internally displaced person
Avdiivka left without electricity, water, heat. Poroshenko interrupted visit to Germany
President Petro Poroshenko interrupted his official visit to Germany, to coordinate the government's measures to prevent the humanitarian catastrophe
Masha. ‘You know you are at risk when coming on Maidan in Yalta’
I consider myself to be a Ukrainian. Although now everybody calls me a Moskovite because Russian is my mother language.
Vika. ‘Happiness is electricity, hot water, food and no bombs’
I’ve got used to bombing, but leaving, the feeling that people are far away in different cities and countries hurts much
Human rights activists urge not to ‘legitimize military dictatorships’ in Donbas
The human rights activists insist that amnesty and elections in Donbas raise concerns under such conditions
Sofa from Pisky village: I wanted to cry over such a ‘present’
Ukraine is a multiethnic country. The “Ukrainians” of different ethnic origin are likely to be found among your colleagues and friends as well.
Lesia. Helping IDPs is lifestyle
My husband says about our daughter: "Well, it is clear that she will start to walk in Frolivska Street, but I wish we did not marry her off there."
#FeelYourRights or A few words about human rights
We may know we have rights, but may not ever use them. We may not know exactly how this right is called in the declarations and conventions, but feel that something is wrong
Every fourth IDP not to return home
Only 26% of respondents intend to return home in next few years.
Yevheniy. ‘I just want to survive, it’s the very same push…’
Everything happened literally overnight - I went to the railway station, bought tickets, and we arrived in Khmelnytsky the next day
Yulia. I want to have opportunity to return home
It is interesting to break the stereotypes when you come to the servicemen, talk with them, especially if you speak Ukrainian, they find out that you are from Luhansk and do not understand what's going on
Ukraine not knows exact number of births and deaths in Crimea – human rights activists
The state has registered slightly over 600 births and 48 deaths during the whole time of occupation
Liudmyla. Ukrainian Janusz Korczak
I said I would not take children to shelled Luhansk...
Sasha. ‘Degree of help may be different’
Sasha is one of those volunteers, who were the first to provide assistance to the displaced persons from Crimea and eastern Ukraine.
Anti-Semitism flourishes in ‘DPR’, ‘LPR’
The leaders of the self-proclaimed republics use anti-Semitism in the propaganda rhetoric.
Right to arms: between freedom, life and death
The Maidan protests, the annexation of Crimea, the military conflict in Donbas have made the Ukrainian society think about the right to self-defense and the firearm permit.
Oleh. “Crimea has always been a sought-after region. All years of Ukrainian independence”
The conversations about #“Ukrainization” of Crimea were futile. It was impossible to find a postcard in Ukrainian for our Canadian friends in 1997-1998
Svitlana. ‘I’ve refused Russian citizenship twice’
Sometimes I say stupid things but I don’t want to be killed, jailed or punished for my nonsense. It is very important for me to call a spade a spade, but it can’t be done now in Crimea.
Displaced persons from Crimea still denied bank servicing
Bank employees refuse to open accounts to the Crimean displaced persons as they do not have proof of residence in Ukraine.
Columns
More than 60 Crimean political prisoners are already in need of urgent medical care: How to solve this problem
Ukrainian parliament appeals for NATO membership as foundation for lasting peace
Ukraine rejects “pacifying the aggressor” as a path to peace
“Appeasement never works”: Lessons from Bosnia’s post-war justice
