Fighting continues in the Donbass, with Ukraine reporting heavy mortar shelling in the Marinka area, where one Ukrainian soldier has been wounded. 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 links to individual […]
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Day 718: Military And Civilian Casualties As Ukraine Claims Highest Number Of Attacks Since August
Ukraine claims that yesterday saw the highest number of attacks recorded since August, 2015. One Ukrainian soldier has been killed while three others, and a civilian, have been wounded. 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 […]
Day 717: Situation Deteriorating With Shelling Across Front
Ukraine reports intense shelling across the front, with a massive attack on the village of Zaytsevo last night. 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 links to individual updates click on the […]
Day 715: Fighting Reported North And West Of Donetsk This Morning
There are reports this morning of heavy fighting on the outskirts of the separatist-held city of Donetsk. 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 links to individual updates click on the timestamps. […]
Day 711: Ukraine Reports 71 Attacks Over 24 Hours, Two Soldiers Wounded
Ukraine reports another night of heavy fighting. The shelling of a major frontier-crossing checkpoint west of Donetsk is a worrying escalation. 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 links to individual updates […]
Day 709: Heavy Fighting In Donetsk Last Night
Last night saw heavy fighting with multiple reports of mortar and tank shelling. Meanwhile, a monument to Lenin was damaged by explosives in the separatist-held city of Donetsk. 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 […]
Day 708: Tanks Reportedly Shell Ukrainian Positions Near Peski
Both sides report continued fighting around Donetsk and Gorlovka, with Ukraine accusing Russian-backed fighters of using tanks to shell the positions near Peski, and separatists claiming that Ukrainian forces have used heavy mortars. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. Please help The Interpreter to continue providing this valuable information service […]
How Alexander Dugin’s Neo-Eurasianists Geared Up for the Russian-Ukrainian War in 2005-2013
The Neo-Eurasianist perspective on Ukraine was formed already in the 1990s, when Russian fascist Alexander Dugin argued, in his Foundations of Geopolitics, that Ukraine was “an unnatural state” consisting of four major regions with allegedly different geopolitical loyalties, and that a sovereign and united Ukraine constituted a major threat to the geopolitical security of Russia […]
Day 707: Kiev And Separatists On Collision Course Over Local Election Plans
President Poroshenko and DNR leader Aleksandr Zakharchenko have reiterated their positions on holding local elections in the occupied territories. There seems little sign of a possible compromise. 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 […]
Ukraine Live Day 703: Six Ukrainian Soldiers Wounded Over Last 24 Hours
Six Ukrainian soldiers have been wounded over the last 24 hours, with fighting reported near Donetsk, Gorlovka and Mariupol. However the number of reported attacks has continued to decrease since peaking earlier in the week. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. Please help The Interpreter to continue providing this valuable […]