Investigation
What was the role of Ukrainian volunteer battalions in the battles for Ilovaisk? And what is know a year after the bloodbath? Read an exclusive investigation by Yuriy Butusov, contributing editor in censor.net.
They started their military service with the 95th Brigade Military Assault Troops of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. They became the core of the 90th Airmobile Battalion of the 81st Brigade, the first brigade to be created in the twenty-plus years of Ukraine's independence.
A letter from occupied Donetsk, conflict zone in eastern Ukraine, about life so-called Donetsk People Republic (DPR), new orders and terrible reality for the ordinary citizens. By Mykola Mykolaienko, Engineer from Horlivka for radiosvoboda.org.
For about three months, transit camp for temporary shelter for IDPs from the ATO zone has been operating in Kharkiv. Despite the fact that the horrors of the war have been left behind, people are facing new challenges. Read the exclusive EMPR report to learn about the life after the war and the uncertain future of internally displaced persons.
Everybody speaks of the dead - but the awful number of maimed for the rest of their lives rarely gets mentioned. This story is about heroic 23-year-old Ukrainian soldier who lost arm in Debaltseve battle, then both feet to frostbite. Jesus! Help Vadym! It hurts to look at the photo, but how painful it is for him to suffer this!
And here is the new evidence: plane crash investigation of flight MH17 of Malaysian Airlines is coming to an end. The Boeing-777 was shot down on July 17th nearby the city of Torez, Donetsk oblast and took the lives of 298 people. The investigation was charged by The Dutch and The Australian prosecutor’s office.
Special correspondent of kommersant.ru Ilya Barabanov tells about how Russian servicemen fight in eastern Ukraine.
10 February, the Basmanny District Court, Moscow (Russia) extended the detention of Ukrainian Nadiya Savchenko till 13 May. Yesterday it was Nadiya's 60th day of hunger strike, but unbreakable Ukrainian heroine showed her spirit was very strong.
The Russian Service of the BBC has broadcast a film in which they show a secret training base located in St. Petersburg, Russia where volunteers go through basic military training before being deployed to Ukraine. Alexei Ponomarev's report about this secret place is as follows.
Greece's new Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, member of new Syriza-led government, was spotted with Aleksandr Dugin – ideologue of Ruscism, advocating genocide of Ukrainians.
Equipped with a compass and basic knowledge about rockets entry point at shelling, Mariupol local resident proves the city was shelled by Russian-backed terrorists
Social and political media Ukrainian Patriots traced the route of armor from Russia to Donbas. They have published a map and photos.