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More than a thousand troops are believed to have been captured by the
militia in eastern Ukraine, but the actual figure could be much greater,
Vasyl Budyk, the Ukrainian deputy defense minister’s aid
Aug. 19, 2014
Semen Semenchenko,the commander of the National Guard’s Donbas battalion, was among four injured as
government forces fought to gain control of the town of Ilovaisk in
eastern Ukraine, according to U
Aug. 19, 2014
The Saur-Mohyla Barrow in the east of Donetsk region is under the
control of Ukrainian troops, and a fierce battle is currently under way
in the town of Yasynuvata near the city of Donetsk, spokesman
Aug. 18, 2014
Ukrainian government representative for anticorruption policy Tetiana
Chornovol has said she will submit her resignation on Aug. 19.
Aug. 18, 2014
Nine Ukrainian military service members have been killed in the military-operation zone in east Ukraine over the past 24 hours, according to the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC).
Aug. 18, 2014
MUNICH — The grave of Stepan Bandera, a leader of Ukrainian fighters who fought both Nazi and Soviet forces during World War Two and after, was vandalized in a German cemetery overnight, police said o
Aug. 17, 2014
SNIZHNE, Ukraine – The rebel leader in Donetsk has said a column of military hardware is on its way to eastern Ukraine from Russia. Meanwhile, his fighters appeared to bolster their positions on the f
Aug. 16, 2014
Three participants in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) in eastern Ukraine have been killed and 13 more injured over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) spokesma
Aug. 16, 2014
A group of 17 Ukrainian military servicemen has crossed into Russia and asked for shelter from combat actions, Nikolai Sinitsyn, a spokesman for the Federal Security Service (FSB) border department f
Aug. 16, 2014
Moscow – The supreme council of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) on Aug. 15 confirmed Volodymyr Kononov as the DPR defense minister, Donbas militants’ leader and supreme council mem
Aug. 15, 2014
Massive damage to infrastructure due to warfare in eastern Ukraine is already hitting the local economy hard, and will continue to do so for years to come due to costly and lengthy repairs required.
Aug. 15, 2014
People
This year’s
closing ceremony of Wikimania, an annual conference of the Wikimedia
Foundation, revealed a Wikipedian of 2014. Established in 2011, this prize
has already been awarded four times to Kazak
Aug. 15, 2014
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has dismissed Iryna Sekh from the post of the head of Lviv Regional State Administration and appointed Yuriy Turiansky as the acting governor of the region.
Aug. 15, 2014
Kerch, CRIMEA – The costs of Russia’s annexation of Crimea are mounting.
The tourist destination is likely to get three million fewer visitors
this year, about half of last year’s total.
Aug. 14, 2014
People
A handful of elderly ladies comb an outdoor market in Obolon, and they’re on a military mission. This northern Kyiv neighborhood is where they collect donations of food and clothes and once a week sen
Aug. 14, 2014
Intense fighting in eastern Ukraine has forced coal mines to cut production or close entirely, imperilling the country’s electricity market and potentially forcing the government to cut exports or lim
Aug. 14, 2014