Bellingcat publishes interactive map of Russian artillery strikes across Ukrainian border
In July 2014, Ukrainian armed forces launched an anti-terrorist operation (ATO) against pro-Russian forces which controlled large parts of…
Another ceasefire begins in Donbas after pullout of Russian observers followed by escalation
Russia's pullout from ceasefire monitoring team The Joint Control and Coordination Center (JCCC) for the issues of ceasefire and…
Ukrainian low-coster SkyUp to start operations next April
Starting with April 2018, SkyUp will service charter flights in 2018 from Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Odesa and other…
Sunday Saakashvili rally attempted to seize palace in Kyiv, 32 law enforcers hospitalized
Speaking to his yet another "Impeachment March" on 17 December on Khreschatyk, the central street of the Ukrainian…
Ukraine may swap its 74 hostages in occupied Donbas before New Year
The prisoner swap process had been de-facto blocked by Russia for 15 months. The last exchange took place on…
After the coup in occupied Luhansk: a real junta and more Russian FSB control
Luhansk has been under the control of the Russian-hybrid forces since spring 2014. Moscow-installed local resident Igor Plotnitsky remained…
Coup attempt underway in occupied Luhansk: what we know so far
The coup was triggered by a ruling of the so-called Luhansk city Leninskyi district court dismissing an "LNR"…
Ukrainian civil resistance to Russian occupation in Donbas
When his native city Donetsk was run over by Russian-militant forces in the summer of 2014 and severed…
Russian proxy “republic” sentences two pro-Ukrainian football fans to 13 & 17 years
On 26 October, journalist Roman Bochkala wrote on Facebook that an "LNR" court sentenced a fan of the Luhansk Zorya…
Russian “siloviki” oversee power vertical of occupied Donbas
Russia controls the situation in its proxy state in eastern Ukraine, the "Donetsk People's Republic" ("DNR") via Russian-established law enforcement…
Ukrainian veteran, ethnic Chechen Amina Okuyeva assassinated near Kyiv
Her car was ambushed at a rail crossing near the settlement of Hlevakha in Kyiv Oblast, gunfire was…
Who is who in Russian-run “Donetsk People’s Republic”
Background of the takeover of Donbas The protests against the Euromaidan (2013-2014) in Luhansk and Donetsk were mostly…
United Ukraine supporter appointed head of ruling “party” in occupied Donetsk
During the previous week, the Russian-installed leader of Donetsk Aleksandr Zakharchenko informed that his political rival Denis Pushilin, speaker…
Russia brags about “Russian” Crimea in DPRK atlas where South Korea “annexed” by North
The Russian Embassy in the North Korea in their 12 October post on Facebook proudly reports that Crimea,…