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Ukrainian soldiers ride in a military vehicle to the front line during a fight, amid Russia's invasion in Ukraine, near Izyum, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, April 23, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva.

What Does the West Want in Ukraine?

Vladimir Putin launched his war against Ukraine with expansive aims that, if achieved, would have essentially ended that country’s existence as a sovereign state. Faced with costly military setbacks,…

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Gamal Abdel Maboud

Russian Roulette

History does not repeat itself. However, if it does, then we are facing a catastrophe. This should be the starting block for analysing the Ukraine crisis. Ukraine is neither Cuba in 1962 nor is it…

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1- Members of Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces, volunteer military units of the Armed Forces, train in a city park in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. (Efrem Lukatsky/ AP)

Russia-Ukraine Crisis

Moscow has come a long way since it started massing troops and military equipment at the border with Ukraine back in April 2021. At the time, President Putin chose to call it just a military exercise…

Maia Otarashvili
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