Emily Jones
Join me in trying to make sense of a complicated world.
Tag: Russia
-
Escalation in Donbas continues as Russian proxy forces fire on Ukrainian positions / The New Voice of Ukraine
Russian proxy forces fired at Ukrainian positions 20 times in the morning of Feb. 18 — Read on english.nv.ua/nation/escalation-in-donbas-continues-as-russian-proxy-forces-fire-on-ukrainian-positions-50217896.html Read.
-
Ukraine: Zelensky Interview, Round-up from Ukrainian Twitter
Zelensky traveled to Munich to shore up relationships with the western leaders. In an impressive interview with Christaine Amapour, Zelensky made the following points: • If the West is so sure Putin is going to invade, why not implement sanctions now? • The West will not even provide a detailed list of sanctions. • What… Read.
-
US says Russian hackers have collected intelligence from American defense contractors – CNNPolitics
-
Ukraine: Cyber Attack, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/15/uk-blames-russia-notpetya-cyber-attack-ukraine https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/15/uk-blames-russia-notpetya-cyber-attack-ukraine Read.
-
Moldova: Ukraine Update
A few days ago, maps of Ukraine with flags representing Russian troops suddenly changed. There at the bottom left, in another country bordering Ukraine, was a flag. How did that get there? The flag is on Ukraine’s southwestern flank and on Moldova’s eastern border. Why, I wondered, did we never hear about Russians moving troops… Read.
-
Ukraine Update
Interfax: 2/14/22 There is a report that the Russian Duma is going to vote on 2/15/22 on “two resolutions asking for Putin to recognize the independence of the “self-proclaimed republics of Donbas” This will kill Minsk and open the way for Putin to invade Ukraine. Other reports: Ukrainian International Airlines is moving seven of its… Read.
-
Ukraine Update: Possible Concessions
2/14/22 President Zelensky of Ukraine has stated that he has been informed that a Russian attack will occur on Wednesday. He has not said, as reporters have pointed out, that he believes this information. Commentators on CNN are talking about reports that the Ukrainians have said that they would be willing to talk about agreeing… Read.
-
Ukraine : Turkey and the Strategy We Are Not Using.
twitter.com/lbc/status/1492483960546512898 Read.
-
The “Fake Narrative”: Helping Ukraine is Arming Fascists
Ukraine Various news sources are reporting that Putin has decided and communicated with his military that he is going to invade Ukraine. Others are reporting that Biden told allies last night that they thought Putin was going to invade. Jake Sullivan, earlier today, warned Americans to get out of Ukraine if they could. Olga Rudenko,… Read.
-
Books About Ukraine and Russia
Books on Ukraine Crisis: “Putin’s War against Ukraine.” By Taras Kuzio “War with Russia?” By Stephen F. Cohen. https://www.amazon.com/b/?ie=UTF8&node=11552285011&ref_=sv_kstore_6 Review of “War with Russia?” From Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/war-with-russia-by-stephen-cohen-review-a-stern-warning-1.3738513 Cohen has been called “Putin’s No 1 American apologist.” Also, “…a fellow traveller of an authoritarian rogue state and an implacable opponent of western efforts to contain… Read.
-
Putin’s War Against Ukraine by Taras Kuzio
Taras Kuzio is a professor in the Department of Political Science at National University Kyiv Mohyla Academy and author of Putin’s War Against Ukraine: Revolution, Nationalism, and Crime (2017) and co-author with Paul D’Anieri of The Sources of Russia’s Great Power Politics: Ukraine and the Challenge to the European Order (2018). Note: This book is… Read.
-
Saying the Crazy Part Out Loud: Ukraine
The United States convened a meeting on Monday of the UN Security Council to discuss the potential invasion of Ukraine. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield and Vasily Nebenzya, Representative to the UN from the Russian Federation exchanged views. The Chinese and the Russians tried to make the discussion private, but this move… Read.
-
There are Two Sides: Ukraine
Sunday 30 January 2022 MSNBC reported this morning that part of the Russian build-up on the Ukrainian border is transporting blood to the front lines. Yesterday’s reports were a more general “medical supplies.” This cannot be a good sign. Aljazeera is reporting that the UK is considering a “major NATO deployment.” Boris Johnson was quoted… Read.
-
‘We Can Hurt Them in Ways They Don’t Understand’: Ukraine on Russia Cyber-War
An apparent hack of the railway network in Russia’s ally Belarus hints at the prospect of a massive new wave of cyber warfare over Ukraine, security officials told VICE World News. — Read on www.vice.com/en/article/n7nd9x/ukraine-russia-invasion-belarus-railway-hack-cyber-war Vice News is reporting that hackers disrupted a railway system in Belarus trying to interfere with a potential Russian invasion… Read.
-
Shoot ‘without warning’ to quash revolt, Kazakhstan president orders troops | Courthouse News Service
Law, Power, and Justice 