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Having your own housing - what's preventing it?

Having your own housing - what's preventing it?

The concept of force majeure does not consider the risks of destruction or damage to the object due to military actions. In other words, there are no obligations on the part of the developer to the buyer in the event of such circumstances...

"Putin's suicide bombers"? The "DNR" schoolchildren are being prepared for self-sacrifice in the name of russia

"Putin's suicide bombers"? The "DNR" schoolchildren are being prepared for self-sacrifice in the name of russia

I hope my fears are unfounded, but then why is the "Ministry of Education" paying so much attention to this issue, and why are they teaching children to "empathize with the victims of terrorism", talk about "fighting terrorism" and instill a willingness to sacrifice their lives for their homeland?

Ukrainian pensions in occupied territories: who profits from them?

Ukrainian pensions in occupied territories: who profits from them?

"Why should we leave the money to the Ukrainians? We should take it while they're giving it", - he said with a laugh. One can only guess where the "profit" from transactions involving Ukrainian pensions goes to...

Mobilization in Ukraine: slow but steady intensification

Mobilization in Ukraine: slow but steady intensification

This is not what we want. It's what Ukraine cannot do without. People have stopped voluntarily going to the draft boards – that's a fact, and there's no need to be afraid to admit it. Therefore, we are now witnessing a slow but steady tightening of the rules and an intensification of mobilization. These aren't new rules; it's an enhancement of the existing ones...

Economic independence: 32 years later

Economic independence: 32 years later

Globalization has reached such a level where complete economic independence is not feasible in general. Not for anyone. The challenge remains to find a "place under the sun", i.e. to occupy a niche in international markets. And if you got kicked out of one niche, you should search for a new one...

"Whose side are you on?" Luhansk journal

"Whose side are you on?" Luhansk journal

don't know when it happened for the first time - a blunt message "Choose". It was clear to me that he was tired. Simply tired of poverty, struggles, rented rooms from alcoholic landladies. And his bluntness was his fatigue, the result of piling problems and complete uncertainty ahead. He was in Kyiv, and I was in Luhansk...

Native foreign city: Donetsk journal

Native foreign city: Donetsk journal

The city that hosted the UEFA Euro 2012 is gradually transforming into a remote Soviet province. And it's not just because the war has been ongoing for nine years. Boarded-up windows and crumbling building facades certainly don't add glamour to the former capital of Donbas, but there are other factors at play...

Elections during wartime: if desired, they can be held

Elections during wartime: if desired, they can be held

However, on July 28, an unexpected statement came from the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, asserting that the Ukrainian Constitution does not prohibit holding elections during martial law. Furthermore, according to him, the actualization of such a question will occur in the near future...

Luhansk journal: "No talks of the end of the war. We've gotten used to this too"

Luhansk journal: "No talks of the end of the war. We've gotten used to this too"

And we're amazed to notice new benches, curbs and perfect roads in the city. We, like savages, are watching with enthusiasm, wondering how amazing things could be and that they could happen to us. Interestingly, we're getting involved and getting used to it. We like it. We're no longer comparing. We perplexedly note that queues are the norm. Queues for everything and everywhere...

The population has noticeably increased in Donetsk. Who are all these people?

The population has noticeably increased in Donetsk. Who are all these people?

Currently, something inexplicable is happening in Donetsk during the summer period. The city is filled with people, and the number of cars on the roads, even compared to April and May, has increased significantly...

The post-war future of the southeast: new opportunities

The post-war future of the southeast: new opportunities

Economic growth in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts, as well as in Crimea after their de-occupation, will become the priority task for the Ukrainian authorities. Certain preparatory work has already been done, and now the decisive word belongs to the Armed Forces of Ukraine...

Economy under occupation: lies and plunder

Economy under occupation: lies and plunder

Therefore, only people who fully understand that their presence in the occupied Donbas is temporary would consider coming here. Within this limited time, they need to extract as much as possible from the mines as quickly as possible...

Attack on the Crimean Bridge: "red lines are over, now the brown ones have begun"

Attack on the Crimean Bridge: "red lines are over, now the brown ones have begun"

When the whole "Wagner PMC thing" happened, I asked all my acquaintances and colleagues in Sevastopol, and they were all in favor of Prigozhin. And when we discussed the new bridge explosion, someone said that it wouldn't have happened under his watch...

The main problem with NATO. The masks have fallen off

The main problem with NATO. The masks have fallen off

On the one hand, the Alliance's leaders do not want Ukraine to lose the war and are doing everything to prevent it. But on the other hand, they fear the only possible victory that could truly ensure long-term peace – the fall of putin's regime and the transformation of russia. And if they fear it, they are not striving for such a victory...

Between moscow and Simeiz: how the LGBTQ+ community in Crimea adapts to new realities

Between moscow and Simeiz: how the LGBTQ+ community in Crimea adapts to new realities

The russian dictator himself decided to pour fuel on the fire. In June 2023, putin instructed the creation of an institute for the study of the behavior of LGBTQ+ individuals based on a federal psychiatric center...

Serhiy Harmash: Prigozhin did not want to stop the war but conduct it according to his own script

Serhiy Harmash: Prigozhin did not want to stop the war but conduct it according to his own script

"The czar is good". They didn't want to overthrow putin. They wanted to keep him as the symbol, the showcase of russian power. However, at the same time, those planning the uprising wanted to wield that power...

Russia is creating filtration camps for the Donetsk locals. Donetsk journal

Russia is creating filtration camps for the Donetsk locals. Donetsk journal

In addition, without a russian passport, some district polyclinics no longer accept blood, urine and stool tests. And in private laboratories, the prices for these services are exorbitant. But even that was not enough for the genocide of Ukrainians in the occupied territories. Now they are planning to build filtration camps...

Without water and tourists: blowing up of the Kakhovka HPP and its consequences for Crimea

Without water and tourists: blowing up of the Kakhovka HPP and its consequences for Crimea

We've been through this before. We had explosions on the Crimean Bridge and drones in the center of Sevastopol, and they say everything is 'under control'. The authorities emphasize that there are currently water reserves. Okay, no one disputes that. But what will we do when these reserves run out?

Today's Donetsk through the eyes of a refugee. What has changed compared to February 2022?

Today's Donetsk through the eyes of a refugee. What has changed compared to February 2022?

Life in Donetsk has drastically changed compared to February 2022. For those who left and were forced to return for some reason, the differences are striking. The city wakes up at six in the morning, and by five in the evening the streets are already empty. This was not the case before. By the way, those who left after February 2022 mostly come back to bury their loved ones who remained here and passed away...

"Mom, take me back!". Stories of two teenage girls from Kherson, whom their mothers were able to bring back from russia after an illegal removal

"Mom, take me back!". Stories of two teenage girls from Kherson, whom their mothers were able to bring back from russia after an illegal removal

The deportation of Ukrainian children to russia by the occupiers takes various forms. It includes organized removal of orphaned children who are quickly "placed" into new "families", trips under the pretext of health improvement or vacation, and departure due to russian narratives that Ukrainian soldiers will "come and shoot everyone", as well as the motivation of seeking basic safety...

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