As Russia’s war against Ukraine drags on into its 11th month and as its battlefield losses mount, cracks are becoming increasingly evident in the centralized top-down political system that Vladimir Putin has built. Continue reading
Russia and Iran are developing a full-scale defense partnership that goes beyond the drones that Tehran is providing Moscow to attack Ukrainian cities and infrastructure. Continue reading
Russia continues to weaponize the winter with attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Ukraine, meanwhile, strikes back with drone attacks on military installations deep inside Russian territory. Continue reading
As Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine enters its ninth month, one large question lingers: Just how does this war end? Should the West push for a total defeat for Russia or should it attempt to broker negotiations? Continue reading
What will it take to rebuild Ukraine when the war is over? Continue reading
As Ukrainian troops move on the strategically vital city of Kherson in the south, alarms are sounding that Russia may detonate a dirty bomb – and blame it on Kyiv as part of a false flag operation. Meanwhile, with midterm elections fast approaching in the United States, cracks are beginning to appear in the Congress about U.S. support for Ukraine. Continue reading
Brian Whitmore, Assistant Professor of Practice at the University of Texas at Arlington, visits UTA to host a discussion over the Ukraine War and why Russia and Ukraine are so different. Continue reading
Ukraine strikes the only bridge linking the annexed Crimean peninsula to Russia, scoring a key strategic and symbolic victory after a month of victories on the battlefields in the east and the south. Continue reading
Vladimir Putin’s Russia may just be the first country in history to claim to be annexing another country’s territory even as its own troops were simultaneously and hastily retreating from that very territory. Continue reading
Vladimir Putin’s mobilization runs into a snag as Russians take to the streets and draft-age men flee the country in massive numbers. Continue reading
