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MAYOR: Russian tanks advanced to Mariupol but were stopped. A battleship was approaching
In Kharkiv, some Russian military equipment and breakthrough groups already neutralised
Shots fired in the centre of Kyiv. A column of Russian troops destroyed near Beresteiska
How Paul Manafort Brought US Politics to Ukraine (and Ukrainian Politics to the US)
It is Manafort, to whom the Party of Regions owes most of their slogans and political rhetoric, including ‘dangerous NATO’ and ‘suppression of the Russian language in Ukraine’, which artificially divided the country, alienated some people in Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine and may have helped sow the seeds of the war in Donbas.
The Brink of War — Prosecutor General Against NABU
"We are preparing ourselves as well as we can, but we cannot cope without public support," — Head of NABU Sytnyk reassured. Taking into account what kind of enemies NABU is now facing, the scale of the possible media assault can be truly impressive. But we should also take into account that NABU has a resource no other law enforcement agency had before — they have public trust
Party Time: The Gap Between Stated Incomes and Real Cash Flows in Ukrainian Politics
Ukrainian politics is a dirty and expensive game. Political parties spend colossal budgets to meet the main goals of their sponsors: being elected, getting positions in the cabinet, taking control over ‘income streams’. Recently Ukrainians got their first chance from the times of the country’s independence to look inside the ‘bank vault’ and see the financial reports of the major Ukrainian parties