“Russian invaders gunned down a car with children” – Ukrainian family who escaped besieged city
We broke through. The day before yesterday, in the morning we made it through from Bucha to Irpin.…
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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…
Why the ECHR case against Russia is so important for Ukraine
On 26 January 2022, the Grand Chamber of the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) started open…
“After the third shock, my brain exploded”: Crimean Tatar activist says FSB tortured him with electricity to obtain “confessions”
On 21 December, Nariman Ametov, a Crimean Tatar activist and the father of three minor children, reported on…
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…
How Crimean hotel Mriya keeps winning the British World Travel Awards despite EU sanctions
Every year, Russian media mark the Mriya Hotel's award of the World Travel Awards with publications along the…
Russia’s occupation of Ukraine: a historical and centuries-old process
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict reaches back to the times when Ukraine emerged on the world map. In fact, it…
Sürgünlik: Remembering Stalin’s deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944
On May 10, 1944, Lavrentiy Beria, the notorious chief of the NKVD (Soviet security and secret police), recommended…
Ukraine’s new fiction reflects warriors of light, Crimean fleet, and Russian occupation
During the last six years, Ukraine’s cinematography has finally started to develop. While one of the reasons for…
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’s draft law on reintegrating Donbas finally says it’s under Russian occupation
The bill was published by the Ukrainian media outlet hromadske.ua. The first news of the preparation of such…
Transnistria. Why Russia should leave the occupied territories
"Two provocateurs" is how one of the most odious Kremlin "hawks," Russia's deputy prime minister and indisputable chauvinist…
Why Ukraine must avoid the Transnistrian scenario
The 25th anniversary of the Transnistrian conflict is a more significant date for Ukraine than for Moldova. This…
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…
A Trump-Putin deal on Crimea could trigger a much bigger war, Israeli analyst says
Avraam Shmulyevich, a leading Israeli specialist on ethnic issues in the former Soviet space, says that Kyiv might…
UN committee adopts resolution recognizing Russia as occupying power in Crimea
73 states voted in support of the document entitled "Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of…
“LNR” Minsk envoy Deinego openly admits Russia is fighting in occupied territory
In an interview with TV channel Luhansk 24, Vladislav Deinego, “LNR”s official envoy to the Minsk talks, openly…
Religious persecution continues in occupied Donbas
Fundamental human rights in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine are being violated for over 2.5 years now.…
Ukrainian intelligence: Russian air defence brigade in Donbas harbinger of offensive campaign
Russia has deployed to Ukraine's Donbas an air defence division of the 60th detached motorised rifle brigade that…
Why a French MP defends the occupation of Crimea
The pro-Russian position of the French deputy Thierry Mariani is determined not so much by his convictions as…