With Russian troops once again advancing in eastern Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has accused alliance members of failing to provide Kyiv with promised military aid and renewed calls for a more sustainable response to Russian aggression. Speaking during an unannounced visit to Kyiv on April 29, Stoltenberg acknowledged that supply shortfalls had left […]
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NATO chief Stoltenberg: “If Ukrainians stop fighting, their country will no longer exist”
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has called on the West to prepare for a long war and warned that Ukraine is fighting for national survival. In an interview with Germany’s Funke media group published on September 17, the NATO leader argued for an increase in German military spending while cautioning that there will be no […]
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OPINION: NATO poses a threat to Russian imperialism not Russian national security
Moscow’s passive response to Finnish NATO membership is confirmation that Putin never really saw the alliance as a security threat to Russia. In reality, he merely exploited NATO expansion as a smokescreen for Russian imperial aggression against Ukraine
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Putin’s NATO ultimatum is driven by his fear of a free and democratic Ukraine
Russia has recently issued US and NATO leaders with a series of unrealistic security demands but Moscow’s true goal remains the isolation and subjugation of Ukraine
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NONSENSE OF NEUTRALITY: Why declaration of a neutral Ukraine would be unlikely to prevent Russian aggression
Many observers believe Ukraine should officially sacrifice the country’s Euro-Atlantic ambitions in order to ease Kremlin concerns, but a fresh commitment to geopolitical neutrality may only encourage further Russian imperialism
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TOP ESTONIAN DIPLOMAT: Russian hybrid war attack on Ukraine “did not come as a complete surprise”
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POLISH AMBASSADOR: “History taught us good Poland-Ukraine relations are crucial for our national interests”
Polish Ambassador to Ukraine Jan Pieklo on the security implications of Russian aggression in Ukraine, the WWII-era Volyn controversy, and the fast-growing Ukrainian community in Poland
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CANADA IN UKRAINE: Canadian instructors learning hybrid war lessons while providing training for Ukraine’s veteran troops
Canadian Armed Forces helping Ukrainian counterparts adapt to NATO standards as Ukrainian military faces up to hybrid Russian forces in east of country
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CANADA IN UKRAINE: Canadian Ambassador hails free trade deal as start of new chapter in Canada-Ukraine bilateral ties
Ambassador Roman Waschuk discusses free trade, military training, police reform and the challenges he has faced as a diplomat and member of the Ukrainian diaspora at a time of historic change for Ukraine