Meet the foreign fighters defending Ukraine from Russian aggression
This is Mamuka Mamulashvili. He’s one of the foreign volunteer fighters currently serving in Ukraine’s armed forces. He…
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Russian aggression in Europe and in Ukraine in particular.
Will Ukrainians watch the 2018 FIFA World Cup? Dilemma for Ukraine’s Public Broadcaster
According to Alasania, events of this size have always been broadcast by the country’s First National Channel, the…
Czechoslovakia should be grateful to the USSR for 1968, Russian propaganda says
Taken down after Czech protests The independent Russian outlet Meduza’s research into the editing history on Zvezda’s website shows that after…
Portnikov: Putin has four Donbas scenarios and will choose worst one for Ukraine
Moscow completely controls the situation in the occupied Donbas, Vitaly Portnikov says; and consequently, one should not view…
Chaplain Kostyantyn Kholodov: War is a terrible thing that changes a man’s mindset
The war is well into its fourth year, but the law on military chaplaincy has yet to be…
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”…
Head of Ukraine’s Public Broadcaster: the government assassinates us gently
The question of media freedom and independence as an important aspect of democracy has been discussed during the…
The Soldier and the Doctor: A story from the front lines
The pain could be relieved somewhat if he stared at the sky. It would recede deep behind the…
Revisionism, misinterpreted facts, video game image as evidence – this week’s pro-Kremlin disinformation tactics
This week we saw plenty of historical re-inventions in pro-Kremlin outlets. For example, the staggering number of victims of communist…
Russia stands behind “DNR” leader’s order to confiscate food crops, echoing Stalin’s Holodomor
Oleksandr Zakharchenko, the self-proclaimed leader of the Russian client statelet, the Donetsk Peoples Republic, has called for the…
Russian proxy republic leader in Donbas threatens to attack UN peacekeeper mission
Deynega underlined that “not one single man bearing a weapon will enter “LNR-controlled” territory”. When Leonardo Svidovsky, the…
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…
How Putin’s Crimean bridge grew over 2016-2017 – satellite images
The construction by Russia of the Kerch Strait (Crimean) Bridge goes along according to the plan and to…
“DNR leader” Zakharchenko orders confiscation of local crops
The text of this “Order” dated Novemeber 3, 2017 has been published on the “DNR” website. “Cereals and…
Ukrainian soldiers receive professional dental care on front lines
One of them is a dentist from Cherkasy, Valeriy Horbenko, who’s been working for more than a…
Russian info war against US, far broader than last year’s elections, an act of terrorism, Latynina says
Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again acceptance of Vladimir Putin’s claim that Moscow didn’t interfere in the 2016 US presidential…
German Siemens continues to collaborate with Russian companies
“Several companies are currently conducting major competitive tenders with those turbines, and Siemens participates in these tenders,” said…
BBC: How the “DNR” special services & troll factory scare Russians with terror attacks
Masked faces, distorted voices, poses from action movies and ready-to-use firearms – the Russian-language Internet is full of…
Crimean Tatar leader Umerov awarded Prize of Platform of European Memory and Conscience
Ilmi Umerov, Deputy head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, was awarded the Prize of the Platform…
Russia kidnapped two Ukrainian border guards and may hunt for more
The officers of Ukraine’s State Border Service (DPSU) Ihor Dzyubak and Bohdan Martson disappeared in Sumy Oblast, near…