The Ukrainian Week

2 March, 2021	Politics	Frontline politics Local election shows that the era of political monopoly in Luhansk Oblast is drawing to an end
9 July, 2020	Breaking news	Forest fires kill at least six in Luhansk region Forest fires have killed at least six people and ravaged several villages in eastern Ukraine
17 April, 2020	Society	A thriving ruin Despite many official pronouncements, industry in the liberated Donbas is in its death throes
5 October, 2019	Economics	“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
14 June, 2019	Breaking news	Russia starts giving passports to Ukrainians from Donetsk and Luhansk Russian authorities have given out the first passports to residents of Ukraine's separatist regions, shrugging off international criticism. Kyiv said it would never recognize documents issued by the "aggressor country"
27 April, 2019	Society	Polyphonic Donbas Who’s talking to the world on behalf of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts and what they are saying
17 April, 2019	Economics	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
29 March, 2019	Society	Betting on zero How the current and former leadership of the self-declared republics in occupied Donbas see the upcoming elections for President of Ukraine
11 November, 2018	Breaking news	Ukraine separatists hold polls criticized by Kyiv Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine are holding elections considered by Kyiv and the West “illegal” and a “mockery”
22 September, 2018	Breaking news	Ukraine's army retakes another village in Russian-occupied Luhansk region The operation itself took half an hour
28 April, 2017	Politics	Courts, sanctions and the blockade 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
19 October, 2016	Politics	New Donetskites How generations shift in the electoral field of the former Party of Regions clans
16 May, 2016		The high cost of news 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”
31 March, 2016	Society	Truly hearing the Donbas Patriots from Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts strive to become an influential force
20 August, 2015	Politics	Cloning Saakashvili Proposed decentralization raises concern over the quality of human resources available to run the regions
3 February, 2015	Society	The Origins of Donetsk Separatism Donetsk separatism only truly became a noticeable problem in 2014. Until then, almost no one believed that it existed.
31 December, 2014	Politics	The Union of Donetsk and the Kremlin Donetsk-born MP Yegor Firsov on his home region: In contrast to most regular citizens, who saw the riots from outside, I knew the process from inside. From the very first days, I clearly understood that there was a guided, controlled rebellion, in which everyone skilfully played the roles designated to them
26 December, 2014	Politics	Who is Waging the War in the Luhansk People’s Republic Widely perceived as the economic and political tandem of the Donbas, Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts have actually never been equal partners
11 September, 2014	Politics	What is Behind Special Status for Donbas The “special status” of the Donbas within Ukraine can turn it into an impoverished criminal reservation. This will help Moscow conceal its occupation of part of the neighbour’s territory and legitimize its presence in the region
10 September, 2014	Society	Historian and sociologist Oksana Mikheyeva:“We must drag people out of the media coma” The Ukrainian Week speaks to Ms. Mikheyeva about the humanitarian future of her native region
20 August, 2014	News	A convoy of Russian military vehicles enters Luhansk A convoy of Russian military vehicles enters Luhansk, reports Hromadske.tv journalist referring to the commanders of army units currently on the frontline
15 August, 2014	News	Russian APCs cross Ukrainian border A convoy of APCs and army trucks has crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border at Izvaryne, the checkpoint captured by the separatists, the Anti-Terrorist Operation headquarters report
13 July, 2014	News	National Defence and Security Council: A grouping of Russian military detected near Russia-Ukraine border in Luhansk Oblast A cluster of the Russian military was detected near the village of Heivka, Stanychno-Luhansk County, Luhansk Oblast, 3 km from the Russian border on the Ukrainian territory, on July 12, National Security and Defence Council info-center spokesperson Andriy Lysenko reports
11 July, 2014	News	Russian tanks and AFVs arrive in Luhansk Nearly 20 tanks and AFVs crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border at night on July 20-11
9 July, 2014	Politics	Fixing the Donbas If the “Donbas pacification plan” announced by Petro Poroshenko is to be implemented effectively, the region’s administrative map could be redrawn more sensibly
20 June, 2014	News	12 paratroopers killed in Donetsk Oblast 12 paratroopers from the 25th Dnipropetrovsk Airborne Brigade were killed in clashes near Krasnyi Lyman, a town in Donetsk Oblast. 25 more were injured, members of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast national protection headquarters wrote on Facebook
19 June, 2014	News	SBU detains Russian and German citizens involved in spying and organization of terrorist attacks Ukraine’s Security Service, SBU, submits files against two foreigners and eight Ukrainians to court. Charges include spying, terrorist activity and mass disturbances, SBU press service reports
17 June, 2014	News	Dmytro Tymchuk: Terrorists force the locals to join them because they are running out of money Тerrorists are forcing local men to take up arms, Dmytro Tymchuk, coordinator of the Information Resistance group, tells in a comment for The Ukrainian Week
15 June, 2014	News	June, 14 – The bloodiest day in Ukraine’s Anti-Terrorist Operation claims lives of 49 soldiers and 5 border guards 40 paratroopers and 9 crew members were killed in the Il-76 plane shot down by terrorists; 5 border guards were killed and 7 injured in an ambush attack of their convoy by terrorists
12 June, 2014	Politics	Andrey Illarionov: “The aggression against Ukraine will inevitably end in a redrawing of Russia’s borders” Andrey Illarionov, a former advisor to Vladimir Putin, talks to The Ukrainian Week about the prospects of Russian imperialism, the efficiency of Western diplomacy and the possible consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian war
11 June, 2014	World	Wolfgang Ischinger: Mr. Putin is challenging the very bases of the vision of European integration The Ukrainian Week talks to Wolfgang Ischinger, German diplomat who was the Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for National Dialogue Roundtables in Ukraine, on his work, European and Ukrainian co-existence with Russia, and security threats of the current conflict between Ukraine and Russia
11 June, 2014	Society	Donbas battalion commander:“Our format is a compromise between state agencies and the voluntary movement. We want to change our country” Semen Semenchenko talks about voluntary special forces, the Chechen trail in Eastern Ukraine and inevitable terror
10 June, 2014	Politics	Donbas: The Revenge of the Proletariat Russian weapons have transformed separatist-controlled territories into a battlefield. The locals support the rebels for promises of order and Soviet values. The region could quickly become the new Transnistria
10 June, 2014	Economics	Money of the Donbas The unrest in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts has deep underlying causes. Unless removed, they make a prospering Donbas as part of Ukraine a mission impossible
4 June, 2014	News	Acting President Turchynov announced partial closing of border with Russia Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov announces the closing of part of Ukraine’s eastern border, including in Central Luhansk and North Donetsk Oblasts
3 June, 2014	News	Explosion at the Luhansk Oblast Administration kills seven Seven people were killed by the explosion at the Luhansk Oblast State Administration, SXID.info reports referring to the Pavlo Maliuk, head of the health care department at the Luhansk Oblast State Administration
3 June, 2014	News	State Border Service: snipers shooting at Ukrainian border guards in Luhansk The militants that surrounded the border guard checkpoint have seized fire but their snipers keep shooting, the State Border Service PR department reports
10 May, 2014	News	May 9 in Ukraine: a fire at the TV tower, a shootout in Mariupol, Putin’s visit to Crimea On May 9, cables were set on fire in the tunnels between the Kyiv TV tower and the building of the National TV and Radio Company of Ukraine; separatists intensified their actions in Mariupol, Ukrainian military annihilated terrorists; ex-Party of Regions MP Oleh Tsariov bailed out an arrested coordinator of pro-Russian separatists; Kharkiv refused to hold a separation referendum
1 May, 2014	Politics	Who's Behind Separatism in the Donbas? Checkpoints and barricades made out of tires have been installed on the highways of Donetsk region. In the cities administrative buildings have been seized. Groups of masked men armed with sticks and bats control the roads and search the passing transport. Using crowds of civilians as a shield "the little green men" capture Ukrainian armored vehicles
30 April, 2014	News	Political analysts: The West will recognize presidential election even if it doesn't take place in all regions, Russia won’t Vadym Karasiov, a Ukrainian political analyst, says that a scenario whereby some regions of Ukraine fail to hold the presidential election is possible
21 March, 2014	Politics	The Vacuum in Luhansk Oblast How pro-Russian forces are trying to fill the emptiness created by the fall of Yanukovych