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RFE/RL: Ukraine announces suspension of cargo traffic with separatist-held areas

Ukrainian authorities have announced the suspension of all cargo traffic with areas held by Russia-backed separatists in the eastern part of the …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Michael Carpenter: Six policies Trump should pursue to block Putin in Ukraine

As  Americans wrap their minds around the significance of Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the possibility that the …
Michael Carpenter

OSCE envoy concerned about safety of SMM staff in Donbas

MINSK – The safety of the staff of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Special Monitoring Mission (OSCE SMM) in Donbas is a …
Interfax-Ukraine

Avdiyivka loses electricity again as shelling continues

Battles raged along the war front in the eastern Donbas, injuring six Ukrainian fighters and causing an electrical power blackout in the key …
Illia Ponomarenko

RFE/RL: Crimean journalist risks jail by refusing to follow Kremlin line

In February 2014, when masked Russian troops without insignia seized control of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine, Simferopol-based journalist Mykola …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

State border guard service: No cargo transported via contact line in Donbas starting 13:00

The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has said that any cargo shipping through the disengagement line in Donbas, starting from 13:00 on March 15, …
Interfax-Ukraine

Brian Whitmore: Russia’s passport to empire

We haven’t heard much about Novorossia lately. And Vladimir Putin’s concept of the Russian World has dropped out of the headlines. But that may all be …
Brian Whitmore

Reuters: Germany very concerned about developments in eastern Ukraine

The German government on March 14 said it is very concerned about recent developments in eastern Ukraine and called on both Moscow and Kyiv to work …
Reuters

BBC: Ukraine halts all goods traffic with separatist-held east

Ukraine has halted the movement of all goods in and out of areas seized by Russian-backed separatists in the east of the country. Read more here.
BBC

Trilateral Contact Group’s meeting begins in Minsk

The Trilateral Contact Group on settling the conflict in Donbas is meeting in Minsk. “A meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group has begun in Minsk,” …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Ukraine’s DTEK Energy says separatists have seized its assets

Ukrainian coal producer DTEK Energy said on March 15 Russian-backed separatists had seized control of its largest mines in rebel-held territory, as …
Reuters

Poroshenko against recognizing parts of Donbas as occupied areas

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko intends to initiate adoption of a law by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on restoring the territorial integrity of …
Interfax-Ukraine

Al Jazeera: Ukraine announces economic blockade of separatist-held areas

Ukrainian authorities have halted all cargo traffic with separatist-held areas in the east of the country, demanding that Russian-backed separatists …
Al Jazeera

Timothy Ash: Thoughts on Ukrainian trade blockade in eastern Donbas

The blockade (by Ukrainian citizens of trade between Ukraine and Russian-controlled areas of the eastern Donbas) is still proving challenging for the …
Timothy Ash

Financial Times: Poroshenko threatens blockade on Russian-backed separatists

Ukraine’s president threatened on March 15 to impose a temporary road and railway transportation blockade upon Russian-backed breakaway enclaves after …
Financial Times

Ukraine’s NSDC supports temporary cessation of transport ties with occupied Donbas

The National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine has supported a temporary cessation of transport ties with the separatist-held areas in …
Interfax-Ukraine

Seven Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas

Ukraine has reported 106 attacks on its positions in Donbas on March 14, the press center of the Ukraine military headquarters wrote on Facebook on …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Disappearing books – how Russia is shuttering its Ukrainian library

First, armed police seized some of its books. Next, its director was put on trial accused of stirring up ethnic hatred. And now, quietly, its shelves …
Reuters
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