International Relations and National Security

“Sham referendums” conducted in the Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine

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CNN – Four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine have started voting in them Polls to join Russia, according to their separatist leaders, in a move that increases the risk of an invasion of Moscow seven months after the fighting began. Referendums, which are considered illegal under international law and dismissed as “fake” by Western and Kiev … Read more

Izyum: Ukraine says some bodies found in a mass grave bear “marks of torture”

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Isium, Ukraine CNN – Even torrential rain couldn’t erase the smell of death in the pine forest of Izyum on Friday afternoon, as Ukrainian investigators made their way through a mass burial site found in the eastern Ukrainian city. recover from Russian forces. Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said at least 440 “unmarked” graves had been found … Read more