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RFE/RL: CPJ demands separatism charges against Crimean journalist be dropped

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged authorities in the Russian-controlled Ukrainian region of Crimea to drop all charges against …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry: OSCE’s report confirms gross violations of Minsk agreements

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry commented on the report of the Special OSCE monitoring mission (SMM) dated Feb. 16 “Hardship for conflict-affected …
Interfax-Ukraine

Some 2,197 Ukrainian military killed since conflict start in Donbas

Since the beginning of the conflict in eastern Ukraine 2,197 Ukrainian soldiers were killed, performing tasks there, Chief of General Staff – …
Interfax-Ukraine

The Guardian: Brut force – the winery in the middle of a war zone

The chaos of eastern Ukraine has taken a heavy toll on this Soviet-era winery, which once supplied more than half the country. Read more here.
The Guardian

Halya Coynash: Russia has more than torture to hide in ‘Ukrainian Crimea saboteur plot’

Russia’s FSB seem bent on preventing any contact with imprisoned Ukrainians Yevhen Panov and Andriy Zakhtei. The two men were illegally taken to …
Halya Coynash

Poroshenko says Ukraine to regain Donbas using only diplomatic methods

The Donbas territories can only be returned to Ukraine as a result of political and diplomatic settlement, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko …
Interfax-Ukraine

Halya Coynash: Strasbourg to rule if Russia can ban Crimean Tatar Mejlis

Ukraine is taking Russia to the European Court of Human Rights over its ban of the Mejlis or representative assembly of the Crimean Tatar People. …
Halya Coynash

Reuters: UN says rape, sexual assault in Ukraine conflict may amount to war crimes

LONDON – Men and women in Ukraine have been beaten, electrocuted by their genitals and raped in cases of sexual violence committed during the conflict …
Reuters

Serge Schmemann: Waiting for a clear Trump policy on Ukraine

Probably nowhere outside Washington and Moscow are the Trump administration’s smoke signals on Russia followed as intensely as in this Ukrainian …
Serge Schmemann

Alexander Vershbow: Ukraine deserves US support

Building a democracy isn’t easy, even in the best of circumstances. As a diplomat for over 40 years, I have seen firsthand how difficult it has been …
Alexander Vershbow

RFE/RL: Rights groups condemn trial of Crimean journalist critical of Russia

More than two dozen human rights groups have expressed “outrage” over the impending trial of Ukrainian journalist Mykola Semena, an RFE/RL contributor …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Huffington Post: Rising violence in Ukraine puts the spotlight on US relations with Russia

Eastern Ukraine has seen a deadly spike in violence in recent weeks, as shelling and fighting between Ukrainian soldiers and Russian-backed …
Huffington Post

Brian Bonner: Ukraine’s Friend & Foe Of The Week

Editor’s Note: This new opinion feature separates Ukraine’s friends from its enemies The Order of Yaroslav the Wise has been given by Ukrainian …
Brian Bonner

Three Ukrainian soldiers killed, four wounded in Donbas

Fighting has picked up in the Donbas again, with three Ukrainian soldiers being killed and four injured over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military …
Olena Goncharova

UNIAN: Putin claims Ukraine plotting sabotage, terrorist acts in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that the government of Ukraine intends to disrupt the Minsk agreements, according to an UNIAN correspondent …
UNIAN

Reuters: Lavrov says talks with Tillerson did not touch on sanctions

BONN – Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Feb. 16 a “pragmatic” meeting with his U.S. counterpart Rex Tillerson had addressed conflicts in …
Reuters

Donbas trade blockade organizers say it will go on

The organizers of the blockade of trade with separatists-held territories of Ukraine have declared the intention to continue their blockade at …
Interfax-Ukraine

Paul Goble: End of Kremlin’s dream of ‘big deal’ with Trump makes Putin more dangerous

Andrey Piontkovsky is undoubtedly correct that “’a big deal’” between Moscow and Washington has become “impossible” given the fallout from the Flynn …
Paul A. Goble
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