Matviyenko edges toward acknowledgement of Putin’s aggression against Ukraine
Since 1945, Moscow has been involved in approximately 50 military conflicts abroad, most of which it denied at…
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Veteran Oleksiy Havrys: Tangoing is living and feeling again!
Oleksiy served in the war zone from 2014. He didn’t wait to be called up, persistently visited the…
Executed in Donbas: activists present data on 95 extrajudicial killings
On 6 June, the NGO Myrnyi Bereh presented its report titled “Executed in Donbas” in Kyiv. Human rights activists,…
Russian-hybrid attack on civilians in Krasnohorivka is a form of psychological warfare
The attack on Krasnohorivka On 28 May about 6:30 EET, two-hour bombardment of Krasnohorivka began. Russian-hybrid forces conducted…
Russian Military Convoys are the Lifeblood of the Occupation of Donbas
Russian convoys, often under the guise of ‘humanitarian aid’, have been flowing into Eastern Ukraine regularly since the…
Slovyansk and Kharkiv key to understanding war in Ukraine
Hello and welcome to Head-to-Head. It’s Vivica Williams and today we’re talking with Paul Niland, a political commentator…
Ukraine is in a state of war with Russia – and Kyiv needs to say so, Sungurovsky says
The Ukrainian government continues to call its fight against the Russian invasion of the country “an anti-terrorist operation,”…
In memoriam: The Defense of Donetsk Airport (25 May 2014 – 22 January 2015)
On 25 May 2014 Ukrainian airborne troops landed on the runway of Donetsk Airport and took control of…
The Donbas syndrome: those who walked through fire
Much has been written about PTSD and the Donbas Syndrome, but not many people have seen it with…
Deception, Disinformation, and Doubt: Hybrid Warfare in Eastern Ukraine
Conflict Context To start, the Euromaidan—the initial flashpoint from which armed conflict became possible—was not simply a response…
Parents bury hero son a second time
Oleksandr Tyshchenko was killed on April 13, 2015 near Avdiivka. Only some body parts were found on the…
To annex Donbas, Moscow would have to destabilize Ukraine by attacking elsewhere, experts say
Just as Moscow opened the way to its annexation of Crimea by undermining Ukrainian positions in the Donbas,…
Russian-hybrid forces kill four civilians in Donbas amid Eurovision grand final
On 13 May, the Eurovision song contest grand final in Kyiv was accompanied by Russian artillery attacks in…
Ukrainian soldiers in war zone display enemy “trophies” gathered after night attacks
“Everything you see here is what comes flying at us every day.” says soldier Andriy “Look, that’s an…
Hybrid warfare: stages of Russian occupation in frozen conflicts in a nutshell
The frozen conflicts Russia controls in the territory of the neighboring states are: Transnistrian conflict in Moldova (also…
Ukraine isn’t formally at war with Russia. For captured prisoners, this is a problem
Ukraine is not at peace. It is not formally at war, either. This curious state of affairs, engineered…
Valentyn Kovalsky: a story of life, war and death
His friend Valeriy Lohinov, call sign “Askold”, remembers him fondly: “Valentyn enlisted in the Armed Forces of Ukraine…
Russian-backed leader Zakharchenko demands Ukraine recognize “Donetsk republic”
The leader of the Donetsk separatists, Alexander Zakharchenko, made it clear that his “people’s republic” wants to be…
Economic separation of Donbas “republics” from Ukraine likely to create more economic woes
The severing of economic links between the areas controlled by separatists and the government in Ukraine’s Donetsk and…
Moving poem by Yuliya, wife of Oleksandr Korinkov, prisoner in the “DNR”
A raven croaks its dreary song above the man sitting in darkness, A darkness covered in sorrow, even…