Tag: Russian-backed separatists

Freed POW from Battle of Krasny Partizan Tells His Story

March 10, 2015

On March 6, the Ukrainian news site 24tv.ua published an interview of Sergei Stepanov, a recently-released Ukrainian POW, with journalist Yevgeniya Mazur. The account was also published by the Krivoy Rog city site. Stepanov, who was severely wounded, was released to be treated in a hospital 15 days after being taken prisoner at the Krasny Partizan […]

Ukraine LiveBlog Day 293: 1,252 Ukrainian Soldiers Have Died in Combat Since April; 3,000 Wounded

December 8, 2014

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Helping International ‘Observers’ See Armed Men at Polling Stations in Donbass

November 10, 2014

Helping International ‘Observers’ See Armed Men at Polling Stations in Donbass 2014-11-10 07:21:22 Vienna, Austria – Graham Phillips, a controversial British reporter for the Kremlin’s disinformation service Ruptly and the Russian Defense Ministry’s TV Zvezda has interviewed Austrian right-wing politician Ewald Stadler, who is one of the “observers” at “elections” in the Donbass. According to […]

What We Can Learn from Russian State TV and Russian-Backed Separatist Propaganda Videos

October 7, 2014

This past week during the prolonged battle for the Donetsk Airport, there has been a series of Russian-backed separatist propaganda videos, as well as Russian state TV news programs reporting from the same scenes and using militants’ footage. These have been widely discussed on social media because they give away the fact that the militants […]

Ukraine Liveblog Day 230: Militants Shell Homes in Debaltsevo, Destroy Ukrainian Armor

October 5, 2014

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Russia This Week: 5 Chechen Policemen Killed Detaining Suicide Bomber in Grozny (September 27-October 2)

Updated Daily. This week’s issue: –5 Policeman Killed Detaining Suicide Bomber in Grozny; Terrorist Identified Russian Ultranationalist Web Site Owner Summoned to Police in ‘Extremism’ Investigation – Despite Further Refutations Even From Separatist Leaders, Mass Graves, ‘Organ-Trafficking’ Disinformation Still Circulates – OSCE Representative on Human Trafficking Purveys Russian Propaganda Story of ‘Organ-Trafficking’ in Ukraine – […]

Ukrainian Liveblog Day 229: Ukrainian Forces Repel Russian-backed Militants at Airport

October 4, 2014

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Russia This Week: 26,000 Protest War in Ukraine at Moscow Peace March (September 15-21)

September 21, 2014

Updated Daily. This week’s issue: – Further Peace March Arrests: 7 in St. Petersburg; 2 in Yekaterinburg; 2 in Barnaul – Peace March of 26,000 in Moscow Finishes Without Incident; A Few Arrests Reported – At Least 10,000 in Peace March in Moscow – AP – 5,000 March in St. Petersburg Despite Ban – ‘If […]

Ukraine Liveblog Day 208: Second Russian ‘Humanitarian Convoy’ Crosses Into Ukraine

September 13, 2014

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Ukraine Liveblog Day 202: 12-Point Peace Plan for Donbass Issued by OSCE

September 7, 2014

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