Russia’s seizure of Crimea began on February 20, 2014. It became the first precedent of the annexation of the territory in Europe since the Second World war. However, the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict is not the first such conflict that Russia...
Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary Separatist leaders and their official media showed no positive reaction to the latest conciliatory signals from Ukraine and continued their line of accusing Kyiv of war-mongering. They also paid little attention to the major...
Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary The separatists commemorated the first anniversary of Alexander Zakharchenko’s killing by stressing the first “DNR”-leader’s cult-like status. They largely ignored the latest diplomatic offensive by the Normandy Format powers, instead sticking to their narrative...
Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary The killing of four government soldiers in a frontline position in the Donetsk region caused political turbulences in Kyiv. President Zelenskiy called Vladimir Putin and fired an outspoken Ukrainian envoy to the Minsk talks...
