Dear friends of Ukraine, 

​You'll find a complete account of the latest information in Newsletter No.222.

 
​Here are the highlights.

The US, a number of EU states  announce expulsion of Russian diplomats.

Ukraine expels 13 Russian diplomats over Salisbury nerve agent attack.

Behind the smokescreen: who are the actors spreading disinformation on ex-Russian spy Skripal.

Ukraine ends program with Russia on economic cooperation.

Ukraine’s G7 allies seeking to strike the right balance between constructive criticism and steadfast support.

Week's balance: Ryanair in Ukraine, break-up with Russia, billions on roads, and farmers fighting for VAT.

Viacheslav Chornovil: a Ukrainian symbol against Soviet oppression.

War veteran opens café in Lviv: “The main thing is not to give up!”

Ex-Kremlin prisoner Savchenko detained on accusation of coup and terror plot: the evidence.
From hero to terrorist? Savchenko refutes terror charges, but admits to 'absurd plans'.

Former hostage negotiator charged with coup conspiracy in Ukraine.

Activists from the Middle Volga announced the formation of the Free Idel-Ural Movement to achieve real sovereignty for Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Chuvashia, Udmurtia, Mari El and Mordvinia.

Possible sanctions on companies constructing Nord Stream gas pipeline.
 

Ukraine’s dead coast. Once a sleepy resort town on Azov Sea, Shyrokyne is now one of the hottest points of the Ukraine war.

Mar 26. Hostilities escalate drastically in eastern Ukraine, Russian proxies use mortars and a tank.

Russia launches military exercises in Crimea, Abkhazia day after presidential vote.

List of observers at illegal elections in Crimea made available.

Crimean Tatars repressed for boycotting illegal elections.

Russia expands its children’s army in occupied Crimea.

Occupiers admitted mass cutting Crimean forests.

Occupiers in Crimea building fences along the sea "for the convenience of people".

The attack on media freedom in Crimea threatens to stop coverage of rights abuses.

Occupied Donbas changes phone code to Russian +7 and other neglected stories from eastern Ukraine.

Runaway Ukrainian oligarch Kurchenko gets monopoly right to purchase coal in occupied Donbas.

2018 UEFA Champions League final: Guide to Kyiv.

In production: a film about G.Jones, a British journalist who first told the world about the Holodomor in Ukraine in the 1930s.
 

Ukrainians save storks from winter in March.
 

Please read more about the new developments in Ukraine in Newsletter No.222.