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Published in: oDR: ExplainerEveryone is talking about Minsk but what does it mean for Ukraine?
If Ukraine accepts Russia’s interpretation of the Minsk Agreements it could face indefinite Russian influence in its...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionUkraine needs UN peacekeepers. Here’s why
The prospect of a UN mission in eastern Ukraine has never materialised. In the current deadlock, it’s time to reconsider it
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Published in: oDR: ExplainerWhat you need to know about the Russia-Ukraine crisis
Will Putin go to war? Can Ukraine defend itself? And what will the West do? Our expert briefing
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Published in: oDR: InterviewWhy aren’t more Russians protesting war in Ukraine? We asked an expert
Anti-war activist Sergei Davidis on why Russian society is reluctant to condemn the threat of war – despite largely...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionWhy is Putin’s Russia threatening Ukraine?
Putin’s threats are a desperate defence of Russia’s status quo
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Published in: oDR: InterviewUkraine’s Donbas conflict: a personal reflection on loss and war
A writer charts her journey through grief as she mourns her brother, killed on the Donbas front line, and reflects...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureClimate change, war and forest fires in eastern Ukraine
Residents of the region of Luhansk, Ukraine are still recovering from unprecedented forest fires that shook the...
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Published in: oDRSerhiy Zhadan: “Donbas is more about revival than ruins”
The Ukrainian writer and poet shares his views on cultural policies and politics in Donbas.
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Published in: oDR: OpinionOn the edge of a European war, who gets to defend the state?
In Ukraine, the story of women like Maria Berlinska can help reevaluate what it means to “defend the state” during...
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия"In Ukraine’s Donbas, coronavirus is pushing people on both sides ever further apart
The war in Ukraine is now in its sixth year. Coronavirus has shut down the frontline crossing points that thousands...
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Published in: oDRIn frontline Ukraine, global pandemic puts people at unimaginable risk
Pensions, pandemic and war. This is eastern Ukraine's trilemma.
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Published in: oDRAs Ukraine’s frontline villages fight for economic survival, some even succeed
Frontline villages in southeastern Ukraine are under enormous pressure, but this one is finding ways to sustain...
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Published in: oDRIn eastern Ukraine, an information vacuum - and a debate over journalistic standards
In five years of conflict in eastern Ukraine, a second demarcation line has emerged – over information.
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Published in: oDROrganising for peace in Ukraine: an interview with Nina Potarska
For Potarska, listening to people on both sides of the frontline in eastern Ukraine is crucial for even tiny steps...
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Published in: oDROn Ukraine’s frontline, a village wants to have its original name back: New York
As Ukraine and Russia once again come to the negotiating table over the war in eastern Ukraine, a frontline town is...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionResistance, anxiety or hope? East Ukrainian civil society views on the Steinmeier formula
As people take to the streets to demonstrate against German-led plans for stopping the war in Donbas, the views of...
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Published in: oDRA Ukrainian obituary
More than five years since the war in Donbas started, how should we remember those who have died in it?Read in Ukrainian
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Published in: oDRThe war in eastern Ukraine left these people without homes. The state is yet to compensate them
Five years on from the start of the war, not a single Ukrainian family has managed to get compensation from the...
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Published in: oDR“The republic lives on and is managed by rumours”
After a series of sudden departures and murders in the “People’s Republics”, is Russia finally formalising its...
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Published in: oDRHow Ukraine’s “terrorist threat” is a real threat to civil rights
Since 2014, people living in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions have had limited voting rights in both national...