The Ukrainian Week

17 January	Breaking news	Former Ukraine president lands in Kyiv to face treason case Prosecutor claims Petro Poroshenko was involved in financing of Russian-backed separatists in 2014-15
18 October, 2021	Breaking 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
13 September, 2021	Breaking 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
22 March, 2021	Breaking news	Russian-backed rebels deploys tanks near demarcation line in eastern Ukraine Pro-Russian separatists have deployed more troops near the demarcation line defined in the Minsk agreement in eastern Ukraine
6 August, 2019	Breaking 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
28 June, 2019	Breaking news	Four Ukrainian prisoners released by Russia-backed separatists arrive in Minsk Russia-backed separatists from Ukraine's eastern Donbas region have released four Ukrainian citizens, who have been flown to the Belarusian capital, Minsk
17 January, 2019	Breaking news	Ukraine detains 'pro-separatist' journalist after deportation from Russia Authorities in Ukraine say they have detained a journalist accused of undermining the country’s territorial integrity
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”
29 September, 2018	Breaking news	Four people injured in Donetsk explosion This latest incident comes about a month after Donetsk separatist leader Aleksandr Zakharchenko was assassinated by a bomb blast at this cafe in Donetsk
7 September, 2018	Breaking news	Donetsk separatists have chosen Zakharchenko successor Denis Pushilin has been selected as the acting head of so called Donetsk People`s Republic.
25 May, 2016	Politics	Elections in Donbas: Division by zero Election in the occupied Donbas is nothing more than a slogan used at the Minsk negotiations. There are no real tools available today to make it happen
29 January, 2016		"The militants and Russia have not fulfilled any requirements of the Minsk Agreements" Presidential envoy for the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Donbas and member of the humanitarian subgroup in the Minsk Negotiating Team talks to The Ukrainian Week about prisoner exchange, the amnesty for militants and Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia
21 December, 2015	Society	Myths about the "Donetsk People's Republic" Ukrainians tend to get their stereotypes about the "DPR" primarily from distorted media reports and have not been to Donetsk or other currently "republican" cities since they were seized. Some had a little experience of life in "Novorossia" and left, still believing that nothing has changed there since summer 2014.
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
8 December, 2014	Society	The Donetsk Syndrome Ukrainian war veterans return from the Donbas. And face a new war
10 September, 2014		Independence. Reboot How the war has changed the perception of independence in Eastern Ukraine
16 July, 2014	Society	Fundraising for the Ukrainian Army Volunteers who raise funds for the Ukrainian military share their motivations, worries and bank details for those who are willing to donate
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
28 June, 2014	News	Terrorists attack Ukrainian military near Sloviansk, killing several Ukrainian troops Terrorists are shooting at anti-terrorist operation troops near Sloviansk, Dmytro Tymchuk, coordinator of the InfoResist group, reports on his Facebook page
27 June, 2014	News	EU delays sanctions against Russia until June 30 EU leaders claim that new sanctions against Russia could be passed anytime, the European Council says in its conclusions on Ukraine passed at the session in Brussels today
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	Acting Foreign Minister says diplomatic relations with Russia could be suspended Andriy Deshchytsia, Ukraine’s Acting Foreign Minister, was at negotiations at the Russian Embassy today. He says Ukraine could suspend diplomatic relations with Russia, but does not specify when that could happen
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
9 June, 2014	News	Defense Ministry claims that the armed conflict will stop in the Donbas The armed conflict is in the process of being stopped in Eastern Ukraine, Acting Defense Minister Mykhailo Koval said as reported by the Ministry of Defense press-service
19 May, 2014	News	Interior Ministry: 32 people died of chloroform at the Odesa Labour Unions Building Chloroform was found at the Labour Unions Building in Odesa where over 40 people died on May 2, Vitaliy Sakal, Head of the Interior Ministry’s Investigation Headquarters said today
9 May, 2014	News	Interior Minister: 20 terrorists killed in Mariupol, 4 detained Nearly 20 terrorists were killed and 4 detained during the shooting between Ukrainian police and military and separatists, Arsen Avakov, Ukraine’s Interior Minister, wrote on his Facebook page. Ukrainian law enforcers have lost 1 man, 5 wounded
6 May, 2014	News	Acting Prosecutor General: Police helped separatists in Odesa on May 2 The police were de facto involved in the crimes committed by separatists in Odesa, Acting Prosecutor General Oleh Makhnitsky says in an interview for Channel 5