Tag: Odessa

Ukraine Live Day 682: Fighting Reduced and No Casualties on New Year’s Eve; Militants Pound Opytnoye

December 31, 2015

Today on New Year’s Eve, the ATO [Anti-Terrorist Operation] reported that fighting was significantly reduced, and a Ukrainian presidential spokesman said there were no casualties. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. Please help The Interpreter to continue providing this valuable information service by making a donation towards our costs. For […]

Saakashvili’s Loss of Georgian Citizenship – What It Means and What It Doesn’t

December 8, 2015

Staunton, December 7, 2015 The constitution and laws of the Republic of Georgia do not allow dual citizenship, and consequently and not surprisingly, Mikheil Saakashvili’s decision to take Ukrainian citizenship because of his work in Odessa has resulted in his loss of Georgian citizenship. International law holds that individuals have a right to citizenship, but […]

Ukraine Live Day 600: Relative Calm on Front with Some Gunfire; Police Arrest 4 After Kiev Shoot-Out

October 10, 2015

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Ukraine Live Day 534: Heavy Fighting Around Donetsk Continues This Morning

August 5, 2015

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Ukraine Live Day 532: Bombing At Samooborona Headquarters In Odessa

August 3, 2015

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Ukraine Live Day 518: Heavy Fighting Across Front With Civilian Casualties

July 20, 2015

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West, Fearful of Having to Defend the Baltics by Force, Resolves to Stop Putin in Ukraine, Piontkovsky Says

June 7, 2015

Staunton, June 7 – Fearful that a Russian victory in Ukraine would tempt Vladimir Putin to move against the Baltic countries whose defense would require the kind of military actions that NATO does not want to have to take, the Western powers have decided that they must stop Putin in Ukraine by non-military means, according […]

Day 450: Explosion in Odessa On Railroad Tracks; No Injuries

May 13, 2015

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Ukraine Live Day 439: Large Military Convoy Arrives in Lugansk

May 2, 2015

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To Moscow’s Making Of Republics Inside Ukraine, There is Apparently No End

April 9, 2015

Staunton, April 8 — During the first years of Soviet power, a Moscow newspaper published an article telling its readers how easy and potentially profitable it would be for them to form a national republic. According to the paper, they didn’t need a nation or anything like a set of institutions: they needed only paper […]