New York Times: A battle in Ukraine echoes through the decades
When the war erupted nearly a century ago, Russian forces mobilized and swiftly captured the western city of…
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Merkel and Putin want to turn Ukraine into a weak confederation – Romanenko
The talks between President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, President of France Francois Hollande…
Russian woman names son ‘Torput’ – “Putin’s Victory”
After Bebelinas, Pestelinas and Dazdrapermas a new era in naming Russian children has come. Svetlana Mishurova from the…
BBC: Putin’s complex game in Ukraine
What is President Putin up to? Roll back to late March: President Putin had annexed Crimea while denying…
Negotiating with terrorists: Treason, idiocy, or a chance for Ukraine?
Negotiations with terrorists have divided society. The majority say it is folly and betrayal. A minority say that…
UA MFA on the rescue of orphans kidnapped in Snizhne and transported to Russia
Briefing, June 17th, 2014 I would like to give you more details on measures taken by Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry…
UA MFA on procedures of arrival and departure from the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea
Briefing, June 17th, 2014 Now I would like to make some explanatory statements. They concern the Law “On Human…
UA MFA: OSCE roadmap is only one possible helping initiative in normalising the situation in Eastern Ukraine
Briefing, June 17th, 2014 The Russian Federation’s constant citation of the so-called OSCE roadmap proposed by the Swiss chairmanship…
UA MFA: No humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, UN Security Council concludes
Briefing, June 17th, 2014 On June 16th closed UN Security Council consultations regarding the humanitarian situation in Ukraine were…
UA MFA: Russia overtly supports activities of illegal terrorist groups on Ukrainian territory
Briefing, June 17th, 2014 On June 16th, the Ukrainian MFA sent a note in response to the note of…
UA MFA: events near Kyiv’s Russian Embassy on June 14th will be investigated
Briefing, June 17th, 2014 I would like to inform you regarding the development of the situation in light of…
UA MFA: Russia hasn’t taken a single step to distance itself from terrorists
Briefing, June 17th, 2014. 16:08 I will begin with some general comments regarding the situation in the eastern…
Putin says he will always “protect” Russians in Ukraine
Russia will always protect ethnic Russians in Ukraine and those Ukrainians who feel a close connection with Russia,…
Khrushchev gave away not only Crimea to Ukraine but Alaska to US as well, Moscow commentary says
Today, the “Russkiy Mir” Google Group distributed to its list an article that among other things declares that…
Putin: Moscow will always defend ‘inseparable ethnic links’
Russia will always defend both "ethnic Russians in Ukraine, and that part of the Ukrainian population and people…
Terrorists provoke Ukrainian soldiers to fire towards the Russian border, ATO forces say
Vladislav Seleznev, the ATO press-secretary, says that terrorists are provoking Ukrainian soldiers to fire towards th Russian border. Despite…
Moscow Times: Kyiv Embassy Attack Exposes Russia’s Double Standards
Let's talk about double standards for a moment. The fact is that, for some reason, crowds attack foreign embassies in Moscow more…
Evidence of paid Russian mercenaries mounting
Evidence over the past several days illustrating the motivations behind Russian insurgents in eastern Ukraine has been mounting.…
NVUA: The Kremlin planned a Blitzkrieg
Maksym Butchenko, NV correspondent: Moscow would find it symbolic to reach the Dnipro and occupy the capital if…
“The wall between us fell”
Alyona Vershinina, “Echo Moskvi” journalist The last time I was in Ukraine was over half a year ago…