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For EMPR readers who would like to learn more about the withdrawal of Ukraine's Armed Forces from the encircled railway hub of Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine. Earlier, we published a report from one of the Vega squadron fighters, who are part of the Special Forces of Ukraine's National Guard. Now, we present the story of Shaman (nom de guerre), 30, a volunteer who fought in the special mountain-infant
Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was shot dead in Moscow on 27 February. A few hours before his death he gave an interview to Echo Moskvy radio station. On the eve of the anti-crisis Vesna rally scheduled for 1 March Nemtsov spoke on the Russian crisis, war against Ukraine, Russian propaganda, Crimea, Nadiya Savchenko and Putin’s lies. He sounded inspired […]
Today, a few dozen meters from the Kremlin, Boris Nemtsov was killed. He was one of the last of the remaining oppositionists. He was killed point blank. In the back. At night, on the 27th of February.
At the opening of the inquiry into the murder (in 2006) of former FSB Officer ‘Sasha’ Litvinenko Mr Ben Emmerson QC, representing Mr Litvinenko’s widow said the following: Alexander Litvinenko was murdered for trying to “expose the corruption” at the heart of Vladimir Putin’s “mafia state”; he was “eliminated” because he had made an enemy of the “close knit group […]
Will anyone be brought to account for spreading "information panic"? Of provoking a continuous chorus of laments: treason! treason! treason!..our troops are surrounded! our soldiers have been captured! Well-known contemporary Ukrainian poet, writer and essayist Oksana Zabuzhko expresses her view on current information enviroment towards warfare in the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine.
For those EMPR readers who would like to learn more about Ukrainian armed forces withdrawal from the encircled town of Debaltseve in the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine. Yuriy Butusov published a report from one of the "Vega" squadron fighters (part of the Special Forces of the National Guard) who was sent to Debaltseve where he fought in battles and broke out of Debaltseve in the organized withdrawal. This story is differ of those presented by Ukrainian officials. Make your own conclusions.
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.
"When the airport terminal was blasted the roof collapsed and our guys were covered with the rubble from the wreckage. They yelled for help. They made it through the night. Those who had grenades blew themselves up," thirty year old Anatoly Tkachuk tells horrible story about Ukrainian Cyborgs from Donetsk airport to Anna Bova.
EMPR continues its exclusive series “Notes of an old warrior in the kitchen” by military expert Ukrop Bobrovsky in which he shares his opinion and analysis of the situation in eastern Ukraine. The author is a military man, an officer (there are no “former” officers” but he left service long ago) who served in various regions of the RSFSR for more than 20 years and has experience in several armed conflicts.
This is what the 'authorities' of the DPR believe: to fight fascism you must be a rabid Russian nationalist but sort of a monarchist, too, with an unclear perception of progressivism that is complicated with an uncertainty about whether you should be for it or against it. This is how a letter from occupied Donetsk starts. It was written by Donbas citizen, who would like to share his view on what is going on in his hometown over the period from March 2014 up to now. Discover a real story of a witness, free of propaganda, double meaning or censorship.
The Trilateral Contact Group has started a meeting in Minsk to deal with the situation in Eastern Ukraine. Diplomats and officials from around the world are pinning theirs hope on positive results. However, as the saying goes, ‘An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.’ EMPR analyzes why the original Minsk agreement wasn’t worth […]