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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…
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 |
| Michał Kędzierski
On 19 December 2023, Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE), a German state-controlled gas company, signed a long-term contract with the Norwegian Equinor energy company to supply 111 TWh of gas annually in the period from 2024 to 2034 (which…
OSW Commentary |
| Marek Matusiak
On 7 October 2023, Hamas breached the Israeli security barrier, took the units of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) which were deployed there by surprise and seized control of the border region for several hours. During that time, it…
Analyses |
| Iwona Wiśniewska, Filip Rudnik
On 18 December, the Council of the European Union adopted the twelfth package of sanctions against Russia. It imposes bans on the import of Russian diamonds and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and on the export of sensitive goods to third…
Analyses |
| Marta Szpala
On 17 December 2023, Serbia held its early parliamentary and local elections in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and in 66 municipalities. As regards the parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results the ruling Serbian…
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…