Archives Russia s Special Military Operation - New Eastern Outlook

For some time, it has been an open secret that NATO has been, as the military says, “Effing around” in Ukraine, particularly in the form of on-site training, as well as involvement in operational planning. Until recently, the Russians have…

After the initial western celebrations of the Ukrainian invasion of the Russian region of Kursk, with a number of headlines lauding the “Humiliation of Putin” comparing the operation to a number of historical campaigns and describing the even claiming that it has changed the course of the war, the rather less pleasant (for the Ukrainian Neo-Nazis and their backers, anyway) reality is starting to raise its head.

As the proxy war splits Russia-NATO (East/West) relations in the Ukraine theater, all the premises indicate that Ukraine will eventually embrace its destiny: a future inextricably linked to Russia. The history of international relations weighs heavily and Ukraine is destined to have a future closely linked to Russia, whether politically, economically, culturally or militarily.