Sergey Shoigu – The Trenchant Observer

U.S Foreign Relations February 16, 2022

Ukraine Crisis, February 16, 2022: U.N. Security Council meeting on February 17 at 10;00 a.m. EST (with link to live coverage, video); no evidence of announced Russian withdrawal; background to Minsk II Agreement of September 12, 2015 (with links to full English and Russian texts)

Developing U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON UKRAINE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2022, 10:00 A.M. EST “The situation in Ukraine – Security Council, 8968th meeting” lINK TO…

Barack Obama, Crimea, Deutschland, European Union, France, Germany, History, International Law, NATO, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin August 14, 2014

Commentary: Putin and Russia, the Ukraine, and Appeasement by the West

Boris Wischnewskij recalls, in an Op-Ed in the Süddeutscher Zeitung on August 14, Winston Churchill’s terse note to Neville Chamberlain upon the latter’s return from…

Barack Obama, Crimea, Deutschland, European Union, France, Germany, History, International Law, NATO, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin August 13, 2014

Russian truck convoy nears Ukraine, amid confusion; Igor Girkin (aka Igor Strelkov) reported as seriously wounded; Putin’s triumphant return to the Crimea — with link to maps of conflict zone

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals…

Barack Obama, Crimea, Deutschland, European Union, France, Germany, History, International Law, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin August 12, 2014

What if Russian truck convoy enters into Ukraine without Kiev’s authorization?

For background, see “Putin’s Trojan Horse: Military aggressor sends military-style aid convoy to Ukraine as its irregular forces are encircled,” The Trenchant Observer, August 12,…

China, Crimea, European Union, History, International Law, NATO, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin August 11, 2014

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen: Russian military intervention in Ukraine “a high probability”

Reuters reports, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday Russia is sending an aid convoy to eastern Ukraine despite urgent Western warnings against using humanitarian help…

Crimea, Deutschland, Dictatorship, European Union, France, Germany, History, International Law, NATO, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin August 10, 2014

Russian invasion of Ukraine viewed as increasingly likely

In Europe, some commentators see a Russian invasion of the Ukraine by regular forces as increasingly likely. See Richard Herzinger (Korrespondent für Politik und Gesellschaft),…

Crimea, Czechoslovakia, Deutschland, European Union, Germany, International Law, NATO, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin August 6, 2014

Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine possibly imminent; Russia lays out “facts” to justify “humanitarian intervention”, masses combat-ready troops on Ukrainian border

“When I speak of Russians and Russian-speaking citizens,” Mr. Putin said, “I am referring to those people who consider themselves part of the broad Russian…