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Corrupt officials make a quick buck off war

Later that month the soldiers from Chernivtsi, who were keeping positions in Luhansk Oblast, were laughing out loud when they heard about people …
Oksana Grytsenko
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Kyiv Post+

Ceasefire talks expected as Donbas residents feel consequences of war

The decision comes after several failed attempts earlier in December to introduce a ceasefire and hold negotiations in Minsk. The attempts followed …
Oleg Sukhov
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Kyiv Post+

Diverse Aidar fighters united by goal of defending Ukraine

These range from Russian speakers hailing from Donbas to Ukrainian speakers from the west of the country, from revolutionary youth to gray-haired …
Oleg Sukhov
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Kyiv Post+

Pensioners travel outside of separatist areas to get their cash

Olga, a 60-year old pensioner from rebel-held Krasny Luch in Luhansk Oblast, travels to the Ukrainian controlled city of Lysychansk to collect her Hr …
Oleg Sukhov

Discontent With Poroshenko Growing In East

Vitaly Shvedov, former head of the anti-terrorist operation’s headquarters in Lisichansk, an industrial city in Luhansk Oblast, is angry with the …
Oleg Sukhov

Donbas locals skeptical about new cease-fire

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said in a Dec. 1 statement that the cease-fire agreement was reached by representatives of …
Oleg Sukhov
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Kyiv Post+

Ukraine military restricts journalists’ access to front; removes restriction next day (UPDATED)

Update from Dec. 2: Ukraine revokes restrictions for journalists working at frontline The military claimed the new measure was imposed after the …
Oksana Grytsenko
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Kyiv Post+

Soldiers return from gates of hell south of Debaltseve

Just like Donetsk Airport, the village of Nikishino south of Ukrainian-controlled Debaltseve in Donetsk Oblast has been compared to hell.  Nikishino …
Oleg Sukhov
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Kyiv Post+

Fear reigns on both sides in Donetsk Oblast’s Dzerzhinsk

Pro-Russian residents of this Donetsk Oblast suburb of Dzerzhinsk are afraid to speak out because of the Ukrainian army walking the streets here. …
Oleg Sukhov

Soldiers in Dzerzhinsk feel abandoned, expect Kremlin-backed fighters to attack soon

Ukrainian soldiers of the 57th brigade at checkpoints around Dzerzhinsk, a small city near insurgent-held Horlivka in Donetsk Oblast, say a separatist …
Oleg Sukhov
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Kyiv Post+

Sloviansk remains crippled by struggle between past and future

But now Ukraine has come back with a vengeance, Denis Bigunov, the nephew of that police chief, told the Kyiv Post. Bigunov, an active pro-Ukrainian …
Oleg Sukhov
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Kyiv Post+

Food Critic: A taste of a soldier’s daily meal

In the war zone, the Kyiv Post had a chance to taste meals from the ration packs that Ukrainian  servicemen consume, both the one produced in Ukraine …
Oksana Grytsenko
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Kyiv Post+

Doctors in Debaltseve risk lives to save others

This is because the army is learning fast. “Now we don’t have to go out after every shelling because our guys learned how to run and hide fast,” says …
Oksana Grytsenko
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Kyiv Post+

Luhansk Power Plant works at 20 percent capacity after months of shelling, limited coal supplies

It took several hours to extinguish the fire and resume the work of the power plant that used to supply as much as 75 percent of the electricity that …
Oksana Grytsenko
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Kyiv Post+

Donbas looks to winter short of energy supplies

As Russia’s war against Ukraine continues in the nation’s core industrial region, locals are concerned about meeting their basic needs. Electricity …
Ivan Verstyuk
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Oksana Grytsenko

A look at life in Luhansk Oblast’s ‘tinderbox’ with region’s leader

“See what these monsters are doing?” Moskal asks his counterpart from Mykolayiv Oblast, Vadym Merikov, whom he was showing around the ruins of a …
Oksana Grytsenko

Commemorating the MH17 victims: mistrust and disbelief in the Netherlands

Almost four months later, the wreckage of the Boeing 777 cockpit still lies scattered and untouched on a field of dried and withered sunflowers. The …
Stefan Huijboom

Red Mullet’s war gear

He says he is equipped no thanks to the government, which did not fulfill its promise to issue military uniforms to all National Guardsmen by Oct. 10. …
Oksana Grytsenko
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