Whatever happens now, the size and growth of the Russian economy in coming years, with or without all or part of Ukraine, is likely to be much lower than would have been the case had the invasion not taken place.See more data... ...
He is having to contend with a "growing sentiment" in the West that "Russia is no longer the threat it once was", Bell adds, which has disincentivised countries to give up their own resources to help Ukraine - when there are more pertinent issues at home. "The problem is...
“It was the war in Donbas in 2014; now it is the war in Ukraine,” Firsov said. “If earlier there was a discussion about whether we need Donbas, whether we can give it up, now there is no such discussion. These are all our territories — and we claim them all.” “...
Securing a multilateral resolution to the crisis in Ukraine is a long shot. China will have to stick its neck out further than it has ever been willing to, for there to be any chance of success. But there is no country better placed to do so. The West should give it a chance. From...
by philip whiteside, international news reporter the war in ukraine is of a kind the world has never seen before. while there have been many brutal conflicts since the end of the second world war, ukraine has had all of the violence but has been carried out in the hi-tech...
Twenty-five years after the breakup of the Soviet Union, they crave the stability that the nationalist president represents.
The military and journalists are not the only ones fighting in Ukraine. Psychologists are now also “warriors of light” who will fight for the lives of those who survived under shelling. PTSD is like a bomb brought home from the war, which will explode and des...
“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.” -Hemingway Putin has the capability, put in simple terms below, to completely annihilate Ukraine if that’s what he really wanted. We’ll get to that in a minute. This is how Putin should have done...
Biden, who focused his remarks Wednesday on the looming government shutdown and Ukraine aid, said it was important for the House to return to business. "We have a lot of work to do, and the American people expect us to get it done," he said....
“Sanctions alone are not enough to carry Ukraine to victory,” Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo told reporters Thursday before new penalties were announced, adding that the “only way” the Ukrainian people will be successful “is if the House and if Congress provides them with the financ...