Articles by Stefan Huijboom

Pro-EU demonstrators fail to persuade lawmakers to adopt anti-discrimination legislation

​Right Sector activists, volunteer soldiers aren’t willing to give up on Crimea blockade

Stefan Huijboom: ​Ukraine’s failure to adopt anti-discrimination legislation is putting …

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Crimea blockade reveals frustration, lack of trust in Ukraine’s government

Opposition Bloc wins big in Kramatorsk city council amid low turnout

Court stops election in Krasnoarmiysk, rules ballots printed illegally

At Ukrainian war front, some municipalities will vote, others will not

​In Mariupol, opponents of Opposition Bloc allege surplus ballots will fuel voter fraud

Return to Volnovakha: Nine months after 13 civilians killed in Russian-separatist attack, …

‘Friends of Putin’ promote non-binding Dutch vote on Ukraine-EU relations

Despite demilitarized zone, ​Russian-separatists engage in provocative gunfire in …

​Little love for Russian-backed separatists, or Kyiv, near war front in Mariupol

​Mariupol mayor says Poroshenko trying to hobble Opposition Bloc vote in east

Pro-Kremlin pianist scorns KLM for turning her music off

​Smuggling, corruption rife on Ukrainian-Hungarian border

​Finnish citizen vets accreditations for foreign journalists in Russian-occupied Donbas

Gays in Donetsk face fear as Russian influence takes grip

Arbitrary arrests in Russian-held Donetsk as city descends into anarchy

Work, but no freedom, for Ukrainian POWs in Russian-occupied Donbas

​In Russian-occupied Donetsk, debate heated over use of child soldiers in war against …

Russian-separatist authorities stop paying pensions in Donbas

Kurakhove, a Ukrainian-controlled city 10 kilometers from the war front, is on edge with …

Revisiting Donetsk Oblast’s Ilovaisk, scene of horrific massacre in August

A year after fighting stops, depressed Yenakiyeve waits for recovery under Russian …

Will increased fighting in Russian-held Donetsk trigger more anti-war protests?

Resident of Russian-held Horlivka: ‘We have nothing’

Voices of Horlivka: ‘I’m just a kid who’s grown up very fast in one year’s time’

Roads closed amid surge in fighting; residents stranded on both sides of Ukraine’s war

Equal rights for gays still distant dream in Ukraine

An eyewitness account of the attack on Kyiv gay pride

Anti-gay extremists violently break up gay pride march in Kyiv; several injured, many …

Donetsk’s lawlessness makes people afraid to stay out at night

Donetsk university students getting ready to receive ‘worthless’ diplomas

Rebuilding begins in separatist-controlled, heavily damaged Vuhlehirsk

​Spring rhythm in Donetsk: Little war, little opportunity

Donetsk residents feel abandoned by Ukraine, Russia

Stefan Huijboom: Journalism hardships and hazards in Russian-controlled Donetsk

Civilians wait out war in Donetsk bomb shelters

Russians in war zone do not like questions

‘Separatists break cease-fire at least 60 times a day,’ Poroshenko tells Germany’s Bild …

Lviv Handmade Chocolate Café, a symbol of western Ukraine, doing business as usual in …

​Kremlin-backed fighters still seek war recruits despite cease-fire

Desperation, destruction in wake of Ukraine’s Debaltseve retreat

In Russian-held Debaltseve, shelling continues amid desperation and destruction

Separatists deny OSCE monitors access to hotspots in Russia’s war against Ukraine

Kremlin-backed separatists arrest director of Donetsk coal mine where 34 killed; mine …

Relatives bury Donetsk miners killed in March 4 blast, worry about more accidents

Desperation, hopelessness high as search continues for victims in Donetsk coal mine blast …

An explosion, chaos and more than 33 dead in Donetsk coal mine

Monitors see movement, not withdrawal, by Kremlin-backed separatists as scattered fighting …

Parts of Minsk II agreement enforced, parts of it ignored as monitoring lags

Russian army prepares for new attacks from Ukraine’s Novoazovsk

As humanitarian crisis deepens in Donetsk Oblast, civilians lose trust in Kremlin-backed …

Quieter, but guns of war still not silent, on first day of cease-fire in Donetsk

Outraged Dutch fear that Minsk amnesty agreement will apply to those who shot down …

Hours before start of Minsk peace talks, Kremlin-backed separatists say six killed in …

Kremlin-backed fighters wage war from Donetsk’s ruined residential areas

Ukraine’s permit system makes travel in and out of war zone more difficult

More death in Donetsk as hospital is shelled, at least five dead

Civilians arrive in Sloviansk as they escape city of hell

Teenage warriors prepare for battle as part of Right Sector’s Ukrainian Volunteer Corps

Ukraine’s army of homeless people tries to survive on streets

No peace in Ukraine’s east as New Year approaches