After a week of rallies and brutal detentions of activists in various Belarusian cities, President Alexander Lukashenko once again expressed confidence that the protesters were organised by people from abroad, naming the countries from which […]
15.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The "special status" phrasing for Donbas status definition could be replaced by "special regime of administrative management," the head of the Ukrainian delegation to the Tripartite Contact Group Leonid Kravchuk states. He believes this definition […]
13.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Many years of Russian turncoat activity, both in Kyiv and in the Crimea, provided Moscow with the confidence that Ukraine would not dare resist the invaders at the beginning of the Crimean campaign. It took […]
12.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
It will take decades to assess the damage, caused by the occupiers, to the environment and Crimea's unique flora and fauna. The greatest attention of Ukraine and the international community is focused on the persecution […]
12.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Since 27 July, when the ceasefire was announced in Donbas, there have been no casualties among the Ukrainian Joint Forces. This was reported by the press center of the Joint Forces Operations Headquarters. At the […]
11.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Keeping local elections on 25 October 2020, in 18 territorial communities of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, is impossible. This decision was made by the members of the Central Election Commission, based on the respective oblasts military-civil […]
10.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Creation of "free economic zones" in Donbas will allow the revival of this territory in terms of business. This statement was made by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal. "Regarding the creation of attractive […]
10.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukrainian authorities will allow water to be supplied to the annexed Crimea from the mainland to meet the needs of citizens if a humanitarian catastrophe takes place on the peninsula, Prime Minister Denis Shmygal reports in […]
09.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
YouTube removed more than 2,500 channels linked to Russia, China and Iran within a campaign to combat misinformation in the second quarter of 2020. As Google reports state, all the deleted channels were administered in […]
08.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Politicians avoid the word "values" while discussing geopolitical issues behind closed doors in different capitals more and more often. They are embarrassed of this word. It annoys them. They proclaim it archaic for the modern […]
08.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukrainian authorities prepare the detainees exchange with Russia-backed militants from the occupied territories of Donbas. The President's Office Head Andriy Yermak reports in a comment to Reuters. According to him, one expects the exchange to be […]
07.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus, has stated that his attitude to the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine has not changed in six years. In addition, the Belarusian Leader believes that the blame for the events […]
07.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine can launch the process of signing a new Budapest Memorandum if peace talks in Donbas come to a standstill. This statement was made by the Head of the Ukrainian Delegation to the Tripartite Contact […]
07.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
On 24-29 July of this year. Vostok SOS Charitable Foundation and other organisations' officers with more than 30 European experts, were observing the declared ceasefire next to the frontline within the 8th international mission. They […]
07.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
As for November 2019, 20% of judges in the Crimea and the city of Sevastopol were citizens of the Russian Federation. Thus, today, in gross violation of international law, at least 104 foreign nationals administer […]
07.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
There are now about 2,300 Russian servicemen in the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. This information was announced by the candidate for the post of the United States Ambassador to Ukraine Keith Dayton […]
06.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Representatives of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Donbas recorded 251 violations of the silence regime after the ceasefire was announced at midnight on 27 July. Such information is available in the Mission's report, which […]
06.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The first Prime Minister of independent Ukraine, Vitold Fokin, will join the Ukrainian delegation to the Tripartite Contact Group for the settlement of the conflict in Donbas. According to the Head of the delegation Leonid […]
05.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
During the recent few weeks, I have known that at least four journalists had received threats of different magnitude and severity. One journalist had to leave the country. When coming to journalism, many of us […]
05.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Secret documents relating to trade between the United States and the United Kingdom, which leaked in the run-up to the 2019 British elections, were stolen by Russian hackers from an e-mail of the former UK […]
05.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak