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OSW Commentary | | Tadeusz Iwański, Sławomir Matuszak, Krzysztof Nieczypor, Piotr Żochowski

Neither a miracle nor a disaster – President Zelenskys first year in office

20th May marked the end of Volodymyr Zelensky first year as President of Ukraine. Thanks to the clear victory of his Servant of the People party in the snap parliamentary election held in July 2019 and the establishment of the government…
OSW Commentary | | Tadeusz Iwański, Sławomir Matuszak, Piotr Żochowski

How the COVID-19 pandemic will develop in Ukraine

According to data compiled by Ukraine’s Ministry of Health, by 27 March more than 200 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed nationwide, with five fatalities. However, there is a risk of the epidemic soon developing on a much larger scale.
OSW Report | | Maria Domańska, Szymon Kardaś, Marek Menkiszak, Jadwiga Rogoża, Andrzej Wilk, Iwona Wiśniewska, Piotr Żochowski

Fortress Kaliningrad. Ever closer to Moscow

The purpose of the present paper is to analyse the most important changes that have taken place in the Kaliningrad Oblast since 2016. Part One analyses the dynamics of the political and social situation with special focus on: changes in…
Analyses | | Tadeusz Iwański, Piotr Żochowski

Zelensky a recipe for the presidency

Five months since winning the presidential election and two months since the sweeping victory in the parliamentary election, President Volodymyr Zelensky is the unchallenged leader of the country with a dominant political position. The…
Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński, Jan Strzelecki, Piotr Żochowski

Russias controversial ambassador in Minsk is dismissed

On 30 April, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin dismissed Mikhail Babich from the position of ambassador in Minsk and replaced him with Dmitry Mezentsev, a member of the upper house of the Russian parliament. Babich had acted in the…
Analyses | | Tadeusz Iwański, Sławomir Matuszak, Piotr Żochowski

Martial law in ten regions of Ukraine

After a heated discussion, the Ukrainian parliament adopted a law during an extraordinary session late in the evening of 26 November approving a decree by President Petro Poroshenko introducing martial law for 30 days in ten regions…
Analyses | | Piotr Żochowski

The consequences of disclosing the activity of Russian intelligence in Western Europe

The British investigative portal Bellingcat launched a campaign in September as part of which the identities of the Russian military intelligence officers responsible for aggressive diversionary moves are being gradually revealed; this has…
Analyses | | Jan Strzelecki, Tadeusz Iwański, Piotr Żochowski

The leader of the Donetsk separatists is assassinated

On 31 August, in the centre of Donetsk, there was a successful assassination attempt against Aleksandr Zakharchenko, the leader of the unrecognised ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’.
Analyses | | Piotr Żochowski, Krzysztof Strachota, Marek Menkiszak

Russian losses near Deir ez-Zor – a problem for the Kremlin

At night between 7 and 8 February, US forces carried out airstrikes on columns of pro-Assad troops, including a group of Russian soldiers from the so-called Wagner Group.
OSW Commentary | | Piotr Żochowski, Marta Jaroszewicz

Combating corruption in Ukraine – awaiting the results

Systemic corruption has been the dominant problem of an independent Ukraine for more than two decades.