I do not think it has any links to Ukraine as a UK (likely sofa-based) think tank tries to present. The whole Ukraine issue is a piece of cake for various conspiracy fans that often loose the ground in their paranoid dreams.
IMHO, Carnegie Moscow Center could provide a better picture and analysis. At least it is funded by Rockefeller, Ford and some other foundations plus supervised by CIA, and those guys do not give money to idiots
However, it is indeed possible to artificially link Ukraine to these Russian activities just by giving an order to Kiev to start shelling the separatist-controlled regions once again. The latter, obviously, will reply and then the propaganda will, as usual, keep silence about the regime shells and only take note of those coming from separ's and adding that the "Russian killing machine woke up". Hope it will not happen.