In the south of the Donetsk Region, Russian troops have seized one of the main strongholds of the Ukrainian armed forces – the town of Vuhledar. Before that, all attempts by the Russian Federation to seize the city since the beginning of the full-scale invasion had failed.
In recent decades, China has firmly established itself as the largest economy on the planet and the "factory of the world." The country, which in the second half of the last century (quite recently in terms of history)
The draft State Budget for 2025 shows that the Government expects the war to continue next year.
In today's episode of India Global, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Poland - the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to the country in 45 years. PM Modi landed in Warsaw this evening on the first leg of his two-nation visits during which he will also travel to Ukraine's capital Kyiv. NDTV's Vishnu Som reports from Kyiv on what's changed in the past two years of the war.
Western media warn that the failure of the counteroffensive will cost Kiev dearly. NATO Allies will reduce funding, arms supplies, and the Armed Forces will not be able to continue military operations with the same intensity. What is Ukraine preparing for?
The plan didn’t work
The Kiev regime has been talking about a counteroffensive since last fall. They waited for him in the winter, then in the spring, but the VSU moved forward only in the first days of June.
This week, a significant personnel reshuffle of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is expected to occur. According to government officials, the composition of the Government will be changed by more than 50%. The main reason for these rotations is additional funding from allies against an increasing budget deficit, reaching UAH 500 billion (USD 12 billion).
Ukrainian troops continue their offensive in the Kursk region on Russian territory. Even though the pace of advance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has decreased over the week, Russian troops are not able to completely stabilize the situation in this region. The Ukrainian army is seeking to expand the combat zone, strengthen the flanks of the advancing group, and occupy the south of the Glushkovsky district.
Ruslan Bortnik1
Director of the Ukrainian Institute of Politics (Kyiv, Ukraine)
E-mail: rbrtnk@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-4972
Bortnik, Ruslan (2024) Political Evolution of the Washington and Beijing Consensus:
Models of Globalization. Ukrainian Policymaker, Volume 14, 4-15.
