Image by King of Hearts A member of the Russian parliament, while speaking at a security conference in Slovakia, declared that Russia would use nuclear weapons if NATO entered East Ukraine or the Crimean Peninsula. The comments seem to highlight Russian concern over the encroachment of NATO on its western…
The Frozen Conflicts of the Former Soviet Union.
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…
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.
With U.S. distracted, Russia Warms To Opportunities In ‘Frozen Conflicts’.
Putin Quietly Detaches Ukraine’s Rebel Zones as U.S. Waffles.
Judges at the International Court of Justice at The Hague will rule today in a case brought by Ukraine against Russia for the simmering conflict in East Ukraine and the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. Judges could issue the ruling at any moment now in Ukraine’s request for ’emergency measures’…
As fighting rages in Donetsk between government troops and pro-Russian rebels, a chemical nightmare awaits release. Stored in tanks of industrial sites in the Donbass region are large amounts of Chlorine gas, used in production processes and water treatment. Over 5,000 industrial facilities exist in Donbass, mostly controlled by rebel…