MARIUPOL, Ukraine – On Aug. 29, several dozen men and women wearing gardening gloves took spades out of a car and rushed to the military checkpoint located at the eastern road leading to the city of M
Aug. 30, 2014
MARIUPOL, Ukraine — After a public handshake between Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Minsk on Aug. 26, hopes for peace have vanished as Ukraine and its all
Aug. 29, 2014
German Chancellor Angela Merker offered Ukraine 500 million euros in help to rebuild destruction from a Russian-backed war in Ukraine’s east, while President Petro Poroshenko promised her to fulfill h
Aug. 23, 2014
Kyiv
When Ukrainian artists and designers from the Varto group called on the international art community some five months ago, asking them to support Ukraine in hard times, the community responded vigorous
Aug. 22, 2014
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, in an interview with several TV journalists, said “it’s clear that Russia is not planning to conduct any humanitarian mission” with a 280-truck convoy that has entere
Aug. 22, 2014
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has warned that separatists are shelling a possible route that a Russian humanitarian convoy could take to Luhansk.
Aug. 22, 2014
Ukraine received new evidence of Russian soldiers fighting on its territory when the army captured two armored personnel carriers on Aug. 20, which carried many valuable – and incriminating – document
Aug. 21, 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
Music
Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city with more than one million residents, became a cradle of anti-Vladimir Putin and pro-Ukrainian songs through the EuroMaidan Revolution and now the Russian-backed
Jul. 11, 2014
Months after Russia annexed Crimea, Ukraine is still grappling with separatist forces trying to make off with bits of their dwindling territory. It’s a whole complicated thing. But a group of Ukrainia
Jul. 6, 2014
Editor’s
note: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko vowed on July 1 to launch a military
offensive against Kremlin-backed “terrorists” in eastern Ukraine,
ending a 10-day declared truce that Ukrainian
Jul. 1, 2014
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko vowed on July 1 to launch a military offensive against Kremlin-backed “terrorists” in eastern Ukraine, ending a 10-day declared truce that Ukrainian authorities sa
Jul. 1, 2014
Counterterrorism
forces say they caught a 52-year-old Russian mercenary near Sloviansk on June
20, the website of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) states.
Jun. 21, 2014
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko officially unveiled on June 20 his 15-point peace plan for de-escalation of the conflict in the country’s east, amid intensified clashes between pro-Russian rebels
Jun. 20, 2014
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart
Pavlo Klimkin discussed measures to resolve Ukraine’s crisis over the
phone on June 20, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on its we
Jun. 20, 2014
Proof that Russia is helping to foment unrest in Ukraine is mounting, with Kyiv this week saying it has irrefutable, smoking-gun evidence.
Jun. 20, 2014
Ukraine’s new government began
to take shape on June 19, with parliament confirming candidates appointed on
June 18 by President Petro Poroshenko.
Jun. 19, 2014
Interior Minister Arsen Avakov announced on June 13 that Ukraine’s National Guard has relaunched its anti-terrorist operation in the port city of Mariupol in southern Donetsk Oblast.
Jun. 13, 2014
Editor’s Note: The following is the English-language translation of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s <a href="http://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/30488.html">inaugural address</a> on June 7 in
Jun. 7, 2014
DONETSK, Ukraine – It’s no longer about amateurs. There is a full-scale war going on, and it’s fought by professionals. The Russians are here – and they’re making a grab for power in eastern Ukraine.
May. 30, 2014