Carpathian women protest Ukraine’s military draft

January 22 – In Cheremkha village in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of western Ukraine, there are mass protests against the new wave of mobilization, Navigator reports. According to TV channel NTK, 30 draft notices were sent to the village, but the village council can’t distribute them – women are protesting and do not want to let […]

Victims of Ukraine’s attack on Donetsk trolley bus

Based on information received from doctors, the Foreign Ministry press center of the Donetsk People’s Republic released a list of victims of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ attack on the “Bosse” trolley bus stop in the Leninisky distict of Donetsk. 1. Lilia V. Plush, born in 19822. Sergey Nikolaevich Shershnev, born in 19623. L Nikon, born […]

Antifascists, Euromaidan supporters clash in Odessa court

January 22 – The Malinowski District Court Building in Odessa was the site of a brawl between Kulikovo Field activists [antifascists] and Euromaidan supporters, reports the website Timer. According to the correspondent, the trial of 20 antifascist activists did not begin at the agreed time, but inside the building were activists of the “Self-Defense,” Right […]

Donetsk intelligence agency warns of new provocation

By Colonel Cassad January 22 – The Intelligence Agency of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) reports: “In Artemovsk, militants of the ‘Donbass’ Battalion [Ukrainian fascists headed by Semen Semenchenko] appeared under the flags of the DNR for provocation. According to information received from the residents of occupied Artemovsk (56 km north of Donetsk), in the […]

On the anniversary of Lenin’s death

By Nahia Sanzo Jan. 21, 2015 – After years in which some wanted to see in the dissolution of the Soviet Union the end of history, the complete victory of a world shaped in the image of the United States, the unique and indisputable leader of this era, the Ukrainian crisis has brought back, against […]

Borotba activist Victor Shapinov on his detention in Donetsk

Interview with Victor Shapinov, a leader of Union Borotba (Struggle), who travelled to the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR). In late December, he and a group of friends were detained by soldiers from the Vostok Battalion (Commander Alexander Khodakovsky) and spent almost two weeks “in the basement” [in detention]. By Alexander Chalenko How did you get […]

Interview with the mother of Odessa martyr Vadim Papura

The woe of the mother who lost her son is impossible to describe. Pain burns all within. Life has no meaning. Time stops. Because of human hatred, irrationality, fanaticism, 8 months ago Fatima Papura lost the most precious thing in her life — her only son – 17-year-old Vadim. He was the youngest of those who died on May 2 […]

The Trial of the Communists in Dneprodzerzhinsk

By Andriy Bondarenko January 17, 2015 – Analyzing the facts leading up to the arrest of our comrades Sergei Tkachenko and Denis Timofeev, I come to the conclusion that this process was inevitable. Not because they are “hardened criminals” who broke the law, but because the Dneprodzerzhinsk city organization of the Communist Party of Ukraine has long […]

Urgent statement by Donetsk leader on ceasefire violations by Ukraine

Today, Jan. 19, the leader of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) Alexander Zakharchenko made an urgent statement on ceasefire violations by Ukraine: “I can say with confidence that all the attempts by Ukrainian troops to retake the airport, to take revenge for the defeat we inflicted on them in the past year, have failed. The […]

We are communists!

Statement of Union Borotba (Struggle) in response to baseless charges by the organization “Essence of Time” On January 10, 2015, unfounded accusations against our party appeared on the blog of the Russian organization “Essence of Time.” In this regard, we would like to clarify the ideological and political positions of our party to show the […]