SITUATION IN UKRAINE: 21 - 27 July 2022
As part of the trend towards strengthening the presidential vertical of power, personnel changes in state structures continue. Andriy Kostin has been appointed the new Prosecutor General of Ukraine. The parliament also appointed Olga Sovgirya to the position of judge of the Constitutional Court. The resignation of R.
The battle of states is transformed into a battle of nations
Depending on the destructiveness and depth of penetration into the social "body" of society, wars can be classified into elite, interstate and nations’.
SITUATION IN UKRAINE: July 14-20, 2022
The operational pause announced earlier by the Russian Federation is over or may not have even started. Gradually, the RF Armed Forces began to increase the intensity of hostilities in the Donbas region. And Ukrainian troops are increasing pressure on the Kherson direction. The termination of the operational pause is unlikely to lead to a sharp increase in ground attacks in Ukraine (the Russian Federation does not have enough forces and means). Still, it will probably intensify assault operations in the Sloviansk-Seversk-Bakhmut directions.
Reform of counterintelligence: how to create a new body and reduce its effectiveness.
During wars in democratic societies, quite absurd situations related to national security, defense and intelligence activities can often arise. On May 17, 2022, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine received draft law No. 7380 authored by M. Bezuglya, G. Tretyakova, V. Gevko and other deputies from the “Sluga Narodu”, Batkivshchyna and, oddly enough, the Opposition Platform for Life.
SITUATION IN UKRAINE: June 30 - July 6, 2022
Within a week, the RF Armed Forces managed to reach the administrative borders of the Luhansk region. The city of Lysychansk and its environs were captured. As a result, the Russian Federation has achieved half of the goals of the second phase of the so-called "Special military operation in Ukraine.” At the same time, units of Ukrainian troops in the city of Lysychansk failed to encircle the RF Armed Forces.
New Non-Aligned Movement Amid Rising Global Instability
Due to the Russian businessman, the export of Russian fertilizers may be threatened with sanctions – news on UNN
Due to the war in Ukraine, almost all civilized countries in the world are imposing sanctions on Russia: the other day, EU diplomats finally accepted sixth restriction package. Previously, a number of Russian businessmen close to Putin had been subject to personal sanctions, including Mikhail Friedman (Alfa-Bank, LetterOne), Dmitry Peskov (Putin’s press secretary), Dmitry Mazepin (Uralkhim, Uralkali, Togliatti Azot). ).