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OSW Report |
| Kamil Frymark
Contents
INTRODUCTION
MAIN POINTS
Analyses |
| Sebastian Płóciennik
Shortly before the Christmas break, EU finance ministers agreed on the general guidelines for the reform of fiscal rules. First of all, more flexibility in reducing debt and the introduction of investment incentives is envisaged. This is a…
Analyses |
| Łukasz Kobeszko
On 19 December, the Bulgarian National Assembly adopted a package of changes to the Constitution aimed at finding a permanent solution to the country’s continuing political crisis (where parliamentary elections have been held five times in…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
Between 29 December and 2 January, Russia launched numerous missile strikes on targets across Ukrainian territory. 29 December saw the largest missile and kamikaze drone attack since February 2022 (see Appendix). According to the Ukrainian…
OSW Commentary |
| Kamil Całus
The resistance of the defenders of Ukraine, which resulted in the failure of the original goals of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine launched in 2022, has brought about a radical change in the political and economic situation of the…
OSW Commentary |
| Jacek Tarociński
2023 was a landmark year in terms of the scale and intensity of international military exercises among the countries on NATO’s north-eastern flank, as well as the coordination between these exercises. This was a culmination of the process…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Jakub Ber
On 25 December, Russia’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu officially announced the capture of Marinka. The previous day, Russian troops had reached the town’s administrative borders (a built-up area which they have controlled since mid-…
Analyses |
| Jacek Tarociński
Sweden, Finland and Denmark signed bilateral Defence Cooperation Agreements (DCAs) with the United States in December. Under the DCAs, the US ArmedForces have been granted unrestricted access to the military infrastructure (air, sea and…
Analyses |
| Justyna Gotkowska, Jakub Graca
On 18 December in Vilnius, Boris Pistorius and Arvydas Anušauskas, the defence ministers of Germany and Lithuania, signed the so-called roadmap for the deployment of a German brigade in Lithuania (‘Brigade Lithuania’). Its headquarters…
Analyses |
| Jakub Ber, Piotr Żochowski, Jacek Tarociński
Between 19 and 22 December positional clashes continued along the entire front, but they did not significantly change the positions of either of the armies. The most intense clashes took place in the areas of Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka…