Moscow’s integration of Donbas from below–via Russian regions–accelerates
Earlier this month, the governor of Orel Oblast, a Russian region adjoining Ukraine, called for a commission to…
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The families of the MH17 attack remember
One of those was Bryce Fredriksz. On the morning of July 17, 2014, the 23-year-old left his house on…
‘Russia has begun the integration of the Donbas’ – at the regional level
In the best Putinite tradition, Russia has begun to take steps to integrate and absorb the Donbas into…
US non-recognition policy and Crimea – Russian misrepresentations and Baltic truths
Three US senators, Marco Rubio, Bob Menendez and Rob Portman, have called for Washington to promulgate a policy…
Trump’s challenging of broad consensus on Crimea will lead to a broader war, Skobov says
Even if Donald Trump doesn’t recognize as legitimate Vladimir Putin’s Anschluss of Crimea, the US president’s hints that…
Moscow planning provocation in occupied Crimea to discredit Ukraine, general says
Likely with an eye on the Helsinki summit, the Russian authorities are preparing some sort of provocation in…
Kremlin-linked Russian commentators step up calls for ‘destruction’ of Ukraine
While most coverage of Russia has been focusing on the FIFA World Cup and Russians’ obsession about a…
New Ukrainian radiolocation stations knock out Russian drones
Ukraine recently began manufacturing radiolocation systems designed to bring down enemy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Ukrainian “Anklav” radiolocation…
It’s not my story…
It’s all about Oleg Sentsov… “What’s the situation in Ukraine?” – I hear this question quite regularly. A…
Russian puppet “LNR” opens “consulate” in Sicily and other overlooked stories from Donbas
Zakharchenko attacks political rivals The Donetsk “People’s Republic” was hit by fresh political infighting last week after separatist…
Sorry, world, for being ourselves…
Forgive us, Ukrainians, for sending our sons and brothers to be wounded and killed in the war every…
Moscow boosting tensions in Sea of Azov but can’t change strategic situation there, senior Ukrainian intelligence officer says
Ukrainian forces long anticipated what Russian ships are doing in the Sea of Azov and have taken measures…
Russian cemeteries now feature real headstones for regular troops KIA in Ukraine
Even though the Russian media are providing ever less coverage of Ukraine and Russia’s involvement there than only…
New footage shows Russian PMC Wagner involved in crucial 2015 Debaltseve battle in Ukraine
PMC Wagner is a Russian private military company that has been recruiting and sending its soldiers, who are mostly…
Three largest Russian militant training facilities identified
After the Wagner disaster in Syria, Russian and Western journalists reported about its training facility near Molkino where…
“My father died for Ukraine!”: 4 cadets about life, death and the future
Oleh Boyko, 14 years old My father was called Oleksandr Boyko. I live with my mother and older…
Putin seized Crimea with regular army but outsourced action in Donbas
There are many differences between the Russian seizure of Crimea and Russian actions in the Donbas, but perhaps…
Kyiv will resist any Russian naval attack on Azov littoral despite imbalance of forces
Kyiv will use all the power at its disposal to resist a Russian naval attack on Ukrainian targets…
Moscow blocking maritime shipping to Ukrainian ports on Sea of Azov
There is now another “front in the Russian-Ukrainian war,” Mykhailo Zhirokhov says. “It is the Sea of Azov…
West must boycott FIFA World Cup or face an even more dangerous Putin afterwards
If the West doesn’t recall the 1936 Nazi Olympics when thinking about the FIFA World Cup competition to…