Section: Research & Analysis
Devil’s advocates: how international mediators act for peaceful resolution of the war in the Kremlin’s interests
Emergence of mediators from distant continents Recently, there has been a significant increase in those willing to act as mediators in potential negotiations between Ukraine and the aggressor state (Russia). However, there is falsehood behind the beautiful words about peaceful resolution. Mediation appears to be advocacy support for the Kremlin....
How engineers influence the course of war: the confrontation of drones between the Ukrainian and Russian armies
The technological conference called Angry Birds Demo Day took place on May 22, in Lviv (the largest city in western Ukraine), with the participation of over 30 drone manufacturers who have successfully applied their developments on the front lines or have just started producing unmanned aerial vehicles. The event was organized by the team of the...
She was afraid of being missing: daughters’ memories of a female soldier who died in the war
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in Ukraine, many mothers who have lost their children have emerged. And also children who, as a result of Russian military aggression, have lost their mothers. Ukrainska Pravda. Life (media outlet) tells the story of Oksana Gorpinich, a 44-year-old mother of two daughters, who worked as a paramedic...
External funding of post-war recovery in Ukraine: it may be significantly less than necessary and vastly less than the expectations of Ukrainian citizens
The challenge of obtaining compensation A false belief has formed in broad sections of Ukrainian society, including thanks to the so-called “positive bloggers,” that after the active phase of hostilities ends in Ukraine, a guaranteed monetary windfall awaits. And primarily, this will supposedly happen through reparations that the...
Killing of prisoners of war in Olenivka and search for survivors: what are international organizations doing? Results of the trip to Geneva
The tragic night at Azovstal: terrorist act and its aftermath A year has passed since the evacuation of defenders of Mariupol from the Azovstal (Iron and Steel Works) fortress began. What happened during this difficult year? Where are the defenders of besieged Mariupol now, who surrendered under the guarantee of preserving their lives? Every day...
Will Ukraine export gas? Whom and why is it needed during the war?
The impact of reduced gas production and demand The idea of exporting scarce gas during wartime, which is floating somewhere in the Ministry of Energy, the financial and energy committees of the parliament, seems strange at first glance. And on second glance as well. However, there is undoubtedly some logic to it. Sometimes it makes sense to...
Border development: how Ukraine is increasing its land exports without waiting for the opening of seaports
Coping with the flow of cargo that inundated wagons and trucks in the western direction in 2022 posed a challenge for Ukrainian infrastructure. It was even more challenging for the infrastructure of EU countries which had never faced such a volume before. There was a shortage of personnel and wagons at the borders, and roads leading to the...
How to recruit emigrants from the USSR/Russia. A KGB manual
At the end of 2018, the American media published rare secret documents of the KGB (Committee for State Security). Among them was a 1968 manual for Chekists on how to use the capabilities of the Soviet Committee for Cultural Relations of Compatriots Abroad (one of the predecessors of Rossotrudnichestvo) in their agent work. The manual was...
The most powerful arguments to neutralize the fear of “war escalation” in Washington
The United States’ reluctance to provide military assistance to allies Today we will discuss topics that are not particularly favored for discussion both in the West and in Ukraine. However, it is worth addressing them because they are important. Official Washington has consistently found weighty arguments when it was not eager (for various...
From the creator of miniatures to the soldier of the National Guard: how the war turned from art into life for Anton Derbilov
Anton is a fighter in the National Guard in his military life, and in civilian life, he is a musician and sculptor who creates busts of prominent hetmans and commanders for Ukraine and other countries. Just a year or two ago, he couldn’t have imagined that war, represented in the details of historical costumes and miniature orders in his...