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Published in: oDR: AnalysisHow did we reach this point in the Russia-Ukraine crisis – and what’s next?
Politicians in the West are scrambling to use the crisis for their own agenda, while experts suggest Russia is not...
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Published in: oDR: Feature'We got used to the war': life for a frontline family in Ukraine
A resident of Avdiivka, a town only a few kilometres from Donetsk, discusses living with the Donbas war on the...
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisWhat would Russian recognition of separatist territories in Ukraine mean?
Russia’s parliament has urged President Putin to recognise the independence of the ‘People’s Republics’ of Luhansk...
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisThe UK can sanction Russian luxury property. But will it?
As tension heightens over Ukraine, experts say targeting the Russian elite’s UK property would be difficult – and...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionUkraine’s freedom: wider truths and avoiding war
Appeasement won’t work, as history shows. We must bind all parties into a symbiotic arrangement that perpetuates the...
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisWhy is Belarus hosting Russian troops?
Lukashenka’s crackdown on dissent at home has pushed his country into a deeper military alliance with Putin
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Published in: oDR: OpinionWhat would real peacebuilding in Ukraine look like?
We must apply the lessons of 21st-century peacebuilding to create a peace process that is people-centred, women-led...
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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.