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Voice of America: Eastern Ukraine conflict impacts war against HIV

Like its neighbor Russia, Ukraine is currently struggling against epidemics of dangerous contagious diseases, such as HIV, Hepatitis C, and multi-drug …
Voice of America

RFE/RL: Chechen accused of plotting to kill Putin survives shooting in Kyiv

An assassination attempt on a Chechen man whom Russian authorities accuse of plotting to kill President Vladimir Putin failed in Kyiv on June 1 after …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Clint Watts: Putin’s hidden insurgency tore up Ukraine. Now it’s coming for your inbox

In the early days of 2014, “little green men,” irregular paramilitary forces, began popping up across Crimean outposts. The West assumed they were …
Clint Watts

BILD: OSCE’s Hug says number of civilian casualties in war zone up dramatically

Editor’s Note: The following is the English-language translation of an interview published on June 1 by Bild, the German newspaper, with Alexander …
Bild

UkrInform: Gerashchenko says Hahn, Mingarelli shocked by consequences of shelling of Shyrokyne

First Vice Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Iryna Gerashchenko believes that every visit of European politicians to Donbas adds arguments in …
UkrInform

Deutsche Welle: Inside Europe – Ukrainian schools out for summer

The school year has just ended in Ukraine. For pupils in the city of Avdiyivka in the east of the country, their last day of school was marred by the …
Deutsche Welle

112.ua: Wounded Chechen fighter Osmaev plugged to artificial respirator

Adam Osmaev, the pro-Ukrainian fighter of Chechen origin, leader of Dzhokhar Dudaev volunteer battalion, underwent surgery and is now in the intensive …
112.ua

Ukrinform: Ukrainian economy lost 20.4 percent of GDP due to war in Donbas in 2016

The economy of Ukraine lost 20.4 percent of GDP as a result of the war in Donbas in 2016. Read more here.
UkrInform

Brian Whitmore: Neighbors know best

Moldova and Estonia have expelled Russian diplomats in the aftermath of major espionage cases. Estonia last month hosted the world’s largest-ever …
Brian Whitmore

UNIAN: Separatists attack Ukrainian army 28 times in last day despite June 1 truce

Russia-backed separatists attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 28 times in the past 24 hours despite a new agreement on a truce as of June 1; …
UNIAN

Life In Ruins

PISKY, Ukraine — As the third spring of the war in eastern Ukraine turns to summer, eastern Ukraine’s embattled Donbas region is withering. While the …
Illia Ponomarenko

OSCE SMM says nine civilians injured in Donbas over past week

Nine civilians were injured in the combat zone in eastern Ukraine over the past week, OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) Principal Deputy Chief …
Interfax-Ukraine

RFE/RL: Verdict in Moscow-based Ukrainian library director’s hate-crime trial postponed

A Moscow court has postponed the verdict in the trial of Natalya Sharina, a librarian who is charged with inciting hatred in a case that is steeped in …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

UNIAN: Ukraine ranks 154th in 2017 Global Peace Index

Ukraine ranks 154th out of the 163 countries of the 2017 Global Peace Index (GPI), according to a report by the London-based Institute for Economics …
UNIAN

Reuters: Austria releases suspect accused of war crimes in Ukraine

An Austrian accused of committing war crimes in eastern Ukraine has been released from custody in his home country after credibly denying the …
Reuters

Justice minister says legal mechanisms for introducing visa regime with Russia ready

Ukraine’s Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko said that the legal mechanisms for the introduction of a visa regime with the Russian Federation are ready …
Interfax-Ukraine

Kyiv city council approves veteran status for volunteer fighters after scuffle

The municipal council of Kyiv has approved the granting of combatant status for volunteer battalion fighters who defended the nation against Russia’s …
Illia Ponomarenko

One-day ceasefire broken by two shelling attacks by Russian-backed forces

 Despite a ceasefire being called in the Donbas from midnight on June 1, Russian-backed forces launched two shelling attacks on Ukrainian forces …
Illia Ponomarenko
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