Zakharchenko attacks political rivals The Donetsk “People’s Republic” was hit by fresh political infighting last week after separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko demanded that two members of “parliament” should be investigated...
Whenever the connection of Russian military personnel to events in Transnistria, the separatist-controlled territory of Moldova, or in the occupied territories of Ukraine’s Donbas, come up, Russia is quick to deny they were there at all....
The ground is still covered with snow, but the morning showers, which were replaced by a heavy fog after lunch, have turned the snow into a skating rink. It’s hard to walk on ice; our legs slide to and fro and sideways. We barely manage...
What are the Minsk Agreements? The Minsk Protocol (later known as Minsk-1) with the Minsk Memorandum of September 2014 and the Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements (Minsk-2) are agreements between Ukraine and...
“I know several such newly arrived families. As a rule, the men are sent out to fight, while their wives and children are provided with local housing. As a matter of fact, the persons who arrive here from “dead” Russian villages...
The regular Russian Army occupies a part of Donbas. What traces has Russia left in eastern Ukraine in 2017? How is it that Russian citizen Viktor Ageyev initially named himself a member of the Russian military, but in the courtroom, he...
Inna Kuznetsova: Mr. Kozlovskyi, by now you must hate that journalists are always posing unwelcome questions. They ask you about the worst – and you must once more relive it. Ihor Kozlovskyi: I have even come to miss such questions. For...
Russia had effectively blocked the prisoner exchange process in the Donbas for 15 months from September 2016, when two Ukrainian nationals were released from captivity. This September Ukraine was ready to release 309 prisoners in...
Russia’s pullout from ceasefire monitoring team The Joint Control and Coordination Center (JCCC) for the issues of ceasefire and stabilization of the delimitation line was created in September 2014 in the East-Ukrainian town of...
The prisoner swap process had been de-facto blocked by Russia for 15 months. The last exchange took place on 17 September 2016, when Ukrainian nationals Volodymyr Zhemchuhov and UN mission employee Yurii Suprun were released from...
Here is everything you need to know about one of the most disturbing scenarios unraveling in a European institution. NOTE: This article has been, and will be updated according to the developing situation. What does PACE do, anyway? PACE,...
