Ukraine
NEMETHY: Is monetary tightening the cure for inflation?
The US Fed has not increased interest rates, just talked of increasing rates – not even by that much — and global stock exchanges lost $4.2 trillion in week. How can the Fed kill off the current high inflation without crashing the economy?
Belarusian hacktivists’ cyberattack on railway system to disrupt movement of Russian troops
The Belarusian Cyber-Partisans have targeted the state-owned Belarusian Railway, encrypting servers, databases and workstations in response to the presence of Russian troops in the country, the hacktivists announced via Twitter on January 24.
Who needs a war?
Russia increases its military presence in Belarus as tensions rise with Ukraine. But whose interests will guide the Belarusian regime’s actions?
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Western allies sending Ukraine arms, but not Germany
With the fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine mounting, many of its allies have ramped up arms deliveries to the embattled nation – but not all.
Outbreak of calm grips Ukraine
The mood in the Ukrainian capital remains calm, despite the build up of Russian troops on the border, bomb threats in schools in Kyiv and the US and UK embassies evacuating their staff.
ASH: Russia escalation cost/benefit
Putin has moved to escalate tensions with Ukraine, putting a huge and unprecedented Russian military force on its Western border and also launching a concerted “coercive” diplomatic effort to sketch out new red lines for Nato.
Baltics to send weapons to Ukraine as fears of Russian invasion rise
Estonia will send Javelin anti-armour missiles, while Latvia and Lithuania will send Stinger antiaircraft missiles.
Polls show Russian public opinion united on Ukraine
Data from surveys show that Russian sentiment is more homogeneous than in recent years on questions surrounding a potential conflict with Ukraine. Fears of war are high, America's allies are largely held responsible, but appetite for conflict is low.
Russian troops concentrate in southeastern Belarus, increasing fears of invasion of Ukraine
Western fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine from Belarus are increasing as Russian troops concentrate in Belarus’ Gomel region. Meanwhile, Zelenskiy is playing down war fears, saying that no war is imminent.
Zelenskiy plays down war fears as tensions continue to rise
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy played down war fears calling on the people to stop the runs on banks and food stockpiling, saying no war is imminent in a video released on January 20.
Baltics boost own military capacities and pledge to send arms to Ukraine as tension mounts
Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have pledged to offer Ukraine assistance, including in cyber security.
US warns Belarus to keep its commitment to neutrality
US warns Belarus to keep its commitment to neutrality in wake of increasing Russian military presence along the Belarus-Ukraine border.
US Secretary of State Blinken in Kyiv, warns Russia could attack “at very short notice”
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, announced America's support for Ukraine and warned Russia could attack “at very short notice” amidst the Russian military buildup on Ukraine’s borders
Russian is the social-media language of choice for Ukrainians
Data collected on Instagram shows that 50% of Ukrainian users post in Russian, 46% in Ukrainian, and 4% in English, researcher Sven Etienne Peterson reported in a Tweet on January 14.
Qualcomm acquires Ukraine-born Augmented Pixels to beef up AR/VR development capacities
US tech giant Qualcomm has acquired Augmented Pixels, a Ukrainian-founded AR/VR software developer now headquartered in California. The news was reported by the Ukrainian media based on exchanges with Augmented Pixels representatives.
HOMANS: Former President Petro Poroshenko in the dock (sort of)
Today Poroshenko managed to make a mockery of the proceedings against him, without even being arrested or being put on trial.
Who are the group responsible for last week's hacker attack against Ukrainian websites?
The hacker group UNC1151 have been blamed for last weeks cyber-attack on Ukrainian government sites, but who are they?
FPRI BMB Ukraine: Poroshenko’s comeback
Publicly charged with high treason on December 20, former President Petro Poroshenko has been abroad since then and is currently still in Warsaw. Kyiv’s Pechersk Court ruled in absentia on January 6 that Poroshenko’s assets should be seized.
FPRI BMB Ukraine: Ukraine’s military better at fighting
In seven years of war, the Ukrainian army has got better at fighting Russian-backed separatists despite structural problems. At the time of the Russian invasion in 2014, the Ukrainian army had only 120,900 active members. Now it has 250,000.
Belarus hackers behind the Ukraine cyberattack, Russia arrests ransomware hacker at US request
Belarus hackers were behind the Ukraine cyberattack, it was announced as Russia arrests ransomware hacker at US request
