Military prosecutor reports over 518 suicides among Ukrainian soldiers
“In the first two months of 2018, we’ve recorded two to three suicides per week, which means 16…
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Russia’s “ghost” armies and the “heroes of the Russian spring” in Ukraine
Despite the initial silence around these deaths in the Russian media and a significant understatement of losses, the…
Will a UN peacekeeping operation finally unfold in the occupied Donbas?
Why are the UN peacekeepers not still deployed in the conflict zone in the Donbas? Ukraine has been calling…
Ukrainian artist helps veterans forget troubles & bad thoughts in art therapy rehab
Some twenty soldiers are sitting at a table, assiduously drawing and painting angels with the help of volunteers.…
Identical statues to Russia’s “Wagner” mercenaries erected in Syria, occupied Donbas
A statue identical to the one to Russian mercenaries in Syria which surfaced in January has now popped up…
Why the Battle for Luhansk Airport is just as important as the Battle for Donetsk Airport
The Defense of Luhansk Airport – a chronicle of events recounting the defense of Luhansk Airport, which lasted…
A month of freedom: released hostages tell about captivity and torture in occupied Donbas
Read the prisoner swap story: Largest prisoner swap in Donbas: 73 Ukrainians released from captivity of Russian-run “republics” Three…
From stage to the front line: Ukrainian filmmakers honor the memory of Vasyl Slipak
Simple, cheerful, energetic — this is how he’s remembered by his battle brothers. And this is how he will be…
“Visitors” from Russia pushing out Donbas locals and taking over housing
“I know several such newly arrived families. As a rule, the men are sent out to fight, while…
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,…
Ukraine’s Donbas law and Russia’s outrage
Russian President Vladimir Putin convened a special meeting of the permanent members of the Russian Security Council to…
Moscow preparing to replace its forces in Donbas with ‘private’ military ones, Kyiv analyst suggests
The Russian State Duma will soon be taking up draft legislation regularizing the status of nominally “private” military…
Five projects which will strengthen the Ukrainian Army in the new year
2017 is over. The final stage of the testing of project “Vilkha” (a guided missile using MLRS “Smerch”…
Russian participation in the war in Donbas: evidence from 2017
The regular Russian Army occupies a part of Donbas. What traces has Russia left in eastern Ukraine in…
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…
Can anything be done in Ukraine with the so-called “canonical” Moscow Patriarchate?
Similar acts committed by clerics of the UOC-MP – in fact a branch of the Russian Orthodox Church…
Putin invaded Ukraine to prevent ‘Ukrainian’ ideas from spreading into Russia, Shmelyev says
The main reason Vladimir Putin invaded Crimea and the Donbas, Aleksandr Shmelyev says, is that he feared that…
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?…
‘Ukrainian-Language Samizdat Appears in Russia-Occupied Crimea’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…