Alexander Kokcharov
@alex_kokcharov
London-based geopolitical analyst focused on #Russia, #Ukraine, #Belarus, #Eurasia. I tweet in personal capacity. All views are my own. Retweet ≠ endorsement.
Ukrainians are protesting Zelenskyy, but it has nothing to do with ending the war or any peace deals. They know Putin is still the problem. This is over domestic politics. Ukrainians share their opinions openly in their democracy. Don't worry, they'd never accept a dictator.
Huge protests erupt in Kyiv against Ukrainian President Zelensky as he is a dictator and refuses to make a peace deal and end the war. Good for the Ukrainian people! Throw him out of office! And America must STOP funding and sending weapons!!!
⚡️ OECD warns Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies law threatens foreign investment, media reports. kyivindependent.com/oecd-warns-ukr…
Ukraine will NOT receive the Patriot systems promised by Trump before spring 2026, Spiegel reports.
The #Russian oil business is under pressure: The US hopes that Europe will join secondary #sanctions against buyers of Russian oil. ubn.news/the-russian-oi…
⚡️ About 2,000 people came to a rally near the President's Office in Kyiv with a call not to sign the scandalous bill No. 12414, which could damage the independence of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office. 263 MPs voted…
⚡️ Russia suffered 80,000 casualties during Kursk incursion, Ukraine's military chief says. Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi did not reveal Ukraine's casualties in Kursk Oblast but said Russia's losses were significantly greater. kyivindependent.com/russia-suffere…
Ukraine’s strength is its freedom. @ZelenskyyUa, veto this law before it breaks trust beyond repair.
This is the first large-scale anti-government protest in Ukraine since February 2022; a few thousand are here, demanding Zelensky veto the passage of bill 12414.
“Putin underestimated the situation from the very beginning. Most of all, he underestimated Ukrainians. Putin knows very little about modern Ukraine. He doesn't understand who Ukrainians are.” — Anne Applebaum said in an interview with DW, where she also explained why Trump is so…
Ukraine has already ordered over 3 billion UAH worth of interceptor drones, Defense Minister Shmyhal announced. Four state contracts have been signed with domestic producers, with a focus on countering Russian Shaheds. Talks are ongoing to secure financing and scale up…
There is no better evidence of democracy in Ukraine than this: ⬇️
EU econ commissioner Dombrovskis to @FT: 'Financial assistance to Ukraine is conditional on transparency, judicial reforms, democratic govt. The same is true concerning path towards EU accession that also will require strong capacity to combat corruption.' ft.com/content/ef23be…
Ukraine’s top commander Oleksandr Syrskyi has urged the Trump administration to lift restrictions on U.S. weapons and send longer-range missiles. In an interview with The Washington Post, he said Ukraine needs ATACMS, Patriots, and more air defense to hit Russian targets directly…
85 years ago today, the U.S. issued the Welles Declaration refusing to recognize the Soviet occupation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Today, the Baltic states stand as model Allies and staunch defenders of the freedom they fought to regain. #WellesDeclaration…
Hundreds of Ukrainians protested on July 22 in central Kyiv demanding that Zelenskyy veto the bill, saying it had been rushed through and will allow government meddling in high-profile graft cases. rferl.org/a/ukraine-corr…
The reason why Ukrainians are free to protest peacefully in Kyiv (in this case about a law just passed by parliament) is because they haven’t “ended the war” by surrendering to Putin and abolishing their democracy.
Huge protests erupt in Kyiv against Ukrainian President Zelensky as he is a dictator and refuses to make a peace deal and end the war. Good for the Ukrainian people! Throw him out of office! And America must STOP funding and sending weapons!!!
Thousands of protesters defied wartime restrictions in Kyiv, rallying against the government’s move to strip anti-corruption agencies of their independence. See the historic moment through photos captured on the ground by Kyiv Post. kyivpost.com/photos/56779
At least 3 people were killed and 40 others injured in the past day across four regions of Ukraine. In the Sumy region, critical infrastructure was damaged, leaving some residents without power. Last night, a drone strike hit a market in Velykyi Burluk, Kharkiv region, causing a…
In Russia, the country's Supreme Court outlawed the so-called “International Satanist Movement” - a non-existent entity - granting a request from state prosecutors to designate it as an “extremist” organisation. themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/23/rus…
