An independent researcher. My opinions are my own. A former Giustra Fellow with the ICG, I made "Conflict in Ukraine’s Donbas: A Visual Explainer" for this NGO.
Jun 11, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
A few takeaways from the meeting with the Ukrainian officer. ➡️#Ukraine 🇺🇦lacks military vehicles and weapons. Ukrainians desperately need APCs, IFVs, and tanks – weapons of the breakthrough and counterattack. Combat drones are in great demand.
Ukraine begs for air defense, artillery with a range of 30 km+ and precise MLRS 50 km+, assault aircraft, and fighters. Only they can change the course of the war. #Russia has an advantage in everything. This advantage can only be deterred while defending.
Nov 29, 2021 • 20 tweets • 6 min read
Reports of Russian troops' movement near Ukraine have spurred debates about renewed war and fears of provocations in #Donbas as a pretext to it. Our visual explainer shows that the situation in the combat zone is still less deadly than during some past scary periods. Thread 1/12
Apr 3, 2021 • 37 tweets • 10 min read
A new proposal for peace in Eastern Ukraine has been overshadowed by renewed bloodshed btw the Ukrainian army + Russia-backed separatists. Here is a shamelessly long twitter thread:
France and Germany have apparently been working on a new approach to a settlement since November 2020, when it became clear that the warring sides had run out of reasonable proposals to offer.
Mar 17, 2020 • 33 tweets • 9 min read
While everyone is understandably focused on #COVID19, something potentially very important happened in the peace process on #Donbas#Ukraine a few days ago. Warning, very long thread to follow.
On 11 Mar., parties to the war in Donbas agreed at a #Minsk Trilateral Contact Group (#TCG) meeting to form an Advisory council starting 25 Mar. This is big news.
