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Editor’s Note: This is the first story in a series about the 1990s in Ukraine and how that decade shaped the nation. The Donbas constitutes 53,000 square kilometers, or nearly 9% of Ukraine’s territor
Apr. 2, 2021
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba spouts optimism about his early talks with U. S. President Joe Biden’s administration. Everything points to a White House that means business when talking about opposing
Apr. 2, 2021
The security situation in eastern Ukraine has hit a new low as Russia concentrated significant military forces near the Ukrainian border and refused to extend a moribund ceasefire in Donbas. Fiery Rus
Apr. 1, 2021
Competitive video gaming, or esports, is now an official sport in Ukraine. And just like in football or tennis, local esports athletes need a place to train and play. They used to do it in the comfort
Apr. 1, 2021
When the Edelburg Development presented a plan to renovate the Soviet building of Dytiachyi Svit (“Kids’ World” in Ukrainian) department store in late March, it appeared that this modernism gem was do
Mar. 31, 2021
Ukraine will become the first country in the world to make its digital and physical passports interchangeable. The Ukrainian parliament in the second reading on March 30 passed the bill on digital pas
Mar. 30, 2021
The online asset declaration of former Kharkiv Mayor Hennadiy Kernes listed a rented flat, several expensive watches and $2.5 million in cash. It was always seen as too little for a man often labeled
Mar. 30, 2021
President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree to sack Oleksandr Tupytsky, head of the country’s Constitutional Court, who’s been involved in the scandal regarding the annulment of anti-corruption l
Mar. 27, 2021
Ukrainian director Tanu Muiño continues to up her game, collaborating with top international music stars. Her latest client is Lil Nas X. Together with the U.S. rapper, Muiño co-directed his much-anti
Mar. 26, 2021
Ukraine has become the 10th largest pig iron maker in the world after its metal producers smelted 3.5 million tons of this type of iron in January and February, the Association of Ukrainian Metallurgi
Mar. 26, 2021
Every Kyivan has some opinion on the Troieshchyna neighborhood, and it’s usually not a good one. If its critics are to be believed, drug dealers hang around every corner, people get robbed left and ri
Mar. 25, 2021
MOSCOW – Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny, has again left Russia, an informed source told Interfax. Yulia Navalnaya left Russia on a Germany-bound flight on Marc
Mar. 25, 2021
Russian tech behemoth Playrix has acquired Ukrainian game company Boolat Games and rebranded it under the new name Boolat Play, Playrix announced on March 22. Now the team of 30 Ukrainians based in Ky
Mar. 22, 2021
One Ukrainian died and five were hospitalized when a bus crashed in Poland on the night of March 21, according to Oleg Nikolenko, the spokesperson of Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According
Mar. 22, 2021
It’s a tough morning for the patients of a four-bed intensive care ward in Kolomyia district hospital in western Ukraine. Only three of them woke up this morning. The fourth, a 67-year-old man, died o
Mar. 19, 2021
Ukraine’s egg production during the first two months in 2021 dropped by 16.1% compared to the same period in 2020, according to the State Statistics Service. The number of eggs collected in January-Fe
Mar. 19, 2021