Donbas on the brink of environmental catastrophe
Chemical plants and steel mills are just some of the more than four thousand ticking ecological time bombs…
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Donbas war (2014-present)
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Marine Commander Sukharevsky: We’ll never give up Mariupol!
-The army is a mirror of our society, and children are our future. We soldiers may look very…
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…
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…
“Occupiers’ Methadone Ban Fueling HIV Explosion in Crimea” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
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…
‘Russians Stripped of More Medals as Doping Scandal Spreads’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
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”…
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…
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…
“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 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…
Volunteer Mariya Berlinska’s outraged cry: “And when they come for us…
… Everything’s very clear… we all know what really happened. (On June 1, 2017, Amina Okueva and her…
“LNR” admits to threat of rebellion due to high unemployment in occupied Luhansk
Occupied Alchevsk used to be the industrial centre of Luhansk Oblast, but is now almost totally abandoned by…
“Russia Now Leading Source of ISIS Fighters” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
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…
How one hospital has become a medical lifeline for Ukrainians in combat zone
Russia’s war in eastern Ukraine forced hundreds of thousands to leave their homes — among them Hennadii Hryhoriev, an expert…