Ukraine-Russia Truck Dispute at Impasse
Moscow could extend its ban on Ukrainian trucks to other forms of transport, PM Medvedev warns. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
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Letting go, but not giving up: Implementation of Minsk II
Approaching its one-year anniversary date, the February 2015 Minsk II settlement agreement to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine’s Donbass is not faring well. All of its provisions were to have been implemented by Dec. 31, 2015. Few were. Still, Minsk II remains the only settlement arrangement on offer, and it continues to command at least...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 11 February 2016
The SMM observed numerous ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. In Luhansk region the two ceasefire violations observed were attributed to training exercises. The SMM continued to monitor the withdrawal of weapons. The Mission facilitated and monitored demining and repair works on both sides of the contact line. The SMM encountered...
Resignation of Abromavicius may have serious consequences for Ukraine’s government
Deputy director general, Director of Political and legal programmes at the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko joins Viewpoint talk-show on Ukraine Today to discuss the impact of the high-profile resignation of Ukraine’s Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavicius on the political situation in Ukraine. According to Mr. Yakymenko, resignation of...
Russian, Catholic Church Leaders in Historic Meeting
The generalissimos may talk of reconciliation, but will their armies march in step? …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia will not dare to attack Donbas now because of the threat of the strengthening sanctions
Director of Military Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Mykola Sunhurovskyi considers the intensification of attacks to be psychological pressure on Ukraine in the trilateral contact group, informs the news agency Radio Liberty. The expert stated that Russia was more likely to start intense hostilities “closer to autumn, when a larger-scale...
Ukraine: Attacks, Military Use of Schools
Protect Students, Schools by Joining Safe Schools Declaration(Berlin) – Hostilities in eastern Ukraine have damaged or destroyed hundreds of schools, many of which were used by parties to the conflict for military purposes, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. February 11, 2016Report Studying Under Fire Attacks on Schools, Military...
Political instability adversely affects the hryvnia exchange rate
Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn encourages not to draw direct parallels between the depreciation of the hryvnia and the words of the head of the National Bank of Ukraine that currently there are no sufficient grounds for the revaluation of the national currency, informs the website Segodnia. “I am not sure...
Ukraine’s Got a Real Army Now. But Is It Preparing to Fight the Last Battle?
The prolonged stalemate of Minsk II has provided the Ukrainian military ample opportunity to address a series of longstanding challenges stretching back to the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych. While it is clear that the Ukrainian military has improved since its disastrous defeat at Debaltseve in February 2015, evaluating the real effect of...
