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,…
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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…
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…
Donbas Buddhist monks settle in Ukraine’s Carpathian Mountains after fleeing war
Serhey Filonenko, Buddhist monk: “Everything that happened is connected with the Donbas and with war. Everything has started from…
What do teens in occupied Donetsk want in life?
Kirill Second-year student at Donetsk National University “Leisure time or holidays? What’re you talking about?… Who’re you kidding?…
“My spirit is not broken”: one Ukrainian soldier’s harrowing account of surviving in captivity
Three years in separatist captivity in eastern Ukraine have taken a toll on Mykola Herasymenko’s health. He has…
Torture and humiliation: freed Ukrainians talk about Donbas captivity
Ivan Tyrenko is a released hostage who is undergoing rehabilitation at Kyiv’s the Feofaniya Clinical Hospital. He says…
Largest prisoner swap in Donbas: 73 Ukrainians released from captivity of Russian-run “republics”
Russia had effectively blocked the prisoner exchange process in the Donbas for 15 months from September 2016, when two Ukrainian…
What Ukraine can take from the “Croatian Scenario” of conflict resolution
Contents What do people mean by “the Croatian Scenario”? What time does it refer to?“Operation Storm”Who speaks about…
Another ceasefire begins in Donbas after pullout of Russian observers followed by escalation
Contents Russia’s pullout from ceasefire monitoring teamAnother escalation in the DonbasThe US and Canada’s green light to the lethal aid can…
UGCC Major Archbishop Svyatoslav: “The war will stop when we stop pretending there’s no war!”
Such an opinion was recently expressed in a radio broadcast by the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic…
Children of war: 17-year-old Misha and Artur talk about their fathers, childhood and war
My father, Viktor Makidon, was an officer in the Myrotvorets Battalion. He died of a heart attack in…
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…
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…
The humanitarian factor in Russia’s hybrid war
The recent release of convicted Crimean Tatar leaders Ilmi Umerov and Akhmet Chiygoz marks the first release of…
Who is who in Russian-run “Donetsk People’s Republic”
Contents Background of the takeover of DonbasInfluential groups in occupied DonetskOutsiders linked to DNR influence groupsInfluential groups of…
Ukraine’s Donbas-reintegration bill branding Russia “aggressor state” passes first reading
Contents “Donbas laws”Re-integration lawSpecial status for Luhansk and DonetskVoting amid scuffles and smokeOppositionReaction to the new Donbas legislationFirst…
Wounded veterans train for Invictus Games, beginning September 23rd
The athletes competing in the Invictus Games are proving that they are stronger than their wounds. Their strength…
Ukraine re-thinking its approach to Donbas war. Key things to know
After more than three years which have passed since the start of the war in eastern Ukraine, the…