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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is ruling out negotiations with Russia until it fully withdraws from all captured territory, including Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Moscow following the 2014 Maidan coup.
“We cannot imagine Ukraine without Crimea,” Zelensky told CNN. “And …
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Clear differences are emerging within the Ukrainian government as to whether Ukraine should make the reconquest of Crimea a nonnegotiable goal of its war effort or be prepared to trade at least provisional Russian control of the peninsula for Russian …
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In June 2016 I visited Crimea with a delegation from the Center for Citizen Initiatives (CCI). This is a US organization which has conducted people to people exchanges with Russia for decades. They have never received financial support from Russia …
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The greatest threat of nuclear catastrophe that humanity has ever faced is now centered on the Crimean peninsula. In recent months, the Ukrainian government and army have repeatedly vowed to reconquer this territory, which Russia seized and annexed in 2014. …
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“This department has said that we will be with Ukraine for as long as it takes. That includes an operation in Crimea,” said Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh at a press conference.
“The Ukrainians make the decisions about their …
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Citing unnamed US officials, The New York Times says “the Biden administration does not think that Ukraine can take Crimea militarily,” but that “Russia needs to believe that Crimea is at risk, in part to strengthen Ukraine’s position in any …
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Recent media reports have highlighted Ukraine’s intention to retake Crimea, particularly after its success in recapturing Kherson. This has been the stated policy of the Ukrainian government since losing it to Russia in 2014.
A brief history of the region’s …
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Ukraine’s recent dramatic breakthrough against Russian forces near Kharkiv has generated optimistic predictions in Kiev, Brussels, and Washington. But the Russo-Ukraine war is not over.
Moscow’s forces, though badly embarrassed, retain an advantage in numbers if not morale. Moreover, Russian …
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On May 27 I reported that the Ukrainians were lobbying hard for the 190 mile-range MGM-140 missile, which would give them the tempting capability of firing at Russian targets well beyond Ukrainian borders, an ominous development given that the Russians …
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After World War II, Austria, like Germany, was divided between the Western powers and the Soviet Union. As any viewer of The Third Man film knows, Vienna, like Berlin, had four occupation zones. In contrast to the solution for Germany, …
