Ukraine Crisis Update: September 9, 2015
Sep 9, 2015 - Hugo Spaulding
Russian-backed separatists have dialed back offensive operations in connection with a September 1 ceasefire agreement.
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Ukraine Crisis Update: September 9, 2015
Sep 9, 2015 - Hugo SpauldingRussian-backed separatists have dialed back offensive operations in connection with a September 1 ceasefire agreement.
Ukraine Crisis Update: September 3, 2015
Sep 3, 2015 - Hugo SpauldingRussian-backed separatists initially abided by a short-term ceasefire beginning September 1, which was designed to reduce the number of civilian casualties during the first week of the Ukrainian school year.
Ukraine Crisis Update: September 3, 2015
Sep 3, 2015 - Hugo Spaulding
Russian-backed separatists initially abided by a short-term ceasefire beginning September 1, which was designed to reduce the number of civilian casualties during the first week of the Ukrainian school year.
Far-Right Riot at Ukraine’s Parliament
Sep 1, 2015 - Hugo Spaulding
Far-right groups launched a violent riot on August 31 outside Ukraine’s parliament during its review of controversial constitutional amendments that would acknowledge the special status of separatist-held southeastern Ukraine. The riots demonstrate the growing challenge to stability that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko faces from the far-right, a threat that could present new vulnerabilities that the Kremlin may exploit.
Ukraine Crisis Update: August 26, 2015
Aug 26, 2015 - Hugo SpauldingRussian-backed separatists continued to engage Ukrainian forces with indirect fire along the front line in Donbas, as talks resumed on the implementation of the February “Minsk II” ceasefire agreement. Separatist indirect fire killed two Ukrainian troops less than 10 kilometers outside of Mariupol, one week after a separatist artillery barrage killed three civilians in a suburb of the strategic port city.
Ukraine Crisis Update: August 26, 2015
Aug 26, 2015 - Hugo Spaulding
Russian-backed separatists continued to engage Ukrainian forces with indirect fire along the front line in Donbas, as talks resumed on the implementation of the February “Minsk II” ceasefire agreement.
Ukraine Crisis Update: August 20, 2015
Aug 24, 2015 - Hugo SpauldingRussian-backed separatists launched a rare artillery barrage on the northeastern outskirts of the strategic government-held port city of Mariupol on August 16.
Ukraine Crisis Update: August 12, 2015
Aug 24, 2015 - Hugo SpauldingOn August 10, Russian-backed separatist forces launched their largest combined arms assault against Ukrainian forces in the past two months.
Ukraine Crisis Update: August 5, 2015
Aug 24, 2015 - Hugo SpauldingRussian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine continued to launch indirect fire and probing infantry attacks against Ukrainian forces in a similar pattern to recent weeks as negotiators from Kyiv, Moscow and the separatist “republics” convened in Minsk to discuss the failing February 2015 ‘Minsk II’ ceasefire agreement.