Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary While the Russian offensive in Donbas continued to be extremely slow, the Kremlin overhauled its management of the “People’s Republics” by replacing Dmitry Kozak with domestic policy chief Kirienko as their new “curator”. However,...
Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary Fears of an imminent Russian military offensive in Donbas were allayed somewhat by indications of manpower shortages. The “People’s Republics” continued to act contrastingly when it comes to revealing their military losses while they...
written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary The “People’s Republics” spoke about holding referenda about unification with Russia – but only after the “liberation” of the whole Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The Russian-led military advances into their government-controlled areas has been...
Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine on 24 February was accompanied by military advances from the “People’s Republics” – recently recognized as “independent states” by Moscow – into government-held areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions....
