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Residents of the near-front village Zolote-4 in Luhansk region appealed to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi calling not to withdraw the Ukrainian Armed Forces from their actual positions nearby.

Russia shows ability to field a large force of unmanned aerial vehicles in the war zone in eastern Ukraine despite of sanctions. Ukrainian forces must contend with two to three drone sorties a day by Russian or Russian-allied militants in the Donbass. On some occasions as many as 10 UAVs are launched in a single day if weather conditions are […]

Simferopol’s detention center in occupied Crimea contains three times as many people as are allowed under the construction project. This was told by the Alushta “ex-deputy” Pavel Stepanchenko, who was released from prison after three years of detention. According to Stepanchenko, in 2016 the Simferopol detention center held 2,500 prisoners. Later their number grew a little less. He also says […]

The Kremlin announced their conditions for the Normandy Four summit. Russian representative to the OSCE Aleksandr Lukashevich said that Russia would participate in the Normandy Four meeting if Ukraine fulfills several conditions. “The implementation of these instructions opens a way to a new Normandy Four summit,” said Lukashevich. The Russian representative to the OSCE said that at this stage the […]

Russia – Ukraine war updates from the war zone in southeast Ukraine as of October 7, 2019 by Joint forces operation HQ data: EMPR highlights.

On October 6, participants in the viche against the “Steinmeier formula” wrote the following appeal to President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Verkhovna Rada. Ukrainian society strongly protests against the implementation of the so-called “end-of-war” plan. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, he agreed it with Putin single-handedly. The plan envisages elections in the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions and […]

On Sunday, October 6, Ukrainian activists gathered on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv to protest against the “Steinmeier Formula.” Protesters were holding the national flags and “No surrender” posters. A stage was rigged up near the Independence Monument. Activists, opposition MPs and military stood on the stage and took the floor. On October 6, participants in the viche against the “Steinmeier […]

Russia – Ukraine war updates from the war zone in southeast Ukraine as of October 6, 2019 by Joint forces operation HQ data: EMPR highlights.

The OSCE SMM in Ukraine includes 35 Russian citizens and not a single citizen of Ukraine. “Please note that the OSCE SMM’s reports provide less and less information about violations in the occupied territories and more information about the Ukraine-controlled territories,” stresses InformNapalm. They accentuate that there are several reasons explaining the SMM’s changing rhetoric. For example, according to the […]

Russia – Ukraine war updates from the war zone in southeast Ukraine as of October 5, 2019 by Joint forces operation HQ data: EMPR highlights.

August 2019, five new draft evasion criminal cases were initiated against the Crimeans who refused to serve in the Russian Armed Forces. It is reported by the Crimean human rights group. Human rights activists recorded three criminal cases in the Russian-controlled Nakhimovsky District Court of Sevastopol and two in the Soviet District Court. On August 6, Judge Igor Brazhnik rendered […]

Activists launched a movement against capitulation and announced a viche on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv. Activists protesting against the signing of the Steinmeier formula by Ukraine under the Minsk Agreements have launched the Movement of Resistance to Capitulation and announced a viche on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv. “On October 2, 2019, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that a representative […]