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Military and civilian casualties are mounting as tension remains high in cities on the eastern war front, including Shyrokyne, Berdianske, Luhanske and Toshkivka, according to the Organization for Sec
May. 14, 2015
A military parade including the presence of military hardware in Donetsk on May 9 constituted a violation of the Minsk agreements, says Alexander Hug, deputy chief monitor of the Organization for Secu
May. 13, 2015
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine suspects MP Serhiy Kliuyev of the Opposition Bloc faction and former commander of Aidar battalion MP Serhiy Melnychuk of committing a number of crimes, so Pr
May. 12, 2015
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Ukraine’s history in World War II was often in the shadows. But after the collapse of the Soviet Union, when many archives were opened for the first time, historians gained an opportunity to learn the
May. 9, 2015
Amid growing signs of a standoff between the
Kremlin and Chechnya’s strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov – and persistent rumors
of infighting among Russian-backed separatists who control parts of the Donb
May. 8, 2015
Sept. 30, 1938
The Munich Agreement signed by Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany divided Czechoslovakia. Carpathian Ukraine, which used to be part of Czechoslovakia, was gradually occupied by Hu
May. 8, 2015
In a rebuke to World War II symbols popular in the Soviet Union and now in modern-day Russia, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in April signed a decree that designated a poppy as the symbol of the
May. 8, 2015
At Andriyivsky Uzviz, one of Kyiv’s most popular tourist destinations, Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin stares out at tourists from T-shirts, badges, hats and even kitchen magnets. However, if Ukrainia
May. 7, 2015
Some lawmakers suggest that production of ethyl alcohol be brought outside of the state’s monopoly, represented by state-run Ukrspyrt enterprise.
May. 6, 2015
Five Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the last day while combined Russian-separatist forces have a “powerful strike force” of 3,000 soldiers andseveral dozen armored vehicles facing the Azov Sea coas
May. 6, 2015
More testimony is emerging that Ukrainian prisoners face murder, kidnapping and torture by Kremlin-backed forces. New revelations come from relatives of the victims and a volunteer who works to get th
May. 1, 2015
The standoff between Right Sector and the authorities over the status of the nationalist group’s military unit reached a fever pitch on April 29 before the parties smoothed out some of their differenc
Apr. 29, 2015
KHARKIV – Kharkiv District Administrative Court has banned the Communist Party of Ukraine from holding a march and a rally on May 1 to mark Labor Day.
Apr. 24, 2015
SHYROKYNE, Ukraine – Even as a military spokesman denied that any
Ukrainian forces had been killed during a weekend battle in Shyrokyne on
April 19, members of the Azov Regiment were packing up the bo
Apr. 24, 2015
An estimated 100 Russian soldiers are fighting on the Ukrainian side to
defend the nation against the combined Russian-separatist invasion of
the eastern Donbas.
Apr. 24, 2015
PISKY, Ukraine – As the sound of shelling punctuates every sentence he
utters, Semyon Salatenko, a Ukrainian soldier from the Dnipro Battalion
serving in Pisky, asks, “Can you hear the ceasefire in ac
Apr. 23, 2015