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Halya Coynash: Crimean Tatar rights lawyer Emil Kurbedinov wins major human rights award

Emil Kurbedinov, a tireless advocate for all those facing politically motivated persecution in occupied Crimea, has become Front Line Defenders’  2017 …
Halya Coynash

Agence France-Presse: Moldova’s ‘frozen conflict’ has lessons for east Ukraine

TIRASPOL – The country Nikolai Klimkin serves does not officially exist and has remained trapped in a limbo of impoverished stagnation for …
Agence France-Presse

Hromadske: Blockade leaves tens of thousands without salaries in eastern Ukraine

The ongoing economic blockade of the Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine takes toll on lives of thousands of people, trapped in the war-torn region. …
Hromadske International

Petro Poroshenko: G7 must face down Russia or suffer disaster

In 1936, when Winston Churchill cautioned that the “era of procrastination” was coming to an end and that the world was entering a “period of …
Petro Poroshenko

Hromadske TV: Meet orphans of the war in eastern Ukraine (VIDEO)

Since the start of 2017, five civilians have lost their lives as a result of the ongoing war in Avdiivka, Eastern Ukraine. Four of these deaths …
Hromadske International

UNIAN: Poroshenko says Russia’s aggression against Ukraine challenge for whole Black Sea region

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its aggression in eastern Ukraine are a challenge for the entire Black Sea …
UNIAN

AFP: EU’s Tusk calls on G7 to maintain Russia sanctions

European Union president Donald Tusk called May 26 on G7 leaders to maintain sanctions on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, but the White House …
Agence France-Presse

Kyiv says separatists shell Krasnohorivka using multiple rocket launchers

Russia-backed separatists have fired Krasnohorivka in the Donetsk region using the Grad multiple rocket launchers, deputy head of the National Police …
Interfax-Ukraine

Crimean Tatar lawyer wins international prize for human rights defenders

Emil Kurbedinov, a 35-year-old Crimean Tatar lawyer, who has been fighting for the rights of several prominent Crimean Tatar and pro-Ukrainian …
Veronika Melkozerova

Ukrainian soldiers in close combat in Avdiyivka industrial zone (PHOTOS)

AVDIYIVKA, Ukraine — Ukrainian combat units from the 72nd Mechanized Brigade continue to block the advance of Russian-backed forces on the outskirts …
Volodymyr Petrov
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Illia Ponomarenko

RFE/RL: Trump ‘looking at’ sanctions on Russia over aggression in Ukraine

U.S. President Donald Trump is “looking at” the series of sanctions imposed on Russia by the Obama administration over Moscow’s interference in …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Andrius Kubilius: Just as Western Europe needed a Marshall Plan in 1947, Ukraine needs one in 2017

In 1947, following his return to Washington after the negotiations with Josef Stalin and Vyacheslav Molotov in Moscow, George Marshall, the famous …
Andrius Kubilius

Halya Coynash: Russia afraid to call key defence witness in political trial of Crimean Tatar leader

A court in Russian-occupied Crimea has rejected the defence’s application for Crimean Tatar Mejlis leader Refat Chubarov to give testimony in the …
Halya Coynash

Nolan Peterson: Trump’s move to deter Russian aggression

On May 25, President Donald Trump presented a budget request to Congress that would boost spending for an Obama-era buildup of U.S. military forces in …
Nolan Peterson

Halya Coynash: Ukraine moves to support political prisoners held in Crimea, Russia and their families

Ukraine’s Ministry on Occupied Territory and Internally Displaced Persons has prepared a draft bill which would declare those Ukrainians held prisoner …
Halya Coynash

UNIAN: Five Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas

The situation in the combat zone in eastern Ukraine remains difficult, with the signs of escalation at certain sectors of the contact line, the …
UNIAN

Daily Sabah: Deputy FM says Ukraine to establish autonomy for Crimean Tatars

The first Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Vadim Prystaiko, said President Poroshenko presented an initiative to Parliament for the creation of an …
Daily Sabah

Stoltenberg: NATO will ‘strengthen our close partnership with Ukraine’ (TRANSCRIPT)

Read the full transcript of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s May 25 closing press conference after the meeting of 28 heads of state in …
Brian Bonner
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