Russia-backed forces reportedly used heavy 152 mm artillery for the first time yes year.
One Ukrainian Soldier Wounded As Shelling Continues Around Svetlodarsk
January 5, 2017
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Le Pen Claims Russian Annexation Of Crimea Was ‘Legal’
January 3, 2017
The Front National leader claims that the internationally condemned referendum in March, 2014, was legal.
Four Ukrainian Soldiers Wounded As Shelling Continues In the Donetsk Region
January 2, 2017
The Ukrainian military reports 38 attacks yesterday.
First Ukrainian Soldier Killed In Fighting Since Abortive December 24 Truce Effort
December 29, 2016
The Russia-backed separatists in Donetsk also report one of their fighters was killed in a Ukrainian attack.
European Parliament Postpones Vote On Visa-Free Regime For Ukraine Until April
December 15, 2016
In the Donbass, the Ukrainian military reports 18 attacks by Russia-backed forces.
Four Ukrainian Soldiers Wounded; Poroshenko’s Lawyers Try To Block Publication Of Claims By Fugitive MP
December 9, 2016
The Ukrainian military reports 15 attacks by Russia-backed forces yesterday.
Poroshenko: Ukraine War Death Toll Exceeds 10,000
December 6, 2016
The casualties continue to mount, with another Ukrainian soldier killed yesterday.
Blood And Gold: Smuggling And Murder In Ukraine’s Grey Zone
December 5, 2016
The war in Ukraine, having cost more than 9,000 lives since it begun in the spring of 2014, has now entered a relatively stagnant phase. No major offensives have occurred since Russian regular forces assaulted the city of Debaltsevo in February, 2015. Along the static front lines, warfare more closely resembles that of the First […]
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Ukraine Suffers Military Casualties From Both Enemy Fire And Betrayal
December 2, 2016
One Ukrainian soldier was killed and three wounded by enemy fire; another was killed by a defector.
Ukraine Reports Five Soldiers Wounded As Foreign Ministers Meet In Minsk
November 29, 2016
The Ukrainian military claims that Russia-backed forces conducted 38 attacks yesterday; meanwhile the OSCE has announced the loss of a drone near Mariupol.
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