Eye Catchers
- “Spot Report by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM): SMM team caught in fire exchange in Shyrokyne, one member injured by debris” – “OSCE to review its activities in Donbas” – “OSCE to review operations in Donbas after security incidents” – “OSCE SMM patrol leader hurt during Shyrokyne shell” – “OSCE monitor wounded during shelling of Shirokino” – “Terrorists Used OSCE Observers As Human Shield – JCCC”
- “Media: Marine corps will replace Donbas Battalion in Shyrokyne”
- “SBU denies fighter exchange; investigation continues” (in Ukrainian) – “Lawyer denies Russian GRU officers swap” – “Poroshenko’s administration denies exchange of 2 arrested Russians for Ukrainian POWs”
Updates
- UKR govt ATO map, 28 July 2015
- “Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 26 July 2015”
- “Ukraine War Risks Reigniting as OSCE Warns of Military Buildups”
- “Foreign volunteers from France and Finland struggle with fascism in Donbass”
- “Kondratiuk heads Defense Ministry’s main intelligence directorate – president’s press secretary”
Odessa/Odesa
- “SSU cuts off ammunition supplies to Odesa region” (SBU statement)
- Chernihiv/Chernigiv
- “All violations during elections in Chernigov will be investigated properly – Arsen Avakov” (UKR MIA)
Oh, those Russians ….
- “52,000 Russian servicemen on border with Donbas – Ukraine’s General Staff”
- “Russian commandos Yerofeyev and Aleksandrov are awaiting trial in Kyiv – SBU press-secretary”
- ” ‘Novorossiya Miners’ Use Russian ‘Granat’ Drones”
- “Snipers of the Russian 19th Brigade Enlisted in ‘Somali’ Terrorist Battalion”
- “Russian rocket crashes during Navy parade in Crimea”
- “Russia not seeking confrontation but will defend its interests – Putin”
The Info-Fight
- ” “Hybrid war” – a Scholarly Term or a Propaganda Cliché?”
- Constitution/Decentralization
- “Constitutional Court to continue considering decentralization behind closed doors”
- “Road accident with the head of the Constitutional Court will be investigated objectively – Arsen Avakov” (UKR MIA)
MH-17 Shootdown
- “Australia set not to let MH17 tribunal be vetoed at UN Security Council” – “MH17 Update: Australia’s Julie Bishop In New York To Lobby, Convince Russia For Independent Tribunal”
The Humanitarian Crisis
- “Ukraine: Internally Displaced People – 24 July 2015” (UNHCR)
- “Donbas restoration costs $1.8 billion”
- “ICRC planning to help rebuild hospitals in several Donbas towns”
Minsk/Other Talks
- “Political subgroup on Ukraine to discuss decentralization reform”
- “Political sub-group of Ukraine Contact Group meeting behind closed doors in Minsk”
Other