The “Donbas genocide myth” in the making: a kindergarten shelling case study
The propaganda campaign attempted to create a virtual reality, in which the escalation of Russian occupation forces in…
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Daily review: OSINT does not confirm reported Russian withdrawal, Ukraine hit by cyberattack, new coup plot
Past 24 hours in the war zone Russian proxies launch 6 attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donetsk, Luhansk…
Russian Duma urges Putin to recognize Donbas puppet statelets. Is the Minsk peace deal dead?
The State Duma – the lower chamber of the Russian parliament – has voted to pass a motion…
How disinformation helps Russia fabricate a pretext to invade Ukraine
The increased threat from Russia leaves security experts in Ukraine weighing various escalation scenarios. But if specific military…
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…
600-800 Russian military officers and generals permanently deployed to Donbas – Ukraine’s intelligence
Russian army top brass in Donbas Skibitskyi said that those 600-800 Russian regulars hold command positions in the…
Russian court publishes documents proving Russian army presence in Ukraine, deletes them hours later
A Russian court passed a verdict in a case of bribery in the army, the materials of which…
Heads of Donbas occupation administrations join Putin’s party, reject Minsk peace plan
During the congress of the Russian ruling party “United Russia” in Moscow on 4 December 2021, heads of…
Militants of Russia-controlled “republics” in highest battle readiness, Ukraine intelligence says
Militants of the Russian-controlled Donetsk and Luhansk “People’s Republics” brought their troops to the highest level of combat…
Ukraine reports first strike with Turkish Bayraktar drone
Ukraine’s army has for the first time used the Turkish-produced strike drone Bayraktar TB2 against combined Russian-separatist forces…
Czech courts sentenced two more Donbas fighters to 20 years on terrorist charges
“Behemoth” On 7 September, the Prague City Court sentenced in absentia to 20 years of prison time Czech…
Russia’s ruling party starts campaigning in occupied Donbas for upcoming Duma elections
Developments in “DNR” and “LNR”: 23 June – 22 July 2021 Russian election campaign begins in Donetsk and…
Donbas “People’s Republics” are heading for de facto annexation by Russia, monitors say
In late April, Berlin-based project Civicmonitoring.org issued the annual report “Towards de-facto annexation? Current developments in the ‘People’s…
Yermak’s earlier giveaways come back to haunt Zelenskyy and Ukraine
Russia abandoned the ceasefire in Ukraine’s east in early February (see EDM, February 18) and persists with low-intensity…
Facts & figures in occupied Donbas. Is reintegration a realistic prospect?
Reliable statistics in the occupied territories? One of the main problems in Ukraine’s ORDLO* policy is the lack…
The “Elephant” in Mariupol: Moscow’s grip on hearts and minds
The results from a survey conducted in the south-Ukrainian city of Mariupol indicate that the Ukrainian nation-building process…
IDP teen Kyrylo from occupied Luhansk : “Luhansk is a city of lost opportunities!”
Luhansk and war I have no memories of how the war started in Luhansk. I wasn’t very much…
Russian occupation administrations in Donbas recruit militants for action at Belarusian-Russian border – NGO
The Russian occupation administrations in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region are recruiting militants for participating in “actions” outside Ukraine,…
Russia threatens to dispatch weapons to Donbas if U.S. clears military aid package
“I believe that if the United States allocates $300 million for military aid to Ukraine, it will open…
New Ukraine ceasefire agreement officializes Donetsk-Luhansk militaries
Russia, Ukraine, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and ORDLO representatives from Donetsk and Luhansk…