"Severodonetsk is important for political and military reasons. This industrial town became the administrative center of the Luhansk Region after Luhansk, its capital city, became capital of the self-proclaimed separatist Luhansk republic in 2014." 1/ academia.edu/81203303/Inter…
My @larazon_es interview about #Severodonetsk 2 weeks ago: "Since Ukraine now controls only a few percent of the Luhansk Region, Severodonetsk is regarded as an important symbolic value by Zelenskyy. This town is also the main battlefield of the Russia-Ukraine war right now." 2/
My @larazon_es interview about #Severodonetsk battle in #Ukraine 2 weeks ago: "The Russian and pro-Russian separatist forces attempt to completely encircle a large number of the Ukrainian forces in Severodonetsk and neighboring locations." #UkraineWar 3/ larazon.es/internacional/…
"His own statements and various Ukrainian reports and other evidence suggest that Zelenskyy himself ordered Ukrainian military not to withdraw from this town and nearby locations in spite of the real possibility that they could be completely surrounded by the Russian forces." 4/
"Commando Network Coordinates Flow of Weapons in Ukraine, Officials Say. A secretive operation involving U.S. Special Operations forces hints at the scale of the effort to assist Ukraine’s still outgunned military." #UkraineWar#RussiaUkraineWar#Ukrainenytimes.com/2022/06/25/us/…
"Dozens of NATO special operations forces continue to operate inside Ukraine, including the United Kingdom, Lithuania, Canada and France. Some of them are permanently in Ukraine, and some rotate, going abroad and returning to Ukraine periodically."
Maidan massacre in #Ukraine: "The latter became the prime target of snipers who were standing on high buildings, surrounding the Square. Snipers who were, mysteriously, erased from the official investigation report conducted by the Ukrainian Government." tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
"Today, eight years after those Maidan deaths, and despite an internationally supervised investigation, none of the cases of sniper shooting has been resolved judicially in a satisfactory way. Justice for the killing of protesters has remained elusive..." tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
My studies of Maidan massacre in #Ukraine provide answers concerning these "snipers who were standing on high buildings, surrounding the Square" & "who were, mysteriously, erased from the official investigation report conducted by the Ukrainian Government" researchgate.net/publication/26…
As I suggested for more that two decades: "The European Commission has recommended that Ukraine and Moldova should be granted European Union candidate status, a first step in the long process of accession." 1/ rferl.org/a/ukraine-geor…
"Launching accession talks requires unanimous approval from all member countries. EU leaders leaders are expected to approve Ukraine's candidate status at their June 23-24 summit, but with stern conditions attached, and membership may take years or even decades." Or never. 2/
My study findings: Democracy is positively associated with #NATO & #EU accession, while being post-Soviet country has negative effect. Conflicts have negative impact on NATO enlargement. Level of economic development has positive effect on EU accession. 3/ researchgate.net/publication/25…
Democracy: #Ukrainian court has banned 9 opposition parties in #Ukraine without any public hearings. Today it banned 2 parties. Ukraine under authoritarian rule of #Zelenskyy is again largely undemocratic. He uses #war to ban opposition & grab power. pravda.com.ua/news/2022/06/1…
"The Shariy Party has become the ninth party banned.
Earlier, the court also banned the Socialist Party of Ukraine , the Left Opposition, the Opposition Bloc, the Socialists, Justice and Development, Ours, the State, and the Volodymyr Saldo Bloc." strana.news/news/395752-su…
Bombshell: Maidan massacre trial in #Ukraine reveals that prosecution stopped all on-site investigative experiments to determine locations of shooters after first such experiment showed that Maidan protester was shot from Maidan-controlled Hotel Ukraina 1/
Maidan massacre trial ordered investigative experiments by ballistic & medical forensic experts to determine if Maidan protesters were shot by snipers from Maidan-controlled buildings. But prosecution stopped them after first one showed exactly that. 2/
Prosecution denies any snipers in Maidan-controlled buildings despite own forensic experts confirming that such snipers shot protesters. Not single media reported about this latest revelation about Maidan snipers by Maidan massacre trial in #Ukraine. 3/ researchgate.net/publication/35…
"European Union’s executive arm is expected to recommend next week that Ukraine be granted candidate status, a key step on the long path to EU membership, according to people familiar with the matter." 1/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
"A final European Commission opinion, even if positive, would need the approval of member states before Ukraine is officially granted the status.... The membership process includes an arduous set of steps and conditions that can normally last more than a decade..." 2/
"Germany said an outcome could be conditional candidate status, the officials said. Denmark said that Ukraine does not sufficiently fulfil criteria related to the stability of institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and respect for ... minorities." 3/