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...
OSCE responded to media reports claiming that the Mission is not effectively monitoring the disengagement areas. In the Facebook statement from 12 October, the Mission reassured it was fully supportive of the sides’ efforts to...
Most Western discussions about countering Russian disinformation have focused exclusively on unmasking the ever-growing number of lies and other forms of obfuscation Russian government propagandists and their surrogates are putting out and...
“Draw your own candidate” The first striking fact is that, according to Iryna Bekeshkina, director of the Fund “Democratic Initiatives,” 37% of Zelenskyi’s electorate support Ukraine’s membership in NATO while another 37%...
