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Ukraine: Friedenseinsatz, Sicherheitsgarantien und Abschreckung 04/2025

Ukraine: Bedarf und Optionen für Friedenseinsätze 05/2022
 

ZIF kompakt

Erste Bewertung des OSZE-Engagements in der Ukraine - Zwischenbilanz und Empfehlungen der Hochrangigen Expertengruppe 06/2015

Das Minsk-Paket und die Rolle der OSZE: Waffenstillstand, Waffenabzug und politischer Prozess 03/2015

Die OSZE und der Waffenstillstand in der Ukraine: Vermitteln, Beobachten, Überwachen 10/2014

 

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News

03.10.2025
Ukraine battles to restore power as Russian strikes batter grid sites

Ukrainian emergency crews were battling to restore power to northern parts of the country as Russian forces continued to attack crucial civilian infrastructure with drone and rocket attacks, while Ukraine's strategic Pokrovsk region remained under pressure.

Source: RFE/RL
01.10.2025
Russia withdraws from European Convention for the Prevention of Torture

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed into law the withdrawal of Russia from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture. The move effectively eliminates oversight of the country’s prisons and detention facilities at a time when Moscow faces widespread accusations of torture and inhuman treatment against its own citizens, Ukrainian civilians, and prisoners of war.

Source: JURIST
01.10.2025
Japan mulls joining Latvia-led Ukraine drone coalition

Japan is reviewing an invitation from Latvia to join a group of nations sending drones and technology to Ukraine as it battles Russia’s invasion. … The Drone Coalition — most members from across Europe, along with Australia and New Zealand — has already pledged 1.8 billion euros ($2.1 billion) in support. If Tokyo signs on, it would be the first country from East Asia to join.

Source: The Defense Post
25.09.2025
Addressing conflict-related sexual violence, Ukraine draws lessons from Bosnia

In November 2024, Ukraine adopted a law which provides survivors of CRSV with the opportunity to receive interim reparation payments during an active war, becoming the first country to implement reparations for survivors of CRSV during an ongoing conflict. 

Source: Balkan Insight
23.09.2025
In abrupt change, Trump says Ukraine In 'position to win' war with Russia

"After getting to know and fully understand the Ukraine/Russia Military and Economic situation and, after seeing the Economic trouble it is causing Russia, I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form," Trump wrote.

Source: RFE/RL
19.09.2025
China's defense universities help Russia offset sanctions and export controls, new research shows

New research shared with RFE/RL shows that leading Chinese universities linked to the country’s defense sector have significantly increased their research partnerships with Russian institutions, providing Moscow with access to new technology and expertise that can help counteract Western sanctions applied since the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 

Source: RFE/RL
18.09.2025
Why young men can now enter, leave as they choose

At the end of August, the Ukrainian government allowed men aged 18 to 22 to leave the country, where martial law has been imposed since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the decision would keep more young men in Ukraine by giving them the freedom to leave and return as they pleased. He insisted the new rule would not impair the country's defense capabilities. 

Source: Deutsche Welle
15.09.2025
EU looking at new Russia sanctions proposals amid Trump call for halt in oil purchases

Measures against Russia over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine will also target more banks, the Kremlin's so-called shadow fleet -- transport for Moscow to skirt sanctions -- third-country firms, and the blacklisting of a number of individuals, especially those deemed responsible for the abduction of Ukrainian children. 

Source: RFE/RL
13.09.2025
Kyiv puts defence needs for 2026 at $120 billion – even if Russia's war ends

Ukraine spends around a third of its entire economic output on defence and relies on tens of billions of dollars of financial assistance from its Western allies to keep its economy afloat. Speaking at a conference in Kyiv, Ukraine’s Defence Minister Denys Shmygal said his country risked losing more land to Russia if it continued to be outspent on the battlefield.

Source: euractiv
11.09.2025
Accidental or deliberate? Russia's drone incursion into Poland is a test for Nato

Wednesday morning's incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace led to jets being scrambled, an emergency government meeting being called - and concerns that Europe and Nato's resolve against Moscow may not be up to the test. … Russia has pushed back against accusations that the incursion was deliberate – though it also stopped short of denying its drones had trespassed sovereign Polish airspace.

Source: BBC