biden and Putin: Best wishes through the crosshairs

With a little good wishes and a little more threats, on December 30, Joseph Biden and Vladimir Putin again discussed the de-escalation of strained relations between the US and Russia. In January, there will be a series of meetings at a lower level on the same topic

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24.December 2021. M.M

"War, war, war": Putin will respond "adequately" to all "hostile" moves by the West

Vladimir Putin told Joseph Biden that Russia "has nowhere else to retreat", that it "cannot tolerate" that missiles are placed in Ukraine that can detonate in Moscow in ten minutes, and that Russia will respond to all "hostile" moves. adequately" to answer. If there really is a military intervention of Russia in Donbass, the question of interpretation will be whether it "attacked" Ukraine, or "defends the Russian population from aggression." Behind the clanking of arms on the issue of Ukraine, however, there is something else that is subject to negotiations

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17.December 2021. M.M

"Forcing" the Balkan states into NATO: Putin's "red lines"

Moscow demands that NATO give up "pushing" the Balkan countries and Ukraine into the alliance, stop grouping troops on Russia's borders, and reduce its presence in the Black Sea and the airspace of the Baltic countries. Russia criticizes NATO's policy in the countries of the Western Balkans, such as supporting the establishment of the "Kosovo Army", and assures that such military preparations by NATO "cannot remain without an adequate Russian response".