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Apr 20, 2022

UN: Ukraine refugee crisis is Europe’s biggest since WWII

By Julian Vierlinger

According to UN data, more than five million Ukrainians have now fled their homeland since the start of Russia's invasion on February 24, representing the biggest European refugee crisis since the Second World War.

Civil Society Conflict

UkraineAlert

Apr 18, 2022

Putin’s Generation Z: Kremlin pro-war propaganda targets young Russians

By Doug Klain

The wave of fanaticism unleashed by the invasion of Ukraine is creating a new generation of radicalized young Russians who embrace the toxic brand of militarism and extreme nationalism promoted by the Kremlin.

Conflict Disinformation

UkraineAlert

Apr 17, 2022

How Putin’s Russia embraced fascism while preaching anti-fascism

By Taras Kuzio

Vladimir Putin poses as an "anti-fascist" leader engaged in the noble task of “de-Nazifying” Ukraine, but in reality it is Putin's increasingly fascist Russia that is in urgent need of “de-Nazification,” writes Taras Kuzio.

Civil Society Conflict

UkraineAlert

Apr 16, 2022

Never Again?

By Victor Pinchuk

Ever since the Nazi Holocaust, German leaders have declared "never again," but they are now guilty of failing to prevent Russia from committing a new genocide in Ukraine, says Victor Pinchuk.

Conflict Economy & Business

UkraineAlert

Apr 14, 2022

The world must not allow Putin to bankrupt Ukraine into surrender

By Peter Dickinson

Russian war crimes in Ukraine have shocked the world but the systematic damage being done to the Ukrainian economy is also an important element of Putin's invasion that requires urgent international attention.

Conflict Economy & Business

UkraineAlert

Apr 13, 2022

Memo to Macron: Putin’s Ukraine genocide is not the act of a brother

By Peter Dickinson

French President Emmanuel Macron has refused to describe the mass killing of Ukrainians by Russian soldiers as genocide despite overwhelming evidence of Putin's intention to destroy the Ukrainian nation.

Conflict Disinformation

UkraineAlert

Apr 12, 2022

Europe must stop funding Vladimir Putin’s war crimes in Ukraine

By Basil Kalymon

While the international community condemns Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, European countries continue to fund the war by paying Russia EUR 1 billion every day for oil and gas supplies.

Conflict Energy Transitions

UkraineAlert

Apr 11, 2022

At what point do Russian war crimes in Ukraine qualify as genocide?

By Bohdan Vitvitsky

Evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine has shocked the world but there is not yet any international consensus over whether the mass killings of Ukrainians carried out by Vladimir Putin's troops qualify as genocide.

Conflict European Union

UkraineAlert

Apr 9, 2022

Lend-Lease for Ukraine: US revives WWII anti-Hitler policy to defeat Putin

By Chris Alexander

The United States is reviving the WWII Lend-Lease program which helped defeat Hitler in order to dramatically increase arms deliveries to Ukraine and set the stage for Vladimir Putin's eventual military defeat.

Arms Control Conflict

UkraineAlert

Apr 8, 2022

Perseverance can bring Russian war criminals including Putin to justice

By Thomas S. Warrick

Patience and perseverance are vital as efforts get underway to bring Vladimir Putin and members of the Russian military to justice for crimes against humanity committed during the war in Ukraine.

Conflict Disinformation

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UkraineAlert

Aug 23, 2021

Is Ukraine’s split from Russia now irreversible?

By Peter Dickinson

Ukraine’s split from Russia ranks as one of the most consequential European events since the Soviet collapse. But is this geopolitical divorce now final, or could Moscow still force Kyiv back into Russia's orbit?

Conflict Democratic Transitions

UkraineAlert

Aug 21, 2021

How modern Ukraine was made on Maidan

By Peter Dickinson

Since 1991, Ukraine's two post-Soviet Maidan revolutions have helped define the country as an emerging democracy that seeks to escape from the orbit of authoritarian Russia and embrace Euro-Atlantic integration.

Civil Society Democratic Transitions

UkraineAlert

Aug 19, 2021

Making the most of Ukraine’s tech talent

By Constantine Yevtushenko

Ukraine's IT sector is playing an increasingly important role in the country's economic growth. The key now is to build the right ecosystem to allow Ukraine's tech talent to flourish, says Constantine Yevtushenko.

Digital Policy Economy & Business

UkraineAlert

Aug 19, 2021

Ukraine shines a spotlight on Putin’s Crimean crime

By Peter Dickinson

Representations of forty countries are set to gather in Kyiv on August 23 for the inaugural Crimea Platform summit to address the ongoing Russian occupation of the Ukrainian peninsula.

Conflict Russia

UkraineAlert

Aug 17, 2021

Biden and Merkel must confront Putin’s imperial ambitions in Ukraine

By Peter Dickinson

Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent essay "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians" argued that Russians and Ukrainians are "one people," but an overwhelming majority of Ukrainians do not agree.

Conflict Disinformation

UkraineAlert

Aug 16, 2021

Afghanistan collapse sparks wave of alarm in Ukraine

By Alyona Getmanchuk

The complete collapse of the US-backed Afghan government in recent weeks has sparked alarm in Ukraine and led to questions over the future of the country's own strategic partnership with America.

Afghanistan Conflict

UkraineAlert

Aug 15, 2021

The West must not force a Russian “peace” on Ukraine

By Volodymyr Vasylenko

By appeasing Russia in Ukraine and pressuring Kyiv to accept peace on the Kremlin's terms, the democratic world risks turning Minsk into a new Munich, argues veteran Ukrainian diplomat Volodymyr Vasylenko.

Conflict International Norms

UkraineAlert

Aug 12, 2021

Ukraine must do more to protect civilians living close to the conflict contact line

By Beatrice Godefroy, Suleiman Mamutov

With little hope of a breakthrough towards peace in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian authorities must focus their attention on protecting civilians caught up in the ongoing conflict.

Conflict Disinformation

UkraineAlert

Aug 12, 2021

Countering Putin’s passport policies in Ukraine

By Vitaliy Nabukhotny

Moscow has weaponized the distribution of Russian passports as part of its hybrid campaign to undermine Ukrainian sovereignty. How should Ukraine and the international community fight back?

Conflict Non-Traditional Threats

UkraineAlert

Aug 9, 2021

Remembering Yevhen Marchuk

By Peter Dickinson

Ukrainian politician Yevhen Marchuk passed away on August 5 at the age of eighty. Marchuk was one of the country’s most prominent public figures during the early years of Ukrainian independence, founding the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) before serving as both Prime Minister and Defense Minister.

Politics & Diplomacy Ukraine