“I think it is an exaggeration” In the course of the following day, several Russian and Ukrainian media quoted Ms. Serova’s statements. Some of them questioned if she would, in fact, have been able to follow the trajectory of...
On 28 June, Ukrainian top Minsk negotiator Leonid Kuchma visited the location to inspect the withdrawal and an army press officer told at a press briefing: “Today after we received guarantees from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission...
Oleksandr Zakharchenko, the self-proclaimed leader of the Russian client statelet, the Donetsk Peoples Republic, has called for the confiscation of all agricultural food products and their being handed over to his regime, an ugly order in...
Deynega underlined that “not one single man bearing a weapon will enter “LNR-controlled” territory”. When Leonardo Svidovsky, the host of Theme of the Day asked him whether UN peacekeeping forces would be considered military...
The text of this “Order” dated Novemeber 3, 2017 has been published on the “DNR” website. “Cereals and grains, as well as fruits growing on bushes, trees and vines that have been harvested without permission on state and...
The Minsk peace process is so far seen as the only way to stop the war between combined Russian-separatist forces and the Ukrainian army in Donbas. There was a Minsk-1 first signed in September 2014, and then a Minsk-2 adopted in February...
Today, on April 23, the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine reported its first casualties in the Donbas since the mission was deployed to Ukraine in 2014. One staff member had died after a patrol vehicle hit a landmine near the...
On February 20 the ceasefire announced earlier by Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov did not bring quiet to the Donbas. An everyday scenario of pointless harassing fire was applied again. A quiet night along the entire frontline, an almost...
February 11 was another relatively quiet day in the Donbas after the recent sharp escalation according to reports by residents of the frontline cities. The morning activity (all time EET, GMT+2): 09:35 Donetsk Vetka settlement: sounds of...
“Despite the strict limits imposed on the Observer Mission’s mandate and operating procedures, the Mission has still been able to document Russia’s destabilizing and destructive activity in eastern Ukraine. The Observer Mission...
A report on how Russia pursues hybrid war to destabilize Ukraine has been published on 16 July 2019 at the UK-based Royal United Services Institute, the world’s oldest independent defense and security think tank. It is the first major...
