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The West's failure to speak sufficiently plainly about Russian aggression in Ukraine has served to enable the Kremlin's hybrid war strategy while paving the way for a potentially disastrous 'Potemkin Peace' conceding continued Russian control...

Polish former Ukraine monitor Lukasz Adamski believes ‘political correctness’ and consensus culture within OSCE allow Russia to compromise effectiveness of Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine

Minsk-mandated Russian retreat would spark a major nationalist backlash in Russia itself and reveal damaging details of the Kremlin’s hybrid war in Ukraine

Crimean invasion anniversary: many of the myths that accompanied the Russian takeover of Ukraine’s southern peninsula continue to linger two years after start of Putin’s hybrid war

Crimean invasion anniversary: many of the myths that accompanied the Russian army's Crimean takeover continue to linger two years after Vladimir Putin first unleashed his doctrine of hybrid war on the unsuspecting outside world

Berlin ‘migrant rape’ scandal highlights destabilization threat posed by Kremlin media in Europe and North America

Ukrainians launch Coca-Cola boycott after soft drinks giant publishes map recognizing Russian annexation of Crimea despite international sanctions over Kremlin invasion and annexation

The Russian leader has reversed the long-standing Kremlin policy of blanket denials and admitted to a limited Russian military role in east Ukraine. Putin's comments directly contradict months of indignant Russian denials over the role of...

Russia has long denied responsibility for the conflict in east Ukraine and promoted the notion of a 'Ukrainian Civil War', but Moscow's ability to bring fighting in the Donbas to a standstill whenever convenient has undermined these Kremlin...

Leading U.S. newspaper quotes unnamed Russian Ministry of Defense official confirming Russian army presence in Ukraine

Ukraine's unexpectedly stiff military resistance to Russian hybrid warfare has prevented the Kremlin from achieving its objectives in Ukraine itself and kept Russian troops far from EU borders

Can post-Maidan Ukraine become a free press haven for Russian journalists seeking to escape from the Kremlin-controlled Russian media environment?

Kremlin desperate to avoid admitting Russian military role in MH17 attack for fear of undermining hybrid war tactic of ‘plausible deniability’

Communications expert Nataliya Popovych says Ukraine must stress global aspect of Russia conflict

Russia continues to deny responsibility for Ukraine conflict but ‘civil war’ claims ignore mountain of evidence pointing to Kremlin role

Spate of recent deadly crashes highlights shortfalls in outdated Russian military aircraft and limitations of Kremlin saber-rattling tactics

Russian refusal to admit deploying its armed forces to east Ukraine makes conflict resolution even more difficult to achieve

Spiegel Online Moscow correspondent Benjamin Bidder reflects on the journalistic challenges presented by infowar raging over Ukraine

Ukraine was initially overwhelmed by the scale of the Russian information offensive but personalities like Popova are finally helping the country to fight back