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Letters from occupied Donbas: Handing out keys to others’ apartments
Letter from occupied Donbas, war zone in eastern Ukraine, about life of so-called Donetsk People Republic (DPR), new orders and terrible reality for the ordinary citizens. By Sergiy Andryiv, unemployed resident of Makiivka for radiosvoboda.
May 18, 2016
armed vacationers in Ukraine Russian MPs case Russians are fighting in eastern Ukraine as vacationers investigation on Russian MPs case russian deputy fighting militant eastern ukraine dpr lpr Cossack Chechen donbass russia ukraine war stop terror osint

Armed ‘vacationers’ in Ukraine: Russian MPs case
Different classes of Russians are fighting for in eastern Ukraine as ‘vacationers’. Stop terror team conducted an investigation on Russian MPs case.
Apr 28, 2016
ONUKA singer Nata Zhyzhchenko discussing Chornobyl disaster legacy, cultural impact, and Soviet secrecy in EMPR.media interview

ONUKA on the 30th anniversary of Chornobyl nuclear disaster
“Radiation is invisible—but its impact isn’t.” ONUKA reveals how Chornobyl shaped identity, memory, and truth in one of EMPR.media’s most haunting interviews.
Apr 26, 2016
russia's maneuvering in the absence of strategy causes and consequences analysis on causes and consequences of russian current maneuvering action is set by former KGB officers Cold War Russia and the West Russia's actions will be judged Russian Federation FSB Putin

Russia’s maneuvering in the absence of strategy: Causes and consequences
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Analysis on causes and consequences of Russian current maneuvering, drafted by Valeriy Pekar, founder of Ukrainian civic organization Nova Kraina.
Apr 12, 2016
Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile silo complex in Ukraine representing Cold War nuclear forces targeting the United States

Yevhen Marchuk: USSR missile troops located in Ukraine were pointed to U.S. There are 1,5K of nuclear warheads, 30 Hiroshimas each
At the height of the Cold War, Soviet missile troops stationed in Ukraine aimed thousands of nuclear warheads at the United States—an unseen frontline of global nuclear deterrence.
Apr 11, 2016
Map and concept of Intermarium — the proposed Baltic‑to‑Black Sea geopolitical alliance shaping Central Europe power balance.

Intermarium: History and the balance of power in Central Europe
Intermarium — the century‑old Baltic‑to‑Black Sea alliance idea rooted in Piłsudski’s geopolitical vision — resurfaces as Central Europe grapples with power balances and modern threats.
Apr 11, 2016
Svitlana Aleksievych Victimhood is a dangerous mindset Highlights from an interview with Svitlana Aleksievych

Svitlana Aleksievych: Victimhood is a dangerous mindset
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] Highlights from an interview conducted by hromadske.tv with Svitlana Aleksievych, Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer, who awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Apr 9, 2016
Protesters during Euromaidan in Kyiv amid clashes and gunfire in February 2014

So who was shooting people in Kyiv? Maidan Investigation
Who was behind the deadly Maidan shootings in Kyiv? This investigation revisits one of Ukraine’s most controversial moments—where truth, politics, and war narratives collide.
Apr 8, 2016
Map graphic showing Intermarium region between Baltic and Black Seas with markers for Poland, Ukraine, Romania and alliance issues for empr.media.

Building the Intermarium / Międzymorze: Practical Problems
The Intermarium project’s grand vision falters amid political rifts, Hungarian objections, Romanian ties and structural format woes — the real obstacles behind the idea’s stall on empr.media.
Apr 2, 2016

A story of ‘Platforma’ Art-zavod: From tacky plant to cultural city cluster
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Last year, silk plant of the Darnitsky district in Kyiv has been revitalized and transformed into the «Platforma» (Platform) Art-zavod. One of the first opportunities to see the renewed location was the festival of street-food.
Mar 9, 2016

Aivaras Abromavicius: ‘Reshuffling old methods is not reform’
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Highlights from the first interview with Aivaras Abromavicius, the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine after his scandal resignation announcement, conducted February 5, 2016 by Natalia Nepriakhina for RBK-Ukraine.
Feb 6, 2016
Abstract battlefield and information war graphic illustrating hybrid warfare concepts tied to Russia’s Gerasimov Doctrine and modern conflict dynamics

Hybrid War Theory: The Unfolding and Limits of Gerasimov Doctrine
An analytical look at Russia’s so‑called Gerasimov Doctrine and hybrid war theory, tracing its origins, real‑world use and limits in asymmetric campaigns like Ukraine.
Feb 5, 2016

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