The transfer of Sweden’s Saab 340 AEW&C (ASC 890) airborne early warning aircraft to Ukraine is not falling behind schedule, the Swedish Ministry of Defense told Delfi on 21 March. Swedish defense officials clarified that the delivery timeline depends on when specific modifications to Ukraine’s…
Category: 6. Opinion
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Forbes: Ukraine repurposes Soviet air-to-air missiles for ground-based defense
Ukraine has transformed its stockpile of Soviet-era R-73 air-to-air missiles into ground-based air defense weapons, Forbes reports. These 105-kg, infrared-guided missiles, which normally chase the heat signatures of jet engines when fired from fighter aircraft, are now being launched from at…
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No, Ukraine’s new Tryzub laser weapon isn’t British tech in disguise
Ukraine has reportedly developed and deployed what it claims is one of the first laser anti-aircraft weapons in the world, according to Colonel Vadym Sukharevskyi, commander of the Ukrainian military’s unmanned systems forces.
The weapon system, known as Tryzub (Trident) — named after the…
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Ukraine could have built anti-Putin Russia in Kursk but didn’t. That was a mistake
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America’s Cold War thinking derailed Ukraine’s victory — and continues to sabotage Western security
The recent clash between Trump and Zelenskyy revealed a deeper reality: America’s strategic ambiguity is no longer sustainable. After three years of full-scale war, the real question isn’t whether Ukraine can outlast Russia, but whether the West can afford the cost of inaction.
The…
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The voice America gave me, the voice Trump just silenced
Ukrainians continue sharing their thoughts about the Trump administration’s move to gut Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Voice of America, media networks through which the USA reached societies under authoritarian rule since the times of the Cold War. Many Ukrainian journalists started their…Continue Reading
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Part II – EJIL: Talk!
In a previous post, written before Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States, I wrote about the various measures – particularly those targeting America’s allies – that he threatened to implement, and whether those measures would be compatible with the principle of…
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The Erosion of International Law? – EJIL: Talk!
Recurring breaches and non-enforcement of international law have persisted since the adoption of the UN Charter and the establishment of the post-World War II (WWII) legal order, which remains in place today. Scholars have repeatedly issued death certificates to Article 2.4 of the UN Charter and…
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The Implications of Equidistance for Ukraine and International Law – EJIL: Talk!
On February 24th, 2025, the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted its first resolution on the matter. Resolution 2774 was adopted with ten votes in favour (Algeria, China, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, Russia, South Korea,…
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A Legal Framework for a Russia-Ukraine Peace Agreement – EJIL: Talk!
Reports of a possible Russia-Ukraine peace agreement continue to bubble and churn. The latest is an apparent Russian rejection of a peace plan floated by the Trump transition team. Uncertainty over the specifics of an agreement is likely to continue at least until the new administration takes…
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