Déjà vu in Ukraine
The ongoing crisis in Ukraine has finally unfolded with some grave consequences for humanity. After repeated rounds of failed appeals to restrain the behaviour of Russia, the crisis brings into focus the futility and...
Tagged: Ukraine-Russian border issue
Forget Ukraine, let’s concentrate to save Taiwan
Finally, Vladimir Putin’s giant Russia waged war on Ukraine, a former Soviet Union (SU) republic with one-tenth of the Russian defence budget, ending month’s long diplomatic efforts to settle the conflict between the two...
Decoding the cyber dimension of Russia-Ukraine conflict
On 23 February, a day before Russian forces commenced a “special military operation” on Russian President Putin’s orders, Ukraine was hit by multiple cyber attacks. While Distribution Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks targeted websites...
Death in Kyiv
In the mid of 1930’s,both Dollfub and Schuschnigg governments were pleading for the west to intervene. It fell on deaf ears. The western European nations along with the US was unwilling to pledge support...
Russia wanted peace with Ukraine
Despite possible sanctions and their hard-hitting economic consequences, the hunted Russian bear has got out of the den and is going after the hunters. Until recently, Russians, Ukrainians, and Europeans believed that there would...
Russia’s isolation deepens as Ukraine resists invasion
Russia’s political and economic isolation deepened on Monday as its forces met stiff resistance in Ukraine’s capital and other cities in the biggest assault on a European state since World War Two. President Vladimir...
World Court: Ukraine has filed suit against Russia, citing false genocide claims
The highest U.N. court on Sunday confirmed that Ukraine has filed a suit against Russia, saying Russia’s claim it invaded Ukraine to prevent a genocide is false and asking judges to order “provisional measures”...
US imposes tough sanctions on Russia, but avoids some severe steps
The harsh sanctions the United States imposed on Russia Thursday cast a wide net and seek to cripple its financial and technology sectors, as well as punish the country’s elites. But Washington and its...
Biden takes veiled swipe at China in condemning Russia backers on Ukraine
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said any country that backed Russia’s onslaught in Ukraine would be “stained by association,” after China rejected calling Moscow’s move an invasion and instead urged all sides to...
U.S. banks tackle Russia sanctions fine print, worry over escalating restrictions
U.S. banks were well-prepared for the Western sanctions announced so far over Russia’s aggression towards Ukraine, but they are still nailing down details and worry that new measures could increase the cost and complexity...
