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Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk, Jadwiga Rogoża, Krzysztof Nieczypor
Russian forces pushed for another 24 hours against Ukrainian positions in the Donbas, which remains the main arena of fighting. Outside it, clashes occurred north of the town of Barvinkove, the only consistently aggressor-attacked area of…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Strachota
On 13 May, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan publicly cast doubt on whether Turkey would accept Finland and Sweden into the North Atlantic Alliance, pointing out, for example, the support for anti-Turkish terrorist organisations in these…
Analyses | | Michał Kędzierski
On 12 May, the Bundestag voted through an amendment to the Act on ensuring the energy supply (Energiesicherungsgesetz). This significantly increases the scope for state interference in the activities of companies managing Germany's…
OSW Commentary | | Sebastian Płóciennik
Germany is among the biggest beneficiaries of the global economic system based on free trade and on cross-border organisation of production. However, the functioning of this system has been recently disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic,…
OSW Commentary | | Krzysztof Dębiec
The centre-right government in Bratislava decided to discontinue its long-standing policy of avoiding antagonising Russia. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Slovakia has found itself in the vanguard of the countries most involved in…
Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski, Sławomir Matuszak
Russian units attempted to completely cut off the Ukrainian grouping in the Sievierodonetsk area from the rest of the forces. After organising another crossing of the Donets River, they struck along the border of the Luhansk and Donetsk…
OSW Commentary | | Sławomir Matuszak
Despite the war that has been raging for more than two months, Ukraine has managed to start this year’s sowing campaign, although estimates are that the areas cultivated will be up to 30% smaller than in 2021. A fuel shortage could also be…
OSW Commentary | | Katarzyna Chawryło
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is not being delivered solely along military lines but also along information lines. The Kremlin’s main weapon in this information battle is its elaborate propaganda apparatus which Vladimir Putin’s…
Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski, Sławomir Matuszak
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, has reported that the defenders have moved to the offensive in the Kharkiv and Izyum directions, where fierce fighting is ongoing. According to the…
Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski, Jadwiga Rogoża
Russian troops continue to shell and bomb Ukrainian positions in the combat areas and their deep hinterland. Mykolaiv and Kramatorsk fell victim to a massive rocket artillery strike (multiple launch rocket systems with a range of tens of…