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3 civilians killed, 8 injured in Russia’s missile attack in Donetsk Oblast over the last 24 hours
From the beginning of the war, 642 people were killed and 1668 were injured in Donetsk Oblast, the…
Ukrainian top brass warns Russian proxy forces prepared to stage terrorist acts in Donbas
[editorial]Russian special services have mined a number of social infrastructure facilities in Donetsk in order to blow them…
Russia builds up troops near Ukraine for blackmailing, not invasion, ex-DNR hostage Stanislav Aseyev believes
Starting from 2015, Stanislav Aseyev worked for different media in his hometown of Donetsk, wring his op-eds mostly…
Multimedia project Izolyatsia: Must Speak sheds light on infamous Donetsk “concentration camp”
Before the Russian occupation of Donetsk, what is now a prison was home to the international charity foundation…
Daily review: Russia opens “cultural center” in seized Donetsk temple, US&UK warn Russia against invading Ukraine, Associated Trio visits Brussels
Past 24 hours in the war zone On 29 November, according to Ukraine’s Joint-Forces Operation Staff, Russian-hybrid forces…
Donbas “republics” urge Moscow to openly send mercenaries to Ukraine’s east: Ukrainian MoD
Since the beginning of the Russian aggression in Ukraine, Moscow has been pertinacious in its denial of the…
Ukraine’s New York: child of a tragic love story of European industrialists and Donbas
Wild Field Up until the late 17th century, the huge steppe of modern Ukraine’s southeast was the country’s…
Three warders who tortured prisoners in occupied Donbas “concentration camp” ID’d as Russian citizens
[editorial]Three warders involved in torturing prisoners at Izolyatsia, the illegal makeshift prison in occupied Donetsk termed a “concentration…
First public photos of Russian-run Donetsk concentration camp leaked online
[editorial] Izolyatsia (“isolation” or “insulation”) is the name of an art center that emerged at the deserted Insulation…
Danyl Boldyrev: “I would like to climb in Donetsk again”/ Being20 Series
“I myself started from the bottom. I didn’t have any super training or super shoes. So, I know…
Donetsk art center turned into concentration camp: former hostages share their memories
Over the five years of its existence, several hundred people – both militants and locals suspected of spying…
Ukrainian elderly trapped on COVID-19 lockdown on both sides of front-line in Donbas: video
Chasiv Yar hospice In the town of Chasiv Yar, a family volunteered to create a hospice that sheltered…
Donetsk-born teenager recalls years of her living in occupied city
[editorial]When Russia unleashed war in the east of Ukraine almost six years ago, local residents didn’t have that…
Bellingcat publishes interactive map of Russian artillery strikes across Ukrainian border
In July 2014, Ukrainian armed forces launched an anti-terrorist operation (ATO) against pro-Russian forces which controlled large parts of…
BBC: How the “DNR” special services & troll factory scare Russians with terror attacks
Masked faces, distorted voices, poses from action movies and ready-to-use firearms – the Russian-language Internet is full of…
Russian “siloviki” oversee power vertical of occupied Donbas
Russia controls the situation in its proxy state in eastern Ukraine, the “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DNR”) via Russian-established law enforcement…
Who is who in the Kremlin proxy “Donetsk People’s Republic”
Background of the takeover of Donbas The protests against the Euromaidan (2013-2014) in Luhansk and Donetsk were mostly…
United Ukraine supporter appointed head of ruling “party” in occupied Donetsk
During the previous week, the Russian-installed leader of Donetsk Aleksandr Zakharchenko informed that his political rival Denis Pushilin, speaker…
French politicians to visit Donbas to “support Russian army being bombarded by Ukraine”
Three French local politicians from Bouches-du-Rhône county in southern France have kicked off their visit to Moscow to…
Displaced art. The IZOLYATSIA art center, having fled occupied Donetsk, flourishes in Kyiv
On 9 June 2017, the once Donetsk-located creative platform IZOLYATSIA marked the third year since it moved to…