Articles — OstroV

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

03/29/2023 19:14 1989

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 1978

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 2084

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 2044

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 2048

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 2142

"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 2113

"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 2618

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 2164

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 3797

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 2661

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 2603

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 2293

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 2264

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 2376

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 2241

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 1861

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 2358

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 2354

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 2227

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 2445

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 2305

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 2389

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 2581

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 2542

"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 2505

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 2775

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 2687

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 2803

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 3349

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 2580

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 2783

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 2674

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 2827

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 2903

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...

Mobilization in Ukraine: politicians against the military

07/21/2022 16:37 3769

Many considered this to be Presidential Office’s specially planned campaign aimed at discrediting the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi, who signed the relevant order. Rumors of a strained relationship between them have been circulating for more than a month...

How people leave the occupation: filtration, checkpoints and scammers

07/15/2022 11:17 2770

Our driver had already driven several times, so he knew what to answer them. The only minus is that he, like many others, does not carry men. He says that they are most often left at the checkpoints...

Tamila Tasheva: After the atrocities we saw, neither the issue of Crimea, nor the issue of the Donbas can be left out

07/06/2022 17:15 2957

There are a lot of Crimean residents, who quietly hated the russian federation for all these eight years, and only now, after the horrors in Mariupol, Irpin and Bucha, they began to voice their position. And these are not just Crimean Tatars and local activists, these are completely different people who led a normal life and did not participate in human rights campaigns...

Oleh Zhdanov: Sievierodonetsk has fulfilled its task. We exhausted the enemy and inflicted huge losses on him

07/01/2022 13:02 2884

I think that in the Donbas, as well as in all other directions, the russians will soon go on the defensive. It is not their wish list. They will be forced to do this in order to somehow stabilize the situation. Although defense for them is the beginning of defeat...

Crimea is losing tourists. Dissatisfaction with war is growing

06/20/2022 13:56 2859

Almost two times fewer tourists visited Crimea during the May holidays than a year earlier. This is despite the fact that, according to OstroV, at least half of those who visited were state employees who came on free vouchers...

Serhiy Harmash: It is critically important for Ukraine to keep at least 5% of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts under our control

06/14/2022 15:22 3075

If things go badly for the russians in the Donbas, then I admit the possibility of their withdrawal from the South of Ukraine in exchange for an agreement on the supply of Ukrainian water to Crimea. I know that they are already testing the ground for such a compromise

Ukrainian energy industry: further without russia

06/10/2022 13:11 2860

It makes sense to expect an increase in revenue from electricity exports at least twice this year, given that earlier, the power units of Ukrainian nuclear power plants did not operate at full capacity. Because their electricity was not in demand in such volumes in the domestic market...

Putin has marked the territories he wants to take from Ukraine, and offers the West to put up with it in exchange for an end to the escalation

06/02/2022 16:16 2866

While the russian federation is advancing, it is a problem for the West. But as soon as putin takes control of the Donetsk, the Luhansk and the rest of the Zaporizhzhia oblast, the russian army will dig in there and stop the offensive. That is, it will cease to be a threat of escalation. After that, it is Ukraine, which will try to advance in order to regain its territory, that will become an escalation threat for the West...

Free trade zones: second diplomatic front

05/19/2022 21:21 2859

A brief analysis of the document allows us to say that the current Ukrainian officials have finally stopped "leaking" the country's economic interests to their partners for the sake of imaginary political gain...

Meet war in Slavutych and return to Crimea: a story from the occupation

05/13/2022 12:40 2871

Krystyna did not believe in a full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine. Although some acquaintances in the Crimea warned her against a trip to Slavutych. It was said that American intelligence was constantly talking about a possible big war for a reason...

Starting the war, putin overestimated the loyalty of Ukrainians to russia. Review of publications of the occupied Donbas

05/05/2022 17:31 3081

Nightmare. "What a universal stupidity and injustice", He covered someone's snags with a "voluntary presence" where he does not belong!", "To whom it became easier from the fact that such creative professionals in their field, but not in the military one, were sent there?", "This is some kind of madness. How can you send people of art to this hell?

"The Donbas was bombed for 8 years, and you did not give a f*ck". What they say in Crimea about the war

04/28/2022 11:08 3481

Look what is happening with Kharkiv, Mariupol and other Russian-speaking cities. This is all being done on purpose to destroy all Russians and build new Ukrainian cities on the ruins. I am not even talking about the biological laboratories that were based there. There is no doubt that this is true...

Pokrovsk-Dnipro, old people and children. War Chronicles

04/15/2022 21:12 3147

The prices of food and other goods have skyrocketed. Everything that suppliers managed to bring to stores is immediately sold out. We repeatedly buy products. The freezer is full. If the electricity is turned off, everything will be spoiled. Neighbors began to equip a shelter in the basement...

Russian World in Ukrainian Borodianka. Story in pictures

04/13/2022 22:20 3104

Women were also killed. One old woman with a disability lived in the basement, walked badly and could not even talk right. They got in and killed her. I asked what they killed for, why did they behave like that? - From envy. They have arrived wild. Bicycles were taken out of the yards, they rode, motorcycles… we have gas even in the worst house. And they do not have that. So they acted brutally…”

Rubizhne: A city that must be resurrected. Chronicles of war

04/06/2022 17:54 3072

Now it is a ruin. Surreal scenery with half starved people and abandoned animals… This is about the lucky ones. In addition to the above-mentioned creatures, whose task is to survive, there are still uncounted and unburied victims. There are severely wounded, who could not be reached by doctors. The wounded who are in agony waiting to die...

Russia's recognition of "DNR"-"LNR": another performance, or an act of desperation?

02/18/2022 16:39 3740

Therefore, today's decision of the Duma is more of a political demarche than a change in the policy of the Russian Federation regarding Donbas. By the way, this is a very bad signal for the residents of CADLO. They want to live in a normal state. And they were promised for a long time that "great Russia" would be this state. But received the consolidation of the bandit reservation at the legal level. Bummer!...

Serhiy Harmash: About "Minsk-3", referendum, and why Putin needs pileup of forces

02/17/2022 13:11 4371

Negotiations, especially with the participation of leading Western countries, tie Russia's hands in terms of the use of military force. So negotiations are time. We are gaining time...

"We are being pumped with information that Ukraine will attack the Donbas". What people in Crimea say about a possible war

02/07/2022 10:52 3722

Day and night we are told that Ukraine is going to attack the Donbas, where our Russian brothers live. All this is supposedly happening on the initiative of the USA and NATO. This is a brief summary of information that comes from TVs, local newspapers and various social networks...

Moscow's plans are being clarified. Why Putin needs recognition of the "republics"

01/27/2022 17:55 3703

Stroke by stroke, detail by detail, the most probable scenario that Moscow is really, and not ostentatiously, preparing for Ukraine appears… If Kyiv agrees to this, then two scenarios are possible...

How "guerrilla warfare" becomes a separate type of the Armed Forces

01/21/2022 09:27 3497

In everyday, non-legal language, territorial defense units are designed to protect each region from any manifestations of separatism, terrorism and other forms of armed aggression as effectively as possible...

"Occupation of Ukraine will not start from the Russian borders". Threats to negotiations between the West and Russia

01/14/2022 14:11 3328

Both sides of the confrontation are determined to maintain the status quo at least tactically, which will allow Moscow to get some small concessions from Washington and pass them off as a "global victory", while the West consoles itself with the fact that it has allegedly saved Europe from war...

From scarcity to coercion: specifics of vaccination against COVID-19 in occupied territories

12/28/2021 13:15 3462

"There are many problems even of a technical nature. I was revaccinated, I have a QR code, but in Donetsk. I am a citizen of Russia as well, and I am registered on the State Services website. But the QR code is not suitable because of the technical input"...

Economy of the Russian world in CADLO: Lies and desolation

12/17/2021 12:13 3422

Therefore, no growth is planned in fact, the current "authorities" in Donetsk simply hope to return to the pre-coronavirus level in 2-3 years. As for the expected increase in wages, you need to understand that now it is at bargain-basement levels...

Checkpoints in Donbas: getting used to live in isolation

12/10/2021 19:08 3452

Those who are not directly affected by this problem do not understand that it is not an abstract travel restriction of citizens, but disunited families, lack of freedom to choose a place of study or work and inability to visit the graves of relatives, or still living relatives…

Population of CADO is reduced by pseudo-vaccination with investigational drug

12/02/2021 18:07 3377

"The instruction was prepared on the basis of a limited amount of clinical data on the use of the drug and will be supplemented as new data becomes available. The protective titer of antibodies is currently unknown. The duration of protection is unknown…"

Heating season 2021-2022: new challenges

11/26/2021 16:07 3384

Russia and Belarus are being integrated into a single union state today and the Lukashenko regime has become for the Kremlin as puppet as, for example, the "DNR"-"LNR" "authorities". It is clear that if Moscow launched an energy attack on Ukraine from its side, then it can easily turn on an energy blockade on the part of the "union" Belarus at any moment...

Kremlin is tired: everything you need to know about the current situation in the Donbas and Russia's actions

11/12/2021 11:55 3742

The Russian Federation denies that it has any obligations under the Minsk agreements or the N-4 decisions and distances itself from participation in the events, missions or institutions that may indicate these obligations...

Tax amnesty: why has it already failed?

10/28/2021 20:19 3465

Thus, following the results of the amnesty, 0.026% of "shadow" income can be legalized in a year. An indicator next to none. Even if it grows 100 times in some mysterious way, it should still be considered a failure...

Bluff and provocation! Why "DNR" militants block OSCE work in Donbas

10/20/2021 16:30 3546

Why do they need this muppet show? There is every expectation that the actions of the militants to take members of the OSCE SMM hostage and demand that Ukraine return the "LNR" militant Andrey Kosyak it detained is a bluff and psychological pressure that will not have serious consequences for the work of the OSCE Mission...

Pure corruption! Fines for CADLO residents for travel through Russia continue

10/11/2021 10:04 3482

The phrase "humanitarian reasons" is corrupt. It allows border guards to continue writing out protocols on administrative offense.

Industry in CADLO: The curse of Vneshtorgservis

09/30/2021 14:06 3638

Conditions impossible not just for a decent life – but for elementary survival – are being deliberately created. But, of course, turning CADLO into a completely depopulated desert is also impossible – the subject for the foreign policy bargaining on the future fate of the region is lost in this case. Therefore, there will be no complete cessation of subsidies from the Kremlin...

"Election" showed: "Russian World" perished in the Donbas!

09/27/2021 10:27 3476

This "election" became a vivid evidence of the desacralization of the Russian "passportization" from the point of view of the ideology of the Russian Spring. The entire value of the Russian passport was reduced for the residents of CADLO purely to receiving material benefits from the occupier, collecting, so to speak, compensation for the ruined lives…

The holiday continues! The level of COVID-19 diseases in Donetsk is growing despite the "mass vaccination"

09/16/2021 10:17 3384

On August 4, restrictions began to operate in the Rostov oblast, according to which entry to administrative institutions is prohibited without a vaccination certificate. The new rules also apply to the residents of the "LDNR"...

"We are drowning and, probably, will soon touch the bottom. And nothing can save us"

09/06/2021 10:11 3667

Plain and simple: the more coal a mine produces, the lower the cost per ton, the more it earns. In the absence of investment in development, production will continue to fall, while debts - and the penalties charged on them - will rise. This is a common problem for Ukrainian mines...

Everything for tourists: how Crimea is experiencing a new "wave" of coronavirus

08/20/2021 10:06 3676

Considering that Russia cannot get such a vaccine for all the money in the world, and there is no way to Europe for us, the only opportunity is mainland Ukraine. But most Crimeans are afraid to even plan a trip to Ukraine after so many years of propaganda...

Akhmetov expands his power…

08/12/2021 10:42 3561

It is not just about market monopolization. That is, the ability to dictate the prices to suppliers and buyers – taking advantage of the fact that there is no other buyer/seller able to offer more favorable conditions. Everything is much more serious: the growth of the economic power of R.Akhmetov's business empire accordingly increases his influence on Ukrainian politics...

Tool-2… Forecast of the development of situation in the Donbas

07/30/2021 14:00 3450

This suggests that Moscow reserves the opportunity for itself to carry out new aggressive actions in the South-East of Ukraine by the hands of the armed forces of CADLO. Moreover, such aggression is becoming a necessary tool for the Kremlin to coerce Kyiv into direct negotiations with its puppets in Donetsk and Luhansk…

A tool… How Russia uses Donbas against Ukraine and the West

07/30/2021 13:51 1821

There is no need to change the text of the Minsk agreements, or to accept any new agreements (Russia will not agree to this to the detriment of itself), - it is enough just to bring the Minsk process into line with the existing Minsk texts. This alone will lead to the emergence in the negotiations of the second party of the conflict - Russia...

Referendum on the Donbas "wall": blackmail, signal or reality?

07/12/2021 17:44 3485

This was a signal to Russia and its Western partners, which are inclined to the option of softening their positions with respect to the Russian Federation, that Ukraine is ready to defend its territories in all possible ways. It cannot continue the way it has been going on for seven years. Whether Russia recognizes itself as a party to the conflict and fulfills the Minsk agreements, or we change our policy, including the one concerning the Minsk agreements...

Vaccination against COVID-19 in Donbas. On both sides of contact line

07/05/2021 13:05 3493

In addition, there is no "official" information about the number of doses that were delivered to the CADLO territory. According to the occupation authorities, they received two consignments (in early and late February) of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine. There is also no information about when the third party will arrive and in what volume...

Crimea on the verge of third wave of pandemic: more tourists, fewer precautions

06/25/2021 15:35 3528

Considering that Crimea has become the main summer vacation spot for the residents of the puppet Donbas "republics", the coronavirus situation on the Russian-occupied peninsula will undoubtedly quickly be projected onto the occupied Donbas. This allows us to expect a worsening of the epidemiological situation for coronavirus in the East of Ukraine closer to autumn...

End of "coal age", protracted and painful

06/18/2021 13:42 3856

According to the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, as of May 1, 2015, 95 mines operated in the territories of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts under the actual control of the Russian Federation: 67 state-owned and 28 private. According to the available information, a significant part of them are flooded today...

Donbas and shale gas: a trump card in the Kremlin hands

06/04/2021 15:10 3624

Therefore, there are no economic grounds for the development of the Yuzivska field. This was confirmed on February 17, 2020 by the then director of the gas business of the Naftogaz of Ukraine NJSC Andriy Favorov. He noted at the presentation of the new investment program of the NJSC that the price situation on the gas market is unfavorable...

Occupied Donbas in the midst of COVID pandemic: imitation of struggle and lack of common sense

05/28/2021 15:17 3360

The death rate from COVID-19 in Donetsk is 4 times higher than in Luhansk. At the same time, it is the "LNR" that cancels all public events, fearing an outbreak of coronavirus, and Donetsk, on the contrary, as if defeating the pandemic, is celebrating and having fun with might and main...

Forward to the Past: Industry in the "DNR" gets back to the days of John Hughes

05/21/2021 13:48 3422

By the way, no one in the "DNR" leadership remembers the bold plans of 2017 to launch the Donbas buses production at Dongormash. It went wrong with the buses, but the enterprise was making metal structures for some - which in terms of creating added value is a giant step back in comparison with the production of buses...

Trips from CADLO through Russia: fines, bribes and courts

05/14/2021 14:56 4010

The document is currently under consideration by the relevant committee. In the meantime, residents of СADLO, who need to get to the controlled part of Ukraine, will continue to pay bribes or fines. Or hope that the border guard will not draw up a protocol. The hopes that the occupation "authorities" of СADLO will open the checkpoint on their side and people will be able to move more conveniently across the contact line are getting smaller day by day.

Mandatory vaccination, crowded hospitals and influx of tourists. The story of a nurse from the occupied Crimea

04/29/2021 17:04 3416

In fact, there are side effects after Sputnik. The temperature rises, the head splits and there is a weakness. This is normal after any vaccination, but for some reason, we are afraid to talk about it. Not a word...

Donbas mines: verdict is passed

04/26/2021 10:56 3389

All mines, most of which are located in the Donbas, will be closed. Both state and private. This is indicated by the latest trends in European and Ukrainian power industry. As well as by the decisions made by the European Commission and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine...

Russian nationalism and the fault lines of "united, indivisible Russia"

04/19/2021 11:21 3458

Siberian separatism intensified after the Russian occupation of Crimea and the creation of the puppet "DNR" and "LNR" in eastern Ukraine. Official propaganda went out of its way to assure Russians that every region has the right to self-determination. As it turned out, this right only applies to foreign countries...

There is no sex in the Crimea, or The story of the fight against one sex shop

04/12/2021 15:56 3585

Local residents note that it is better to travel to the mainland of the Russian Federation for "free rest". There are fewer and fewer opportunities for progressive youth in the Crimea...

Myths and reality of the Minsk process in the first person

04/03/2021 11:12 3374

Today's Minsk process is a total violation of the Minsk agreements themselves! "Minsk" today is not a dialogue between the parties on the basis of documents, but a set of dead-end "traditions" and stereotypes imposed on us by both our own authorities and the adversary

Vaccination, propaganda and "ensuing" consequences… Donetsk journal

03/22/2021 15:32 4013

Pushilin announced on February 26 the weakening of quarantine measures. Although it is not clear how you can weaken what in fact did not exist...

Bills on collaborators: what are they about, and is there a chance of adoption

03/10/2021 16:04 3422

When the barrel of a gun is pointed at you or your relatives are sitting somewhere in dungeons, it is very difficult to resist. But if this is a conscious and voluntary choice of a person, then we should give a fair answer to it...

What is happening in the Donbas? Analysis and forecast of the conflict's course

03/01/2021 14:15 3382

However, today, there is a light at the end of the tunnel more than ever - a real hope for the possibility of the region return in the foreseeable future. It is connected with the deterioration of geopolitical and economic conditions for the Kremlin...

"We did not want to leave". Ukrainian internally displaced persons tell their stories

02/24/2021 14:38 3520

We didn't want to leave. You see, the older the tree, the worse it takes root in a new place. We are like old trees. But we understand that life does not end with the loss of a home. Thank God our children are alive and our parents are alive...

New overseer of coal industry in CADLO – who is he?

02/16/2021 15:35 3571

The growing political and economic influence of the OPFL leader in the Donbas on both sides of the contact line. Will the sanctions imposed on February 3 by the National Security and Defense Council against T.Kozak? This will become clear closer to autumn...

"Russian Donbass" – falsification for "Abkhazization"

02/05/2021 15:26 3488

If today the Kremlin's theses about the "internal Ukrainian conflict" raised only a smile, since there is no national, religious, or any other ground for an internal conflict, now a "scientific" and factual basis is being created for this thesis – the population of the region is positioned as a kind of separate from the Ukrainian, "Russian people of Donbass"...

Tetiana Popova: "It is important to understand that the Russians will not stand still…"

01/29/2021 15:29 3339

So they started buying our channels. They have now bought up channels for Medvedchuk. But when the license was nevertheless taken away from 112 under the new government after the change of power (Poroshenko did not take away their illegally existing licenses for digital broadcasting), its ratings dropped...

Medical genocide! What is really happening with the coronavirus pandemic in the occupied Donbas

01/26/2021 14:48 3415

Since only one (!) laboratory for checking tests for COVID-19 operates in the "DNR" with about 2.5 million residents. We learn about this from the website of the "DNR Ministry of Health" again, which writes: "As reported by the DNR Ministry of Health, no studies on COVID-19 were carried out on December 27 due to the fact that the laboratory was being sanitized"...

The basis of "economics". Turkish adventures of Donetsk scrap

01/15/2021 13:52 3555

The Kremlin curators forced the Luhansk ruling circles to "move" in the legal scrap market. Otherwise, why would they give such a fat piece of the pie to some joint venture (which implies the equity participation of some external Russian partners) instead of their own "republican" structure...

Fresh legs: Verkhovna Rada against Zelensky

12/28/2020 17:05 3451

Recent personnel appointments and failures show a tendency of growing confrontation between the Office of the President and the Verkhovna Rada. Servant of the People (formal mono-majority) is no longer able to make important decisions without the support of other factions and groups...

2020 is the best year for oligarchs!

12/22/2020 10:31 3517

The outgoing 2020 turned out to be quite successful for the largest financial and industrial groups of Ukraine - despite the coronavirus crisis and the national economy collapse. As usual, ordinary citizens-taxpayers paid for the "feast of life" for the oligarchs and their entourage...

"LNR-DNR" – a smuggling threat for the EU

12/14/2020 13:52 2419

Raw materials freely enter the "DNR" - "LNR" in the same way. According to Russian sources, tobacco leaves from Arab countries are illegally imported through Abkhazia - a similarly unrecognized separatist enclave...

Verkhovna Rada and Donbas: initiatives ready to jump

12/03/2020 16:42 3319

The law will still be extended without any changes. "Most likely, we will prolong it, but without the included "Steinmeier formula". Because Russia does not want to discuss it. I would like to emphasize once again that the "Steinmeier formula" is quite flexible in the reading we propose...

Donbas is being taken away from Ukraine. But where?!... Donetsk journal

11/30/2020 10:42 3290

The Donetsk people quite rightly assume that the policy of pressing everything Ukrainian in the uncontrolled Donbas is aimed primarily at pressing all pro-Ukrainian citizens and those who are unable to withstand all this insanity...