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2 months ago | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Anastasiia Marushevska |Peter J. Dickinson |Mykola Bielieskov
The Georgian authorities presented new legislation in early February that critics say will increase pressure on the country’s civil society and independent media while also placing additional restrictions on public gatherings. The move comes amid a wave of anti-government protests that began following Georgia’s disputed October 2024 parliamentary elections and escalated weeks later when the government took steps to suspend the country’s EU accession efforts.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
businessukraine.ua | Peter J. Dickinson
The war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine almost three years ago is rightly recognized as one of the great crimes of the twenty-first century. Understandably, little attention has been paid so far to the impact the conflict is having on Ukraine’s international image. And yet amid the trauma and horror of Russia’s invasion, there are growing signs that the unprecedented media spotlight on Ukraine since 2022 is gradually helping to transform global perceptions of the country.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Peter J. Dickinson |Doug Livermore |Aura Sabadus
A delegation of parliamentarians from France, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Finland, and the Baltic states arrived in Tbilisi on Monday as the fallout continued from Georgia’s disputed October 26 parliamentary elections. The European delegation was welcomed by opposition figures but was snubbed by representatives of the country’s Georgian Dream ruling party, who refused to meet the visiting EU politicians and accused them of “propagating lies” amid allegations of systematic election fraud.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Mykola Bielieskov |Peter J. Dickinson |Olesya Khromeychuk
A Ukrainian company that creates AI solutions for drones recently secured funding from a consortium of four foreign investors worth almost $3 million. This deal is one of the largest individual investments in the Ukrainian defense tech industry since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion. It is part of a growing trend as investors increasingly recognize the appeal of Ukrainian defense tech innovations.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Mykola Bielieskov |Peter J. Dickinson |Olesya Khromeychuk
It is often said that armies always prepare to fight the previous war. This rings particularly true in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The sheer scale of the war unleashed by Vladimir Putin in February 2022 has exposed a lack of preparedness among the Western defense establishment, which has spent the past few decades focused on defeating lightly armed paramilitaries and terrorist networks.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Maria Avdeeva |Peter J. Dickinson |Olesya Khromeychuk
Vladimir Putin attempted to draw yet another red line on September 12, warning Western leaders that any decision to let Ukraine use long-range weapons against targets inside Russia would mean that NATO countries are “at war” with Russia. Speaking to the Kremlin media, Putin said that allowing Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory using Western-produced missiles would represent direct NATO involvement in the war.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Maria Avdeeva |Peter J. Dickinson |Olesya Khromeychuk
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine first began more than two and a half years ago, talk of Russian red lines has been a major feature of the international debate surrounding the war. Throughout this period, the Kremlin has relentlessly exploited this preoccupation with Russian red lines to fuel Western fears of escalation and limit international support for Ukraine. With attention focused on Russia’s regular warnings, there has been virtually no discussion of the West’s own red lines.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Maria Avdeeva |Mykola Bielieskov |Peter J. Dickinson
The Kremlin has this week announced plans to revise its nuclear doctrine, less than one month after Ukraine’s surprise invasion of Russia made a complete mockery of Moscow’s frequent nuclear threats. In a September 1 interview, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov confirmed that Russia is in the process of amending its doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons, while accusing the West of fueling an “escalation” of the war with Ukraine.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Brian Whitmore |Mykola Bielieskov |Peter J. Dickinson |Mark Temnycky
Kyiv has this week called on Belarus to withdraw its army from the Ukrainian border and warned of “tragic consequences” if the Belarusian military joins the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The strongly worded August 25 statement from Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs came in response to mounting reports of Belarusian troops concentrating close to the country’s shared border with Ukraine.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Brian Whitmore |Olivia Yanchik |Peter J. Dickinson |Mark Temnycky
In the space of just two weeks, Ukraine has claimed more Russian land than Putin’s army managed to seize in Ukraine since the start of 2024. Kyiv’s bold summer offensive caught the Kremlin completely off-guard and has transformed perceptions of a war that many believed was moving slowly but surely toward an inevitable Russian victory. Rarely in the history of modern warfare has any military succeeded in pulling off such a stunning surprise.
