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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 |
| 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…
Analyses |
| Sławomir Matuszak
On 19 December Oleksandr Kubrakov, deputy prime minister for the reconstruction of Ukraine and minister for infrastructure, announced that during the four months of operation of the Ukrainian Black Sea Corridor it had managed to export 10…
Analyses |
| Lidia Gibadło
According to the coalition government’s compromise on the 2024 budget (see ‘Germany: the budget crisis has been resolved’), Germany will raise its funding for military aid to Ukraine from the planned €4 billion to €8 billion in the coming…
Analyses |
| Jakub Ber, Piotr Żochowski, Jacek Tarociński
In recent days conditions for troops in eastern and southern Ukraine have been difficult. Snow or rainfall and temperatures often exceeding zero have turned fields and dirt roads into quagmires. Despite this, the invaders have continued…
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Nieczypor, Marta Szpala
On 14 December, the European Council decided to open accession negotiations with Ukraine & Moldova, and to grant Georgia candidate status. Despite the threat of a veto, Hungary eventually abstained (Prime Minister Viktor Orbán left the…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
On 13–15 December, the Russians drove the defenders from their last positions in Marinka. The fall of the town and the defending troops’ withdrawal from its ruins (the town has been completely destroyed during the fighting) were confirmed…
Analyses |
| Marcin Jędrysiak, Krzysztof Nieczypor
On 8 December 2023, on the bill’s second reading, the Ukrainian parliament adopted amendments to the law on national minorities, education, the media, the local government, higher education sector, general secondary education and the…
OSW Commentary |
| Marcin Jędrysiak
Almost since the beginning of the Russian invasion, Ukraine has been calling for the establishment of a special international tribunal to prosecute Russia for its crime of aggression against Ukraine. This is because the International…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Jakub Ber
On 10 December General Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander of the Ukrainian Land Forces, described the situation in the combat zones as difficult. He emphasised that Russian troops were storming the defenders’ positions along the entire…