Hromadske's Nastya Stanko reports from the Western Ukrainian village of Bobovyshche, close to the city of Mukachevo and the scene of a violent fire fight between Right Sector forces and security forces loyal to local MP Mihailo Lanyo. Both groups are alleged to be tied to the contraband smuggling in the region from Ukraine and European Union border states.
John Herbst, Director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Program, spoke with Hromadske about US strategy towards Ukraine and the implications of the shootout in Western Ukraine on American military aid being sent to the Ukrainian armed forces.
Petro Poroshenko Bloc deputy Mustafa Nayyem was in Mukachevo, Ukraine on the day a shootout occurred between members of the Right Sector chapter and local police/security of Mykhaylo Lanyo, an MP of the Ukrainian Parliament.
Joseph Sywenkyj is an American photojournalist whose current project is photographing injured Maidan activists and wounded Ukrainian soldiers as they attempt to go on with their lives after their injuries.
Prosecuting War Crimes and Rising LGBT Violence In Ukraine. An interview with Nils Muiznieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
For inmates and workers in prisons on the border marking separatist and government lines in East Ukraine, life can be just as dangerous inside as outside — and not just due to shelling and attacks.
