The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released a report on Ukraine, showing an increase in the ceasefire violations in Donbas, as well as the number of civilian casualties and damage […]
24.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
A new book tells about the first months of World War II and how the Soviet authorities swept away so-called "enemy elements" from western Ukraine. The data contained therein was previously classified and became available due […]
24.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine is still suffering from grand corruption, state capture and the influence of oligarchs, and EU initiatives in this field delivered poor results. This is a conclusion of a special report published by the European […]
23.09.2021 • Natalia Tolub
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and newly elected President of the UN General Assembly Abdullah Shahid. Russian aggression in Ukraine was one of the main topics of conversation. […]
22.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
To stay in power, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been struggling for 20 years to prevent the emergence of systemic opposition by controlling the activities of political units that could turn out to be particularly […]
22.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reports that the Zavodsky District Court in Minsk sentenced Ukrainian citizen Mykhailo Ferents to three years in prison for alleged participation in acts grossly violating the public order and intentional […]
22.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The international community criticised the Russian Federation for holding the State Duma elections in the occupied Crimea and involving residents of the occupied territories of Donbas in the voting. The European Union and individual European countries […]
21.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
More than 150,000 residents of the territories of Donbas not controlled by the Government of Ukraine voted remotely in the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation as of 15:45 (Kyiv time) on […]
20.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
A press conference “Women of Crimea – Victims of Occupation” was held in Ukraine, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination […]
15.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
On the opening day of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba outlined Ukraine’s three priorities for the 76th session of the UN General Assembly: Countering […]
15.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Verkhovna Rada adopted at second reading bill No. 3427 on amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Advertising” to combat sex discrimination. Amendments to the current Law of Ukraine “On Advertising” define the concepts of “discriminatory advertisement” and “advertisement […]
14.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
According to lawyers, about 200 searches a day are being conducted in Ukraine in 2021. Law enforcement officers come to "visit" both Ukrainian and international companies. At the same time, there have been many high-profile cases […]
13.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The UN General Assembly will consider the situation in the occupied territories of Ukraine, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Emine Dzheppar announced. “The UN General Assembly has just adopted a decision to keep the important […]
10.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The largest number of ceasefire violations was recorded in the Donetsk region, the OSCE report reads. In particular, in the Donetsk region, militants committed 1,090 ceasefire violations, including one airburst explosion. The organisation specifies that it […]
09.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Miners from the occupied areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions have left for work in the Russian Federation, the Eastern Human Rights Group has reported on its Facebook page. "According to our calculations, 17,300 miners […]
08.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) has accused the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine and the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people of involvement in organising a […]
07.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
In the Netherlands, the trial has resumed in the case of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 shot down in the skies over Donbas. Within three weeks, with short breaks at the hearings, the floor will be given […]
06.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
On 4 September, near the building of Russia’s Federal Security Service Office in Simferopol, Russian security forces detained about 50 people protesting against new illegal searches, unjustified detentions, and, in fact, the abduction of First […]
05.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
On 2 September, during a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, the Russian Federation announced a decision of the Russian President not to support the existing broad consensus within the OSCE on extending the mandate […]
03.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Due to the pandemic and quarantine restrictions in the world, 8.8% of working hours have been lost, which is equal to 255 million jobs. This is four times more than during the 2008 crisis. At […]
01.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak