Ukraine At War

Ukraine Liveblog Day 261: Poroshenko Proposes Delaying Elections In Occupied Territories

November 5, 2014

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Ukraine Liveblog Day 260: Russian And Ukrainian Military To Discuss Airport Ceasefire

November 4, 2014

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Putin’s Strategy in Ukraine – Sow Panic, Provoke, Invade and Then Repeat the Process

November 3, 2014

Staunton, November 3 – Vladimir Putin has a very clear strategy in Ukraine: first, sow panic among Ukrainians and the West and then wait, then provoke Ukrainians into doing things that distance them from the West, and then wait; invade when both Ukrainians and the West are off balance; and then repeat the process. Such […]

Ukraine Liveblog Day 259: Russia Claims Separatist ‘Elections’ Valid While Violence Intensifies

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Ukraine Liveblog Day 258: Russian-Backed Separatists Vote in ‘Elections,’ With Free Food

November 2, 2014

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Kyivans Now Speaking Ukrainian, Underlining Russia’s Loss of Ukraine, Mirsky Says

Staunton, November 2 – In 1991, Ukrainians separated themselves “not from Russia but from Moscow,” as shown by the continuing willingness of most to speak Russian, historian Georgy Mirsky says. Indeed, at that time, “no one except Bandera supporters separated themselves off from Russia or from the Russian people.” But now, the Russian historian acknowledges, […]

Fake Monitors “Observe” Fake Elections in the Donbass

Vienna, November 1, 2014 – The “Donetsk People’s Republic” (DNR) and “Luhansk People’s Republic” (LNR), which are officially considered terrorist organisations by the Ukrainian authorities, will hold “parliamentary elections” on Sunday, November 2, on the territories occupied by them with the help of the Russian army. These “elections” are widely considered illegal and illegitimate, and […]

Ukraine Liveblog Day 257: Heavy Fighting In Donetsk On Eve Of Separatist ‘Elections’

November 1, 2014

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Ukraine Liveblog Day 256: Russian Aid Convoy Reaches Donetsk

October 31, 2014

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Ukraine Liveblog Day 255: Russian Gas Deal In Doubt

October 30, 2014

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