Year: 2026

Yurii Mykhailenko

As part of their military preparations, Russia and the USA/NATO conducted military exercises in the European theater of operations, during which various scenarios of armed conflicts and full-scale war between them were worked out

Yurii Mykhailenko

One of the main factors influencing the development of the situation around Ukraine and the Russian-Ukrainian war is considered to be general geopolitical processes. In particular, the formation of a new bipolar system of international relations with two leading centers of power – the USA and China

Yurii Mykhailenko

Russia remained Ukraine’s main adversary, continuing its full-scale war with the aim of destroying our state’s independence and establishing control over it. At the same time, the worsening economic problems in Russia and pressure from the USA forced it to enter into negotiations to end the war or, at least, to imitate them

Yurii Mykhailenko

In 2025, the military-political situation in Europe was largely determined by the transition from illusions about the reliability of its security under US protection to the realization of a real attack by Russia and the need to strengthen own European defense

Yurii Mykhailenko

Western partners who helped Ukraine resist Russia were important for Ukraine. As a rule, those were the USA and Europe, which consider Moscow’s aggressive actions a threat to their own security and view Ukraine as one of the main forces in containing i

Yuriy Mikhailenko

Although the events of 2025 are now history, they deserve attention. After all, without understanding them, it is practically impossible to properly assess the current situation