https://civicmonitoring.org Monitoring of human rights violations in eastern Ukraine Fri, 24 Mar 2023 10:38:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://civicmonitoring.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cropped-DRA-Icon-1-32x32.jpg https://civicmonitoring.org 32 32 https://civicmonitoring.org/developments-in-eastern-ukraine-22-december-2022-23-march-2023-newsletter-109/ Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:28:00 +0000 https://civicmonitoring.org/?p=2293 Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary While the military battle for Donbas continued, the annexatoin and integration of the “People’s Republics” into Russia’s political system progressed with the beginning of election preparations – with peculiar differences between Donetsk and Luhansk....

The post Developments in eastern Ukraine: 22 December 2022 – 23 March 2023 (Newsletter 109) first appeared on Civicmonitoring.]]> https://civicmonitoring.org/newsletter108/ Fri, 23 Dec 2022 13:41:55 +0000 https://civicmonitoring.org/?p=2256 Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary With entrenched stalemate on the battlefields, Russia pushed for further integration of the annexed Ukrainian regions. The heads of the “People’s Republics” for the first time got official personal meetings with President Putin in...

The post Developments in eastern Ukraine: 15 November – 22 December 2022 (Newsletter 108) first appeared on Civicmonitoring.]]> https://civicmonitoring.org/newsletter107/ Mon, 14 Nov 2022 15:21:26 +0000 https://civicmonitoring.org/?p=2253 Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary Six weeks after Russia annexed them, the “People’s Republics” went through fresh government reshuffles, with more Moscow-trained professionals taking senior positions. The “LNR” Foreign Ministry and Prosecutor General’s office were the first institutions to...

The post Developments in eastern Ukraine: 7 October – 14 November 2022 (Newsletter 107) first appeared on Civicmonitoring.]]> https://civicmonitoring.org/newsletter106/ Thu, 06 Oct 2022 16:56:56 +0000 https://civicmonitoring.org/?p=2248 Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary The eight-year history of the “People’s Republics” culminated in their annexation by Russia – along with Kherson and parts of the Zaporizhzhia region – on 5 October, when President Vladimir Putin signed laws about...

The post Developments in eastern Ukraine: 31 August – 6 October 2022 (Newsletter 106) first appeared on Civicmonitoring.]]> https://civicmonitoring.org/newsletter105/ Tue, 30 Aug 2022 06:04:47 +0000 https://civicmonitoring.org/?p=2244 Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary While Moscow continued its russification drive in the “People’s Republics”, it failed to make significant military gains in the Donetsk region. No date for “referenda” about unification with Russia was set, and only Luhansk...

The post Developments in eastern Ukraine: 3 – 30 August 2022 (Newsletter 105) first appeared on Civicmonitoring.]]> https://civicmonitoring.org/newsletter104/ Thu, 04 Aug 2022 07:41:20 +0000 https://civicmonitoring.org/?p=2238 Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary The appointment of more Russian officials to government posts and a massive campaign for a “referendum” in the “People’s Republics” were the latest indicators that Moscow has already decided to annex these East Ukrainian...

The post Developments in eastern Ukraine: 24 June – 2 August 2022 (Newsletter 104) first appeared on Civicmonitoring.]]> https://civicmonitoring.org/newsletter103/ Fri, 24 Jun 2022 12:16:03 +0000 https://civicmonitoring.org/?p=2234 Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary The appointment of five Russian officials to key “government” posts in Donetsk and Luhansk plus wide-ranging regional cooperation agreements triggered fresh talk that Moscow is planning to annex the “People’s Republics”. As Russia’s military...

The post Developments in eastern Ukraine: 15 May – 23 June 2022 (Newsletter 103) first appeared on Civicmonitoring.]]> https://civicmonitoring.org/newsletter102/ Sat, 14 May 2022 14:18:58 +0000 https://civicmonitoring.org/?p=2207 Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary While the Russian offensive in Donbas continued to be extremely slow, the Kremlin overhauled its management of the “People’s Republics” by replacing Dmitry Kozak with domestic policy chief Kirienko as their new “curator”. However,...

The post Developments in eastern Ukraine:15 April – 14 May 2022 (Newsletter 102)  first appeared on Civicmonitoring.]]> https://civicmonitoring.org/newsletter101/ Thu, 14 Apr 2022 12:06:02 +0000 https://civicmonitoring.org/?p=2203 Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary Fears of an imminent Russian military offensive in Donbas were allayed somewhat by indications of manpower shortages. The “People’s Republics” continued to act contrastingly when it comes to revealing their military losses while they...

The post Developments in eastern Ukraine: 1 – 14 April 2022 (Newsletter 101) first appeared on Civicmonitoring.]]> https://civicmonitoring.org/newsletter100/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 15:05:46 +0000 https://civicmonitoring.org/?p=2195 written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary The “People’s Republics” spoke about holding referenda about unification with Russia – but only after the “liberation” of the whole Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The Russian-led military advances into their government-controlled areas has been...

The post Developments in “DNR” and “LNR”: 9 – 31 March 2022 (Newsletter 100) first appeared on Civicmonitoring.]]>