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Rumors of imminent Russian attacks on Ukraine are usually wrong

2018-12-29 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Rumors that Russia would attack Ukraine during Christmas turned out to be false. That was predictable. If Russia wants to attack Ukraine, they are strong enough to do it whenever they want. They don’t need to check the Western holiday calendar. An escalation in January seems more likely.

Filed Under: Military strategy and politics Tagged With: Russia, Ukraine

Two Russian ships also collided when Ukrainian tug was rammed

2018-12-01 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

When a Russian coastguard vessel struck a Ukrainian tug in the Kerch Strait this week, they also hit their own partner. In fact, it looks like he damaged his countryman badly.

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine adopts warship pennant number system from NATO

2018-05-05 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Ukraine has adopted the pennant number system from NATO. This means that Ukrainian warships will get a letter that matches their type according to NATO’s system. Incidentally there now is a Ukrainian training vessel with the same pennant number as the Danish royal yacht.

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: NATO, Ukraine

Lessons for Western armies from the war in Ukraine

2018-04-28 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Article recommendation: Liam Collins identifies a good list of lessons to be learned from the war in Ukraine about war with a near-pear adversary. Some of the items are old skills that counter-insurgency focused thinking has caused Western armies to forget. Others are truly new.

Filed Under: Army Tagged With: Ukraine, USA

Lessons from Ukraine’s decision to give up nuclear weapons

2018-04-22 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Article recommendation: Ukraine renounced its nuclear weapons after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Budjeryn and Sinovets have identified some interesting insights that are relevant for future nonproliferation cases. Deals are still possible, but the price has increased.

Filed Under: Nuclear weapons Tagged With: Ukraine

Book review: Near Abroad — Putin, the West and the Contest over Ukraine and the Caucasus

2018-03-24 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Near abroad cover

Gerard Toal has written an insightful book about the geopolitics of the former Soviet Union. Through case studies of South Ossetia and Ukraine, Toal unfolds the complexities of the geopolitical field and exposes prejudices on all sides.

Filed Under: Military strategy and politics Tagged With: Book review, Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s military suffers from corruption

2018-03-01 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

In Ukraine, the military is suffering under corruption. Andrew Higgins has a good piece in The New York Times about the movement of large-scale corruption from the gas business to military procurement: Nearly four years into a grinding war against rebels armed by Russia, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry proudly announced last month that it had improved […]

Filed Under: Military strategy and politics Tagged With: Ukraine

Russia has lost its economic leverage over Ukraine

2018-02-16 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Nicu Popescu has written a great article for Carnegie Moscow Center about the future relationship between Russia and Ukraine. “Those in Moscow who believe that all is not lost for Russia in Ukraine, citing the example of Georgia, which is gradually normalizing relations with Russia despite the 2008 war, are being overly optimistic. While the […]

Filed Under: Military strategy and politics Tagged With: Russia, Ukraine

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A look at the Baltic Fleet and the defense of Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad is a military stronghold in the Baltic Sea. It is also an interesting case of Russia’s joint approach to defense under the leadership of the Baltic Fleet. Here is a quick overview.

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