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Russian disinformation activities accompanying the MH17 trialThe...On March 9th the hearings of the MH17 process started. What happened since then on the disinformation front? There are some regular patterns, and the activities of Alexander Malkevich. -
Intellectual group warns against Russian annexation of Ukrainian historical memory in “Holocaust Disneyland”Amid increasing controversy around a Russian-funded project to memorialize the Holocaust at Babyn Yar in Kyiv, Ukrainian intellectuals from the First of December Group have released a statement..."" -
“You will always be our hero!” – do not forget fallen officer Mykola ZhukThis is an essay by prominent Ukrainian writer Yuriy Andrukhovych, dedicated to Ukrainian officer Mykhailo Zhuk who fell in combat in eastern Ukraine fighting against Russian-backed militants in January 2015.... -
The ghosts of the Kremlin’s past: this week’s targets of Russian propagandaOn 3 October, Germany celebrated the 30th anniversary of reunification – a defining moment in the history of Europe. And while the Kremlin sent a congratulations letter to the leaders... -
EU greenlights further economic integration with Ukraine and other outcomes of EU-Ukraine summitLast week was filled with international victories for Ukraine. We have written about the successes with the UK, where Ukraine achieved two important agreements -- a Memorandum to modernize its... -
Month-long underground strike of miners in Zelenskyy’s hometown highlights ills of oligarchic economyDozens of protesting miners remain underground for more than a month now in an iron ore mine in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The workers are protesting against the poor... -
Russian disinformation shadows Ukrainian-British-US Joint Endeavor 2020 exerciseThe Russian Armed Forces’ largest military exercise of the year, Kavkaz 2020, was held on September 21–23, in the southwestern part of the country (TASS, September 20). Although, officially, the... -
Markiv case: International task group exposes glaring legal errors in Italian court hearingsThe Memorial Human Rights Centre (Russia) and the Centre for Civil Liberties (Ukraine) have set up an international task group to independently analyze the investigation into the death..."" -
“Black Sea mosquito fleet”: how the UK will help Ukraine regain its naval footingOn 7 and 8 October, Ukraine and the UK signed two important agreements. On 8 October - a comprehensive trade and cooperation agreement that will replace the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement... -
Ukraine signs Memorandum to modernize its Navy, new partnership and trade agreement with the UKOn 8 October, one day after signing a Memorandum to modernize the Ukrainian Navy, Ukraine and the United Kingdom signed an agreement on political cooperation, free trade, and strategic partnership,... -
IDP teen Kyrylo from occupied Luhansk : “Luhansk is a city of lost opportunities!”The war in the Donbas is entering its seventh year. During this period, thousands of children have grown up in the occupied territories, and not many of them..."" -
Are the wildfires in eastern Ukraine a form of warfare? This video suggests yesAs massive wildfires raged in the government-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine, a video surfaced showing what appeared to be Russian - backed militants setting grass on fire with tracer bullets.... -
The Guardian censors article on Ukrainian historical stamps. Read it hereOleksandr Kosmach, a photographer from Kyiv with a love for history, collects historical stamps issued by Ukrainian diaspora organizations in the XX century. A photo article about these stamps, which... -
Pro-Kremlin disinformation is often able to influence people’s opinions, research showsDisinformation works, and pro-Kremlin disinformation is often able to influence people’s opinions. This is the conclusion drawn from recent research on “online astroturfing”. The researchers investigated the psychology behind effective... -
Parades and propaganda: how Russia erases the Ukrainian identity of kids in occupied CrimeaSince 2016, Russian occupying authorities have introduced a strategic educational program to make Crimean children forget their Ukrainian identity and become ardent patriots of Russia. The goals of..."" -
Donbas negotiations in deadlock again as Russia demands local elections (again)As expected, the negotiation process has reached an impasse in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG, Minsk Group) that tries to resolve the conflict in the east of Ukraine ongoing... -
Markiv case: in second hearing, Milan court calls for complete & exact translation of audiotapesThe second hearing of Court of Appeals on the case of Ukrainian soldier Vitaliy Markiv took place in Milan, Italy, on October 1. Vitaliy has been in prison..."" -
Crimean Tatars in the crosshairs of Russia’s war on MuslimsSeven more Crimean Tatar activists joined the ever-growing ranks of Crimean "terrorists" Russia accused of membership in the pan-Islamic peaceful organization Hizb ut-Tahrir. Despite no proof of ever thinking about... -
Russian filmmaker falsifies fake forgery to call Belarusian crowds computer-generated"It’s fake, fake, fake!" Filmmaker Nikita Mikhalkov did not leave his audience in any doubt when demonstrating that the vast crowds of protesters in Belarus were nothing but computer-generated imagery.... -
Ukrainian mayors rebel against COVID-19 restrictions and winOn 28 August, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine decided that measures applied by the government against COVID-19 were unconstitutional and violated the rights of people, businesses, and municipalities. The decision...
