Articles — OstroV

How russians are replacing the Donbas local population. Donetsk journal

04/15/2024 17:13 84

It is now clear that all of russia's actions were aimed at destroying or displacing local residents from Donbas. And, as if by the law of Archimedes, the displaced residents of Donetsk are being replaced by representatives of the smaller nationalities of vast russia, who bring along their own culture. Or rather, lack of culture...

State coal industry: delayed finish

04/09/2024 17:29 356

Extending the moratorium on bankruptcy for state-owned mines until January 1, 2025, doesn't just preserve an old problem instead of solving it. It amplifies the scale of negative consequences that will still need to be dealt with in the future...

Fear is growing in Crimea: the popularity of insurance against UAVs is on the rise

04/02/2024 19:12 317

No one would see these payouts because there is no legislative basis. If they insure against a terrorist act, there must be a decision to initiate a criminal case under the corresponding article and so on. Everything else is just pretty words and promises they'll feed you...

Economic growth 2024: two conditions

03/26/2024 16:31 276

The most significant assessments in this forecast concern inflation and the exchange rate. The company still anticipates that annual inflation (the rate of price growth for goods and services for the population) will accelerate but will not exceed "acceptable limits"...

Two years of war: real economic outcomes for both countries

03/18/2024 17:34 323

In simpler terms, investors had their plants, factories, and power stations seized in russia. Now, here's the question: who will want to open their businesses in russia after this, even if the sanctions are lifted?

Ten years of Crimea's occupation: "stones from the sky" have become prophetic

03/12/2024 16:48 402

At that time, there were no clear calls for joining russia. There were some vague discussions about it, but nothing more. Many couldn't believe it. There was a clear conviction that we disagreed with Kyiv's policies and needed more autonomy and freedom...

Investments in the occupation: a "scheme" worth billions

03/05/2024 15:06 318

By promising the arrival of "investors" from russia to the deserted factories and mines, representatives of the "DNR"/"LNR" attempt to create the illusion of a bright future. Their aim is also to prevent the remaining scanty population from migrating. This is crucial; otherwise, there would be no one left to plunder...

Resistance of the system, trial and error: several acts of the Ukrainian anti-corruption drama

02/27/2024 12:37 413

Successes in government actions are harder to convey to the public than the failures, especially when the government loses popularity, and individual representatives continue to get involved in corruption scandals. What may appear to the Ukrainian public as exceptional corruption may actually indicate the effectiveness of anti-corruption measures: there is more exposure and less stealing...

Life in "russia". Luhansk journal

02/19/2024 15:53 664

Pensioners are preoccupied with the topic of pension recalculations. Mothers are concerned about getting a unified allowance. Both groups are thoroughly disappointed; almost everyone feels, compared to their neighbor, that there has been a mistake in their case, and they deserve more...

Suspended sentence and fine cancellation: how "draft dodgers" are punished in the Donetsk oblast

02/14/2024 14:40 688

In most cases, a three-year prison sentence is given. Subsequently, based on Article 75 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code, the accused is released from serving the sentence with a probationary period of 1-2 years...

"All the money went to the war", or why Sevastopol is left without water supply

02/06/2024 21:59 744

I don't recall such chaos in my entire life. We laughed at the Ukrainians who spent the last winter without power. Now they have heating and water, while we're completely screwed. All the money went into the war, and they forgot about ordinary people and their problems...

The economy in the "DNR" - "LNR": deferred liquidation

01/30/2024 15:22 823

In fact, the economy as such no longer exists in the territory of the Ukrainian Donbas captured by the Nazis. This does not prevent high-ranking representatives of the aggressor country and their local satellites from continuing to make promises of a "bright future"...

"They replaced the old curbs and curbstones". Luhansk journal

01/24/2024 14:24 669

However, we are already russia. Like adopted children in a new family, we, taken in without asking, timidly adapt to its rules. Adoptive parents compensate the absence of our familiar family with new clothes and bright toys. And we already forget who we are and where we come from. Life around me is changing so rapidly that there is no time to ponder over such impractical questions...

Crimea: a year of despair and a look into the future

01/18/2024 10:39 627

The war is not somewhere there, not nearby; it is already here. This understanding took a very long time to form, but only the second half of the year finally shaped it. Anything can hit anywhere and anything. So there are many more people who want the war to end. Not victory, not surrender, but specifically the end of it...

2024: Anticipating an economic boom

01/10/2024 17:29 619

In 2024, the war with russia will not allow for a "big leap" in the Ukrainian economy. Experts predict very moderate growth, but still growth, not a decline...

How our children are made into our enemies: militarization of teenagers in the Luhansk oblast

12/29/2023 15:39 671

Children in the occupied territories are undoubtedly part of a vulnerable category. They are still growing, their mental apparatus is not definitively formed, they depend on adults, and at the very least, they will be subjected to indoctrination by the occupying authorities...

Fitness-mobilization: tightening is inevitable, but there are nuances

12/22/2023 17:22 625

The situation is very complex and delicate. Changes have been overdue for a long time, as the current law is a prehistoric Soviet one that does not consider modern realities. The military wants maximum restrictions: summons through the Diia app, by phone and email, lowering the conscription age to a minimum, criminalization of failure to appear in response to a summons, blocking bank accounts, and so on...

"Russia will have to go all the way until something like the Ukrainian Autonomous Republic appears on the map of Russia": russian media on Ukraine

12/15/2023 17:24 663

According to the West, Zelensky has lost the ability to 'maneuver in the conflict with Russia in the interests of Washington and its allies'. And he will have to maneuver (i.e. to engage in negotiations with Moscow) 'according to the assessment of the American intelligence community, given the situation on the Ukrainian theater of military operations', possibly in the near future"...

Ukraine's recovery: Is society ready for labor migrants from Africa?

12/08/2023 11:50 667

The deficit of professionals in engineering and technical specialists on construction sites in Ukraine has reached 50% mass recruitment of labor migrants from poor African and Asian countries, is not a viable scenario. Society is not prepared for such a scenario...

The Ukrainian "plebiscite by death" of 1932–1933. Why?

12/04/2023 14:52 658

The grain crisis of 1927–1928 and the shortage of currency from the sale of grain abroad could jeopardize the Soviet government's plans for the economic development of the USSR. A mechanism for the continuous supply of grain to the state was needed...

Kolomoisky: a gesture of despair

11/22/2023 11:17 740

The complete shutdown of ferroalloy plants in late October to early November was a response from their owner, oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky, to his own arrest. The "patriot who prevented the 'russian spring' in the Dnipropetrovsk oblast in 2014" thereby inflicted serious economic damage on Ukraine...

Financial front: tensions are growing

11/16/2023 16:37 783

Allies fully understand the necessity of continuing financial support to a country that is holding back the aggressor, posing a threat to both European and global security. However...

The "DNR" promises big salaries for bus drivers and plans to encourage teen labor

11/09/2023 15:04 794

The conditions for employing children have been simplified to the extent that the employer is not required to demand medical evaluations regarding their health. A relatively recent medical examination will be adequate...

Budget 2024: focused on the positivity

11/02/2023 13:36 885

In the conditions of a full-scale war and an increase in military expenses, the government managed to partially return the social focus to the state budget for the next year. The main risk for its execution lies in the high expectations of economic growth. Will they be justified?

Occupied territories: budgetary humiliation

10/26/2023 14:40 950

This suggests that putin's gamble of occupying part of southeastern Ukraine places a tremendous burden on the russian economy, even without Western sanctions...

Abduction of children from the occupied Luhansk oblast: a russian crime that is almost impossible to document

10/19/2023 16:55 966

...Lists of collaborators and traitors in nearly every community in the region, from high-ranking officials like the so-called heads of district administrations to ordinary village school teachers."If anything, even school cooks"...

Heating season 2024: what to expect

10/13/2023 13:31 969

In early August, during a parliamentary energy committee meeting, he disclosed that at that time, only 1.6% (!) of the damaged power system had been restored...

Sevastopol: life in a smoke screen and amid the sounds of air raid alerts

10/04/2023 16:53 1026

Before this, we understood that we were living in a state of war, that missiles and drones could hit at any moment, but it all seemed somewhere far away, in the Black Sea waters, at some military bases or airfields. And now, missiles hit the city center. It changes everything...

Having your own housing - what's preventing it?

09/27/2023 14:33 973

The concept of force majeure does not consider the risks of destruction or damage to the object due to military actions. In other words, there are no obligations on the part of the developer to the buyer in the event of such circumstances...

"Putin's suicide bombers"? The "DNR" schoolchildren are being prepared for self-sacrifice in the name of russia

09/20/2023 16:11 962

I hope my fears are unfounded, but then why is the "Ministry of Education" paying so much attention to this issue, and why are they teaching children to "empathize with the victims of terrorism", talk about "fighting terrorism" and instill a willingness to sacrifice their lives for their homeland?

Ukrainian pensions in occupied territories: who profits from them?

09/14/2023 11:28 1035

"Why should we leave the money to the Ukrainians? We should take it while they're giving it", - he said with a laugh. One can only guess where the "profit" from transactions involving Ukrainian pensions goes to...

Mobilization in Ukraine: slow but steady intensification

09/06/2023 10:08 1106

This is not what we want. It's what Ukraine cannot do without. People have stopped voluntarily going to the draft boards – that's a fact, and there's no need to be afraid to admit it. Therefore, we are now witnessing a slow but steady tightening of the rules and an intensification of mobilization. These aren't new rules; it's an enhancement of the existing ones...

Economic independence: 32 years later

08/29/2023 14:38 1083

Globalization has reached such a level where complete economic independence is not feasible in general. Not for anyone. The challenge remains to find a "place under the sun", i.e. to occupy a niche in international markets. And if you got kicked out of one niche, you should search for a new one...

"Whose side are you on?" Luhansk journal

08/24/2023 10:20 1117

don't know when it happened for the first time - a blunt message "Choose". It was clear to me that he was tired. Simply tired of poverty, struggles, rented rooms from alcoholic landladies. And his bluntness was his fatigue, the result of piling problems and complete uncertainty ahead. He was in Kyiv, and I was in Luhansk...

Native foreign city: Donetsk journal

08/18/2023 18:34 1093

The city that hosted the UEFA Euro 2012 is gradually transforming into a remote Soviet province. And it's not just because the war has been ongoing for nine years. Boarded-up windows and crumbling building facades certainly don't add glamour to the former capital of Donbas, but there are other factors at play...

Elections during wartime: if desired, they can be held

08/15/2023 16:29 1038

However, on July 28, an unexpected statement came from the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, asserting that the Ukrainian Constitution does not prohibit holding elections during martial law. Furthermore, according to him, the actualization of such a question will occur in the near future...

Luhansk journal: "No talks of the end of the war. We've gotten used to this too"

08/10/2023 17:06 1075

And we're amazed to notice new benches, curbs and perfect roads in the city. We, like savages, are watching with enthusiasm, wondering how amazing things could be and that they could happen to us. Interestingly, we're getting involved and getting used to it. We like it. We're no longer comparing. We perplexedly note that queues are the norm. Queues for everything and everywhere...

The population has noticeably increased in Donetsk. Who are all these people?

08/04/2023 18:01 1094

Currently, something inexplicable is happening in Donetsk during the summer period. The city is filled with people, and the number of cars on the roads, even compared to April and May, has increased significantly...

The post-war future of the southeast: new opportunities

07/31/2023 20:23 1043

Economic growth in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts, as well as in Crimea after their de-occupation, will become the priority task for the Ukrainian authorities. Certain preparatory work has already been done, and now the decisive word belongs to the Armed Forces of Ukraine...

Economy under occupation: lies and plunder

07/26/2023 13:20 1013

Therefore, only people who fully understand that their presence in the occupied Donbas is temporary would consider coming here. Within this limited time, they need to extract as much as possible from the mines as quickly as possible...

Attack on the Crimean Bridge: "red lines are over, now the brown ones have begun"

07/24/2023 13:31 981

When the whole "Wagner PMC thing" happened, I asked all my acquaintances and colleagues in Sevastopol, and they were all in favor of Prigozhin. And when we discussed the new bridge explosion, someone said that it wouldn't have happened under his watch...

The main problem with NATO. The masks have fallen off

07/14/2023 13:48 1005

On the one hand, the Alliance's leaders do not want Ukraine to lose the war and are doing everything to prevent it. But on the other hand, they fear the only possible victory that could truly ensure long-term peace – the fall of putin's regime and the transformation of russia. And if they fear it, they are not striving for such a victory...

Between moscow and Simeiz: how the LGBTQ+ community in Crimea adapts to new realities

07/12/2023 16:30 1011

The russian dictator himself decided to pour fuel on the fire. In June 2023, putin instructed the creation of an institute for the study of the behavior of LGBTQ+ individuals based on a federal psychiatric center...

Serhiy Harmash: Prigozhin did not want to stop the war but conduct it according to his own script

07/05/2023 20:43 1043

"The czar is good". They didn't want to overthrow putin. They wanted to keep him as the symbol, the showcase of russian power. However, at the same time, those planning the uprising wanted to wield that power...

Russia is creating filtration camps for the Donetsk locals. Donetsk journal

06/28/2023 20:52 1014

In addition, without a russian passport, some district polyclinics no longer accept blood, urine and stool tests. And in private laboratories, the prices for these services are exorbitant. But even that was not enough for the genocide of Ukrainians in the occupied territories. Now they are planning to build filtration camps...

Without water and tourists: blowing up of the Kakhovka HPP and its consequences for Crimea

06/21/2023 14:28 1085

We've been through this before. We had explosions on the Crimean Bridge and drones in the center of Sevastopol, and they say everything is 'under control'. The authorities emphasize that there are currently water reserves. Okay, no one disputes that. But what will we do when these reserves run out?

Today's Donetsk through the eyes of a refugee. What has changed compared to February 2022?

06/14/2023 13:21 1359

Life in Donetsk has drastically changed compared to February 2022. For those who left and were forced to return for some reason, the differences are striking. The city wakes up at six in the morning, and by five in the evening the streets are already empty. This was not the case before. By the way, those who left after February 2022 mostly come back to bury their loved ones who remained here and passed away...

"Mom, take me back!". Stories of two teenage girls from Kherson, whom their mothers were able to bring back from russia after an illegal removal

06/08/2023 16:07 1095

The deportation of Ukrainian children to russia by the occupiers takes various forms. It includes organized removal of orphaned children who are quickly "placed" into new "families", trips under the pretext of health improvement or vacation, and departure due to russian narratives that Ukrainian soldiers will "come and shoot everyone", as well as the motivation of seeking basic safety...

The temptation of money. Donetsk journal

06/05/2023 10:37 1124

It was time for gullible pensioners who receive the minimum pension to rush for russian passports. They lined up in orderly rows at the migration offices, and representatives of the mass disinformation services were quick to produce "truthful" stories about how many residents of Donetsk want to obtain russian citizenship. Although in reality, these people do not care about which country to be a citizen of...

Roman Svitan: the russians will definitely not try to seize Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, it is out of the question

06/01/2023 17:12 1444

We need to have a clean territory behind us (in Crimea) where there are no armed russians. This could happen by the end of summer or the beginning of autumn. And then, in autumn, the operation to liberate the Donbas could begin. By then, Ukraine could have modern F-16 fighters and long-range strike capabilities. Fighter aircraft are needed to crush the russian grouping in the Donbas...

"No one has arrived", or May holidays in Crimea

05/25/2023 12:25 1207

How many tourists has Crimea lost after the tragedy on the bridge? The answer is simple – a lot, and as long as inspection on the bridge takes more than 15-20 minutes, a huge segment of potential tourists simply disappears.

Where does friendship end? The EU and the "grain crisis" from Ukraine

05/18/2023 10:00 1351

The problem, which led to five neighboring countries (Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria) imposing an import ban on agricultural products from Ukraine in mid-April, has several causes...

Luhansk journal. What have we done to deserve all this?

05/11/2023 15:54 1559

Like Duncan MacLeod, I have already lived four lives, in four different states, but I have never left my city. I remember the changes during the collapse of the USSR, obtaining Ukrainian documents, the transition to the new state of the "LNR", unrecognized by anyone, with queues and documents. And now some new, another, russian stage. Another one?...

Donbas ghosts. How Ukraine gave away Donbas...

05/05/2023 15:25 1319

It's a shame that the realization of these terrible mistakes has to be made against the backdrop of hundreds of thousands of deaths. But even worse is that people who find it psychologically easier to blame anyone but themselves for their troubles (putin, russians, russian speakers...) are not correcting, but exacerbating these mistakes right now...

This sweet taste of non-freedom... Luhansk journal

04/28/2023 09:59 1313

The city is undergoing massive repairs. We have never seen anything like this, and for us it seems like another dimension. The workers are energetic and work tirelessly in any weather. They don't look like they're dying and forced to work for pennies like us. They exude prosperity...

Serhiy Datsyuk: Another war with russia is not the worst thing that awaits us

04/25/2023 14:46 1462

Because of the foolishness of some of our patriots, we will pay for it for decades, because they directed their energy in the wrong direction - towards radical Ukrainization, instead of creating air and missile defense systems, tanks, airplanes, drones, mortars, and so on. I don't dispute their goals, they are quite understandable, but I dispute how much energy they put into it...

"Expecters should be punished". How SMERSH is being revived in Crimea

04/19/2023 14:41 1271

"Expecters" who are hunted by the Crimean SMERSH include not only Crimeans leaking coordinates of military facilities to the Ukrainian Armed Forces but also those who "publish anti-russian songs and slogans, perform "Nazi songs" (such as Ukrainian song titled "Oi u luzi chervona kalyna")...

Ukrainian pensions in occupied territories: from being credited the funds to receiving them

04/13/2023 15:00 1284

I receive the minimum pension, whether in Ukraine or russia. Combined, they help me to survive somehow, so I'm not complaining. There are those who have it much harder. But I'm wondering, if Ukraine does get Mariupol back after all, will russia continue to pay us pensions?"...

Putin offended residents of Donetsk. Donetsk journal

04/05/2023 22:14 1226

Imagine their disappointment when on the morning of March 20, they were told on television that the "tsar" had visited Mariupol and talked to the locals, but didn't even mention Donetsk. They did not expect such a slap in the face, although they saw that huge amounts of money were poured into the reconstruction of the "liberated" city, while their city was mercilessly destroyed after the "integration"...

Putin's visit to Crimea and new drone attacks: locals don't understand what that was all about

03/29/2023 19:14 1302

Locals were surprised that the he did not say a word about the war or safety in the region. Moreover, putin did not make any statements or hold any meetings in the occupied Crimea...

Myths about Ukraine. Luhansk journal

03/23/2023 13:38 1293

I regularly hear stories about severed genitals of prisoners of war and their subsequent suicides. And that the prisoners return here either crippled or emaciated from hunger. Not only closed-minded pensioners believe in this, but also internet users...

Missed aim, or Why the tenth package of sanctions looks like a blunder

03/16/2023 12:03 1351

If we use an analogy with shooting, the EU once again limited itself to a warning shot, not even trying to aim precisely at the "bullseye". American "anniversary" sanctions are traditionally broader. But they are not as effective as they could be either...

"After our victory, we will be left with only scorched land and hatred towards those who did it". Review of publications from the occupied Donbas

03/09/2023 14:20 1342

I managed to see Soledar, but it would be better if I haven’t seen it. Little was left of the city, less than of Mariupol. There were no civilians left in this city, and there is nowhere for them to return to. And, judging by the roar of the artillery, the same fate awaited Bakhmut...

A loss that no one noticed. Luhask journal

03/03/2023 19:42 1373

The fact that there is no mobile Internet in the "republic" I learned from Ukrainian sources. This happens very often when everyone around is talking about our internal problem, and you didn’t even know that it was a problem...

A year of full-scale war. Results and what’s next?

02/28/2023 15:53 1435

"If someone thinks that the war will end this year, then these are unacceptable optimistic expectations. We need to prepare for serious trials and focus on the liberation of Ukraine"...

Stigmatization of IDPs, or Discrimination based on registration of residence

02/21/2023 16:00 1377

"They began to look at me as a potential saboteur and warmonger. Additional checks, difficulties in finding new housing and banking difficulties have returned again"...

Pandora's box that Russians have opened, or The tail that already wags the nuclear dog

02/10/2023 19:39 1855

Russia opened a Pandora's box, depriving the state of monopoly on justice, the ability to pass sentences and to carry them out. PMCs kill people, not caring about the rule of law, justice, human rights and other achievements of the "rotten Western civilization." Moreover, PMCs do this not only in combat areas, but also in the rear...

Novynskyi: defense of the oligarch

02/10/2023 09:31 1416

In January, Smart Holding officially announced the transfer of its assets to Step Trust, headquartered in London. Thus, V.Novynskyi formally ceased to be the owner of Smart Holding, although in fact nothing had changed...

A "sacred" ass, or Who and why wanted to kill Rogozin in Donetsk

02/03/2023 16:20 3036

The nature of the destruction of the building clearly indicates that it was a caliber of 120 mm and not 155 mm. You don't even have to be an expert to see this. Now, let's try to understand the motives and capabilities of those who may be interested in the assassination attempt on the ex-"cosmonaut".

Strength and patience are wearing out. Donetsk journal

01/31/2023 11:34 2022

All of them are very different from the native Donbas residents. The "outsiders" differ not only in their appearance and peculiar dialect. They swear and litter a lot. They are boorish in public places and treat others with deliberate disdain. Even if they want to show kindness and respect for the elderly, it comes out as an insult...

Zhevago: the finish of the oligarch

01/26/2023 13:37 1913

The arrest of owner of the Finance and Credit Group Kostyantyn Zhevago by the French police in Courchevel ski resort and his forthcoming extradition to Ukraine may speed up the return of money stolen from the state. Prior to this, the process had been strangely stagnating for several years...

Tired of lies. Donetsk journal

01/19/2023 12:21 1672

During the raid, about 30 items with exorbitant prices were recorded compared to the Rostov oblast. Mostly vegetables and meat. Pushilin thoughtfully concluded: "As far as I understand, there is only the difference in the logistics that should remain due to the more expensive products’ transportation caused by an extra downtime at the border...

"We are preparing for the AFU entry. This is a matter of time". What people in Crimea say about the peninsula de-occupation

01/12/2023 14:56 1607

How did we get to the point where we are seriously discussing the possibility of the AFU entry? Has anyone talked about it before February 24, 2022? No. We discussed problems with roads, prices, tourism business and so on. Now our main issue is to survive...

Is the end of the war near? Forecasts for 2023 from military experts

01/06/2023 15:51 1607

The main question that worries Ukrainians today is whether it will end this year. Some experts and government officials predict a new large-scale offensive by russian troops and a war for years, others – a victory and a 2023 beach season in the de-occupied Crimea...

Serhiy Harmash: Next year for Donbas will be the most difficult in its history

12/29/2022 16:30 1589

That's why they will continue to kill Donetsk. On one side of the scale is putin's victory in the war, on the other are the people of Donetsk. What do you think he will choose? If the West stops or even reduces the supply...

Gas capitulation: how the EU helped putin

12/20/2022 12:01 1279

This allowed Gazprom to cover with a vengeance the losses from the decline in exports in physical terms. So, according to the results of the first half of the year, the corporation reported a record profit of 2.5 trillion rubles. This is 2.6 times more than in the same period in 2021...

Stockholm syndrome. Donetsk journal

12/16/2022 15:27 1740

There have been no passers-by slowly strolling through parks or boulevards since summer. And in recent weeks, there have definitely been more people in camouflage than ordinary civilians on the streets...

Refugees: stay do not leave

12/09/2022 17:22 1687

The longer the war lasts, the fewer refugees will want to return to Ukraine afterwards. But, of course, not everything will depend on their desire. An equally important factor is the policy of host governments and how much they are interested in the refugees to stay there.

The city became crowded. Donetsk journal

12/02/2022 11:48 1669

There have been noticeably more people in Donetsk in the past few weeks. All supermarket checkouts are now open, as it was before the summer of 2014. And these newcomers are definitely not IDPs from small towns of the "DNR" or the ones that were "evacuated" from the war zone....

National security. Who and why did Zelensky nationalize?

11/25/2022 15:55 1775

PJSC Ukrnafta, PJSC Ukrtatnafta, PrJSC Zaporizhtransformator, PJSC Motor Sich and PrJSC AvtoKrAZ passed to the management of the Ministry of Defense. Previously, these companies were owned by 3 oligarchs and a "red director". With regard to each of these assets, the country's leadership had its own considerations, which are discussed below...

They are happy about blackouts in Kyiv, while they don’t have heating themselves. Donetsk journal

11/17/2022 12:57 1740

It is still not clear what will the situation with the central heating be. The perspective is not bright at all. Sooner than later, the temperature will drop below zero degrees Celsius, and if the system is defrosted, the pipes will burst, and Donetsk may become a second Alchevsk...

Teachers are looking for deserters. Donetsk journal

11/07/2022 14:39 1790

Those, who did not have time to leave the "republic" before October 1, are now in a stalemate. They have only one option: to hide in rented apartments. And only God knows for how many months or years. And now they are being looked for...

Serhiy Hrabsky: It would be beneficial for the russians, if we got involved in street fighting in Kherson

10/28/2022 13:06 1927

Let’s not forget that according to official data, partial mobilization in russia has ended, so in a few weeks, we can expect the arrival of new units that can strengthen the ability of the occupiers to fight. This is an objective reality. We can read dozens of articles and watch many videos that show problems with their staffing, but we must understand that they will arrive at the frontline and create some problems...

"We will kill you. A million, 5 million, or we will even exterminate you all". Review of publications of the occupied Donbas

10/19/2022 16:35 1937

"It is necessary that rocket attacks on Ukraine become a routine, a good tradition, a familiar part of the morning landscape. So that people wake up one morning, and there is NO Ukraine as a state. Government buildings are empty, AFU positions abandoned, electricity and water supply long gone. And confused people wander in search of a strong Moscow hand"

Ukraine after the war: without Akhmetov and Kolomoyskyi

10/11/2022 09:45 1994

All of this means the loss of influence of the oligarchs on the Ukrainian economy and, accordingly, political influence, without which it is impossible to continue receiving unreasonable state favors...

Laughter and tears! On the annexation and its CONSEQUENCES for russians and other "peoples"

10/06/2022 11:21 2108

So, the battle will last until someone’s victory. And, given the resources of the russian federation and the West, the battle will be long, right up to the fall of the demoniac’s regime. And it will be EXACTLY ON the lands annexed by russia! Therefore, you, my dear homies who naively expect peace due to russian advent, on the contrary, rejoice in turning your region into a theater of warfare for an indefinite period...

Serhiy Harmash: putin's announcement of partial mobilization is good for us and bad for russia

09/23/2022 15:01 2082

In this referendums venture, I see signs of either the final atrophy of putin's brain, or some insidious game of his entourage in order to remove him from the political arena as soon as possible and prepare bargaining chips for themselves in secret negotiations with the West...

Roman Svitan: Nothing prevents us from moving on and liberating Ukraine up to the 1991 borders

09/21/2022 11:02 2202

We press where it bends, and we go forward where it breaks. Within a week, we will hear about the same problems the russians had with Izium. The front line will break somewhere again, and we will advance into this gap with the transfer of reserves...

Bluff and putin's last hope

09/16/2022 13:26 2708

There is simply no more reliable way to commit suicide for the russian economy than to stop supplying gas to the EU against the backdrop of the threat of a complete loss of income from oil exports. Therefore, now the putin regime has no choice but to scare the Europeans with a cold winter...

"Ukraine has never been as far away as it is now". Luhansk journal

09/09/2022 16:16 2053

Everyone, who used Vodafone, became unavailable. Viber was declared an enemy app and all those, with whom you communicated only via Viber, disappeared at once as well. Same happened to Facebook and Instagram. Your social circle suddenly narrowed down to local mobile operator subscribers, who also managed to swap their Ukrainian number to a russian one, changing the first three digits of the number...

Serhiy Hrabsky: There are at least three scenarios for the development of events in southern Ukraine

09/05/2022 18:36 2195

Nowadays, the density of their troops simply cannot provide the opportunity to advance in any direction. Yes, they can concentrate several battalion tactical groups and break through in a particular direction, but they will not be able to hold it.

The war has gotten to Crimea: who is responsible for the "bangs" and what’s next

08/26/2022 17:04 2152

Great progress. We started with the demilitarization of Ukraine, then everything went according to plan, later "we haven’t even started yet”, and now we are checking bomb shelters, testing air raid sirens, setting up additional roadblocks, and talking about the excellent work of air defense systems. Not only tourists leave, but also many locals who have the opportunity to live somewhere else in russia...

Oleh Zhdanov: Russia is provoking us for an offensive operation in the Donbas. We don't give in

08/11/2022 12:15 2283

They want us to believe that a massive offensive is underway in the Donetsk direction, so that we transfer our main reserves and forces there. And as soon as it happens, they will begin an offensive in a southern direction...

Russia and sanctions: the EU goes into the "trenches"

08/03/2022 16:57 2430

For understanding: the average market price of Urals russian oil in May was $83/bbl. That is, the Chinese and Indians bought this resource cheaply, at almost half the price. How long the kremlin is ready to give away oil for nothing is a good question. Since, according to expert data, $40/bbl is the maximum cost of russian oil production...