Petro Oleshchuk

Political scientist

Petro Oleshchuk

What can Ukraine glean from Iran’s attack on Israel — opinion

Why didn’t the coalition of Western countries let a single Iranian missile fall on Israel, while merely observing Russian missiles striking Ukraine for two years? The answer is rather complex.

15 April 2024, 09:00 PM 2660

Why Western sanctions don’t affect Russia’s appetite for war

I suspect that not so long ago, sanctions were seen in the West as an effective and very important deterrent.

19 March 2024, 10:30 PM 370

US assistance to Ukraine. Will something be resolved this week?

Regarding the American aid package and the events that will take place this week:

7 February 2024, 09:10 PM 243

Russia is testing NATO's response. What's going on?

Every time another Russian missile or drone flies into the territory of a NATO member state, Ukrainians pay very close attention. Some are still waiting for a "powerful response," while others are not waiting for anything.

9 January 2024, 04:25 PM 1134

Impact of Trump’s Colorado election ban

As for the ban on Trump's election participation, we should not rush to judgment.

22 December 2023, 10:20 PM 178

Why Ukraine gave up its nukes so eagerly

I often hear in the context of the legendary Budapest Memorandum that "Ukrainians are stupid because they gave up their nuclear weapons for nothing."

20 December 2023, 08:45 PM 510

Moscow’s diminished influence in Central Asia

A few days ago, a meeting of the foreign ministers of Europe and Central Asia took place. 

1 November 2023, 08:30 PM 372

Washington’s emerging Ukraine policy

There is an evident paradigm shift in the thinking of American elites.

23 October 2023, 08:30 PM 208

EU dynamics behind Ukraine’s ‘conflict’ with Poland

If we delve deeper into the issue, it becomes clear that this is not really a conflict between Poland and Ukraine, but rather a conflict between Poland and the EU.

21 September 2023, 11:00 PM 317

Russia pressures the West by choking off grain supply

The Russian leadership has always acted this way – using terrorism as a form of doing business and making money

16 August 2023, 10:20 PM 271

Minsk and Moscow are provoking Poland

So far, it is psychological. What are its goals and objectives?

4 August 2023, 07:30 PM 700

What explains Putin's long-standing popularity

Putin's regime in Russia now seeks to establish its legitimacy by appealing to "past glory."

24 June 2023, 03:59 AM 464

The most important thing has already happened. What has changed in the West

One should not expect anything extraordinary from the Ramstein meetings themselves. Issues are discussed there, but decisions may be announced later

1 February 2023, 04:19 PM 553

A new image of propaganda. Three aspects after Medvedev's statement about nuclear war

In particular, Medvedev said something like "losing the war" is impossible for a nuclear power, because it would mean a state of nuclear war.

24 January 2023, 11:48 AM 2649

What does the transfer of Patriot batteries to Ukraine mean?

It is not just that one state-of-the-art system can pave the way for other relevant systems

28 December 2022, 01:45 PM 1123

Russia's position is changing, the ‘Istanbul agreements’

As far as the "Istanbul agreements," are concerned, I’m not considering them directly, but am paying attention to the mechanism for implementing all this.

30 March 2022, 06:39 PM 583