On July 2, the armed formations of the Russian Federation violated ceasefire in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in Donbas ten times. “The enemy opened fire from 82mm and 120mm banned mortars, grenade launchers of different systems, heavy machine guns, and small arms,” the press center of the JFO Headquarters reports. In the zone of action of tactical force

Journalist Stanislav Aseiev spent more than two years in captivity in the occupied Donetsk, most of the time – in a modern-day concentration camp, a special prison called “Izoliatsia”. In an interview with UNIAN, he told about the “Russian world” idea and how this “world” looks from the inside. Journalist Stanislav Aseiev is a former prisoner of the Donetsk concentration

How the occupying power reacts to the participation of migrants in the Minsk talks The participation of migrants from areas of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts not controlled by Ukraine in the meetings of the Tripartite Contact Group caused real outrage in Russia and its satellites. Comments from the Russian side sounded to everyone’s taste – from restrained but threatening accusations of

Denis Pylypets (nicknamed “Sarmat”), a sniper of the National Guard of Ukraine, who has been fighting in Donbass since 2014, told the Week about his own frontline adventures, the evolution of the Ukrainian army and the peculiarities of his current work. The reasons for secrecy around your work are clear. But, if possible, tell us about your first combat mission. –

Member of the European Parliament from Germany doctor Maximilian Krah published the inquiry on the website of the European Parliament Member of the European Parliament from Germany doctor Maximilian Krah on June 2 has registered an official written inquiry to High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell with request to state position on, as

On June 2, Russia-led armed groups in Donbas committed a number of artillery shell attacks on the Ukrainian positions having deployed its artillery in the residential blocks of population areas, thus provoking retaliatory fire to discredit the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the eve of the next working meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group, a headquarters of the Joint Forces

Editor’s Note Russia’s war against Ukraine is probably the world’s worst-kept secret by now. Nevertheless, each piece of evidence pointing at the country’s involvement in military actions that they deny taking part in becomes a sensation. This time, the beans were spilled by healthcare workers demanding to be paid the money they were promised – including combat bonuses for the

“They just drink vodka and attend weddings,” Reznikov says. Head of the Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group on Donbas settlement in Minsk, Oleksiy Reznikov, says the recently-spun statement by self-styled leaders of occupation authorities in Donbas on their armed formations being allegedly put in “combat readiness” is an infowar provocation. Speaking at a panel show on Friday, May

Some citizens with Russian passports will leave for their new homeland, some for the war in Syria, and those who do not want to leave Donbas can remain, but they will not be able to participate in the elections Vice Prime Minister, Minister for the Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov explained what fate awaits people with