Ukrainian soldiers initiate trade blockade with occupied Donbas territories
Demobilized soldiers and veterans of Ukrainian volunteer battalions have launched a trade blockade of the occupied parts of…
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Ukrainian cops & soldiers join #22PushupChallenge to raise suicide prevention awareness
Hundreds of Ukrainian war veterans, servicemen, and police officers have taken part in a global social media campaign.…
Cyborgs on Film: New Documentary Chronicles Donetsk Airport Battle
The Ukrainian war documentary “Spirit Warriors” premiered in Kyiv this month. The film takes a closer look at…
Escalating repressions in occupied Crimea: Russia detained key defense attorney
On Wednesday, 25 January, 2017 in Russia-occupied Crimea, the Federal Security Service (FSB) detained Nikolai Polozov, the legal…
EU court confirms Russia supplies weapons to Donbas separatists, upholds sanctions
The General Court of the European Union located in Luxembourg has upheld sanctions imposed on the Russian military…
Film about imprisoned Ukrainian filmmaker Sentsov to be shown at Berlinale
“The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov,” a film about the Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov who…
Healthcare reform in Ukraine under attack of old mafia clans
Healthcare in Ukraine is a paradox. On the one hand, the country has produced world-famous surgeons like Mykola…
Poroshenko’s confectionery factory in Russia to be closed
The corporation Roshen belonging to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is closing its confectionery fabric in Lipetsk, Russia. News…
Full text of Ukraine’s case against Russia in UN court
Ukraine institutes proceedings against the Russian Federation and requests the Court to indicate provisional measures In the late…
Italian deputies demand explanation for “DNR office”
A group of Italian deputies from the ruling Democratic Party sent a parliamentary inquiry to the government demanding…
Ukrainian servicemen send New Year’s greetings from the frontline in Donbas
The army assistance project “Come Back Alive” has recorded a video greeting from the servicemen and servicewomen spending…
Ukrainian Secret Service uncovers network of “DNR/LNR” informants in Toretsk
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has exposed a network of “DNR/LNR” agents who for months have been…
Ukrainian IT students place third at international competition in data analysis
The students, all enrolled in the Master’s Program in Data Science at the Ukrainian Catholic University, took third…
French artists call to free Oleg Sentsov and imprisoned Russian artists
Multiple filmmakers and cultural actors around the world (including Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina) are mobilizing for the Ukrainian…
“Convicted” Crimean prisoners will be sent to correctional labour centres in Russia
Statement published on the website of the Sevastopol City Court, Crimea: “According to amendments to the Criminal Code…
Russian police arrest Yuri Dmitriev, Karelian human rights leader
According to Sergei Krivenko, board member of the International Memorial Society, Russian law enforcement agencies believe that the…
UN officially recognized Russia as an occupying power in Crimea
The Russian Federation is officially recognized as an occupying force by UN. On 19 December 2016 the resolution initiated…
Assasin guns down Russian ambassador in Ankara, Turkey
The Russian ambassador to Türkiye, and at least three others, were shot by a lone gunman in a…
What Putin is doing in Aleppo is what he could have done in Kyiv or Lviv
On December 13, the UN office for human rights stated that it had eyewitness reports of the execution…
Political prisoner Sentsov wrote 5 film scenarios and a novel in prison – lawyer
Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who is illegally imprisoned in the distant Russian republic of Yakutia, where -35ºC is…