Tag Archives: Donbass

Yeah it is the one year anniversary of the SMO. But make no mistake, for Donbass this is the ninth year of the war. This the first year that the Ukrainian regime has suffered real consequences for the attempted genocide ...

DONETSK – Alexey Kulemzin, the mayor of the city of Donetsk, said on Thursday that the recent shelling of the city by the Ukrainian military was the most massive strike since 2014. Earlier on Thursday, the Donetsk People’s Republic’s representative ...

Today, rather than comment on the latest developments on the ground, I want to step back and revisit a few basic, but I believe absolutely fundamental aspects of the Russian military operation in not only the Donbass, but the entire ...

Dear friends, Here is a quick update.  First, a (provisional) map (which is typically 6 hours late or so): I think that this map is self-explanatory, especially since the only major change is in that pink box.  What we see ...

By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and cross-posted with The Cradle. This is what happens when a bunch of ragged hyenas, jackals and tiny rodents poke The Bear: a new geopolitical order is born in breathtaking speed. From ...

“Circumstances require us to take decisive and immediate action,” the order reads. “The People’s Republics of Donbass turned to Russia with a request for help. In this regard, in accordance with Article 51, part 7 of the UN Charter, with ...

The situation is about to quickly escalate, probably in the next days Today, I want to begin with a small allegorical story. One upon a time, there was a bear sleeping in his lair and minding his business.  One day, ...

On August 31, Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Alexander Zakharchenko died from wounds received in a bomb attack in the DPR capital of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. The explosion, which took place in a restaurant, “Separatist”, also injured ...