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The law legitimizes the operations of the law enforcement representatives in Donbas. Until now, they have been operating on the basis of documents related to anti-terrorist operations (ATO) and national security regulations. In the photographs: Ukrainian forces operation near Mariupol in October 2014. Its aim was to detain the saboteurs.

New Ukrainian law defines Russia as “an aggressor state” and raises controversy among human rights defenders

New Ukrainian law defines Russia as “an aggressor state” and raises controversy among human rights defenders

On January 18, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted a law defining Russia as the “aggressor state” which conducts combat operations in the east of Ukraine and occupies part of the Donetsk and Lugansk Oblasts. However, some of the provisions in the documents do not please human rights defenders. 280 deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine […]