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USA Today: Eastern Ukraine city in crosshairs of renewed fighting

AVDIyIVKA, Ukraine – Residents of this eastern Ukraine city were restoring basic services on Feb. 6 after suffering some of the worst fighting in …
USA Today

Michael Kofman: The ABCs of Russian military power

The current confrontation in U.S.-Russia relations, and increasing antagonism in the relationship, makes it difficult to separate structural changes …
Michael Kofman

Nataliya Katser-Buchkovska: Why are Ukraine’s borders not secure?

During the past few years we have seen a reset of the prevailing security paradigm with devastating consequences for international peace and for …
Nataliya Katser-Buchkovska

Reuters: EU vows to stick to Russia sanctions despite Trump’s bid for detente

The European Union will keep sanctions on Russia until Moscow drops its support for the separatist rebellion in Ukraine, foreign ministers said on …
Reuters

Associated Press: OSCE says fighting abates in eastern Ukraine

DONETSK – International monitors say fighting in eastern Ukraine has abated but the warring sides have kept heavy weapons near the front …
Associated Press

New York Times: Trump seems to side with Russia in comments on Ukraine

WASHINGTON – President Trump cast doubt on whether Moscow is backing separatists engaged in the recent escalation of fighting in eastern Ukraine, …
New York Times

Water, electricity supply restored in Avdiyivka

Water supply for the residents of Avdiyivka, Donetsk region, was restored in the city on Feb. 6 afternoon, the Ukrainian State Emergency Situations …
Interfax-Ukraine

Estonia suggests expanding sanctions against Russia if Donbas situation deteriorates

If the situation in Donbas deteriorates, sanctions against Russia should be expanded, Estonian Foreign Minister Sven Mikser said. “Until hostilities …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Frontline city in Ukraine gets breathing space after worst shelling in months

A week-long surge in violence in and around the government-held city of Avdiyivka in eastern Ukraine appeared to be winding down on Feb. 6, as schools …
Reuters

Kyiv says Ukrainian positions in Donbas shelled almost 100 times

Positions of Ukrainian troops were shelled 94 times leaving six servicemen injured in the Donbas conflict area in the past 24 hours, the press service …
Interfax-Ukraine

Mohammad Zahoor: The battle for Avdiyivka

On Jan. 29, less than one day after his first phone conversation with Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin put the newly inaugurated president’s soft-spoken …
Mohammad Zahoor

Karina Orlova: How to profit from a standoff with the United States

While most in the media (and not a few experts) were trying to prove that Donald Trump was put in the White House by Vladimir Putin – that the Kremlin …
Karina Orlova

OSCE monitoring mission reports Donetsk Filtering Station resumes operation

Donetsk Filtering Station has resumed operation, the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of the OSCE reported. “DFS pumping station restarted. DFS staff …
Interfax-Ukraine

CNBC: Trump-Putin ties now seen as key to peace in eastern Ukraine

Escalating violence in eastern Ukraine in recent weeks has underlined the importance that Donald Trump now plays in the region, with the U.S. …
CNBC

Brian Whitmore: Playing Putin’s border game

OK, here’s a memo to everybody. The fighting in Donbas is not taking place on Ukraine’s “border.” On the contrary, the escalation in Avdiyivka is …
Brian Whitmore

Vladimir Frolov: A test for Donald Trump in the Donbas

The latest flare-up of violence in eastern Ukraine, which subsided over the weekend, is not about changing the status-quo or a warming-up for a …
Vladimir Frolov

UNIAN: SBU releases audio tapes on IL-76 downed by separatists in 2014

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has released audio tapes used as evidence in a criminal case against chief of the Luhansk separatists Igor Plotnitsky …
UNIAN

The Guardian: Boris Johnson says no case for relaxation of Russia sanctions

Boris Johnson has said the British government will insist on the EU maintaining its sanctions on Russia, in comments that appeared to blame Vladimir …
The Guardian
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