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...
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...
The Third Republic: Ukraine struggles its way through to Europe
For Estonian Center of Eastern Partnership visiting research fellow at the Razumkov Centre Aleksei Sekarev wrote policy paper “The Third Republic: Ukraine struggles its way through to Europe”. …read more Source: Razumkov...
The peace plan of President Poroshenko showed Kyiv above all sought peace
Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk spoke to the website Hlavred about the pros and cons of the peace plan of President Petro Poroshenko. There was a lot of criticism of the peace plan and its feasibility. However, I think it made some sense because Ukraine has once again...
Ukraine’s regional integration policies: The EU versus the Eurasian community
It would be a gross mistake to attribute its existence to the mere political preferences of any factually ruling political groups and their lack of desire to make a decisive choice …read more Source: Razumkov...
