Alarming Escalation As Five Killed On Ukraine’s Battlefields; Largest Private Bank To Be Nationalized
Ukraine Sees Its Heaviest Fighting In Many Months; Ukraine’s Largest Bank Nationalized
December 18, 2016
Tag: Debaltseve
As Another Ceasefire Fails, Truth Has Been Strangled By Its Attendant Bodyguard of Lies
February 18, 2015
Field journalist David Patrikarakos, frequently on the front lines of Ukraine, wrote this reflection while in Kiev on February 16, 2015. Almost a year ago today, Ukraine’s former President Viktor Yanukovych ordered snipers stationed on the upper floors of the Hotel Ukraine in Kiev to open fire on the thousands of protestors that had gathered […]
Six Lessons from the Debaltsevo Debacle
Staunton, February 18 – The Debaltsevo kettle is coming to an end, Nikolay Mitrokhin says, and Ukraine is going to lose. Several thousand Ukrainian soldiers will “in the best case” become prisoners, enormous stockpiles of military equipment will be lost, and “the moral spirit will suffer from the strongest possible attack.” At the same time, […]
Ukraine Live Day 364: Reports from Inside the Debaltsevo Kettle: ‘There is No Ceasefire Here’
February 16, 2015
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Ukraine Live Day 363: Ukrainian Commander Reports Ultimatum from Russian-Backed Separatists
February 15, 2015
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Day 362: US Releases Satellite Photos Showing Russian Armor Used to Surround Debaltsevo
February 14, 2015
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Ukraine Live Day 346: Russian-Backed Forces Fight To Encircle Debaltsevo
January 29, 2015
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Pseudo-States, War Crimes and Winter in Ukraine
January 28, 2015
In some ways it was inevitable; neither side was content with the status quo. Kiev was loathe to accept the de facto suzerainty that had been established in the east, and the ongoing civilian and military casualties were becoming a political liability, a symbol of President Poroshenko’s refusal or inability to bring the Donbass back […]