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War in Ukraine

Ukraine Files Case Against Russia With UN

  • Lawyers for Ukraine called on the International Court of Justice to order Russia to halt its support for pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east, which Russia denies (Reuters)

After Lull in Fighting, Violence Picks up in Eastern Ukraine

  • Violence in eastern Ukraine increase during the past few days, killing at least eight Ukrainian soldiers and three pro-Russian fighters. Both sides fought for the “gray zone” areas between the front lines (New York Times)

U.S. Treasury Adds to Russia Sanctions for Crimea

  • The U.S. Treasury blacklisted seven Russian individuals and eight companies for connections to what a Treasury official called Russia’s “unlawful occupation of Crimea and continued aggression in Ukraine.” Russia’s deputy foreign minister called the designations a ”hostile move“ (New York Times)

Ukraine Security Chief Calls for Better Cyber Defense Against Russia

  • A Ukrainian security chief said Ukraine needed to beef up its cyber defenses, citing recent attacks on government websites that he said originated in Russia. Ukraine’s Finance and Defense ministries and State Treasury said their websites had been temporarily downed by attacks aimed at disrupting their operations (Reuters)

Peace Talks on Ukraine End Without Agreement

  • Four-way talks on ending a separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine finished without a breakthrough on November 29. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said both Ukraine and Russia had hardened their positions and there was no political agreement in sight on holding local elections in Donbass, as demanded by Russia and the Kremlin-backed separatists (Reuters)

Ukraine Tests Missiles Near Crimea

  • In a two-day missile drill, Ukraine launched surface-to-air missiles near the Crimean peninsula, prompting Russia to threaten to shoot the missiles down (BBC)

Ukrainian Rebel Leaders Divided by Leadership Purge

  • Gennady Tsypkalov was one of dozens of senior officials killed in a widespread purge of internal opposition figures in the Luhansk People’s Republic, a rebel-controlled rogue statelet (Washington Post)
  • Analysts say this could lead to intensified clashes on the front line and may be linked to disputes over the control of lucrative smuggling channels through rebel-held territory between Russia and government-controlled Ukraine (CBS News)

Panel Finds MH-17 Missile Came From Russia

  • A Dutch-led investigation team found that the surface-to-air-missile that downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine was transported from and returned to Russia on the same night (New York Times)

Ukraine and Separatists Agree to Troop Withdrawal

  • The Ukrainian government and Russia-backed rebels agreed to a troop withdrawal from three fronts in eastern Ukraine in a bid to strengthen the truce that has reduced, but not ended, fighting in the region (Deutsche Welle)

Russia-Ukraine Tensions Rise Over Crimea

  • Ukraine put its troops on high alert (CNN) as Russian President Vladimir Putin announced naval exercises in the Black Sea and discussed additional security measures in Crimea

Russia Accuses Ukraine of Terrorist Attack in Crimea

  • Moscow accused Kyiv of carrying out armed incursions (BBC) in Crimea on Wednesday, an accusation Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko denied

Seven Ukrainian Soldiers Killed in Restive Eastern Regions

  • Seven Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another fourteen wounded amidst clashes between government forces and pro-Russian separatists in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine (Reuters)

Malaysia Airlines Settles With Families of Ukraine Crash Victims

  • A lawyer for Malaysia Airlines said the company had reached a deal to award damages to the families of those killed in a 2014 crash, which investigators based in the West have linked to Pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine. The crash killed all 298 people aboard (BBC)

Biden Talks Russia Tensions With Ukrainian, Eastern European Leaders

  • U.S. President Joe Biden held separate calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other Eastern European leaders in an effort to ease tensions due to Russia’s troop buildup on its border with Ukraine (Washington Post)
  • The Associated Press reported that in order to implement a 2015 peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, the United States would press Ukraine to formally cede some autonomy in part of its eastern Donbas region, which is currently controlled by Russia-backed separatists (Associated Press)
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that the fighting between pro-Russia separatists and the Ukrainian army “looks like genocide” (Agence France-Presse)

Russia Targets Ukrainian Gas

  • Russia stepped up attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure over the past week, the Washington Post reported. Ukraine has stockpiled gas as winter approaches, but the attacks could force the country to import more (WaPo)
  • The intensifying attacks come after Russia carried out its largest attack of the war on Ukraine’s state gas production facilities last Friday, the head of the gas firm said (FT)