The Ukrainian parliament approved a measure to force Ukrainian Television broadcasters to speak Ukrainian on at least 75% of their broadcasts, in a bid to further limit the influence of Russia on Ukrainian society. The bill was passed 269-15. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko backed the bill and vowed to sign…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to restart the Minsk peace talks which were concluded in 2015 with a plan for ending the violence in the Donbass region of East Ukraine. The agreements ended large-scale fighting but the conflict has continued with scores of people dying on both sides every month….
The Frozen Conflicts of the Former Soviet Union.
Image by Kremlin.ru The conflict in the Donbass region of East Ukraine has been simmering for months, with sporatic outbreaks of fighting and use of banned heavy weapons per the 2015 Minsk agreements. For the most part, the agreements signed have dampened heavy fighting somewhat but that is changing as…
Four civilians were killed in East Ukraine, in the Donetsk region, in the Ukrainian government-controlled town of Avdiyivka on Saturday, stated the head of the Ukraine-controlled Donetsk regional administration, Pavlo Zhebrivsky ‘A shell hit the courtyard of a private house. Three women and one man perished,” Zhebrivsky said on Facebook…
American Secretary of State Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov will meet soon in Washington to discuss the situation in Syria and in East Ukraine. “On Ukraine, the sides will discuss the need to stop the violence in eastern Ukraine and resolve the conflict through the full implementation of the…
An Austrian man who fought alongside Ukrainian government forces against pro-Russian separatists, in the battle for Donetsk airport in Donbass, has been arrested in Poland for possible war crimes. The 25-year old is accused of “having killed soldiers involved in fighting at the Donetsk airport who had already surrendered and/or…
Russia will not supply electrical power to the Donbass region of East Ukraine, an area controlled by pro-Russian rebels, which they call Novorossiya, or ‘New Russia.’ Ukraine cut off the electric grid in recent days to the area due to millions in unpaid bills. The Kremlin reacted negatively to the…
Electricity Supply Cut Off to Luhansk In Donbass.