ISW Intelligence Analysis: The Changing Dynamics of the Conflict in Ukraine and the Implications for Western Defense Expenditure

ISW Intelligence Analysis: The Changing Dynamics of the Conflict in Ukraine and the Implications for Western Defense Expenditure

These are some of the scenarios painted in a new intelligence analysis. According to Institute for the study of war (ISW) the West risks the complete collapse of the Ukrainian resistance if economic and military support for Ukraine decreases or disappears. “A Russian conquest of the whole of Ukraine is by no means impossible” Should … Read more

Prime Minister Kallas, advocate of Ukrainian cause, wins Estonia elections

AFPAn election poster of Prime Minister Kallas’s Reform Party NOS News•today, 02:08 The parliamentary elections in Estonia have been won by the centre-right Reform Party of current Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, according to preliminary results. With almost all votes counted, Kallas’s party comes out at 31.4 percent of the vote. The right-wing populist party EKRE … Read more

Russia asks US to answer Reported involvement in Nord Stream explosion | Reuters

Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova said on Monday that the United States was responsible for last year’s explosions in the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 undersea pipelines that carry natural gas from Russia to Europe. “The US administration needs to comment on all the facts,” he said. FILE PHOTO: Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson … Read more

Corner: electricity support to Ukraine in winter, Eastern European countries hold the key | Reuters

Vilnius/Warsaw (Reuters) – A giant transformer built in Ukraine in the 1980s and now disused is being dusted off and ready to go here in Lithuania. He will probably go to Romania in the next few weeks and from there go home to Ukraine. On December 21, a gigantic transformer, built in Ukraine in 1980 … Read more

French President Macron proposes ‘security’ for Russia, Ukraine protests | Reuters

Ukraine has been criticized for saying Western powers should consider Russia’s security needs if Russia agrees to talks to end the war in Ukraine, and the Baltics criticized all at once. FILE PHOTO: Washington, DC, June 1, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein [4日 ロイター] – Criticized French President Emmanuel Macron’s comment that Western countries should consider Russia’s … Read more

NATO does not respond to Russia’s nuclear with nuclear = Estonian president | Reuters

Estonian President Aral Kalis (pictured left), who is visiting Canada, said on Monday that the only security Ukraine could get is membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which it will take some time but it will eventually come to the rice fields. He also met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (right). (2022 REUTERS/Carlos … Read more

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[フランクフルト 3日 ロイター] – Although there is growing speculation that the European Central Bank (ECB) will move in tandem with further US Federal Reserve (FRB) interest rate hikes, ECB officials are concerned about the development of interest rates in the future. the difference. Although there is growing speculation that the European Central Bank (ECB) will … Read more

Nord Stream 1, confirmation of serious damage due to “ artificial technology ” = operating company | Reuters

The Swiss company operating the Nord Stream 1 submarine pipeline sending Russian natural gas to Europe said on the 2 that following an initial investigation into the pipeline’s damaged spot in Sweden’s exclusive economic zone, artificial technology was announced that the serious damage what has happened has been confirmed. August 2022. REUTERS / Anton Vaganov … Read more

Nord Stream attack, British navy involved = Russian Defense Ministry | Reuters

The Russian Defense Ministry said on October 29 that British navy officials had blown up the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 submarine pipelines carrying Russian natural gas to Germany last month. The photo shows the gas escaping from the NordSleet 2 rising to the surface. Taken in September. Provided by the Danish Ministry … Read more