Ukraine At War

What We Can Learn from Russian State TV and Russian-Backed Separatist Propaganda Videos

October 7, 2014

This past week during the prolonged battle for the Donetsk Airport, there has been a series of Russian-backed separatist propaganda videos, as well as Russian state TV news programs reporting from the same scenes and using militants’ footage. These have been widely discussed on social media because they give away the fact that the militants […]

Attitudes in Ukraine toward Russia, Russians Divide along Regional Lines

October 6, 2014

Staunton, October 3 – Despite the Russian invasion, approximately half of all residents of Ukraine continue to have a generally positive view of Russia and Russians, but their attitudes vary among regions with those in the predominantly ethnic Ukrainian west having more negative attitudes and those in the more heavily ethnic Russian east more positive […]

Ukraine Liveblog Day 231: Victoria Nuland Arrives In Kiev As Fighting Continues Across Eastern Ukraine

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Volga Tatar Activist’s Conviction Echoes in Russia and Ukraine

October 5, 2014

Staunton, October 3 – The conviction of Fauziya Bayramova, president of the Volga Tatar Milli Mejlis and a longtime activist for the Tatar nation, for her support of the Crimean Tatars as well as her suspended one-year sentence is attracting widespread attention in the Russian Federation and in Ukraine. Yesterday, a city court in Naberezhny […]

Ukraine Liveblog Day 230: Militants Shell Homes in Debaltsevo, Destroy Ukrainian Armor

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Russia This Week: 5 Chechen Policemen Killed Detaining Suicide Bomber in Grozny (September 27-October 2)

Updated Daily. This week’s issue: –5 Policeman Killed Detaining Suicide Bomber in Grozny; Terrorist Identified Russian Ultranationalist Web Site Owner Summoned to Police in ‘Extremism’ Investigation – Despite Further Refutations Even From Separatist Leaders, Mass Graves, ‘Organ-Trafficking’ Disinformation Still Circulates – OSCE Representative on Human Trafficking Purveys Russian Propaganda Story of ‘Organ-Trafficking’ in Ukraine – […]

Ukrainian Liveblog Day 229: Ukrainian Forces Repel Russian-backed Militants at Airport

October 4, 2014

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Crimea is Not Historically ‘Ours,’ Russian Historian Says in ‘Vedomosti’

October 3, 2014

Staunton, October 2 – The underlying premise of Vladimir Putin’s seizure of Crimea is false: Crimea has not been part of Russia from time immemorial. Instead, it has had a complex history, one in which Russia’s role has been remarkably brief. As a result, it is important that the future of the peninsula be decided […]

Ukraine Liveblog Day 228: Militants Attack Airport With Tanks After Red Cross Worker Killed In Donetsk

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Ukraine Liveblog Day 227: Fighting Rages Around Donetsk Airport

October 2, 2014

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