A mother’s heartbreaking appeal to get her son back from Russian captivity
In 2014, a Russian judge found Stanislav Klykh guilty of fighting against Russian forces in the 1990s Chechen…
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Russian aggression in Europe and in Ukraine in particular.
How pranksters are used as a pro-Kremlin propaganda tool
They claim to have tricked the US Ambassador to the United Nations, presenting themselves as Poland’s Prime Minister. They…
A month of freedom: released hostages tell about captivity and torture in occupied Donbas
Read the prisoner swap story: Largest prisoner swap in Donbas: 73 Ukrainians released from captivity of Russian-run “republics” Contents…
Crimea conference members at European Parliament call for boycott of FIFA World Cup in Russia
“I call on the international community to exert pressure on all forums, including bilateral negotiations with Russia, so…
NATO sprays poison over Poland, ‘civil war’ in Ukraine and other Russian disinformation of the week
When Shakespeare wrote the famous words “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” he pointed to…
From stage to the front line: Ukrainian filmmakers honor the memory of Vasyl Slipak
Simple, cheerful, energetic — this is how he’s remembered by his battle brothers. And this is how he will be…
“Visitors” from Russia pushing out Donbas locals and taking over housing
“I know several such newly arrived families. As a rule, the men are sent out to fight, while…
Pro-Kremlin propaganda’s years of European horror
Almost five years ago on 18 August 2013, a video in Russian named “Horror. Legalization of incest in…
PACE urges Russia end support to illegal armed groups in Donbas, cease repressions in Crimea
As several amendments to the initial draft resolution were passed, 56 delegates representing the PACE member states favored the resolution,…
Anti-Semitism tolerated by pro-Kremlin propaganda
What is Russia Insider? Russia Insider is a private, Moscow-based English language online media outlet, in which Western…
Moscow preparing to replace its forces in Donbas with ‘private’ military ones, Kyiv analyst suggests
The Russian State Duma will soon be taking up draft legislation regularizing the status of nominally “private” military…
Baltic “elves” launch online database of pro-Russian trolls to tackle propaganda
The Vatnikas online database has been launched to fight the spreaders of the Russian propaganda, Lietuvos Žinios outlet reports. According to the…
Five projects which will strengthen the Ukrainian Army in the new year
2017 is over. The final stage of the testing of project “Vilkha” (a guided missile using MLRS “Smerch”…
No longer ATO, not yet a war. Ukraine adopts controversial “Donbas reintegration” bill
On 18 January 2018, the Ukrainian Parliament, or Verkhovna Rada, adopted the law on the reintegration of Donbas…
Russian participation in the war in Donbas: evidence from 2017
The regular Russian Army occupies a part of Donbas. What traces has Russia left in eastern Ukraine in…
Ukraine must push its case about human losses in Crimea before the Hague ICC, says lawyer Andrei Vodik
Major Stanislav Karachevsky of the 10th Saky Naval Aviation Brigade was fatally shot in the back from an…
Crimean court sentences activist who flew Ukrainian flag in gravely falsified trial
On 16 January 2017, Volodymyr Balukh, the Crimean farmer who kept raising the Ukrainian flag above his house…
Uprooted Crimean Tatar Restaurant Finds New Home in Kyiv
“It wasn’t easy, our biggest fans at the beginning were our neighbours, who were actually very nice. Mostly…
Kremlin isn’t panicking over new sanctions the way many are suggesting, Nemets says
Many commentators in Russia and the West are suggesting that Moscow is panicking about the consequences of the…
Chaplain Mykola: For patriotic priests, the “front line” represents all of Ukraine!
– The number one mission for anyone who loves Ukraine is protecting Ukraine, but not only in the…