Check out this piece from The Interpreter, Ukraine’s Deadly New Normal.
Coverage of the conflict on a daily basis is suffering from two key problems.
First there is war fatigue – increasing disinterest in the regular and routine occurrence of what would once have been shocking. A war in Europe in which soldiers and civilians are wounded or killed every week is now entering a second year of daily, repetitive horror.
Secondly there has been a terrible impoverishment in sources over the last year and half. Back in the summer of 2014, at the height of the period often referred to as “the Russian invasion,” not only were there dozens of reporters, both Ukrainian and foreign, roving the Donbass and filing reports, but there was also a great wealth of stories, video and photographic evidence relayed by local fighters and civilians.
Barring any major developments, that ends the live blogging for today.
EU Extends Sanctions Against Yanukovych, 15 Associates
By RFE/RL
The European Union has extended an asset freeze against former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and 15 of his close associates for alleged misappropriation of state funds.
The restrictive measures, put in place two years ago after Yanukovych fled Ukraine during the Euromaidan protests against his government, were extended until March 6, 2017.
Other prominent figures on the EU blacklist include two former prime ministers, Mykola Azarov and Serhiy Arbuzov, and the former head of Yanukovych’s presidential administration, Andriy Kliuiev.
Former Health Minister Raisa Bohatyriova was removed from the blacklist after returning stolen assets to Ukrainian authorities.
EU ministers approved the extension of the sanctions at a meeting in Brussels on March 4.
The decision became official after being published in the EU's official journal on March 5.