While working on one of my projects, I reread the reports of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine and took note of how often (perhaps more often than with other missions) the Russian occupiers […]
09.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
If it is not possible to organise a meeting of the leaders of the Normandy format countries (Ukraine, Germany, France, Russia) on the settlement of the situation in Donbas, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky […]
09.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Almost 40 states have already agreed to take part in the inaugural summit of the Crimean Platform, which will take place on 24 August 2021, on the thirtieth anniversary of Ukraine's independence. A relevant announcement […]
08.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
In the areas of Donbas uncontrolled by the Government of Ukraine, the Russian occupation authorities continue to block the operation of five road corridors through "Shchastia," "Zolote." "Hnutove," "Mayorske" and "Marinka" entry-exit checkpoints. "Due to […]
07.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The European Union and the United States agreed to coordinate on issues of shared interest, including Ukraine, Russia, China, Belarus, and the Western Balkans. According to the White House press service, a telephone conversation between […]
06.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine deserves a chance to receive the NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) and is ready for it, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Olha Stefanishyna stated on the air of a Ukrainian TV channel. "Currently, NATO […]
05.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The European Union is concerned about the fact that the OSCE SMM revealed a modern Russian radar station, 51U6 Kasta-2E1, which is used in the Russian Armed Forces, in the occupied Donbas. “The EU is […]
05.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine strongly condemns the unfounded and politically motivated ruling of the Southern Military District Court in Rostov-on-Don (Russia) of 3 March 2021 to convict Ukrainian citizen Oleh Prykhodko on fabricated charges of “preparations for act […]
04.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) accepted the application lodged by 67-year-old Nina Panfilova from Shakhtarsk town, Donetsk region, who became homeless overnight. Her apartment and all her property were completely destroyed with a […]
03.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The armed conflicts in the post-Soviet space may have different causes and different durations but almost always they share the same “depth of freezing”. In Transnistria, fighting ceased in 1992. In Abkhazia, South Ossetia or […]
03.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The issue of restoring the sovereignty of Ukraine and returning the territories of Crimea and Donbas temporarily occupied by Russia is as multi-vector as life itself. In addition to a need for the observance of […]
02.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The leadership of the Ukrainian delegation to the Joint Control and Coordination Center (JCCC) sent a note to the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine concerning the provocative actions of Russian […]
01.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Over the occupation of Crimea, Ukrainian human rights activists have recorded at least 370 cases of persecution of journalists on the peninsula, including 100 cases over the first month of the seizure. In fact, the […]
01.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Over the past day, 28 February, the armed formations of the Russian Federation violated the ceasefire regime in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area seven times. The Russian-occupation troops opened aimed fire from 120mm mortars, […]
01.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has issued a statement dedicated to the seventh anniversary of the beginning of the occupation of Crimea. "26 February has become a symbol of resistance to the occupation, […]
26.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Perhaps, the past six years have been the best period in the history of Ukraine-Japan relations. However, the bilateral cooperation could have been even better if there had not been the Japanese purposeful policy of […]
24.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
On 23 February, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba took part in the high-level segment of the Conference on Disarmament 2021. He assured of Ukraine's readiness to assist in resuming the effective work […]
24.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ukrainian military command plans to hold paratrooper exercises near the administrative border with the temporarily occupied Crimea in March. The main goal of the maneuvers is to improve the ability to timely and adequately […]
23.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The health of Ukrainian political prisoners held in Crimea and Russia is a matter of particular concern to human rights defenders. These people are the most vulnerable category of Ukrainian nationals as they actually are […]
22.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Over the past day, February 20, seven ceasefire violations by the Russian occupation forces were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area. As the JFO Headquarters reports, 122mm artillery systems, 120mm mortars, sniping weapons […]
21.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
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