Russia's War Against Ukraine

View
All news Exclusive View all

Close Combat

AVDIYIVKA, UKRAINE — In the industrial zone of Avdiyivka, known as the Promzona, Russia’s war on Ukraine is close-up and personal. On other parts of …
Illia Ponomarenko

UNIAN: Gerashchenko says separatists demand release of ex-Berkut troops, terrorists, murderers

Russia-backed separatists include in their requirements for the exchange of Ukrainian hostages the demand for the release of former [Yanukovych era …
UNIAN

112.ua: Film about Donbas war receives ovations in Cannes Film Festival

The first show of French Ukrainian Polish and Lithuanian film “Frost” took place at the Cannes Film Festival. The director of the “Frost” is Sarunas …
112.ua

OSCE mission reports 44 civilian fatalities in Donbas in 2017

The rate of civilian fatalities has drastically grown in Donbas, as more than 40 civilians have been killed since the beginning of this year, …
Interfax-Ukraine

Irish Times: War shatters lives in eastern Ukraine as the world looks away

As Kyiv prepared to host the final of Eurovision Song Contest earlier this month, 700km away in eastern Ukraine Yelena Aslanova was holding her own …
Irish Times

UNIAN: Two Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas

Russia-backed separatists attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 50 times in the past 24 hours with two Ukrainian soldiers reported as wounded in …
UNIAN

Hrytsak says Kyiv ready to swap more than 200 hostages

Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Vasyl Hrytsak declares his readiness to give more than 200 people in exchange for Ukrainian …
Interfax-Ukraine

112.ua: Russia sends 65th ‘humanitarian convoy’ to Donbas

Russian Emergency Service sent to the separatist-held territory of Donbas in Ukraine its 65th ‘humanitarian convoy’, reports RIA News. Russian has …
112.ua

Washington Post: Tillerson says Russia won’t be back in the Group of Seven ‘any time’ (VIDEO)

May 24 – Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on May 24 said Russia won’t be allowed back in the Group of Seven major economies unless it respects …
Washington Post

RFE/RL: Ukraine arrests more than 20 former tax officials in ‘biggest-ever’ corruption crackdown

Ukrainian law enforcement agents have arrested 23 former high-ranking tax-administration officials suspected of helping the government of ex-President …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Sajdik: Use of heavy weapons in Donbas results in more than double rise of civilian toll in past year (update)

MINSK – OSCE Special Envoy to the Trilateral Contact Group Martin Sajdik is concerned about an abrupt growth of the civilian toll in Donbas. Sajdik …
Interfax-Ukraine

Sajdik expects parties to Donbas conflict to update lists for prisoner swap in week

MINSK – The parties to the Ukrainian conflict should update the lists of illegally detained persons during the week, OSCE Special Envoy to the …
Interfax-Ukraine

Kuchma’s press secretary: Kyiv insists on observing ceasefire regime in Donbas

The Ukrainian side points out at the need to observe the ceasefire regime in Donbas and initiates the investigation of recent cases of violation of …
Interfax-Ukraine

ICRC registers more than 600 cases of missing people during Donbas conflict

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said that three years after the start of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, several thousand …
Interfax-Ukraine

Minsk negotiators fail to reach compromise on political settlement in Donbas

MINSK – Members of the Contact Group on Ukraine are failing to agree on political settlement issues, local elections in Donbas are hardly possible …
Interfax-Ukraine

NATO secretary general expects heads of state to discuss Ukraine

Read the entire transcript of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s May 24 press conference in Brussels here. BRUSSELS – Ukraine will not be the …
Brian Bonner

UNIAN: Stoltenberg says Donbas war reason NATO strengthening eastern flanks

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expects France and Germany to raise the issue of the implementation of Minsk agreements during the meeting of …
UNIAN

Paul Niland: Bad communications

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko recently signed a bill sanctioning certain Russian companies and entities, forbidding them to operate in Ukraine. …
Paul Niland
Repeater ? Photo cut-in with a button ? Photo cut-in without button ? Full-width cut-in with buttons ? Blockquote with button ? Social link to Twitter ? Stories with manual related posts ? Stories with related posts in chosen category ?