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Ukraine At War
‘Russia Doesn’t Have a Majority in the CIS on Ukraine,’ Baranov Says
Staunton, October 10 – While the Commonwealth of Independent States has never been a democratic union of equals, it is nonetheless true that “the CIS is not just Russia,” as Ukrainian parliamentarians point out, and that Russia’s loss of control of this group on an issue so important to it may hasten the demise of […]
Ukraine Liveblog Day 235: Lugansk Power Station On Fire Again
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Ukraine Liveblog Day 234: Ukrainians Say They’re At War And They Want Nukes
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21 Ways Life in Crimea has Changed Since the Russian Anschluss
Staunton, October 5 – The Russian occupation of Crimea has affected residents of the Ukrainian peninsula in large ways and small. Now, Novy Region-2 has published a list of 21 ways in which life has changed for all the residents of that region, establishing a useful checklist for all concerned. There are other, more high-profile […]
Kyiv Says Moscow Must Stop Referring to Ukrainians as a ‘Fraternal People’
Staunton, October 5 – At a time when many are unwilling to label Russian actions in Ukraine an invasion lest they offend Moscow or be forced to assume any responsibility for stopping it, a Ukrainian diplomat has introduced some clarity in the situation by demanding that Russian officials end their duplicitous practice of referring to […]
Ukraine Liveblog Day 233: The Not-Quite Frozen Conflict
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Russian News Site RBC Investigates Russian Troop Units Deployed in Ukraine
Repeatedly through Russia’s war against Ukraine, there have been references in various blogs and news media to lists of Russian military units supposedly deployed in Ukraine. Most of these lists can be traced back to a single Georgian activist who participated in the Maidan demonstrations named Irakly Komaxidze who made a Facebook post in Russian […]
Europe’s Turning To ‘Dictators International’ Helps Putin
Ukraine’s chances to survive are weak today and gloomy in the future. The reason for this is the position of the major player in the war in Ukraine. This player is not Russia that unleashed the war in Ukraine. This player is the West or, to be more precise — Europe. The largest and most […]
Ukraine Liveblog Day 232: Rada Passes Anti-Corruption Bill
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