Maryna Shashkova

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Moscow Failed Most Expensive Information Operation Against Ukraine, Budanov Says

Feb 26, 2024 | kyivpost.com | Maryna Shashkova |Kateryna Zakharchenko |Steve Brown

Russia has failed the most enormous special information and psychological operation (ISPO) in its history against Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR), said Sunday, on the sidelines of the “Ukraine. Year 2024” forum in Kyiv. The Kremlin planned to create a situation this year in which the legitimacy of decision-making in Ukraine after May 20 would be questioned via a disinformation campaign labeled “Maidan 3,” Budanov said.
Ukraine and NATO’s Washington Paradox

Feb 26, 2024 | kyivpost.com | Maryna Shashkova |Jonathan Sweet |Mark Toth |Mark Toth writes

Twenty-four months ago, the United States and their NATO partners valiantly rose to the occasion to support Ukraine in the defense of their country from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation.” Yet the White House failed to offensively transition with Ukraine as Kyiv began recapturing occupied territory; rather, the Biden Administration remains stuck in the defend and ‘weaken Russia’ mode.
Germany Officially Changes their Name for Ukrainian Capital Two Years Into the War

Feb 26, 2024 | kyivpost.com | Maryna Shashkova |Bart Marcois |Steve Brown

The government has changed the spelling of the Ukrainian capital in its official communications from ‘Kiew’ to the Ukrainian ‘Kyjiw’, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion. The move followed a long-running campaign by the Ukrainian government in 2018, which lobbied for the use of transliterations that are closer to the Ukrainian spelling ‘Київ’ than the Russian ‘Киев’ as a matter of emancipation from the former Russian rulers.
‘This is Russia’s Program’ - Zelensky About His ‘Illegitimacy” if Ukrainian Election Postponed

Feb 26, 2024 | kyivpost.com | Maryna Shashkova |Bart Marcois |Steve Brown

President Volodymy Zelensky said at a press conference yesterday that any narrative questioning his legitimacy as a result of Ukraine's postponing elections is clearly part of Russia's informational campaign against Ukraine. Ukraine's planned presidential election in May has been called off due to the state of martial law and constant attacks from Russia, according to Kyiv. Zelensky said that neither Western allies nor Ukrainian politicians doubted his legitimacy during wartime.
What Does NATO Entry Mean For Sweden?

Feb 26, 2024 | kyivpost.com | Maryna Shashkova |Bart Marcois |Steve Brown

Sweden's NATO membership bid, submitted in the wake of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, looks set to clear the final hurdle with Hungary scheduled to vote on ratification on Monday. Accession to the US-led alliance means stark changes for both Sweden's defence and the geopolitical balance in the region. Why did Sweden decide to join NATO? At the end of the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th century, Sweden adopted an official policy of neutrality.
Kremlin Killed Navalny, But Russian Society Indifferent - Zelensky

Feb 26, 2024 | kyivpost.com | Bart Marcois |Maryna Shashkova |Steve Brown

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that the Russian people are to blame for the death of opposition politician Oleksiy Navalny, who died on Feb. 16 in a Russian prison. “The Russians had their opposition politician in prison. They killed him. There is no need to say now how. They killed him [along] with the Kremlin,” the president said at a press conference on Feb. 25, answering a question from Kyiv Post.
Digest of Russian Crimes in Ukraine – Article Two

Feb 25, 2024 | kyivpost.com | Bohdan Nahaylo |Viktoriia Stepanenko |Maryna Shashkova |Steve Brown

APRIL 2022 April 1 Rockets fired on civilians in Nizhyn, Chernihiv, Hirske, killing twelve. April 2 Oncology dispensary in Chernihiv fired on. April 3 Cluster munitions fired on Apostolove, Kryvyi Rih district, Dnipropetrovsk region. April 4 Two aid workers killed and 13 civilian buildings including a hospital destroyed Lysychansk and Novodruzhesk in Luhansk. Rockets fired on Avdiivka, Donetsk region wounding civilians, damaging houses and infrastructure.
60th Munich Security Conference Left Ukraine with Concerns and Confusion

Feb 25, 2024 | kyivpost.com | Viktoriia Stepanenko |Bohdan Nahaylo |Maryna Shashkova |Steve Brown

The 60th anniversary Munich Security Conference (MSC) was attended by about 150 leaders of states and governments – from the US and China to Myanmar and Tanzania, as well as heads of international organizations. Sixty years later, the participants of the key security forum in Europe had to focus again on threats from Russia, the successor of the Soviet Union.
2 Years after Russia's Catclysmic, if Botched, Blitzkrieg Against Ukraine

Feb 25, 2024 | kyivpost.com | Maryna Shashkova |Jason Smart |Anna Neplii |Bohdan Nahaylo

War in Ukraine Thinking Out Loud with Kyiv Post's Chief Editor Bohdan Nahaylo on what February 24 2022 signified, the consequences, implications, and challenges ahead.
The Ghost of Kyiv: Who Was the Legendary Pilot of the Russo-Ukrainian War?

Feb 25, 2024 | kyivpost.com | Maryna Shashkova |Charles S. Cockell |Steve Brown |Kateryna Zakharchenko

Two years ago, at the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, while Russian tanks had not only breached Ukraine’s borders and were quickly approaching its capital – many Ukrainians were in desperate need of some good news. Amidst the Russians shelling of towns and cities and the beginning of what would later be revealed as brutal occupations, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and ordinary people were doing courageous things – and people were hungry to hear about them.