果冻影院

XClose

果冻影院 School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES)

Menu

Southeast Conflict 2014-2015

From the beginning of March 2014, demonstrations by pro-Russian and anti-government groups took place across the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine (together commonly called the "Donbass") in the aftermath of and . These escalated into an armed conflict between the Ukrainian government and the anti-Kiev separatist forces of the self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR respectively).

A deal to establish a ceasefire, called the Minsk Protocol, was signed on 5 September 2014. Violations of the ceasefire on both sides were common. The line between insurgent and government-controlled territory was agreed during the ceasefire, however both sides tried to break it, leading to further destabilisation. The ceasefire completely collapsed in January 2015, with renewed heavy fighting across the conflict zone, including at Donetsk International Airport and Debaltseve. A new ceasefire, called Minsk II, was agreed to on 12 February 2015.

Flag of Luhansk People's Republic []

Flag of Luhansk People's Republic

听

听

听

听

听

Flag of Donetsk People's Republic [] 听

Flag of Donetsk People's Republic

听

听

听

听

听

From Minsk I to Minsk II

September 2014 - February 2015

February 2015

14 February

  • 听[Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • 听[Federal Government]

12 February

  • 听[OSCE]

  • 听[Federal Government]

  • 听[Federal Government]

  • 听[US Department of State]

13 February

  • 听[president.gov.ua]. Original link not working. Please check copy at听

10 February

  • 听-听video听[BBC]

  • Original link not working, please check copy at听

9 February

8 February

  • 听-听[President of Russia]

  • 听- [President of Russia]

  • 听-听[Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

7 February

  • 听- [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • 听[Federal Government]

6 February

  • 听[NATO]

4 February

  • Original link not working, please check copy at听

  • 听[US Department of State]

  • 听[ICRC]

  • 听-听video and text in Russian听[Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • 听[Human Rights Watch]

3 February

  • 听[ICRC]

  • 听[Human Rights Watch]

January 2015

30 January

  • [Ukrainian Government]. Original link not working, please check copy at

  • 听 [Ukrainian Government]. Original link not working, please check copy at

  • - [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • - [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • - in Russian [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

29 January

  • [NATO]

  • [NATO]

  • [MFA of Ukraine]

  • - in Ukrainian [MFA of Ukraine]

  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • - in Ukrainian [Ukrainian Government]

  • [Human Rights Watch]听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听听听听听听听 听

  • - photo gallery [ICRC]

28 January

  • - [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • [ICRC]

  • [MFA of Ukraine]

27 January

  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

26 January

  • - in Ukrainian [Ukrainian Government]

  • [NATO]

  • [Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum]

  • [Council of Europe]

  • - [President of Russia]

  • - 听[Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • - [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • - [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

25 January

  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

24 January

  • [NATO]

  • [Ukrainian Government]. Original link not working, please check copy at

  • [Ukrainian Government]. Original link not working, please check copy at

  • - in Ukrainian [Ukrainian Government]

  • [European Union]

  • [US Department of State]

  • [Human Rights Watch]

23 January

  • [European Union]

22 January

  • [UK Government]

  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

21 January

  • - in Ukrainian [MFA of Ukraine]

  • - in Ukrainian [MFA of Ukraine]

  • [Federal Foreign Office]

  • [Federal Foreign Office]

  • - [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • - [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • - video [ICRC]

  • - in Ukrainian [Ukrainian Government]

20 January

  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • [OSCE]

19 January

  • - in Ukrainian [Ukrainian Government]

  • - [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]. See Ukrainian statement .

18 January

  • - in Ukrainian [MFA of Ukraine]

  • - in Russian [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

16 January

  • - [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]. See anti-torture Committee report .

15 January

  • - in Ukrainian [Ukrainian Government]

  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • - in Russian [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • [Human Rights Watch]

14 January

  • - in Ukrainian [Ukrainian Government]

  • - in Ukrainian [Ukrainian Government]

13 January

  • [Council of Europe]. Original link not working, please check copy at

12 January

  • [Interpol]

  • in Russian [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • [Federal Foreign Office]

9 January

  • [Council of Europe]

8 January

  • - in Ukrainian [UNIAN]

7 January

  • [Human Rights Watch]

December 2014

30 December

  • - in Ukrainian [Ukrainian Government]
  • [Human Rights Watch]

27 December

  • - in Ukrainian [Ukrainian Government]

24 December

  • - in Ukrainian [Ukrainian Government]
  • [Human Rights Watch]

23 December

  • - in Ukrainian [Verkhovna Rada]
  • - [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs].

22 December

  • - [President of Russia]
  • - video [ICRC]

19 December

  • - [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]
  • [Human Rights Watch]

18 December

  • [President of Russia]
  • - [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]
  • [The White House]

17 December

  • [Visegrad Group]
  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

16 December

  • 听 [Ukrainian Government]. Original link not working, please see for copy.
  • [UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine]
  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]
  • - in Russian [Kommersant]

15 December

  • - [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

14 December

  • - video in Ukrainian [Radio Svoboda]

12 December

  • - [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]
  • [congress.gov]
  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

11 December

  • [BBC]
  • - in Ukrainian [Ukrainian Government]

8 December

  • [Ukrainian Government]

6 December

  • - [President of Russia]
  • - [President of Russia]

5 December

  • - in Ukrainian [MFA of Ukraine]
  • - in Ukrainian [Ukrainian Government]

4 December

  • [MFA of Ukraine]

2 December

  • [NATO]
  • - text and video in Russian [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]
  • 听 [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

1 December

  • - in Russian [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]
November 2014

28 November

  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]. See by Ukrainian head adviser of Ukrainian Security Service. in Ukrainian [Radio Svoboda]

  • [UK Government]

  • - in German [Die WELT]

27 November

  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

22 November

  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

19 November

  • - in Ukrainian [Ukrainian Government]

  • - in Ukrainian [Ukrainian Government]

18 November

  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs].

  • - [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • - video and text in Russian [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • [Ukrainian Government]. Original link not working, please check copy at

  • - in Ukrainian [Ukrainian Government]

  • - in Ukrainian [Ukrainian Government]

17 November

  • - 听[Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

14 November

  • - [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • 听 [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • - in Russian [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

13 November

  • - in Ukrainian [Ukrainian Government]

  • - [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • - in Russian [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • [UK Government]

11 November

  • [Human Right Watch]

  • - report on incendiary weapon attacks in Ukraine and Syria [Human Rights Watch]

8 November

  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

6 November

  • - in Ukrainian [MFA of Ukraine]

  • - in Russian [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]. Original link not working. Please check copy at

3 November

  • [European Union]

  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

October 2014

30 October

  • 听[Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

29 October

  • 听[Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • 听In Ukrainian [Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine]

24 October

23 October

  • . [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

21 October

  • 听- [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • 听[Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • See quoting Vershbow [Friends of Europe]. Original link not working, please see copy at听.

20 October

  • 听- [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • 听- video and text in Russian [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • 听[Human Rights Watch]

19 October

  • 听- in Russian [NTV]

17 October

  • [President of Russia]

  • 听[President of Russia]. See听, 16-17 October 2014.

16 October

  • 听- [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

15 October

  • 听- [President of Russia]

  • 听- in Serbian [Politika]

  • 听- video [OSCE]

14 October

  • 听- in Russian [President of Russia]

  • 听 - video and text in Russian [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • 听- video and text in Russian [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

13 October

  • 听 [ICRC]

9 October

  • 听[Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • 听[Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • 听[Human Rights Watch]

6 October

  • 听[President of Russia]

3 October

  • 听 [OSCE PA]. Original link not working, please see copy at听. Full听. Original link not working, please see copy at听.

2 October

  • 听[President of Russia].

  • 听[ICRC]

  • 听[Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • 听[European Union]

  • 听- in Ukrainian [Ukrainian Government]

  • 听- in Ukrainian [Ukrainian Government]

1 October

  • 听[Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • [UN]

September 2014

28 September

  • 听- [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

27 September

  • - text [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs].

  • 听-听video听[Bloomberg]

  • 听-听text and video in Russian听[Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • 听-听in Russian听[Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

26 September

  • 听 -听[Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • 听-听[Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • 听 [United Nations, Human Rights]

  • 听- [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • 听-听in Russian听[Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

25 September

  • [US Department of State]. Original link not working, please check copy at

24 September

  • 听[United Nations]

  • 听[White House]

  • [UN]

  • 听听[Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • 听 [Ukrainian Government]

  • 听[United Nations]

  • 听[Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

22 September

  • 听 - [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

21 September

  • Original link not working, please check copy at

20 September

  • 听 - [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]. See the resolution听.

18 September

  • -听in Ukrainian听[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine]. See the resolution听.

  • 听[European Union]

  • [OSCE]

  • 听[Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • 听[Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

17 September

  • -听in Ukrainian听[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine] See the resolution听.

  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]. Text of the Ukrainian law . [Zaonodavstvo Ukrainy].

  • 听[Human Rights Watch]

16 September

  • 听[European Parliament]

  • 听[European Commission]

  • 听[Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine]

15 September

  • 听[European Commission]

  • 听[OSCE]

  • 听[President of Russia]

  • 听 [President of Russia]

  • 听-听in German听[Augen geradeaus]

14 September

  • 听 [Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine]

12 September

  • 听[European Commission]

  • 听[European Commission]

  • 听[President of Russia]

  • [European Union].

  • 听[Official journal of the EU]

  • 听 [U.S. Department of the Treasury]

  • 听 [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs].

  • 听-听[Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

11 September

  • . In Russian [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs].

  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs].

  • Herman Van Rompuy鈥檚 . [European Union].

  • 听 [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • 听[Human Rights Watch]

10 September

  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs].

  • ,听 -听video in Ukrainian听[MFA of Ukraine]

8 September

  • [Council of the European Union]

6 September

  • 听-听in Russian听[President of Russia]

4 September

  • 听 [Russian Embassy in the UK]

  • 听[UK Government]

  • 听[NATO]

  • 听[NATO]

From Congress in Kharkiv to Minsk I

22 February - 5 September 2014

September 2014

5 September

  • [OSCE]

  • Poroshenko's statement on the ceasefire:

    • [President of Ukraine]. Original link not working, please check copy at

    • [President of Ukraine]. Original link not working, please check copy at

  • - video

4 September

  • - in Russian [Novaya gazeta]

3 September

  • [Russian Legal Information Agency]

  • [BBC News]

  • - video [RT.com]

  • [President of Russia]

1 September

  • [Human Rights Watch]

August 2014

29 August

  • 听 [President of Russia]

  • [Thomson Reuters Foundation]

  • [Ukrainian Government]. Original link not working, please check copy at .

  • [NATO]

  • Putin on Ukraine, NATO, Crimea at the Seliger-2014 youth forum

    • [RT.com]

    • [RT.com]

28 August

  • - video in Russian [Vesti]

  • [President of Ukraine]. Original link not working, please check copy at .

  • [Ukrainian Government]. Original link not working, please check copy at .

  • [NATO]

  • [UK Government]

27 August

  • 听[President of Russia]

  • [Channel 4 News]

  • [President of Ukraine]. Original link not working, please check copy at .

26 August

  • [The Guardian]

  • - video [RT.com]

25 August

  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]. Original link not working. Please check and scroll down to 22.08.2014 to see the copy of the statement.

22 August

  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • [Reuters]

  • [NATO]

  • [President of Ukraine]. Original link not working, please check copy at .

21 August

  • [ICRC]

18 August

  • [OSCE]

  • [RT.com]

  • [The Guardian]

15 August

  • [ITAR-TASS]

  • [President of Ukraine]

  • [Council of the European Union]

14 August

  • [BBC News]

  • [President of Ukraine]. Original link not working, please check copy at .

13 August

  • . [Ukrainian Government]

12 August

  • [Ukrainian Government]

  • [Ukrainian Government]

  • [Ukrainian Government]

  • [Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • [ITAR-TASS]

  • [ITAR-TASS]

  • [ICRC]

8 August

  • [UK Government]

5 August

  • [Human Rights Watch]

  • [UNHCR]

4 August

  • [OSCE]

2 August

  • [MOD of Russia].

1 August

  • [UK Russian Embassy]

  • [OSCE]

July 2014

31 July

  • [Ukrainian Government]

  • [UK Parliament]

30 July

  • [Official Journal of the EU]

  • [UK government]

  • [Russian Foreign Ministry]

29 July

  • [European Council]

  • [The White House]

  • [US Department of State]

  • [OSCE]

28 July

  • [Dutch Government]

  • [OHCHR]

25 July

  • [EU Council]

24 July

  • [BBC]

  • [RT.com]

23 July

  • [Russian Foreign Ministry]

  • [Russian Foreign Ministry]

  • [ICRC]

  • [BBC]

22 July

  • In Russian [kremlin.ru]

  • [Yle.fi]

21 July

  • [newssafety.org]

  • [OSCE]

  • 听[The White House]

  • In German [Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]

  • [kmu.gov.ua]. Original link not working, please check copy at .

  • Putin's statement on MH17 crash [kremlin.ru]

  • [UN]

  • [Ekho Moskvy]

  • [Russian Defence Ministry]

  • [gov.uk]

  • [parliament.uk]

18 July

  • [UN]

  • In Russian [Kremlin.ru]

  • [The White House]

  • In Russian [RT.com]

  • In Russian [vesti.ru]

  • [The Telegraph]

  • In Ukrainian [president.gov.ua]. Original link not working, please check copy at .

  • In French [rts.ch]

17 July

  • [US Treasury]

  • In Russian [Russian Foreign Ministry]

  • Putin's TV interview including comments on latest US sanctions:

    • [RT.com]

    • [President of Russia]

  • [Business New Europe]

  • Poroshenko calls for commission to investigate Malaysian jet, crashed in Ukraine [president.gov.ua]

    • Original link not working, please check copy at .

    • Original link not working, please check copy at .

  • [The White House]

  • [US Department of State]

  • [Irish Times]

16 July

  • [BBC]

15 July

  • [The Guardian]

14 July

  • [OCSE]

  • [The Moscow Times]

  • [France24]

12 July

  • [Russian Foreign Ministry]

10 July

  • [CNN]

8 July

  • [CGI]. Original link not working, please check copy at .

  • [president.gov.ua]. Original link not working, please check copy at .

1 July

  • - video [Euronews]

  • [Russian Foreign Ministry]

  • [rt.com]

    • [rt.com]

    • [kremlin.ru]

    • [kremlin.ru]

June 2014

30 June

  • [Reporters Without Borders]

  • [Russian Foreign Ministry]

28 June

  • [OSCE]

  • [UN News Centre]

  • [Russian Foreign Ministry]

  • [Russian Foreign Ministry]

25 June

  • - video in Russian [rt.com]

24 June

  • [The White House]

  • [Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations]

23 June

  • [The White House]

22 June

  • [kremlin.ru]

21 June

  • [president.gov.ua]. Original link not working, please check copy at .

18 June

  • [Reporters Without Borders]

  • [The White House]

17 June

  • [OSCE]

  • [Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations]

11 June

  • [The White House]

6 June

  • [Human Rights Watch]

  • [kremlin.ru]

5 June

  • [G8 Information Centre]

4 June

  • - video [rt.com]

  • [The White House]

May 2014

28 May

  • - video [Ukraine News One]

26 May

  • [Reporters Without Borders].

16 May

  • . [MFA Russia].

  • [UN]

14 May

Lavrov's interview to "Bloomberg TV" [MFA Russia]

13 May

  • [EUR-Lex].

  • [MFA Russia].

12 May

  • [Russia Beyond the Headlines]

  • [OSCE]

8 May

  • - in Ukrainian [RNBO]

  • - video in Russian [rt.com]

7 May

  • Putin's remarks to the press after meeting with OSCE Burkhalter

    • - in Russian

April 2014

30 April

  • [Russia Beyond the Headlines]

29 April

  • - video in Russian [rt.com

28 April

  • [EUR-Lex]

  • [US Department of Treasury]

26 April

  • - video in Russian [Komsomolskaya Pravda]

25 April

  • [Voice of Russia]. Original link not working, please check copy at

24 April

  • [Acting President of Ukraine]. Original link not working, please check copy at

  • [ITAR-TASS]

  • [US Department of State]

23 April

  • [Ukrainian Government]

  • [UK Foreign Office]

  • [ITAR-TASS]

  • - video in English [RT.com]

22 April

  • [The White House]

  • [Acting President of Ukraine]. Original link not working, please check copy at

21 April

  • [The White House]

17 April

  • [US Mission to International Organizations in Geneva]

  • - video [RT.com]

16 April

  • [NATO]

  • [SBU]. Original link not working, please check copy at

15 April

  • [President of Ukraine]. Original link not working, please check copy at

  • [UN Human Rights]. Original link not working, please check copy at

  • [President of Russia]

14 April

  • [NATO]. Original link not working, please check copy at

  • 听[Ukrainian Government]

  • [Council of the European Union]

  • [US Treasury]

  • [President of Russia]

  • [The White House]

  • [Council of the European Union]

13 April

  • [UN]

  • [Ukrainian Parliament]. Original link not working, please check copy at

  • - video in English [UN]

  • - video in English [UN]

9 April

  • [US State Department]

8 April

  • - in Russian [Russian Foreign Office via YouTube]

  • [British Foreign Office]

  • [SBU]. Original link not working, please check copy at

  • - in Russian [Ruptly via YouTube]

7 April

  • [The Guardian]

  • - in Russian [YouTube]

  • [Russian Foreign Office]

  • [Ukrainian President]. Original link not working, please check copy at

4 April

  • [Russian Foreign Office]

March 2014

31 March

  • [Acting President of Ukraine]. Original link not working, please check copy at

30 March

  • Lavrov's interview for Channel One

  • - in Russian

  • [RT.com]

29 March

Lavrov's interview for TV Vesti.

  • - in Russian

  • [RT.com]

28 March

  • [Acting President of Ukraine]. Original link not working, please check copy at

14 March

  • [Russian Foreign Ministry]

  • [Russian Foreign Ministry]

  • (Appeal to Mikhail Gorbachev) - in Russian [Komsomolskaya Pravda]

  • [The White House]. Original link not working, please check copy at

  • - in Russian

3 March

  • [Khodorkovsky]

1 March

  • [ITAR-TASS]

  • [BBC Newsnight]

February 2014

26 February

  • - in Russian

  • [European Commission]

  • [The Voice of Russia]. Original link not working. Please check copy at

  • [EuroActiv]

  • [Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation]

  • 听[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation]. Original link not working. Please check copy at

  • [French Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

  • [ITAR-TASS]

  • - video [Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation YouTube channel]

  • - video in Russian [24tv.ua]听

Help and contact

Need help with finding resources? Ask Area Liaison Librarian.

Area Liaison Coordinator and Area Liaison Librarian for Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Eurasia
Wojciech Janik
w.janik@ucl.ac.uk