Serhii Kuzan

2 weeks ago | atlanticcouncil.org | Serhii Kuzan |Peter Malcolm Dickinson |Alyona Getmanchuk

In recent months, international media coverage of Russia’s Ukraine invasion has focused primarily on the Trump administration’s efforts to end the fighting and broker a peace deal. But even as negotiations get tentatively underway, Russia continues to bomb Ukraine’s civilian population on a daily basis. Regular missile and drone attacks represent only a small portion of the crimes Russia stands accused of committing in Ukraine.

3 weeks ago | atlanticcouncil.org | Serhii Kuzan |Doug Klain |Peter Malcolm Dickinson

As the new United States administration seeks to transform the country’s foreign policy, one of President Trump’s top priorities is a peace agreement to end the Russian war in Ukraine. However, there is a very real danger that the US leader’s eagerness to strike a deal with Vladimir Putin could lead to a flawed settlement that will undermine the foundations of international security for many years to come.

3 weeks ago | atlanticcouncil.org | Serhii Kuzan |Doug Klain |Peter Malcolm Dickinson

A bipartisan group of United States senators have recently called on the Trump administration to consider handing Ukraine over $300 billion in frozen Russian assets. In a March 21 letter addressed to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, senior Republicans including Lindsey Graham joined their Democrat colleagues in pressing for the frozen funds to be allocated to the Ukrainian war effort.

4 weeks ago | atlanticcouncil.org | David Kirichenko |Serhii Kuzan |Doug Klain |Peter Malcolm Dickinson

A United Nations probe has concluded that Russia is guilty of committing crimes against humanity in the occupied regions of Ukraine. The investigation focused on the Kremlin’s large-scale program of detentions and deportations targeting Ukrainian civilians living under Russian occupation, and confirms earlier reports regarding the terror tactics being employed by Putin’s invasion force.

4 weeks ago | atlanticcouncil.org | Serhii Kuzan |Peter Malcolm Dickinson |David Kirichenko

For months, US President Donald Trump and allies such as Senator Lindsey Graham have stated that if Russian President Vladimir Putin rejects peace efforts, the United States will impose new sanctions to bring Russia to the negotiating table. So far, however, the Kremlin has refused to join Ukraine in accepting a US-proposed ceasefire. Instead, Putin has this week demanded sanctions relief in exchange for a limited maritime ceasefire that favors Russia.