Acceptance of the Kremlin’s insistence on a neutral Ukraine would likely have prevented the ongoing war that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.

Source: https://original.antiwar.com/ted_galen_carpenter/2023/12/21/my-own-brush-with-death-has-intensified-my-opposition-to-u-s-imperialism/

Amid the war, Russia’s Wagner Group continues to mine and export Sudanese gold to finance the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine.

Source: https://www.samfordcrimson.com/genocide-famine-in-sudan-as-biden-admin-accused-of-being-idle-2023-12-26.html

Armenia joins the International Criminal Court, the latest move among former Soviet states to affirm civic principles different from the Kremlin’s.

Source: https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2023/1004/Big-leaps-to-escape-Russia-s-orbit?icid=rss

Beijing’s state companies stand accused of contributing to the Kremlin’s war chest.

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-accuses-chinese-energy-oil-gas-firms-sponsoring-russia-war/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

Bucha is on the outskirts of and is an area where war crimes were allegedly carried out by the Kremlin’s occupying forces.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/bucha-kyiv-kremlin-volodymyr-zelensky-un-security-council-b2289374.html

But I don’t believe such an event is likely, because of both the real limitations of the Russian army and the Kremlin’s strategic and political desires.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/06/30/destroying-eastern-ukraine-to-save-it/

But the Kremlin’s main objective in the east is conquest, and Russian forces have been stymied by the Ukrainian defenders.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/02/world/europe/ukraine-russia-un-security-council.html

But with restrictions finally tightening on the Kremlin’s chief moneymaker -- oil -- the months ahead will be an even tougher test of President Vladimir Putin’s fortress economy.

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/03/13/ukraine-war-wagner-recruiting-in-moscow-high-schools-for-young-warriors

Having for years encouraged the Kremlin’s powerful elites to compete for his favor, he’s now given them a powerful reason to unite against him.

Source: https://rapidcityjournal.com/opinion/matthew-sussex-putin-has-never-looked-weaker-and-more-vulnerable/article_8c4831d1-7340-5b3a-bd3f-44e0086d48f0.html

His personal relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin survived the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine.

Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2023/05/28/erdogan-seeks-third-decade-of-rule-in-turkish-runoff/

In December 2019, the Kremlin’s claim it had successfully tested a disconnection from the global net was met with scepticism by experts.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/technology/the-secret-service-agents-had-a-message-take-down-the-app-or-go-to-jail-how-is-the-internet-splintering-20230327-p5cvl2.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

In February, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US had intelligence suggesting China was considering providing arms and ammunition to Russia тАФ and warned that such involvement in the Kremlin’s war effort would be a тАЬserious problem.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/world/china-vows-not-to-sell-arms-to-any-party-in-ukraine-war-8556335/

It is one of the Kremlin’s few tangible successes in Ukraine.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/29/world/europe/ukraine-russia-counteroffensive.html

Mr. Zygar is a Russian journalist and the author of “All the Kremlin’s Men: Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin.”

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/opinion/russia-putin-ukraine-wagner.html

Russia unleashed a wave of nighttime drone and missile attacks across 10 of Ukraine’s 24 regions, Ukrainian authorities said Friday as they prepare for another winter of infrastructure bombardment by the Kremlin’s forces.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/russia-steps-up-its-aerial-barrage-of-ukraine-as-kyiv-officials-brace-for-attacks-on-infrastructure

Since last summer the Kremlin’s forces have bombarded Bakhmut, a city that Moscow sees as critical to achieving Mr. Putin’s objective of capturing all of Donbas, which includes Donetsk and the neighboring Luhansk region.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/05/world/europe/russia-ukraine-bakhmut-wagner.html

Stoltenberg said the 31 NATO allies were committed to shoring up Ukraine’s military, adding that taking back land occupied by the Kremlin’s forces would give Kyiv a stronger negotiating position if peace talks occur.

Source: https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/apr/27/nato-ukraine-allies-sent-1550-combat-vehicles-vast-ammo/

“The Defense Ministry is the main, legitimate and comprehensive source of information about the course of the special military operation,” Peskov said Monday in a conference call with reporters, using the Kremlin’s term for the war.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/world-news/2023/01/ukraine-school-spurns-russian-claim-of-troops-killed-there/

The Kremlin’s spokesman says Moscow is keeping close watch on decisions made at the NATO summit, and will analyze them to “take measures aimed at ensuring our security.”

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/world-news/2023/07/live-updates-lithuania-and-allies-beef-up-security-for-nato-summit/

The Kremlin’s sweeping campaign of repression has criminalized criticism of the war.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/russia-orders-arrest-prominent-producer-director-criticized-ukraine-99384770