The Ukrainian Week

26 January	Breaking news	Ukraine's SBU detains "DPR" fighter as he enjoys "rest" in Kharkiv He also tried to hire local residents for participation in illegal armed formations in Donbas
1 July, 2014	News	President Poroshenko ends truce in the Donbas President Petro Poroshenko announces the end of ceasefire in the Donbas, he says after the meeting of the National Security and Defence Council, his press service reports
30 June, 2014	News	Terrorists shell the airfield in Kramatorsk and checkpoints near Sloviansk during truce Terrorists shelled the bases of Ukrainian military near Kramatorsk airfield and checkpoints near Sloviansk, the villages of Makariv and Avdeyevka, the Anti-Terrorist press service reports
30 June, 2014	News	Terrorists shell residential districts in Sloviansk killing at least eight yesterday The militants installed artillery weapons at Urytskoho Street in Sloviansk. They are shelling residential districts, Dmytro Tymchuk, coordinator of InfoResist group, reports on his Facebook page
28 June, 2014	News	SBU arrests terrorist “Czech” responsible for the movement of military vehicles from Russia The SBU, Ukraine’s Security Service, arrests a member of the terrorist organization acting in Eastern Ukraine, its press service reports
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: Quite a few militants in the Donbas will lay down arms in ceasefire Many militants in the Donbas will take the chance and lay down arms during the temporary ceasefire, coordinator of Information Resistance group, Dmytro Tymchuk, tells The Ukrainian Week in a comment
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	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
9 June, 2014	News	Terrorists attacked a military unit in Artemivsk at night Last night, a group of terrorists tried to storm the military unit in Artemivsk, Donetsk Oblast, as reported by Dmytro Tymchuk, head of the military and political research, on his Facebook page
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	Crimean self-defence kidnaps and beats editor and film director On June 2, the local “self-defence” kidnapped editor and journalist Serhiy Mokrushyn and director Vladlen Melnykov, both from the Center of Journalist Investigation, in Simferopol, Crimea
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
22 May, 2014	News	Ukraine requests urgent UN Security Council meeting Ukrainian authorities have requested the UN to call the Security Council meeting on the situation in Ukraine, Premier Arseniy Yatseniuk says