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

How the current and former leadership of the self-declared republics in occupied Donbas see the upcoming elections for President of Ukraine

How children in occupied Donbas are being worked on psychologically and informationally

What’s causing the socio-economic situation in occupied Donbas to get worse?

An update from the occupied parts of the Donbas: monuments to Russian volunteers, shutdown of mobile connection, new arrests of ministers

Important aspects of the new Deoccupation Law

Ukrainian civilians who are in captivity in “LNR” and “DNR” are one of the most painful problems facing Ukraine

Ukraine needs to prepare a consolidated claim on Russia’s responsibility for its armed aggression to be used in international courts, as well as laws on the occupied territory and the restoration of territorial integrity

How elections in the Donbas usually play out

Why is Russia rushing to put an end to the warlords in its self-proclaimed republics in occupied Donbas?

How Ukrainian politicians see the likelihood of elections in the occupied parts of Donbas

In mid-week, Ukraine’s media was rocked by yet another scandal. Myrotvorets or Peacemaker, a site known for publishing information about those who have collaborated with terrorists, published a list of journalists who have been accredited by the “Donetsk People’s Republic”

After using leftist populist slogans to heat up the situation in the Donbas in the spring of 2014, Russia’s proxies have brought rapacious, feudal bolshevism to the region instead

Russia’s aggression in Ukraine is part of a broader, and more dangerous, confrontation with the West

Widely perceived as the economic and political tandem of the Donbas, Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts have actually never been equal partners