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22 FebruaryBreaking news
Putin orders troops to breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine
Russian President recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent on Monday and ordered the Russian army to launch what Moscow called a peacekeeping operation into the area
17 FebruaryBreaking news
Biden warns Russia is set to invade Ukraine within days
US president speaks as Kyiv and Moscow blame each other for shelling in eastern Donbas region
28 October, 2021Breaking news
Ukraine uses Turkish drone against Russia-backed separatists for first time
Ukrainian government forces have used a Turkish-supplied armed drone for the first time against Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, in a development condemned by the Kremlin
27 October, 2021World
Jonatan Vseviov: “There can be no excuse for anybody to consider things which are happening on Donbas as normal. If this becomes normal, then nobody is safe”
The Ukrainian Week met with Jonatan Vseviov, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, to discuss the key principles of Estonian foregn policy, development projects for Ukraine and the importance of Crimean Platform
18 October, 2021Breaking news
OSCE mission in eastern Ukraine suspends operations amid protests
The Organization for Security and Cooperation on Europe has suspended its monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine following protests near its headquarters in separatist-controlled Donetsk, the chief monitor said on Sunday
11 October, 2021Breaking news
Russian mercenaries violate ceasefire in eastern Ukraine ten times
Over the past day, October 10, ten ceasefire violations by Russian-occupation troops were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) in eastern Ukraine
16 September, 2021Breaking news
Russia-occupation forces in Donbas fire at Schastia, head of local military-civil administration wounded
The press service of the community adds that law enforcement agencies are currently working at the scene
13 September, 2021Breaking news
Two Ukraine soldiers die in clashes with separatists
The Ukrainian army is locked in a conflict with breakaway fighters in Donetsk and Lugansk that erupted after Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula in 2014
6 July, 2021Breaking news
Six ceasefire violations recorded in JFO area. Ukrainian soldier killed
Over the past day, six ceasefire violations by the armed formations of the Russian Federation were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation area in eastern Ukraine
10 May, 2021Breaking news
Russia-led forces hand detainees lists over to Ukraine
The Ukrainian side shared its lists in the winter
4 May, 2021Breaking news
Lithuania to contribute to de-occupation of Ukrainian territories
Vilnius will never recognize Russia’s occupation of part of Ukraine’s territory and will make efforts to de-occupy these territories
27 April, 2021Breaking news
Ukraine's Zelenskyy hopeful about meeting Vladimir Putin
The talks about a new ceasefire in Ukraine are already "at the finish line," said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. A meeting with Vladimir Putin was also on the cards
14 April, 2021Breaking news
Biden warns Putin on Russian troop buildup near Ukraine
He called on Russia to "deescalate tensions," the White House said in a summary of the conversation
9 April, 2021Breaking news
Ukrainian president visits eastern frontline as tensions rise with Russia
Volodymyr Zelenskiy's visit came after reports of increased clashes with separatist forces and rising tensions with Russia.
3 April, 2021Breaking news
Russia massing troops on border, Ukraine warns
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday accused Moscow of building up troops on his country's border as the United States warned Russia against "intimidating" Ukraine
27 March, 2021Breaking news
Four Ukrainian soldiers killed, two wounded amid enemy shelling in Donbas
Near the village of Shumy, Toretsk City Council of Donetsk region on Friday
19 March, 2021Breaking news
Occupiers fire banned mortars on Ukrainian troops in Donbas
Over the past day, March 17, the armed formations of the Russian Federation violated the ceasefire in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in Donbas nine times
14 September, 2020Breaking news
Ukraine to provide new evidence on Ilovaisk tragedy to the Hague
Ukraine also cites facts that may indicate the control of the aggressor country over the occupied territory
7 September, 2020Breaking news
Russian-controlled forces breach truce in Donbas, Ukrainian soldier killed
The ceasefire regime had lasted for 42 days
25 August, 2020Breaking news
German foreign minister hails 'progress' in peace talks
The German foreign minister is in Ukraine to help along a potential peace deal in the country’s turbulent east. The current ceasefire there has held for nearly a month.
27 May, 2020Breaking news
Ukraine in UN urges Russia to give up "logic of war" in Donbas
Ukraine has also recalled Russia must implement its obligations under the Minsk Agreements
20 April, 2020Society
Stanislav Aseyev: “One of the people exchanged with me beat me and was involved in tortures”
Stanislav Aseyev, journalist and contributor to The Ukrainian Week, spent two years as hostage to the “DNR” militants. In his interview, he shares why he decided to stay in the occupied part of the Donbas, how he ended up in the “basement” and how he started writing a book in jail
17 April, 2020Breaking news
Ukraine returns from occupied territories 20 Citizens within exchange
The Presidential Office states that the exchange of held persons has ended, and in its course Ukraine returned 20 citizens from the occupied territories
17 April, 2020Society
A thriving ruin
Despite many official pronouncements, industry in the liberated Donbas is in its death throes
23 March, 2020Breaking news
Ukraine suspends passage of citizens through demarcation line in Donbas
In exceptional cases, a person may be given permission to cross the line in critical life circumstances, with supporting documents for such circumstances
9 March, 2020Politics
Somewhere in the middle
What is it that voters in free Donbas like about Zelenskiy?
7 March, 2020Society
The march of dis-integration
The self-proclaimed republics in occupied Donbas are changing their rhetoric about returning to Ukraine and are more actively imposing the attributes of a statelet...
6 March, 2020Politics
The potential winter unfreezing of the Donbas
The strategic winners and losers at Normandy
23 February, 2020Politics
Imitating deoccupation
The Zelenskiy team is slowly adapting to the frozen conflict in occupied Donbas
18 February, 2020Politics
Portrait in dirty grey
New Year in occupied Donbas
2 February, 2020Society
The age of marauders
The economic crisis in occupied Donbas is getting worse. Marauding seems to be the rule of the day
30 January, 2020Society
Opinion under occupation
How are residents of ORDiLO being polled for their opinions and how reliable are the results?
29 January, 2020Society
Dead Souls: The people’s census
What those “dead souls” are hiding in occupied Donbas
2 December, 2019Politics
Whither goest thou, Ukraine?
How attitudes towards the country’s course and the war in the Donbas have changed among Ukrainians in the last five years
30 November, 2019Politics
The concealed markers of sovereignty
What criteria should be used to evaluate strategies for the reintegration of the Donbas
11 November, 2019Breaking news
In Poland, Ukrainian Donbas war Veteran faces extradition to Russia
A court hearing in Poland on whether to extradite a Ukrainian veteran of the ongoing Donbas conflict and member of a Ukrainian nationalist group is expected to begin by Nov. 12
9 November, 2019Breaking news
Russian-backed rebels begin Donbas village withdrawal
Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed rebels began withdrawing from a village in the disputed Donbas region on Saturday, one of a series of measures that could pave the way for a summit between Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany
4 November, 2019Breaking news
Finland to make additional contribution to humanitarian demining in Donbas
The foreign minister expressed strong support for Ukraine in finding a solution to the military conflict through the Minsk agreements
2 November, 2019Breaking news
Ukraine announces completion of withdrawal of forces and weapons near Zolote in Donbas
OSCE monitors used drones to verify the disengagement
28 October, 2019Breaking news
Volunteer veterans reportedly withdraw their firearms from Zolote-4 after meeting with Zelenskiy
A representative of the Office of the President says the weapons were seized by the police
5 October, 2019Economics
“Dismissed” from the mines
What the supporters of DNR and LNR feared most, the closure of the mines, was accomplished by their terrorist leadership, not by the “junta” in Kyiv
2 October, 2019Breaking news
Ukraine conflict: Anger as Zelensky agrees vote deal in east
Hundreds of Ukrainians have protested after President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had backed an agreement that would bring elections to territory controlled by Russian-backed separatists.
28 September, 2019Breaking news
Kurt Volker, Trump's envoy for Ukraine, resigns
U.S. special envoy to Ukraine resigns a day after whistleblower complaint was released
28 September, 2019Politics
Donbas: The new repertoire
Open supporters of integration with Russia are being persecuted on the occupied Donbas
16 September, 2019Society
Mykhailo Zabrodskiy: “Generals do not think within the framework of the previous war”
The commander of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces on the feasibility of holding a military parade on Independence Day of Ukraine and the specifics of the war in Donbas
13 September, 2019Breaking news
Kyiv seeking to hold local elections simultaneously all around Ukraine
The Ukrainian authorities would like to hold local elections simultaneously across the entire Ukrainian territory, including the temporary occupied areas
11 September, 2019Breaking news
Donbas: 19 attacks on Ukrainian positions
82 mm mines hit Novotoshkivske and Mayorske
4 September, 2019Breaking news
Four Ukrainian warriors wounded in Donbas over 24 hours
Since midnight, Russian mercenaries have already opened fire once
26 August, 2019Politics
A war of sensations
How the 2019 elections were different from all the previous ones in the Donbas
19 August, 2019Economics
Industrial reset
How Estonia solves the problems of its “Donbas”
15 August, 2019Politics
Kurt Volker: “Russia is running a military operation in the Donbas”
The Ukrainian Week talked with U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations on prospects for the release of Ukrainian prisoners, the specifics of negotiations with the Russia and options for resolving the conflict in the Donbas
11 August, 2019Breaking news
Ukrainian flag hoisted in occupied Crimea in memory of Marines killed in Donbas
Four Ukrainian fighters lost their lives in an obnoxious attack on the position near Pavlopol, Donetsk region on August 6
9 August, 2019Society
ORDiLO: The new party line
What’s behind the flashmob about “Accept Donbas’s choice”?
7 August, 2019Economics
To help Russia keep the ORDiLO?
What the new government’s initiatives to lift the blockade from the occupied Donbas actually mean
6 August, 2019Breaking news
Four Ukrainian soldiers killed in clashes with Russia-backed separatists
Kyiv says four Ukrainian soldiers have lost their lives in the latest clashes with Russia-backed separatists in the country's east
23 July, 2019Breaking news
Russia-led militants fire shells at Ukrainian army positions near Luhanske on Tuesday morning
The press center of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported
12 July, 2019Society
Rhetoric is changed in ORDiLO
Initiatives to return to Ukraine as autonomy have intensified in the occupied Donbas
30 June, 2019Breaking news
Two Ukrainian servicemen wounded over 24 hours in Donbas
Russian occupants attacked positions of Ukraine's government troops 15 times
12 June, 2019Breaking news
Ukraine troops advance in Maryinka, approaching Donetsk
The "grey zone" has shifted toward the village of Trudivske
11 June, 2019Breaking news
Ukrainian soldier wounded in Donbas on Tuesday
Russian-led forces have continued to violate the ceasefire in Donbas since midnight until 12.00 on Tuesday
8 June, 2019Breaking news
Zelenskiy vows "tough" response as more Ukrainian soldiers die In the east
Ukraine says fresh clashes with Russia-backed separatists in the country's east have claimed the lives of two of its soldiers, raising to six the number of Ukrainian troops reported killed this week
6 June, 2019Breaking news
Ukraine's envoy at Minsk talks proposes lifting economic blockade from Donbas
The proposal will be considered at the next TCG meeting in Minsk
13 May, 2019Breaking news
Russian proxy forces in Donbas "officially" seize homes of Ukrainians who fled from war
Many locals who moved out of the occupied territories never return to challenge "court" decisions in fear of prosecution
9 May, 2019Breaking news
One Ukrainian soldier killed, four wounded in Donbas amid 11 enemy attacks in past day
One occupier was killed and another five were wounded on Wednesday, intelligence reports say
6 May, 2019Breaking news
2,973 Ukrainian soldiers killed in Donbas since start of Russian aggression
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko stated this
27 April, 2019Society
Polyphonic Donbas
Who’s talking to the world on behalf of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts and what they are saying
25 April, 2019Breaking news
Russia offers passports to people in eastern Ukraine territories
President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Wednesday that makes it easier for those living in eastern Ukraine's separatist territories to access a Russian passport
25 April, 2019Economics
Chronically ruined
Why economic decline of the liberated parts of the Donbas is dangerous
24 April, 2019Breaking news
Sloviansk, where Donbas war started 5 years ago, sees peaceful election
When Russian-backed separatists began their offensive in eastern Ukraine in spring 2014, the city of Sloviansk was the first one they took over. After several months, it was liberated, but it keeps its memory as the place where Russia’s war in eastern Ukraine, which killed over 13,000 people, started
23 April, 2019Society
What will remain
What will Ukraine rely on after any result of the election?
21 April, 2019Politics
“Nervous and predictable”
How Donbas elected president after almost a decade break
17 April, 2019Economics
Predictable revenge
The Donbas and especially the Luhansk Oblast have remained to be the domain of the pro-Russian forces, although the electoral map of the region has changed significantly
16 April, 2019Breaking news
Russia-led forces mount 12 attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas in past day
Russia-led forces mounted 12 attacks on Ukrainian army positions in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, in the past day, no Ukrainian casualties have been reported, the press center of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) has said
15 April, 2019Breaking news
Ukrainian border guards detain Donbas militant at Crimea de-facto border
The detainee was charged with terrorism
5 April, 2019Breaking news
Ukrainian troops eliminate four invaders
A Ukrainian soldier was injured as a result of the shelling
3 April, 2019Breaking news
Ukrainian military reveal details of bloody battle in Donbas that brought casualties
The female soldier, Yana Chernova, had "no chance of surviving in this hell," according to the Donbas Battalion commander
2 April, 2019Economics
Where’s brotherly Russia when you need it?
Economic decline is destroying occupied Donbas even faster than the armed conflict at this point
18 February, 2019Society
Touring country
How the war has changed the cultural landscape of the Donbas
16 February, 2019Culture
Serhiy Zakharov: “Donetsk has let go of me, yet it keeps haunting me”
Serhiy Zakharov is an artist from Donetsk known for his plywood caricatures of “Novorossia” leaders installed on the city streets in 2014. The installations resulted in his captivity in Donetsk that year. In his interview with The Ukrainian Week, Serhiy speaks about his complex relations with his city and the attitudes of the creative crowd to politicians
15 February, 2019Breaking news
Three Ukrainian soldiers wounded in action in Donbas in past day
Two invaders were killed and another four were injured in the past day, intelligence reports say
13 February, 2019Society
Generation “D”
How children in occupied Donbas are being worked on psychologically and informationally
7 February, 2019Society
One more year down the tubes
What’s causing the socio-economic situation in occupied Donbas to get worse?
1 February, 2019Breaking news
Azov special forces unit returns to Donbas
The Azov was withdrawn from Mariupol in the summer of 2016
31 January, 2019Breaking news
Ukraine briefs Germany on Russia's missile systems in Crimea
Petrenko informed the German side about the security situation
20 January, 2019World
Joel Lion: “You don’t have to afraid the conflict, just go and do the business”
During the Discussion Club “Open World” organised by Open Ukraine Foundation The Ukrainian Week talks with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the State of Israel to Ukraine on the conflict in Syria, the free trade between our countries and business in the conditions of uncertain security situation
16 January, 2019Politics
Lessons for the Donbas from two wars
What national unity hinges on and what, besides Russia, threatens Ukraine
8 October, 2018Politics
The danger of wanting to be boss
What to expect from “elections” in Donetsk and Luhansk
3 October, 2018History
The strikes of opportunism and independence
While defending its interests, the soviet coal industry helped the Soviet Union collapse
1 October, 2018Society
Linguistic concessions as a guarantee of occupation
Could ukrainization have prevented the current occupation of the East of Ukraine?
21 September, 2018Society
Serhiy Nayev: "The Joint Forces should put an end to Russian aggression against Ukraine"
The Ukrainian Week discussed the first results of the Joint Forces Operation in the Donbas with its commander, Lieutenant-General Serhiy Nayev.
11 September, 2018Breaking news
Ukrainian volunteer dies in Donbas
He has been a volunteer since 2014
4 September, 2018Breaking news
Ukrainian officer has disclosed the number of enemy losses in Donbas throughout 2018
Russian propaganda systemically lowers the number of officially recognized casualties on the part of Russian occupation forces in eastern Ukraine's warzone
29 August, 2018Breaking news
Ukraine selects “Donbas” for Oscars’ foreign-language category
Ukraine has selected Serhey Loznitsa's Donbas, a drama centered on an ongoing military conflict in East Ukraine, for the best foreign-language film Oscar race.
20 July, 2018Society
Stanislav Chernohor: "I dream that one day there will be a regional museum in Kramatorsk similar to the one in Katowice"
The opportunity to travel to neighboring countries without hindrance has had an effect people in the regions of Ukraine most distant from Europe – despite the war, they have begun to travel actively. The Ukrainian Week talked to Stanislav Chernohor, experienced traveller and head of the Community Development Foundation in Kramatorsk.
3 July, 2018Society
Raid the Stash
How to solve one of the country's most difficult problems and why the state is stubbornly unwilling to do so
21 June, 2018Society
War and Memes
How to overcome Russian cultural domination
30 May, 2018Society
The mood of the Donbas
At the end of April, the Ministry of Information Policy published results of polls from Donetsk Oblast. According to organizers, they were conducted on both sides of the conflict line
26 April, 2018
“Neither the president nor French ministers need to go to St. Petersburg in May”
French political analyst Nicolas Tenzer about the diplomatic crisis between the West and Russia, the state of Franco-Russian relations, and the prospects for reviving negotiations in the Normandy format
13 March, 2018Politics
A process of no progress
An update from the occupied parts of the Donbas: monuments to Russian volunteers, shutdown of mobile connection, new arrests of ministers
21 February, 2018Politics
A historic law of geopolitical scale
Important aspects of the new Deoccupation Law
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Is it possible to separate Pushkin from Putin?
The culture of 'Muscovite Rus' came to form from two heterogeneous sources. The seed of the religious and artistic culture reached Muscovy from southeastern Europe (Byzantium, the Balkans) through Kyiv. On the other hand, the foundation of the political and legal culture came to Muscovy from 'Ulus Jöchi', better known as the Golden Horde. As a result, the Russian "spiritual culture" took the shape of a familiar European facade, behind which a non-European state infrastructure hid.
7 April, ,
Russia says Kyiv ‘changing mind’ in peace talks as Putin warned against chemical weapons
German chancellor Olaf Scholz says Putin’s comments on US biological weapons seemed like an ‘implicit threat’
23 March, ,
In the hands of criminals, history is a deadly weapon
It is us, Ukrainians, and all the citizens of this country, who must keep studying our own history. To defend our land and our country, we must know it better.
20 March, ,
Survey says 86.6% of Russians support the armed invasion of Russia in other European countries
86.6% of Russians tolerate and support the potential assault on the territory of the European Union, including: Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and others as evidenced by the results of the sociological survey conducted by “Active Group”
18 March, ,
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