Ukraine: Escalation Triggers Laws of War
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Ukrainian government forces and armed insurgents in eastern Ukraine must respect the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said in a document published today. “Eastern Ukraine: Questions and Answers about the Laws of War” examines the development of the insurgency in eastern Ukraine into an internal armed...
Ukraine: Review Operations in Southeast
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Ukraine’s authorities should review counterinsurgency operations in southeast Ukraine to ensure that government forces are complying with all of their obligations under international law. (Berlin) – Ukraine’s authorities should review counterinsurgency operations in southeast Ukraine to ensure...
Ukraine: Free ‘Disappeared’ Journalist
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Ukrainian authorities should immediately release a journalist apparently forcibly disappeared since May 10, 2014 by government military forces in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. (Donetsk) – Ukrainian authorities should immediately release a journalist apparently forcibly disappeared since May 10, 2014...
Ukraine: Insurgents Terrorize East Before Vote
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Armed insurgents in eastern Ukraine have gone on a violence spree before the May 25, 2014 presidential elections, terrorizing staff of the district electoral commissions. (Donetsk) – Armed insurgents in eastern Ukrainehave gone on a violence spree before the May 25, 2014 presidential elections, terrorizing...
Ukraine: Anti-Kiev Forces Running Amok
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Anti-Kiev forces in eastern Ukraine are abducting, attacking, and harassing people they suspect of supporting the Ukrainian government or consider undesirable (Berlin) – Anti-Kiev forces in eastern Ukraine are abducting, attacking, and harassing people they suspect of supporting the Ukrainian government or...
The EU Association Agreement will allow Ukraine to obtain funding from the IMF
Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn shared his thoughts on whether Ukraine can receive another tranche of international financial assistance, based on conclusions of the monitoring mission of the IMF, with the news agency UNIAN. As to reforms being conducted, one should admit that there are areas where changes...
After Ukrainian forces were restructured, the operations became more effective
When pro-Russian rebels first fanned out across eastern Ukraine in April, seizing public buildings, ousting local officials and blockading streets and highways, the government’s security forces – a ragtag lot of poorly equipped and understaffed military and police units – were largely paralyzed by dysfunction and defection. They...
Despite recent improvements, Ukrainian military’s work is far from done
When pro-Russian rebels first fanned out across eastern Ukraine in April, seizing public buildings, ousting local officials and blockading streets and highways, the government’s security forces – a ragtag lot of poorly equipped and understaffed military and police units – were largely paralyzed by dysfunction and defection. They...
Economic and social challenges of Ukraine after the change of power
The new Ukrainian leadership that came to power in the end of February 2014 has faced a set of substantial challenges the answer to which will decisively determine the level of its legitimacy, their public support and their ability to retain the power. The extreme level of difficulties that now Ukraine confronts are determined by a unique...
External discipline is needed to reform Ukrainian economy
Ukraine signed a sweeping economic and trade agreement with the European Union on last Friday, finally completing a trade deal that plunged it into a revolution and ongoing conflict with its closest neighbour, Russia. The deal would remove tariffs on around 98 per cent of the goods traded between Ukraine and the EU, and could begin the process of...
