Ukrainian civil resistance to Russian occupation in Donbas
When his native city Donetsk was run over by Russian-militant forces in the summer of 2014 and severed…
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The humanitarian factor in Russia’s hybrid war
The recent release of convicted Crimean Tatar leaders Ilmi Umerov and Akhmet Chiygoz marks the first release of…
Who is who in Russian-run “Donetsk People’s Republic”
Background of the takeover of Donbas The protests against the Euromaidan (2013-2014) in Luhansk and Donetsk were mostly…
Ukraine’s Donbas-reintegration bill branding Russia “aggressor state” passes first reading
“Donbas laws” Re-integration law The first bill “On the specifics of the state policy to ensure the state sovereignty…
Wounded veterans train for Invictus Games, beginning September 23rd
The athletes competing in the Invictus Games are proving that they are stronger than their wounds. Their strength…
Donbas residents increasingly want to return to being part of Ukraine, Bekeshkina says
Iryna Bekeshkina, director of the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation, says that those who initially supported the Russian…
Ukraine re-thinking its approach to Donbas war. Key things to know
After more than three years which have passed since the start of the war in eastern Ukraine, the…
School children from occupied Donbas want to enter universities in free Ukraine
Hundreds of students from the Russia-occupied territories of the Donbas traveled to unoccupied Ukraine in order to take…
Ukraine has not “lost” uncontrolled Donbas yet, new poll shows
More than three years have passed since, in the aftermath of Euromaidan and occupation of Crimea, referendums under…
Slovyansk and Kharkiv key to understanding war in Ukraine
Hello and welcome to Head-to-Head. It’s Vivica Williams and today we’re talking with Paul Niland, a political commentator…
Hybrid warfare: stages of Russian occupation in frozen conflicts in a nutshell
The frozen conflicts Russia controls in the territory of the neighboring states are: Transnistrian conflict in Moldova (also…
Ukraine needs greater EU involvement in solving Russia conflict, Ukraine experts say
Questions of Ukraine-EU security cooperation were discussed on 29 September at Prism Security Debates in Kyiv. Ukraine and…
Only 18% identifies with Kremlin-backed “DNR” – survey
A new survey finds only small fraction of “DNR” residents identifying themselves as a “DNR” citizen. However, this…
Kremlin likely to resume its attack on Ukraine under guise of ‘peacekeeping,’ Felgenhauer says
Recent reports about the influx of materiel into the Russian occupied Donbas and increasingly militant rhetoric by DNR…
‘Reintegration of Donbas will be impossible after five years,’ senior Kyiv official says
Ukraine must move quickly to promote the reintegration of the Donbas because “five years from now,” Heorhiy Tuka,…
Minsk Accords ‘recipe for catastrophe’ for Ukraine, Kyiv analysts say
As Vladimir Putin clearly hoped, the international community having succeeded in getting the Minsk Accords is now pressing…
Ukraine’s Security Council to appeal to UN on introducing peacekeeping forces
Ukraine’s National Security and Defense council (NSDC) decided to appeal to the UN requesting to introduce peacekeepers into…
Russia moves convoy of “peacekeepers” near Ukraine as potential invasion escalates
Russia has moved a convoy of “peacekeepers” near the Ukrainian border as potential for an invasion escalates. Valeriy Chalyi,…
Moscow calls for UN resolution “inviting Russia to deploy its peacekeeping forces” in Ukraine
Russia is suggesting that UN Security Council to adopt a resolution on the deployment of Russian peacekeepers to the…