Boguslayev during his arrest - Source: SBU via Militarnyi.com [Jurisprudence] Former Ukrainian military-industrial magnate, Russian collaborator, cleared by the Tribunal June 10, 2025 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Donbass, freezing of assets, Russia-Ukraine War 2022, Defense industry, itself, Court of the EU 7 min read
A destroyed Russian BMP-3 near Mariupol, March 2022. (©Ukrainian MinInt) [Decryption] How not to reproduce the numerous analysis errors on Ukraine (Study) 2th January 2025 Romain Mielcarek CSIS, Donbass, military balance, Foresight, Russia, Think Tank, Ukraine 7 min read
About a hundred Ukrainian prisoners, half of them Azovstal fighters, were exchanged on August 24, apparently for Russians captured in the Kursk region according to Moscow. (©Ukrainian government) [Decryption] Ukraine-Russia War, a moving front August 30, 2024 Romain Mielcarek Long Range Weapons, Donbass, Russia-Ukraine War 2022 5 min read
[Verbatim] Mobilization in Russia, military and industrial and annexations. Putin's Last Chance Attempt (v2) 21 September 2022 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Donbass, Ukraine War 2022, Defense industry, Referendum, Russia, critical technologies, Vladimir Putin 7 min read
The Russians as far as Mariupol, Odessa, or the left bank of the Dnieper and kyiv. What scenario for the intervention? February 24st, 2022 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Armed conflict, Dnieper, Donbass, Ukraine War 2022, Military intervention, Russia, Russia-Ukraine, Transnistria 5 min read
[Verbatim] The Minsk agreements are dead. Russia has chosen: it prefers the dark side of force (Putin) February 24st, 2022 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Minsk agreements, Disarmament, Donbass, Normandy format, Neutrality, nuclear, Strategy, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky 5 min read
Russia. Putin's relatives and the defense sector in the sights of European sanctions (v3) February 23st, 2022 Nicolas Gros Verheyde banks, Donbass, Gazprom, Wagner Group, Russia, sanctions 7 min read
[Notebook 20.02.2022]. Confidential. Defense. Industries. NATO. Diplomacy. Crises. Security. Powers February 20st, 2022 Emmanuelle Stroesser European Defense Agency, Arquus, Belarus, armored, Bulgaria, COPS, Cyber attack, Donbass, Estonia, European Defense Fund, Missiles, Mozambique, Poland, Romania, United Kingdom, Rwanda, Ukraine 13 min read
[Decryption] Ukraine. NATO and the Kremlin are marking their red lines and flexing their muscles. In three detailed and deciphered rounds 2 December 2021 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Antony blinken, Ukrainian conflict, Donbass, Jens Stoltenberg, NAC, NATO, Vladimir Putin 7 min read
[Preview] Frozen conflicts in Eastern Europe, Africa, Indo-Pacific on the gymnich agenda (May 27, 2021) 19 May 2021 Nicolas Gros Verheyde forgotten conflicts, Foreign Affairs Council, Donbass, Nagorno-Karabakh, Indo-Pacific, South Ossetia, Transnistria, EU-Africa, Eastern neighborhood 3 min read
[Verbatim] The Russians are massing at the borders. Nuclear weapons are present in Crimea, denounces Andrii Taran 15 April 2021 B2 Writing Armed conflict, Crimea, Donbass, Ukraine 3 min read
Notebook (27.03.2020). Confidential. Defense. Operations. EU diplomacy. Crises. Human rights. Neighborhood. Security. Powers. People March 27, 2020 B2 Writing DISASTER, Afghanistan, calendar, Albania, Algeria, terrorist attack, Boko Haram, BUDG, Bundeswehr, biological weapons convention, COPS, COVID-19, EU Defense, MUST, DG Grow, Donbass, Donetsk, VET, elections, Rule of law, Eurosatory, Development Fund, Borders, Greece-Turkey, Guinea, Hirak, IcSP, External financing instruments, Foreign investments, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Justice, Karim Tabbou, Kerstin Jorna, Lake Chad, Libya, Lithuania, Luhansk, North Macedonia, MANUA, Nigeria, Poland, Advanced presence, Romania, Syria 13 min read
Notebook (03.02.2020). Confidential. Operations. Defense. Industries and equipment. Penalties. Diplomacy. Crisis areas. Neighborhood. Security. Fundamental rights. People. Diary February 3st, 2020 B2 Writing 5G, Balkans, Barkhane, armored, Bolivia, Brexit, China, Citizenship, Coalition against Daesh, Berlin Conference, arms control, Coronavirus, Belgrade Pristina Dialogue, Disclosed, Donbass, Enlargement, Rule of law, F-35, France, Frontex, Guy Verhofstadt, helicopters, India, pre-accession assistance instrument, Iran, Javier Nart, Jordan, Kosovo, Libya, Mali, Morocco, MH17, European Parliament, Netherlands, PESCO, Poland, Portugal, Radoslaw sikorski, military intelligence, Rep. Czech, United Kingdom, Russia, Sahel, Top secret, Serbia, Syria, Turkey, Arms sales, Yemen 17 min read
Between Ukraine and Russia, in Paris, a small step towards dialogue. Not enough to lift the sanctions? (v2) 12 December 2019 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Angela Merkel, Cease fire, ICRC, Franco-German couple, Donbass, prisoner exchange, elections, Elysium, Emmanuel Macron, Normandy format, Steinmeier formula 8 min read
(credit: RussiaToday) A gesture of relaxation between kyiv and Moscow. 70 prisoners released including sailors from the Kerch Strait, Oleg Sentsov and Commander Tsemakh 8 September 2019 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Donbass, Normandy format, Prisoners, Ukraine-Russia 3 min read
Jean-Claude Juncker receives Volodymyr Zelensky at the Berlaymont (Credit: CE) Zelensky welcomed with open arms in Brussels June 7, 2019 B2 Writing Minsk agreements, Donald Tusk, Donbass, Federica Mogherini, Jean-Claude Juncker, Sea of Azov, Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky 3 min read
Ukraine. 'Destabilize' blacklist renewed for another six months March 2, 2019 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Donbass, Donetsk, freezing of assets, Ukraine 1 min read
The Union confirms the death of Iosif Kobzon and unfreezes his assets 23th January 2019 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Donbass, free, freezing of assets, Joseph Kobzon, Open, Russia, Ukraine 1 min read