Freezing conditions add to the challenges facing the 2,000 Jews who remain in a city gripped by a humanitarian crisis. LUGANSK, Ukraine (JTA) — In an unheated synagogue with no running water, a dozen ...

LUGANSK, Ukraine (JTA) — In an unheated synagogue with no running water, a dozen Jews are trying to keep warm as temperatures here veer toward the single digits. Not moving too much helps keep the ...

DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine — Several hundred Jews braved sub-freezing temperatures to receive aid packages at the synagogue in the besieged city of Lugansk. The distribution of basic necessities on ...

Lugansk International Airport used to offer flights to Turkey, Egypt and other sunny tourist spots as well cities in Ukraine and Russia, handling as many as 10,000 passengers a day. But after almost ...

The move follows a referendum over the weekend that rebels say received the backing of over 90% of voters in Lugansk. Earlier separatist leaders in Donetsk revealed they had asked the Kremlin to ...

JTA’s Cnaan Liphshiz describes the subterfuge necessary to gain access to rebel-held eastern Ukraine. In the backseat of a car headed to the rebel-held city of Lugansk, I was feeling confident about ...

This article is part of an extensive RuNet Echo study of Russian-language blogosphere in Eastern Ukraine. Explore the complete interview series on the Eastern Ukraine Unfiltered page. An anonymous ...

On May 11, the Donetsk and Lugansk Regions in Ukraine held referendums on the future status of the regions. No country has agreed to recognize the referendums, but plenty of locals posted about the ...

A logistical chain built back in 2014 to deliver medicines and medical goods to Donetsk and Lugansk was violated and interrupted as the military conflict on the territory of Ukraine has escalated, an ...

Apparently – at least for the moment – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has changed his tactics. Instead of invading Ukraine, he has now de-facto annexed the Ukrainian regions Donetsk and Lugansk.

According to her acquaintance Sergey, she had been a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses until 2014 and may have been recruited by the Ukrainian Security Service LUGANSK, July 4 /TASS/. The 36-year-old ...