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Natalia Arno: If the world blinks, Putin will seize the rest of Ukraine

This will be a crucial year for Ukraine’s delicately balanced democracy and sovereignty. A real danger exists that Russian President Vladimir Putin …
Natalia Arno

Washington Post: Trump is sworn in, rockets fall on Ukraine

Could ithave been just a coincidence that Russian-backed forces in Ukraine launched their biggest offensive in months the day after Vladi­mir Putin …
Washington Post

BBC: Avdiyivka, the front line of Europe’s ‘forgotten war’ (VIDEO)

Tom Burridge reports from the city of Avdiyivka in eastern Ukraine, on the front line between government troops and Russian-backed rebels. Watch the …
BBC

Bloomberg: Battle rages amid east Ukraine’s bloodiest fighting in weeks

The deadliest flare-up in fighting in eastern Ukraine since December stretched into a third day as President Petro Poroshenko broke off a visit to …
Bloomberg

The Moscow Times: Freedom House accuses Russia of undermining democracy abroad

The international organization Freedom House has called Russia a country with a “repressive environment,” which attacks civil and democratic freedoms …
The Moscow Times

Illich Steel Works halts two blast furnaces over shortage of coke from Avdiyivka Coking Plant

Mariupol Illich Steel Works (Donetsk region), part of Metinvest Group, has halted two blast furnaces over a lack of coke earlier supplied from …
Interfax-Ukraine

BBC: Evacuation planned in Ukrainian frontline town of Avdiyivka

Ukrainian officials are preparing for a possible evacuation of the eastern frontline town of Avdiyivka amid renewed fighting with pro-Russian …
BBC

Poroshenko receives report on initial signs of de-escalation near Avdiyivka

Head of Donetsk Military and Civilian Administration Pavlo Zhebrivsky has reported to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko regarding some initial …
Interfax-Ukraine

Ian Bateson: Ukraine’s eastern front – a Trump card in a bigger game?

Last week, as I traveled around Ukraine’s eastern front, I found myself talking to soldiers stationed there. The new US president was a regular topic …
Ian Bateson

Ukrainian forces ‘repel attacks on Avdiyivka, push forward’

The fierce fighting in the Avdiyivka industrial zone has raged into a third day, with Ukrainian forces repelling repeated attacks by Russian-backed …
Illia Ponomarenko

RFE/RL: NATO, US want dialogue with Russia ‘from position of strength’

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance and the new U.S. administration agree on the need for dialogue with Russia “from a position …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Trilateral Contact Group to meet in Minsk on February 1

A meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) will take place on Feb. 1, in Minsk, Darka Olifer, press secretary for Ukrainian representative to the …
Interfax-Ukraine

Associated Press: Coal miners rescued as fighting increases in eastern Ukraine

AVDIYIVKA, Ukraine – Fighting between government troops and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine escalated on Jan. 31, killing at least eight …
Associated Press

Brian Whitmore: A grand bargain, or extortion?

It is pretty damn clear what Russia wants to get out of a grand bargain with the West. It wants the end of sanctions and Moscow’s international …
Brian Whitmore

Associated Press: Eight people killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine

AVDIYIVKA, Ukraine – Fighting between government troops and Russia-backed separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine escalated on Jan. 31, killing at least …
Associated Press

Reuters: Kyiv and Kremlin trade blame over surge in east Ukraine fighting

Ukraine and Russia blamed each other on Jan. 31 for a surge in fighting in eastern Ukraine over recent days that has led to the highest casualty toll …
Reuters

Avdiyivka Coke Plant struggles to maintain heat in the city, begs for gas supplies

The Avdiyivka Coke Plant, the largest coke and chemical products manufacturer in Europe for the iron and steel industry, as well as the provider of …
Veronika Melkozerova

EurActiv: Military situation in eastern Ukraine worsens

The Ukrainian foreign ministry expressed deep concern on Jan. 30 night over the intensification of the Russian-backed separatists in Donbas. Other …
EurActiv.com
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