Poroshenko Flips, Now Supporting Rail Blockade In East Ukraine
Poroshenko Flips, Now Supporting Rail Blockade In East Ukraine.
Poroshenko Flips, Now Supporting Rail Blockade In East Ukraine.
Steel production in Ukraine could grind to a halt and severely impact economic growth if blockades against rail lines into rebel held territory by nationalists continue. Veterans and volunteers, tired of seeing the Ukrainian government in Kyiv providing an economic lifeline to pro-Russian separatists who are killing their brothers, sons,…
Ukraine has decided to take its case against Russia’s actions in the east to the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ), the international body’s top judicial venue. Although the case won’t change the facts on the ground, it could impact the propaganda and hybrid war in the frozen conflict. Kiev…
We have been reporting that the conflict in East Ukraine has been heating up in recent weeks as both sides jockey for positioning prior to any official policy being released on the stalemate by the newly installed Trump administration. Russia has been pushing hard to normalize the pro-Russian rebel controlled…
The main pro-Russian separatist leader in Ukraine said on Friday he would cut economic ties between rebel territory and the rest of the country, following through on an ultimatum to end trade if the government did not halt a rail blockade. The blockade by an autonomous group of Ukrainian lawmakers…
Ukraine’s central bank governor, Valeriia Gontareva, has said she may resign. There have been reports of her leaving her post but she publicly said it may be a possibility on Thursday at a press briefing in Kyiv. When asked by reporters if the rumors were true, she answered, “That could…
Russian-backed rebels are taking over scores of factories and mines in eastern Ukraine, many of them belonging to a tycoon whose foundation has been the largest provider of humanitarian aid to a war-battered population. The moves announced Wednesday by the rebels came after a weekslong blockade of the east by…
Pro-Russian East Ukraine To Use Russian Ruble As Official Currency.
Monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) were fired upon while conducting a mission in Donbass, near the town of Yasynuvata, while inspecting a water treatment plant that was damaged by rebel forces. The OSCE team were surrounded, a drone was seized, and rifle fire was…
Putin Signs Order To Recognize Breakaway East Ukrainian Documents.