Security meeting overshadowed by Russia's war, ban on Lavrov Europe’s largest security organization has opened a two-day meeting in Poland with strong denunciations of Russia’s war against Ukraine The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2022
Russia accuses West of undermining OSCE security body Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday big problems had accumulated in the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, accusing the West of spurning the chance to make the OSCE a real bridge with Russia after the Cold War. Reuters · Dec 1, 2022
Poland will not give Russians visa to attend OSCE meeting- spokesman Poland will not grant a Russian delegation visas to attend an Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) meeting in Lodz on December 1-2, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday Reuters · Nov 18, 2022
Russia holds votes in occupied parts of Ukraine; Kyiv says residents coerced (Refiles to remove extraneous word from headline) Reuters · Sep 23, 2022
Russian proxy court in east Ukraine convicts ex-OSCE staff on treason charges A Russian proxy court in eastern Ukraine on Monday sentenced two former Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) staff to 13 years in prison on treason charges that the OSCE called "inhumane and repugnant". Reuters · Sep 19, 2022
‘Before Bucha in Ukraine, there was Abkhazia in Georgia’ Thirty years after the war in Georgia’s breakaway territory of Abkhazia, victims are still waiting for justice. Al Jazeera · Aug 5, 2022
Online searches for ‘Ukrainian refugee porn’ and ‘Ukrainian rape’ surge 300% as Russian war rages Researchers claim the surge in the search terms is linked to growing trafficking of refugees The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2022
Britain pledges help to probe Russian war crimes as report tells of ‘real-life horror story’ in Ukraine Use of cluster ammunition by Vladimir Putin’s forces is ‘depravity itself’ says second OSCE report The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2022
The war in Ukraine shows it's time for a new way to ensure security in Europe The ongoing political and military standoff between Russia and the United States is the most recent indicator that Europe’s security and economic architecture must be transformed to harmonize European and Russian strategic interests. The Conversation · Jul 10, 2022
Belarus says it is resuming verification activities under arms control treaties Belarus' defence ministry said on Monday that the country was resuming verification activities under existing international arms control treaties after a two-year hiatus prompted by the coronavirus pandemic. Reuters · Jun 20, 2022
GOAL opens new support offices in Ukraine with Government grants The charity recently received €500,000 in funding from the Department of Foreign Affairs Irish Mirror · May 20, 2022
Escort website says men can pursue 'war fantasies' during sex with Ukraine refugees An anti-trafficking expert has warned that sex work in Ireland is already seeing more demand for women and girls who have fled the conflict in Ukraine amid a troubling 600% rise in internet searches Daily Mirror · May 19, 2022
US: Russia plans to annex separatist statelets in Ukraine Moscow may annex Luhansk and Donetsk ‘republics’ mid-May and turn Kherson into proxy state, US ambassador to OSCE says. Al Jazeera · May 3, 2022
Ukraine crisis: What are the Minsk agreements? Emmanuel Macron insisted revival of accords from 2014 and 2015 ‘only path on which peace can be built’ The Independent UK · May 3, 2022
The Independent UK · May 2, 2022 Ukraine crisis: What are the Minsk agreements? Emmanuel Macron insisted revival of accords from 2014 and 2015 ‘only path on which peace can be built’
The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2022 ‘Don’t try our patience’: Moscow warns west over Ukraine strikes in Russia A foreign ministry official in Moscow warns of a possible ‘harsh response’ from Russia
Reuters · Apr 28, 2022 Russia accuses OSCE of handing information to Western intelligence Russia on Thursday accused the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) of handing information on the location of Russian and pro-Russian forces to Western and Ukrainian intelligence.
Al Jazeera · Apr 23, 2022 Russia-Ukraine latest updates: US officials to meet Zelenskyy Ukraine news from April 24: President Zelenskyy says he hopes to secure heavy weapons at talks with senior US officials.
Reuters · Apr 23, 2022 OSCE tries to secure release of staff held in eastern Ukraine The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said on Saturday it was trying to secure the release of a number of Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) staff members who had been detained in eastern Ukraine.
ABC News · Apr 15, 2022 Ruins of Mariupol could become Russia's first big prize in Ukraine. Here's what's happened there so far Mariupol, where a maternity hospital and a theatre packed with sheltering families were bombed, is the site of the worst humanitarian catastrophe of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2022 As Russia continues to bomb Ukraine, are its weapons of choice getting worse? Analysis: Russia’s indiscriminate use of weaponry has already led to high numbers of civilian deaths
The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2022 Ukraine news - live: Russian warship 'seriously damaged' as Polish president accuses Putin of ‘terrorism’ Russia’s Black Sea fleet flagship evacuated after Ukrainian ‘missile strike’
Daily Mirror · Apr 13, 2022 Inside stricken Mariupol as 21,000 civilians killed and apartment blocks destroyed Mariupol's mayor says 21,000 civilians have been killed during weeks of intense Russian bombardment in the city, while 100,000 people are still waiting to be evacuated
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 13, 2022 European Rights Experts Say Russia Has Committed War Crimes in Ukraine A mission of experts set up by Organization for Security and Cooperation and Europe (OSCE) nations has found evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity by Russia in Ukraine, the mission said in a report on Wednesday. The mission was set up last month by 45 of the OSCE's…
The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2022 Independent report finds evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine ‘Justice will be served’: UK says those responsible must face court