Reports

Thirty-year-old Anna Guz was held by pro-Russian rebels for six days in May. (Guz is not her real name; she asked to be identified by a pseudonym for safety reasons.) Men in military uniforms abducted the…

Highlights According to the Ministry of Social Policy (MoSP) there is a large increase in the numbers of IDPs. The humanitarian community equates this increase with the 1 December decree. Ceasefire violations are reported daily even after a…

By Gladys Terichow Dec. 29, 2014 WINNIPEG, Man. — As people in Ukraine continue to be forced from their homes by violence, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is asking for donations to support its work with church partners that…

Steep rise of gas and heating household tariffs introduced this July has let the consumers’ utility bills soaring. To help the disadvantaged and vulnerable groups to stay afloat, Ukraine’ government launched a new subsidy programme. With…

On December 11-12, 2014, as a part of the UNDP measures in Ukraine aimed at providing assistance to internally displaced people (IDPs), volunteers in Dnipropetrovsk were trained to provide more qualified assistance, such as psychological first…

The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). There were bomb explosions in Kherson and Odessa.…

The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). The SMM monitored the simultaneous release of hostages/prisoners…

Bern, December 26, 2014 – Swiss Foreign Minister and OSCE-Chairperson-in-Office, Didier Burkhalter, expressed his expectation that the meeting between the Trilateral Contact Group (consisting of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the OSCE Chairmanship) and representatives of…

he SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Minsk Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). The SMM observed a destroyed railway bridge…

SUMMARY Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). Overall cross-border traffic flows increased at both BCPs. The OM continued to observe a significant number of persons in…