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SBU detains woman in Kyiv accused of spreading Russian propaganda in kindergarten

Ukraine’s Security Service said it detained a collaborator in Kyiv who had worked since 2014 for the occupation administration in Makiivka in Donetsk Oblast, implementing Russian “education standards” there, the SBU press service said on Jan. 1.

1 January, 05:50 PM

Ukraine's Armed Forces deny Russian claims of seizing Siversk in Donetsk Oblast

Russian statements about establishing control over Siversk in Donetsk Oblast do not correspond to reality, Ukraine’s Operational Command ‘East’ reported on Facebook on Dec. 10.

10 December 2025, 04:21 PM

Ukraine pushes back Russian assaults on Chasiv Yar, disputing Moscow’s takeover claims

Ukrainian defenders on the Kramatorsk front are repelling Russian assaults near Chasiv Yar, contradicting Kremlin claims that the town has been captured, Sergeant Major Yuri Syrotiuk of the 5th Assault Brigade said on the United News telethon on Aug. 14.

14 August 2025, 01:23 PM

Teen flees Donetsk, slams Russian propaganda in schools

A 19-year-old woman, after reaching adulthood, decided to leave temporarily occupied Donetsk for Ukrainian-controlled territory, sharing her journey with public broadcaster Suspilne Donbas on Aug. 10.

11 August 2025, 07:41 PM

Russian push in Chasiv Yar nears, threatens Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast defenses

Russian forces raised flags in the western and southern parts of Chasiv Yar and likely seized most of the town, according to geolocated data cited in a July 31 report by the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

1 August 2025, 12:13 PM

Ukraine rejects claims of Russian control over Kamyanske

The Southern Defense Forces of Ukraine refuted claims that Russian forces occupied Kam’yanske village in the Vasylivka district of Zaporizhzhya Oblast, stating in a July 31 release that the information “does not currently correspond to reality.”

31 July 2025, 03:42 PM

Ukrainian forces still defend Chasiv Yar as Russia spreads occupation fake

Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to hold positions in the city of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, Khortytsia Operational-Strategic Grouping spokesperson Viktor Trehubov said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine on July 31.

31 July 2025, 02:35 PM

Russian forces advance near several settlements in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhya oblasts — DeepState

Russian troops have made advances near several settlements in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhya oblasts, DeepState monitoring group wrote on July 30.

30 July 2025, 09:15 AM

Russian forces capture Donbas village, push near Pokrovsk

The Russian army has occupied Koptieve and made advances in Toretsk, Novoserhiyivka, Dyliyivka, Myrne, Razine, Vesele, and Komar in Donetsk Oblast’s Pokrovsk sector, the DeepState monitoring project reported on Telegram on July 1.

1 July 2025, 06:48 PM

Russian invaders are advancing in three main directions with clear objectives for future operations — ISW

Russian occupation forces continued to pursue long-standing operational objectives in the war against Ukraine during spring and June 2025, and are unlikely to alter their strategy in the coming months, according to a report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) on June 22.

23 June 2025, 01:15 PM

Putin’s buffer zone twist is cover for further invasion of Ukraine, says military expert

Under the guise of creating buffer and sanitary zones on the border with Ukraine, Russia wants to continue territorial seizures and occupation, a military expert and former Security Service (SBU) officer, Ivan Stupak, told Radio NV on May 23.

23 May 2025, 01:34 PM

Russia pays influencers to whitewash occupation of Mariupol

Russia is trying to paper over its war crimes in Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, by using pro-Kremlin bloggers to portray the “restoration” of the occupied city, attracting Russian settlers to move there, CNN reported on May 14.

15 May 2025, 01:19 AM

FSB electrocuted Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna - interview with UP’s Sevgil Musaieva

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Viktoriia Roshchyna was fulfilling her journalistic functions, trying to report on the Russian occupation and the fate of Ukrainians in southern Ukraine. But in August 2023, she disappeared in the occupied territories.

1 May 2025, 02:11 PM

Who is to blame for losing Ukraine’s southeast — opinion

As U.S. President Donald Trump’s team begins talks with Ukraine and Russia to end the war there will be inevitably questions over who lost Crimea and parts of the four oblasts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya, Kherson? Ukrainian and Western leaders are to blame.

28 April 2025, 11:19 PM

Kellog’s ‘peace plan’ includes tripartite occupation of Ukraine

Post-war Ukraine may include Franco-British troops garrisoning western Ukraine, while Russian forces remain in control of the territory they occupy in eastern and southern Ukraine, U.S. special envoy Keith Kellog said in an interview with The Times on April 11.

12 April 2025, 12:32 AM

Russia continues to steal Ukrainian grain and metal from occupied ports, says Navy spokesman

Russia is still using Ukraine’s captured ports in Mariupol and Berdiansk to illegally export Ukrainian grain and metal, Ukrainian Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk said on March 31, according to a report by Ukrinform.

31 March 2025, 01:31 PM

Ukrainians in occupied territories face Putin’s ultimatum: citizenship or exile

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has issued an order requiring Ukrainian citizens with a so-called "illegal status" to either leave Russian-occupied territories and Russia by Sept. 10, 2025, or "resolve their legal status."

20 March 2025, 04:30 PM

Zelenskyy: Russia looting Ukraine’s rare earth wealth for free

It is important to protect Ukraine's territories from Russia, both in security and financial terms, and to prevent rare earth minerals from being taken for free by Moscow, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with The Guardian posted on YouTube on Feb. 12.

12 February 2025, 01:56 PM

Russian forces advance near six settlements in Donetsk Oblast

Russian invasion forces have made advances near six settlements in Donetsk Oblast, analysts from the DeepState monitoring project reported in a summary published on Telegram on Jan. 31.

1 February 2025, 12:10 PM

Velyka Novosilka falls, pressure mounts on Pokrovsk

Russian troops have taken full control of the village of Velyka Novosilka on the southwestern outskirts of Pokrovsk, a city of strategic importance for the Ukrainian defense in Donetsk Oblast, the DeepState monitoring group reported on Jan. 29.

29 January 2025, 09:00 AM

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