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Waiting for the storm: Ukrainian military prepares to defend Mariupol
Despite the so-called "ceasefire", fighting in eastern Ukraine continues. Ukrainian army has been strengthening its positions in case of further invasion of Russian military forces. For example, Mariupol continues preparations for a possible attack both from the land and the sea. Read exclusive EMPR report about life of the city…
Apr 15, 2015

Ukrainian Pisky: An Easter gift for Putin from the Ukrainian armed forces?
According to numerous reports in the media the 93rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces ordered the OUN Battalion to pull out from its positions in Pisky.
Apr 15, 2015

President Poroshenko arrives to Odessa, marking liberation from German-Nazi occupants
10 April, President Petro Poroshenko has arrived to Odesa to join festive events marking the Odesa liberation from German-Nazi occupants during the WWII.
Apr 10, 2015

Terrorist burnt bridges divide Ukraine
Ukrainian press photographer Serhii Polezhaka created a photo series about Donbas blown bridges
Apr 9, 2015

BBC debunks Russia’s lies about 10-year-old girl killed by shelling in Donetsk (VIDEO)
BBC conducted an investigation of the false death of 10-year-old girl that was reported by the Russian media
Apr 8, 2015

Defending Mariupol: activists set up exhibition to show life of the city in the face of Russian aggression
As she speaks about Mariupol, with affection and concern over its fate, one may get a feeling it’s her native city. However Valentyna Okhlopkova is a Kyivite. She was one of the first activists to come to Crimea last year. She is the brain behind the exhibition “Mariupol – the…
Apr 7, 2015

Separatist pro-Russian Bessarabia People’s Council established in Odessa
Kremlin makes one more attempt to destabilize situation in Ukraine - separatist Bessarabia People's Council was created in Odessa yesterday, 6 April, dumskaya.net reports, involving pro-Russian organisations, including from unrecognised Transnistria.
Apr 7, 2015

Destroyed by terrorists Severdonetsk-Rubizhne bridge reconstructed
The bridge was reconstructed by "one and all", while the government appropriate no money for its renewal.
Apr 4, 2015

One hundred kilometers along the Glory Belt
Smiling faces of women and men, of children and elderly people – several thousand Odessa residents and guests, including those from other Ukrainian cities and even from other countries, in particularly Germany, Poland and Switzerland, participated today in city’s annual mass sport event “100km Along the Glory Belt”.
Apr 4, 2015

US hands over 17 armoured vehicles to Ukraine
1 April, 17 up-armoured Ford Rangers were handed over to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine in the framework of the Security Assistance to Ukraine referenced in the 4 June 2014 White House Fact Sheet, U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine reports.
Apr 3, 2015

“Ashton Kutcher” and “Thomas Miller” raise U.S. flag in eastern Ukraine (VIDEO)
Members of Ukrainian volunteer battalion "Azov" made a mock of Russian propaganda and its main mouthpiece Dmitry Kiselyov that keeps saying there are American mercenaries in Donbas.
Apr 3, 2015

Don’t kill ATR: Russia shuts down unique Crimean Tatar TV channel
21 March, at midnight, ATR TV channel went off air, since Russia refused to register the only Crimean Tatar channel in the world, broadcasting 24/7 since 2006 in three languages: Crimean Tatar, Ukrainian and Russian.
Apr 1, 2015