Month: August 2022

In Just Under Three Weeks, Ukrainian-Fired Prohibited “Petal” Mines Maim At Least 44 Civilians, Kill 2, in Donetsk Region

August 23, 2022, Covert Action Magazine -Eva K Bartlett Ukraine continues to fire internationally-banned anti-personnel mines on civilian areas of Donetsk and other cities in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), in violation of international law and of the mine ban convention Ukraine signed in 1999 and ratified in 2005. Since July 27, Ukraine has been firing rockets… Read More In Just Under Three Weeks, Ukrainian-Fired Prohibited “Petal” Mines Maim At Least 44 Civilians, Kill 2, in Donetsk Region

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The West is silent as Ukraine targets civilians in Donetsk using banned ‘Petal’ mines

Aug 7, 2022, RT.com -Eva K Bartlett On Saturday, July 30, just after 9pm, thunderous explosions rocked central Donetsk. Shortly after, there were announcements that air defense had shot down Ukrainian-fired missiles containing ‘petal‘ mines. Given that over 300 of these explosives are packed into each of the Ukrainian-fired rockets, central Donetsk could literally become a minefield if they… Read More The West is silent as Ukraine targets civilians in Donetsk using banned ‘Petal’ mines

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What I’ve seen of Ukraine’s war crimes against civilians in the Donbass over the years

An overview of testimonies I’ve taken here in the Donbass republics since my first visit in September 2019. Since then, over the course of 2022 and now 2023, I’ve returned to the Donbass 8 more times, each visit (except the March 2 day visit) for around 3 weeks. During each visit, Ukraine has intensely shelled… Read More What I’ve seen of Ukraine’s war crimes against civilians in the Donbass over the years

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Ukraine bombed a Donetsk hotel full of journalists – here’s what it felt like to be inside at the time

Another attack from Kiev has hit central Donetsk, targeting a funeral and a hotel where numerous reporters stay and work Aug 4, 2022, RT.com (*blog version longer than originally published at RT) -Eva K Bartlett At 10:13 am Thursday, Ukraine began shelling central Donetsk. There were five powerful blasts in the space of ten minutes. The… Read More Ukraine bombed a Donetsk hotel full of journalists – here’s what it felt like to be inside at the time

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Who killed the POWs at Yelenovka? All signs on the ground point to a Ukrainian attack

There is every reason to believe that the July 29 bombing of a detention center holding Ukrainian POWs was carried out on Kiev’s orders Aug 2, 2022, RT.com -by Eva K Bartlett It was extremely difficult to witness the charred and twisted remains of Ukrainian POWs in the Yelenovka detention center at first hand. The… Read More Who killed the POWs at Yelenovka? All signs on the ground point to a Ukrainian attack

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