“Russia’s hybrid army in Donbas does not stop firing, and the hostage release process is paused,” said Andriy Yermak, head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, the Liga.net reports. The Ukrainian authorities are…
From May 27 to June 2, the government authorities’ secured access system to the Internet blocked 10,767 different cyberattacks. This was reported by the State Service of Communications and Information Protection. “The government authorities’ secured…
The Kremlin is changing its disinformation narratives depending on a situation with COVID-19 pandemics, said Peter Stano, Lead Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European External Action Service. In an interview to…
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces dismissed another fake piece of Russian propaganda
June 2, 2020
Russian propagandists spread actively the fake news that US citizen Bogdan Vechirko, who drove into a crowd of protesters in Minneapolis (USA) on May 31, 2020, is allegedly a former military serviceman and member of…
The Russian Federation’s Ministry of Defense has announced the start of the coronavirus vaccine clinical trials, which 50 militaries had joined as the volunteers. This was reported by Russian Interfax. The “48th Central Research Institute…
Leaders of illegal armed groups controlled by the Russian Federation widely use the practice of involving minors in hostilities. The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine has initiated proceedings on numerous facts of involvement…
For the first time, a whole session of the OSCE Security Forum was devoted to this topic. The illegal actions by the occupation authorities in Crimea since 2014 have been a major factor of the…
The developed system of misinformation in ORDLO gave us the opportunity to demonstrate another example – the manipulation of public opinion in the occupied territories with the help of an authority. It consists of replacing…
“Ukraine must withstand Russia’s aggression in the Crimea and Donbas on its own, without waiting for help from others, like small Finland in 1939 resisted the vast USSR,” said a senior researcher at the Cato…
After release from Russian captivity, the military boat returned to the service of the Ukrainian Navy
June 1, 2020
At the Mykolaiv shipyard repair of the small armored artillery boat Nikopol, which was seized by Russia in 2018 during provocation around the Kerch Strait came to the end. This was reported in Ukroboronprom. After…
The resumption «Minsk format» shows definite progress in the conflict resolving, but Russia imposes its position on Ukraine, which is beneficial to neither the country nor Europe. What are the forecasted consequences of a «special…
The Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman disappeared on the administrative border with Crimea
May 31, 2020
Ukrainian serviceman has disappeared on the administrative border with the Russian-occupied Crimea. According to the Military Law Enforcement Service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the man was located on the observation post near the…
The Minsk Conundrum: Western Policy and Russia’s War in Eastern Ukraine by Chatham House The Minsk agreements rest on two irreconcilable interpretations of Ukraine’s sovereignty: is Ukraine sovereign, as Ukrainians insist, or should its sovereignty be limited,…
COVID-19 does not abolish sanctions
May 29, 2020
Should sanctions be eased during the pandemic? – this is a title of an article prepared by the European Parliament Research Service. Authors of the publication explain why the EU keeps sanctions in Russia, Belarus,…
Propaganda and misinformation in ORDLO
May 29, 2020
The International Center for Countering Russian Propaganda continues to monitor disinformation and misinformation campaigns in the Russian-occupied territories of eastern Ukraine for Promote Ukraine. In the last article, we focused on the ORDLO occupation administration…
The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs “invited for a talk” Russian Ambassador Sergiy Nechayev due to a hacker attack on the Bundestag in 2015. A Foreign Ministry press release issued on Thursday, May 28th, said…
The “decree” of the occupation administration representative, the self-proclaimed “DPR” leader Denis Pushylin about the use of the city name “Stalino” in parallel with the name “Donetsk”, raised many questions. The International Center on Countering…
The annual national program under the auspices of the NATO-Ukraine Commission for 2020 (ANP) provides for consultations on modalities for the deployment of a peacekeeping mission under the UN auspices in the temporarily occupied territories…
Anti-diplomacy: the Russian Federation's representative interrupted the speeches of experts in the OSCE
May 28, 2020
«An unprecedented step took place at the OSCE in Vienna: the Russian representative was trying to disrupt and interrupt the speeches of Ukraine and another expert on the security situation in the Black and Azov…
Russia blackmails with "irreparable consequences" in the event of a change in the Minsk format
May 28, 2020
Borys Gryzlov, Russia’s representative at a UN Security Council meeting, said Ukraine’s attempts to change the format of the Minsk talks could have “irreparable consequences”. With these words, the Russian official reacted to the statement…
