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Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk

The Russian attack on Ukrainian ships in the Black Sea the military aspects

On 24 November, a group of ships of the Ukrainian Navy, composed of two armoured artillery boats, the Berdyansk and the Nikopol (newly-constructed Giurza M-type units, which have been in service since 2016 and 2018 respectively) and the…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Nieczypor, Andrzej Wilk, Jan Strzelecki, Wojciech Konończuk

Consequences of the incident in the Sea of Azov

Before midnight on 25 November, President Petro Poroshenko issued a decree at the request of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine to introduce martial law for a period of 60 days, while announcing that a general…
Analyses | | Iwona Wiśniewska, Sławomir Matuszak, Jan Strzelecki

Russias response to Ukrainian sanctions

The Russian government imposed economic sanctions on Ukraine on 1 November by way of a decree passed by the president of the Russian Federation on 22 October. According to the document, the funds, securities and assets of selected…
Analyses | | Jan Strzelecki

Relations severed between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople the prospect of a new schism

On 15 October, the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) decided to sever relations and eucharistic communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (PC). This decision is a reaction to the decision by the Synod of Bishops…
Analyses | | Jadwiga Rogoża

Moscows harsh reaction to Ukraines expected autocephaly

On 14 September, the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church suspended its working relations with Constantinople in response to Ukraine’s expected autocephaly.
OSW Commentary | | Krzysztof Nieczypor

A closely watched basin The Russian–Ukrainian tensions in the Sea of Azov

The construction and opening in May 2018 of the Crimean Bridge has contributed to a worsening of Russian–Ukrainian relations in the Sea of Azov.
OSW Commentary | | Szymon Kardaś, Tadeusz Iwański

From vassalisation to emancipation Ukrainian-Russian gas co-operation has been revised

The awards by the Arbitral Tribunal have radically changed the model of Ukrainian-Russian gas relations.
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Russia recognises Donbas separatists documents

Under a decree signed by President, the Russian Federation recognised the documents issued by the governments of the ‘people’s republics’.
Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk, Tadeusz A Olszański, Wojciech Górecki

The Minsk agreement one year of shadow boxing

The conflict is likely to remain in its present, not fully frozen state, with all the negative consequences that entails for the Donbass, the rest of Ukraine, and Russia.
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki, Wojciech Konończuk

Russia activates the talks on the Donbass

We may assume that the uptick in the dynamics of the talks is due to new Russian proposals, hitherto undiscussed in public.