Ukraine’s snap parliamentary elections have once again proved that the mainstream of society rejects the far right – not that the Russian government or media will care.
The Donbas separatists have been fighting the Ukrainian army with the help of volunteers from all over the world – like the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-9.
The Ukrainian army has Donetsk surrounded. The separatist forces have men and guns, but their commanders are at loggerheads.
Ukraine is faced with a flood of IDPs (internally displaced persons). But what are the authorities doing? на русском языке
The Ukrainian army is corrupt and badly prepared for war, with either the Donetsk People's Republic or Russia. на русском языке
Just who is Commander Strelkov, the figurehead of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic?
The conflict in south-east Ukraine has divided the Cossacks – one is fighting for Russian unity, and the other for the Ukrainian national myth.
Can the current Ukraine crisis unite Europe in facing down the threat of war? на русском языке
There has so far been little sign of the cooperation which could lead to some form of closure for the MH17 bereaved. But that could be changing…
The Ukraine and Gaza crises alike demonstrate the risks of aggressive policy based on short-term calculations. Vladimir Putin and Binyamin Netanyahu's war-as-politics invites damaging long-term consequences.
