Feb. 11, 2015
Debaltseve police chief Yevhen Yukhanov was killed by militants who attempted to seize the town police station, head of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry’s department in Donetsk region Viacheslav Abrosk
Feb. 10, 2015
A sleepy suburb near Kramatorsk airfield was rocked by multiple explosions as separatist rockets hammered the city today, killing at least eight civilians and wounding 31, including five children.
Feb. 10, 2015
Ukraine’s Azov Battalion, famed for its near-suicidal bravery and ultra-nationalist views, is spearheading a Ukrainian counter-offensive along the country’s Black Sea coast today.
Feb. 6, 2015
ARTYOMOVSK, Ukraine – Vladimir stands smoking a cigarette outside a large Soviet-era dormitory in the wine-making city of Artyomovsk. The building is now home to him, his family and some 300 other peo
Feb. 3, 2015
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine – Kremlin-backed separatists set about reducing the Ukrainian-held Debaltseve to rubble on Feb. 3, despite a promised cease-fire and the presence of several thousand civilians in t
Feb. 2, 2015
ARTYOMOVSK, Ukraine — A flight of five of Hind Mi-24 attack helicopters churned through the afternoon sky on Feb 2, speeding low over the road into Artyomovsk’s center as Ukraine’s army sent a huge co
Feb. 2, 2015
The rescuers drive shabby buses that are often shelled. They take directions by text messages directing them to bomb shelters. They make stops lasting only a few minutes and drive away as fast as poss
Feb. 1, 2015
KARLIVKA, Ukraine – Night was falling when Yura started back to base, having dropped off essential supplies to Ukrainian units holed up in the bullet-riddled town of Pisky. As he weaved his car betwee
Feb. 1, 2015
Seven civilians were killed in shelling in Donbas on Feb. 1 as of the day’s afternoon. A 66-year old woman was killed by a shell in her house in a village in Artiomovsky district of Donetsk Oblast. Si
Jan. 31, 2015
Twelve people, presumably civilians, were killed in Debaltseve as the forces of separatists shell the city.
Jan. 30, 2015
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces acknowledged they had ceded control of the village of Vuhlehirsk to Kremlin-backed forces on Jan. 30, giving separatist fighters a vital foothold west of Debalts
Jan. 29, 2015
The situation on the ground remains tough in the Donbas following a bloody bombing of Mariupol by Kremlin-backed fighters who killed 30 civilians and wounded another 100 in the Jan. 25 assault.
Jan. 22, 2015
Kremlin-backed insurgents have gone on the offensive, taking over most of the Donetsk Airport by Jan. 22 and killing more Ukrainian soldier. The airport had been under Ukrainian control fo
Jan. 22, 2015
The Debaltseve sector has turned into an epicenter of Donbas hostilities, the Ukrainian General Staff said on Thursday.
Jan. 20, 2015
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine – A sweeping vista of snow-capped hills and an icy lake, the entrance to Debaltseve is always striking in winter. But this winter the hills are torn up by the track marks of armore
Jan. 15, 2015
As Ukraine steps up its military mobilization, Russian-backed separatists increased their military activity.
Jan. 12, 2015
Fighting around Donetsk intensified over the weekend with heavy shelling on both sides as a series of peace talks planned for Berlin and Astana this week were overshadowed by increasingly combative rh
Oct. 16, 2014
Despite a cease-fire officially declared in Minsk last month, the truce is broken almost daily in the east of Ukraine with mounting casualties – both military and civilians. At least 68 Ukrainian serv
Sep. 25, 2014
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko believes the conflict with Kremlin-backed separatists in the east of the country is on the wane, he said during a press conference in Kyiv on Sept. 25, noting that
Aug. 15, 2014
Massive damage to infrastructure due to warfare in eastern Ukraine is already hitting the local economy hard, and will continue to do so for years to come due to costly and lengthy repairs required.