Restrictions on migration status envisaged in the bill drafted by Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs are likely intended to make military service one of the few options to stay in the country.
In the war against Ukraine, Russia has lost a significant part of its conventional armed forces - hundreds of aircraft, thousands of tanks and suffered more than 300,000 casualties.
NATO will not stop supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression, and recent announcements in support of the Ukrainian people are a clear message to Russia.
War-related environmental consequences for EU countries, including in the Black Sea region, are hard to estimate but extensive work must be done to prove Russia’s guilt in the crimes against the environment.
The unusual Russian air transport movements through November suggest that Russia has likely moved S-400 strategic air defense systems from the enclave of Kaliningrad to backfill recent losses on the Ukraine front.
The Kremlin is reportedly renewing attempts to control all video surveillance systems in Russia, likely as part of ongoing efforts to intensify its tools of digital authoritarianism to increase domestic repressions.
Iran has not yet supplied missiles to Russia, but this may happen, so a reasonable sanctions policy and political signals to the leadership of Iran are also required from the international community.
Traditionally, the Russian Black Sea Fleet loaded cruise missiles on warships in Sevastopol. But with this facility being increasingly threatened by Ukrainian strikes, Russia may consider Novorossiysk as the best alternative base.
Russia must pay for aggression against Ukraine with the assets of individuals affiliated with it, and the seized funds must be used to rebuild the country after hostilities.
Russia should immediately withdraw its troops, equipment, machinery and other personnel from the illegally seized Zaporizhzhia NPP, and full control over the plant should be returned to competent Ukrainian personnel.
So far, there have been no massive Russian missile attacks on Ukraine's energy grid, but Russia is preparing to execute them. Thanks to the strengthened air defense system, Ukraine is ready to repel such attacks.
President Volodymyr Zelensky signed two decrees, implementing the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of November 23 on introducing sanctions against 147 individuals and 303 legal entities associated with Russia’s potential.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree enacting the decision of the National Security and Defense Council "On the Application of Personal Special Economic and Other Restrictive Measures (Sanctions)" against 60 individuals and 93 legal entities associated with Russia.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) and Russian officials are struggling to subdue Russian hysteria around Ukrainian operations in the east (left) bank of the Kherson region.
The Office of the Ukrainian President once again notes that there is no promising solution for ending the war in Ukraine and providing general security guarantees, except for Russia’s full defeat.
At least 10,000 civilians, including more than 560 children, have been killed and over 18,500 have been injured since Russia launched its full-scale armed attack against Ukraine on February 24, 2022.