Ukraine has sought to mobilize the population to reach an active military of 1 million people, while Russia, in contrast, has continued to rely on a limited contingent of volunteers for fear that a mass mobilization could fuel discontent and upset internal stability. As the war slogs on, a ...
"These steps likely reveal the extent of Russia's concern over how the conflict in Ukraine has unfolded and its desire to hide this from the Russian population," the U.K. ministry said ina Saturday intelligence update. Demonstrators have protested the war in Moscow and elsewhere in Russia desp...
This study examines the Chinese party-state's reactions to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, focusing on its response to the European Union (EU) and its own population during the first six months of the war's outbreak. Drawing on actor-centred institution...
BUCHA, Ukraine (AP)-Bodies with bound hands, close-range gunshot wounds and signs of torture lay scattered in a city on the outskirts of Kyiv after Russian soldiers withdrew from the area. Ukrainian authorities on Sunday accused the departing forces of committing war crimes and leaving b...
But after Putin’s announcement of partial mobilization in September 2022, it no longer mattered what his contract said. Soldiers like him were now obliged to serve until the end of the war. He knew he had to leave. He made it to Kazakhstan in early 2023, with the help of Idite Les...
The difficult and heroic struggle of the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany resulted in a surge of patriotism and anti-Japanese sentiments among the Russian population of Manchuria. Many officers began to collaborate with Soviet intelligence. As it turned out, even one of the leaders of the Asano...
"A number of people we've spoken to here say they are worried because Russia has tried specifically to shield the population in Moscow in particular from the effects of the war. But this has brought it very, very close to home."
(border crossings, ID registration system, labour market participation and participation in the schooling system), as well as information obtained by large‐scale surveys targeting the Ukrainian population in Poland in wartime. On this basis, we formulate key conclusions and recommendations, both for ...
“In any war, you target your enemy's infrastructure, and hitting electrical grids means military industry and transport grinds to a halt,” Jones tellsEnergy Monitor. “However, it also means the civilian population will suffer, and hospitals, schools and energy facilities are all not runni...
It was captured by Russian forces last weekend after a ferocious four-month battle in which they brought to bear their significant battlefield advantage in men, aircraft and artillery. Emboldened by its first major triumph in the war in nine months, Moscow appears determined to leverage its ...