Politico's 02/27/2022 article Pentagon wants Moscow back channels to prevent nuclear escalation includes the following: When the Russian invasion began in earnest last week, U.S. forces in the region were immediately ordered to pull back from the war zone. “As soon as the Russians did what they ...

I read on https://www.foxnews.com/world/japan-us-european-allies-blocking-russian-banks-swift (mirror): Japan has decided to join the United States and European allies in removing selected Russian banks from the SWIFT international financial messaging system, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishid...

Yesterday, BP announced they would be selling their $14 billion share in Rosnef. The London-headquartered oil firm announced on Sunday that it was offloading its 19.75% voting stake in Rosneft, noting that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine represented a “fundamental change” in relations with Moscow. ...

As to wikipedia, Holodomor is Considered genocide by 16 countries Considered as a criminal act of Stalin's regime by 6 countries Considered a tragedy or crime against humanity by 5 international organizations Country: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union Location: Central and easter...

Ukraine war of February 2022. With hindsight it seems that the Americans knew a lot about the Russian plans long before the war started. Sure, they saw them amassing the troops on the border, but it wasn't the first time it happened. Now, they almost anticipated their battle plans. Is it possible...

As NATO would not be directly involved, Article 5 would not be invoked. However, I presume a nuclear launch at Ukraine by Russia wouldn't go without a response. What (if any) international agreements (NATO, UN, etc) would guide a response by the international community to such an event?

Since the 1994 Ukrainian parliamentary election voter turnouts have been declining. 1994 75.81%, 1998 70.78%, 2002 69.27%, 2006 67.55%, 2007 62.03%, 2012 57.43%, 2014 51.91% and the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election at 49.84%. Source

As the title asks, isn't sending weapons to Ukraine an escalation in the war? Perhaps, due to this not being a 'declared war' or an 'invasion' (from the Russian pov), so sending weapons to Ukraine isn't breaking 'international law' (I know it's irrelevant, but can be used as an argument from the ...

Currently Ukraine and Russia are in peace negotiations. Why does this need to be done face to face and not just over video conferencing? Isn't there a grave danger for both leaders to be assassinated during these negotiations? What measures would each side take to ensure the safety of the negotia...

According to this article (https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60480904), Russia anticipiated that their invasion of Ukraine would lead to sanctions and one of their ways to sanction proof their economy was to build a large foreign currency reserve to prop it up. However, according to this article ...

President Zelensky of Ukraine urged the European Union today to grant his country immediate accession to the EU bloc. Would joining the EU bloc rapidly allow the European Union members to help more efficiently Ukraine during wartime? or thwart Russia's plans in any way?

I'm trying to understand what is the point of the penalties against Russia as a result of the war. For example, consider the collapse of Russian currency (as a result of sanctions), wouldn't this effect the average Russian person more than the bureaucrats who passed the decisions? Suppose Russia ...

I'm curious if the strange announcement from the Ukrainian embassy in Turkey that the first TB2 strikes in Ukraine against Russian forces proper (which were announced some 5 days into the conflict) coincide with the commemoration of a Russian strike on Turkish forces in Syria is some kind of indi...