New Donbas ceasefire appears to be holding despite spike in violations on first day
Last week amid a string of strange disparate events in the country, Ukrainian president Zelenskyy announced another ceasefire…
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How Russia militarizes minors in occupied Donbas
The necessity to bring up the “Putin’s Jugend” is enshrined in the Russian Federation’s latest military doctrine dated…
American national, reported KIA by “DNR” media, alive and well and fighting in Ukraine’s Marine Corps
In the evening of July 16, Oleksiy Hodzenko, press officer of the Ukrainian battalion, denied the report, confirming…
These four stories show anybody can be jailed in occupied Donbas (and you, too)
Despite the intended all-for-all exchange of prisoners negotiated last fall by the Ukrainian and Russian presidents in Paris…
Being Ukrainian – a conscious choice
Many people are openly skeptical about this important topic; they say that it’s not a burning issue, that…
Russian passport-holders in occupied Donbas shuttled to vote for Putin’s Constitution
Russia is shuttling residents of its statelets in eastern Ukraine to vote for the constitutional amendments set to…
Wave of strikes sweeps over occupied Donbas as coal mines are shut down
Wave of strikes A year ago, propagandists in the occupied territories filmed staged TV segments on the glittering…
The traitors, terrorists, and criminals Ukraine received in prisoner swaps with Russia’s “LNR/DNR”
Spontaneously drawn-up exchange lists After the prisoner exchange on April 16, 2020, President Zelenskyy made the following statement:…
Russian-occupied enclaves risk becoming COVID-19 time bombs for Ukraine
The amount of daily registered cases of COVID-19 passed their peak and this figure wasn't growing up in…
Stalin-era city names to be used in occupied Donetsk, Luhansk as part of “great victory” cult
"Voroshilovgrad" and "Stalino" On 16 April, Leonid Pasechnik, head of the Russian occupation administration of Luhansk, signed a…
Ukrainian army now fights not only Russian proxies in Donbas, but also spread of COVID
The Ukrainian army, like all Ukrainian citizens, has received new orders and recommendations. However, the troops must remain…
Donbas peace talks group meets online, averts highly criticized agreement meant to include Russia-run “people’s republics”
The Minsk Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) met on 26 March to discuss the Donbas situation, but no ratification…
What Zelenskyy & Prystaiko call the Croatian experience for a return to peace is really a Russian scenario
For its part, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated its willingness to model the establishment of these…
Vitaly Portnikov: Putin is preparing a new trap for Zelenskyy
In an interview with Channel One-Russia, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced that it was possible to change…
Moscow would control Donbas reintegration according to own agenda if new law on Donetsk and Luhansk special status passed
The ratification of a new law - “On the special order of local self-government in some areas of…
Gagauzia – object lesson for Ukraine on how a ‘reintegrated’ region gives Moscow leverage
Many Ukrainian commentators have focused on Transdniestria as an example of the way in which Moscow uses a…
“Our men are rotting alive!”- say wives of Ukrainian POWs held in “DNR/LNR”
Radio Donbas. Realii and the Centre for Civil Liberties have teamed up to work on the “Unforgotten” series,…
How Ukraine will try to prove Russia finances terrorism
Ukraine’s memorandum comprised 17,500 pages and weighed 90 kilos. A special cart was used to transport the documents:…
War on terms: who’s fighting against Ukraine in Donbas – terrorists, rebels, insurgents?
Is the conflict domestic or international? In December 2018, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal…
Zelenskyi team proposes referendum on peace deal with Russia. Here’s why that’s a problem
On 21 May, newly-appointed Ukrainian Presidential Administration head Andriy Bohdan stirred up controversy with Ukrainian political commentators when…