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Posted by edgeofthesandbox on April 29, 2014 29 Comments
1. Federalization In Ukraine, parties on the losing end of the electoral process take turns demanding federalization or even secession. The idea’s been floating around for years; The Svoboda party, formerly known as the Social Nationalist Party of Ukraine, includes decentralization in their official platform. ...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 27, 2014 2 Comments
One monitor was freed Sunday after pro-Russian separatists seized a group of eight European monitors with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in eastern Ukraine earlier this weekend. From CNN: Pro-Russian separatists holding a European military observer team in eastern Ukraine released one of...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 24, 2014 3 Comments
Russia on Thursday announced that it would begin military drills along the border of Ukraine, as the crisis there has continued to escalate in recent days. From CNN: Following days of simmering unrest, tensions in Ukraine escalated sharply Thursday, with Russia embarking on new military...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 23, 2014 7 Comments
U.S. Army paratroopers began arriving in Poland on Wednesday for what will be a series of military exercises to occur in four countries across Eastern Europe as the crisis in Ukraine continues. From CNN: A contingent of U.S. Army paratroopers arrived in Poland on Wednesday, the...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 22, 2014 8 Comments
On the second day of his trip to Ukraine, Vice President Joe Biden offered words of support to Ukraine and to leaders of its interim government, while also criticizing Russia for its recent actions. From the NY Times: Vowing that the United States would never...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 21, 2014 14 Comments
Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Ukraine Monday, where he planned to meet with the acting prime minister and president, as well as various members of Parliament and representatives from non-governmental organizations over the next two days.  Biden’s trip comes on the heels of yet...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 17, 2014 14 Comments
Earlier Thursday, reports surfaced that leaflets were distributed earlier in the week in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk demanding Jews register with a government office. We waited to report the information here at Legal Insurrection because of conflicting reports on the story and questions...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 16, 2014 33 Comments
The efforts of Ukraine’s government to crack down on pro-Russia separatists who have recently seized various government and security buildings in the east appeared to suffer setbacks Wednesday. From CNN: Pro-Russian militants appeared to tighten their grip on Ukraine’s eastern town of Slaviansk on Wednesday...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 15, 2014 3 Comments
Ukraine’s government says it has secured a small airport in eastern Ukraine after reported clashes with pro-Russia separatists, though some of the details remain unclear. From the Associated Press (via Boston Herald): In the first Ukrainian military action against a pro-Russian uprising in the east,...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 13, 2014 6 Comments
Amid escalating tensions in eastern Ukraine where pro-Russian separatists have seized buildings over the weekend, Ukraine’s acting president said the government would deploy troops to launch a “full-scale anti-terrorist operation.” From Reuters: Ukraine has given pro-Russian separatists a Monday morning deadline to disarm or face...
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