The Kremlin has blamed the Ukrainian government for the death of Alexander Zakharchenko, 42, the separatist leader of the Russian-controlled part of Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. He was fatally w
Aug. 31, 2018
Ukrainian politicians and activists are mourning the death of United States Senator and presidential candidate John McCain, who died on Aug. 25 at age 81. McCain died in Arizona surrounded by his fami
Aug. 26, 2018
ZAITSEVE, Ukraine — At noon on a recent hot summer day, a squad of Ukrainian infantrymen is sitting in a gloomy room behind a wall of sandbags. Calm but alert, the soldiers smoke and sip energy drinks
Jul. 13, 2018
Honest History
Editor’s Note: This is the 12th story in the Kyiv Post’s Honest History series, which aims to debunk myths about Ukrainian history. The series is supported by the Black Sea Trust, a project of the Ger
Jul. 13, 2018
As the FIFA World Cup football competition begins in Russia, internationally acclaimed U.S. horror writer Stephen King has joined the list of famous people urging Russia to release the Ukrainian filmm
Jun. 15, 2018
Russia’s war against Ukraine, having already killed more than 10,000 on land over the past four years, may soon shift to the sea. Experts say that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s opening of the Cri
Jun. 15, 2018
Honest History
Editor’s Note: This is the eighth story in the Kyiv Post’s Honest History series that aims to debunk myths about Ukrainian history. The series is supported by the Black Sea Trust, a project of the Ger
Jun. 8, 2018
Russia’s warmongering includes this military phenomenon: the extensive involvement of mercenary armies, illegal and secret, although fully backed by the Russian government. Non-state military contract
Jun. 1, 2018
Arkady Babchenko, a Russian journalist who was reportedly killed in Kyiv on May 29 and widely mourned, stood up alive at the office of Ukraine’s State Security Service on May 30, claiming his death wa
May. 30, 2018
Editor’s note: After this story was reported, the authorities revealed Arkady Babchenko was alive and his “murder” had been a hoax to arrest a man planning to kill him. Famous Russian journalist Arkad
May. 29, 2018
The following article is an excerpt from investigative journalist Seth Hettena’s new book, “Trump / Russia: A Definitive History.” This chapter delves deep into Paul Manafort’s work for Viktor Yanukov
May. 9, 2018
ODESA, Ukraine — Adnan Kivan first read the Kyiv Post “a long time ago,” usually on commercial flights that stocked Ukraine’s English-language newspaper. But he took no special interest in it — let al
Mar. 30, 2018
The Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU, has identified at least 40 Ukrainian nationals fighting for Russia’s Wagner private military company – a Kremlin-sponsored mercenary group that fought in Russi
Feb. 27, 2018
Inform Napalm, an international open-source intelligence community, says it has identified the Russian officer who planned a failed assault on Feb. 7 against U.S. and U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in Syr
Feb. 19, 2018
After a former business partner called in hundreds of millions of dollars in loans, a new lawsuit alleges that billionaire oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky begged the creditor not to “beat a man who is down.”
Jan. 19, 2018
Editor’s Note: Al Jazeera’s investigative unit exposed the trade in court-frozen assets allegedly stolen by ex-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, overthrown by the EuroMaidan Revolution on Feb. 22
Jan. 7, 2018
In the first prisoners of war exchange in over a year, 74 of 168 Ukrainian soldiers having been held in captivity in the Russian-controlled Donbas are coming home. Ukraine and Russian-backed separatis
Dec. 27, 2017
Ukraine’s SBU security service has assembled evidence of the involvement of Russian private military company Wagner in hostilities in eastern Ukraine and will give it to prosecutors, the agency’s head
Oct. 7, 2017
Ukraine is a big part of the European continent, but still mostly terra incognita to the Western entertainment industry. Good luck finding a mainstream movie set in Ukraine — Autobots never fight Mega
Sep. 29, 2017
Freedom House, Human Rights Watch, Transparency International, other rights and anti-corruption organizations have published a list of foreign officials in 15 countries, recommending them for sanction
Sep. 15, 2017