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Vitaly Sych
How to stop the Russo-Ukrainian war

Mark Didenko

editor

For the last 6 years Mark has been working at NV as a translator and editor, earlier worked at the Gazeta.ua as a manager of partnerships and sales of advertising. In 2021 became the producer of 'Kyiv’s Desert' short film . The film won Best Experimental Film and Best Message at the Top Indie Film Awards in Tokyo.


Pretense of diplomacy /
Putin not ready to find diplomatic off-ramp to end war in Ukraine, says U.S. official

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's actions to date have not suggested the Russian leader is ready to find a diplomatic off-ramp to end the war in Ukraine, the U.S.-based CNN television news channel quoted U.S. State Department Spokesperson Ned Price as saying on March 10.
12 March 2022, 04:43 PM 893
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War of annihilation /
Volnovakha as a city is no more, local authorities say

Volnovakha in Donetsk Oblast no longer exists as a city with infrastructure, said the head of the Donetsk Oblast military administration Pavlo Kyrylenko during a TV interview on March 12.
12 March 2022, 04:21 PM 1986
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Atomic gangsterism /
Russia may resort to nuclear blackmail to force Ukraine to surrender, says Ukrainian intelligence

Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate, a military intelligence agency under the Ministry of Defense, believes that Russia may be preparing a nuclear false flag attack, agency head Kyrylo Budanov said in an interview with the Ukraine 24 television channel on March 11.
12 March 2022, 01:09 PM 2102
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War funding /
US Senate approves $13.6 billion in emergency funding due to war in Ukraine

An emergency aid package of $13.6 billion to assist the Ukrainian government was passed on March 10 following a U.S. Senate vote on a $1.5 trillion dollar spending package. 
11 March 2022, 05:23 PM 409
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Feels like home /
Europeans refuse to charge Ukrainian refugees, greet them as heroes

Olga Dukhnich, journalist at NV magazine, left Kyiv on Feb. 25 in order to take her child to Vienna, Austria. As she travelled across three European countries in four days, she saw locals doing everything they can to support Ukrainian refugees.
8 March 2022, 04:44 PM 1815
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Open for business /
Ukrainian banks won’t be affected by state of emergency – central bank

Even if a state of emergency is introduced in the country due to Russian aggression, Ukrainian banks will continue to work as usual, the National Bank of Ukraine has told NV Business.
23 February 2022, 11:30 PM 254
Business

Broken ties /
Ukraine’s Zelensky considering severing diplomatic relations with Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he will consider a proposal to sever diplomatic relations with Russia following the Kremlin’s further invasion of Ukrainian territory.
22 February 2022, 04:46 PM 126
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'No more Kremlin lies' /
Defense Minister Reznikov addresses Ukraine’s Armed Forces following Moscow’s further invasion

Russia will no longer be able to maintain plausible deniability and lie to the world about its war on Ukraine, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said in a formal address to the country’s armed forces on Feb. 22.
22 February 2022, 04:22 PM 169
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'For the sake of peace' /
Russia may build military bases in 'republics' in Donbas under 'friendship agreement'

Russia will be able to build military bases in occupied Ukrainian territory under the “friendship agreement” signed on Feb. 21 between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of the self-declared “people’s republics” of Luhansk and Donetsk in the Donbas.
22 February 2022, 03:45 PM 442
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Rubber stamp /
Russian parliament ratifies recognition of Moscow-held areas of Donbas

All 400 of Russia’s MPs voted in favor of ratifying “friendship and cooperation treaties” with the so-called “republics” in Ukrainian Donbas during a parliamentary session on Feb. 22.
22 February 2022, 03:30 PM 155
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Pipeline blocked /
Germany to halt Nord Stream-2 certification in response to further Russian invasion of Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced a halt to the certification process of the Russo-German natural gas pipeline Nord Stream-2, according to a Feb. 22 report by German news outlet Handelsblatt.
22 February 2022, 02:22 PM 252
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Liftoff /
Ukraine’s Zelensky hails successful launch of Ukrainian-US Antares rocket

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a tweet on Feb 19 congratulated the team behind the launch of the new Ukrainian-U.S. Antares rocket.
21 February 2022, 11:34 PM 549
Life

Listening in /
Residents of occupied Donbas to have phone calls recorded — Ukraine’s human rights commissioner

Residents of non-government controlled areas of the Donbas have received notice that their telephone conversations are to be recorded, Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmyla Denisova said in a Facebook post on Feb. 20.
21 February 2022, 03:35 PM 93
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Not going home after all /
Russia and Belarus to extend joint ‘drills’ suspected of being cover for Russian invasion of Ukraine

Russia and Belarus have decided to extend joint drills in Belarus due to “the increase in military activity near the external borders of the Union State and the escalation in the Donbas.”
21 February 2022, 02:16 PM 99
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Forward to NATO /
Zelensky lays out Ukraine’s ambition for NATO membership as a security guarantee

NATO membership would ensure Ukraine’s security, and any decision on Ukraine’s path to NATO should be made by Ukrainians themselves, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a comment to German newspaper BILD on Feb. 17.
18 February 2022, 04:20 PM 154
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More provocations /
Escalation in Donbas continues as Russian proxy forces fire on Ukrainian positions with proscribed weapons

Russian proxy forces fired at Ukrainian positions 20 times during the morning of Feb. 18, in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) zone in the Donbas.
18 February 2022, 02:02 PM 237
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Actions, not words /
Biden and Scholz: No significant withdrawal of Russian troops from the borders of Ukraine

After a telephone conversation between U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the German government said that no significant withdrawal of Russian troops from the borders of Ukraine has been observed.
17 February 2022, 04:05 PM 164
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No pull-back /
Ukraine’s defense minister says intelligence shows no proof of Russian troop withdrawal

The latest Ukrainian intelligence report shows no evidence of Russia pulling back its troops from Ukraine’s borders, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov told the Reuters news agency in an interview on Feb. 16.
17 February 2022, 02:06 PM 114
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Invasion or diplomacy? /
Biden says Russian invasion of Ukraine still possible, but chance for diplomacy remains

A further Russian invasion into Ukrainian territory remains distinctly possible, but Russia should instead choose diplomacy to avoid war, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Feb. 15 during a briefing to provide an update on the Russia crisis.
16 February 2022, 04:41 PM 69
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Heading west /
Five countries move their diplomats to Lviv in light of potential Russian military aggression

Australia, Canada, and Germany announced over the weekend of Feb. 12-13 that they would move their consulates closer to Ukraine’s western borders, while the United States and the Netherlands will keep representative missions in Lviv.
14 February 2022, 03:30 PM 184
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