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Analyses |
| Miłosz Bartosiewicz
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov travelled to Africa, visiting Kenya, Burundi and Mozambique between 29 May and 2 June. The last country on his itinerary was South Africa, where he participated in a meeting of the foreign ministers…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
On 7 June, Ukrainian units struck in the Zaporizhzhia oblast, attempting to break through Russian defences in two or three places (depending on the attack wave) south of Orikhiv; the heaviest fighting is taking place over the town of…
OSW Commentary |
| Jacek Tarociński, Andrzej Wilk
The scale of the military support that the West has been providing to Ukraine is unprecedented. Both the type of supplies of arms & military equipment and the needs of Ukrainian Armed Forces have been evolving during the course of the…
Analyses |
| Wojciech Górecki
Recent weeks have seen an exceptional intensification of talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the declared purpose of which is to normalise relations and get a peace treaty signed. Although an agreement seems closer than ever (as…
Analyses |
| Filip Rudnik
The OPEC+ summit: an increase in Russian oil exports at the expense of other producers. The OPEC+ summit was held on 4 June in Vienna, where the cartel decided to cut oil production in 2024 to a level of nearly 40.5 million barrels per day…
Analyses |
| Łukasz Kobeszko
On 6 June 2023, Bulgaria’s parliament passed a vote of confidence in the coalition government co-formed by two biggest parliamentary groups: GERB-Society of Democratic Forces (GERB-SDS) and Continuing Change-Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB).…
Analyses |
| Zuzanna Krzyżanowska, Adam Michalski
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was sworn in for a third presidential term on 3 June in Ankara. The ceremony was attended by delegations of senior officials (heads of state or government) from Turkey’s neighbouring countries, that is Azerbaijan,…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
On 25 May, the heads of the Russian and Belarusian defence ministries, Sergei Shoigu and Viktar Khrenin, signed an agreement regulating the stationing of Russian tactical nuclear weapons (TNWs) on the territory of Belarus. This is a…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski, Jakub Ber
On the morning of 6 June, Kyiv reported that Russian troops had blown up the dam at Nova Kakhovka. The road crossing over the River Dnieper and part of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant were destroyed, leading to an uncontrolled…
OSW Commentary |
| Filip Rudnik
The technological sanctions which the West has imposed on Russia’s LNG sector have drastically reduced the opportunities for the industry’s expansion, and made it less likely that Russia can increase its share on the global LNG market.…