President Vladimir Putin escalated Russia's war on Ukraine in September 2022, announcing a partial mobilisation and … 24 February invasion - was the proclaimed annexation of the Ukrainian oblasts of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and … repeating his threat to use nuclear weapons. But what really ended efforts to bring about peace - which had continued since the …

Direct negotiations on a ceasefire in Russia's war against Ukraine broke down within just a few months. Today, Moscow … support for Ukraine to a halt. Ukraine is seeking to isolate Russia internationally. Meanwhile, Russia’s illegal war of …. Russia’s war diplomacy aims to weaken the "collective West" at the global level as part of its strategy to bring external …

for a new round of compulsory mobilisation. However, Russia is not only recruiting for the war against Ukraine; the plan …In its war of attrition against Ukraine, the Kremlin is counting on outnumbering the enemy over a long period in terms … of both hardware and personnel. Following the unpopular partial mobilisation in autumn 2022, the recruitment of contract …

Moscow in 2008. The high losses of the country’s armed forces in Ukraine limit Russia’s military power projection …Moscow’s decision on 24 February 2022 to invade Ukraine constituted a culmination in the militarisation trajectory of … Russian foreign policy since 2008. At the same time, the war has exposed the weaknesses of the military reform launched by …

Montreux Convention after the outbreak of war in Ukraine and in the way the Black Sea Grain Initiative came about. Under the …Turkey’s policy in the Black Sea region is the result of not only a complex relationship with Russia but also of a … anchorage in NATO. As well as securing its leadership role in the Black Sea region, Ankara is also keen to assert its economic …

While the world’s attention is focused on Russia’s war against Ukraine and the inten­sifying conflict between the US …