#UKR News Links

Here are some links to (generally) English-language sources you might find handy to help keep track of what’s going on.  A reminder:  the Ukrainian/Russian/first language versions of the pages tend to get updated before the English pages – time lags may vary.  If I’ve missed any good sources, please leave a comment, or email me (news (at) milnews.ca) and I’ll add them as soon as I can.

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Official Sources

• Operation UNIFIER (CAF military training and capacity-building operation in Ukraine)
• Operation REASSURANCE (Canadian Forces Eastern/Central Europe operation page)
• Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade & Development Ukraine page

Ukraine

• NSDC Information Analysis Centre:  English – Ukrainian – Russian (daily updates, including maps)
• Defence Intelligence of Ukraine:  English – Ukrainian (detailed daily updates under “Situation in ATO area”/“Обстановка в районі проведення АТО”, but NOT archived, so needs to be checked daily)
• Ukrainian Ministry of Defence:  English – Ukrainian
• State Border Guard Service of Ukraine:  English – Ukrainian
• Security Service of Ukraine:  English – Ukrainian
• Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (Ministry of the Interior):  English – Ukrainian
• National Guard of Ukraine:  English – Ukrainian – Russian
• Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs:  Ukrainian – Official English – Google English translation of Ukrainian page
• National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine:  English (updated infreqently) – Ukrainian
• Ukrainian Government Portal:  English – Ukrainian – Russian

Russia

• Russian Ministry of Defence:  Russian – News (Russian) – News (Google English) – News (Official English translation – won’t always include all the stories seen in the Russian feed)
• Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs:  Russian – Official English (Google Translate doesn’t work with the main page, but works on individual statements) – MFA Twitter feed
• Voice of Russia (state-run external service, broadcasts in English and other languages):  English – Russian

Media:  General & Social

• Google News:  Ukraine
• Google News:  Russia
• European Media Monitor:  Ukraine
• European Media Monitor:  Russia
• Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (Ukraine)
• Radio Svoboda (RFE/RL Ukrainian Service, in Ukrainian)
• Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (Russia)
• PANA Press (Russia)
• MILNEWS.ca Twitter List:  Ukraine Unrest

Media:  Ukrainian

• Interfax-Ukraine
• Ukrinform
• UNIAN news
• Ukrainian National News
• First Channel (state-run radio):  English – Ukrainian
• wartime.org.ua (Ukrainian-language web site described as “Army Review,” a “review of the military-political situation in the world, and a description of military equipment and weapons” with servers based in Russia)
• helpua.info  (reposts news in Ukrainian and Russian from other sources;  also raises funds for the Ukrainian military)
• Ukraine:  Newspapers and News Media (ABYZ News Links)

Media:  Russian

• ITAR-TASS – ITAR-TASS UKR page – Crimea & Sevastapol page –
• Sputnik News (used to be RIA-Novosti – old RIA link redirects here)
• RIA-Novosti Sputnik News-Military & Intelligence
• English pravda.ru
• Russia:  Newspaper & News Media Guide (ABYZ News Links)

Separatist Sources

• Novorossia News Agency
• Lugansk Information Centre:  News (in Russian) – English-language page
• Official site, National Council of Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) (in Russian)
• DNR leader Alexander Zakharchenko official page:  English – Russian – Ukrainian
• DNR Armed Forces/Defence Corps (vkontakte, similar to Facebook – in Russian)
• Slavyangrad.org
• http://kot-ivanov.livejournal.com/ (doesn’t seem to update maps anymore)
• http://dragon-first-1.livejournal.com/ (doesn’t seem to update maps anymore)

Blogs/Other Links

• Lugansk News (pro-Ukrainian, in English)
• The Interpreter (via the Institute for Modern Russia)
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty live blog
• Spread an Idea blog list of sources with affiliations
• Commenter dittrichlj’s list of various ATO maps available

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