Donetsk

Why the Russian Federation Recognized the Independence Movements in Donbas

February 24, 2022 UNAC Editor Militarism, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, February 23, 2022 Recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics is a direct result of U.S. efforts to contain Russian economically and militarily. “Minsk, Minsk, Minsk,” they cried after Russia recognized Donetsk and Luhansk. But those Western diplomats and pundits did not hear those of us in the anti-war, pro-peace and[…]

The High Stakes of the U.S.-Russia Confrontation Over Ukraine

November 23, 2021 UNAC Editor Cold War, NATO, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies, November 22, 2021 A report in Covert Action Magazine from the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic in Eastern Ukraine describes grave fears of a new offensive by Ukrainian government forces, after increased shelling, a drone strike by a Turkish-built drone and an attack on Staromaryevka, a village inside the buffer zone established by the[…]

Warning sign to Anti-War Movement: Behind Assassination of Donetsk Leader

September 5, 2018 UNAC Editor Ukraine

Image: Alexander Zakharchenko (center) during the battle of Debaltsevo in Feb. 2015. By Greg Butterfield, published on Workers World, September 3, 2018 Alexander Zakharchenko, prime minister of the anti-fascist Donetsk People’s Republic, was assassinated on Aug. 31 when an explosion ripped through the Separ restaurant in the capital city of Donetsk. Zakharchenko’s bodyguard, Vyacheslav Dotsenko, was also killed. Twelve other[…]