On the pretext of saving Russian lives, President Vladimir Putin invaded Crimea with soldiers and then ratified possibly wider use of military force in Ukraine with a unanimous vote of his rubber-stam
Mar. 2, 2014
Oleksandr Turchynov, Ukraine’s acting head of state, today accused Russia of “provoking a conflict” by backing the seizure of the Crimean parliament building and other government offices on the penins
Feb. 28, 2014
Editor’s Note: Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych gave a live news conference from exile in Rostov-na-Don, Russia. The following is an unofficial translation from the Kyiv Post.
Feb. 28, 2014
Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the government to continue to work together with its Ukrainian partners in order to further promote trade and business ties between the two cou
Feb. 28, 2014
The top law enforcement official for Viktor Yanukovych, the disgraced former Ukrainian president who is now a fugitive fleeing mass murder charges, had planned an even greater bloodbath.
Feb. 24, 2014
Editor’s Note: The Kyiv Post has been covering the anti-government, pro-democracy EuroMaidan protests from their very beginning on Nov. 21.
Feb. 23, 2014
Parliament voted to free ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko from prison by decriminalizing the article in the criminal procedural code under which she was convicted.
Feb. 21, 2014
Editor’s Note: Police launched a raid on Independence Square at 8 p.m. on Feb. 18. See Kyiv Post coverage of daytime clashes today between police and protesters that killed at least 25 persons.
Feb. 19, 2014
Editor’s Note: Anti-government EuroMaidan demonstrations began in Ukraine on Nov. 21, triggered by President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision to abandon closer ties with the European Union.
Feb. 9, 2014
Charges of anti-Semitism are a hot weapon in Ukraine’s current political
crisis, but the evidence of anti-Semitic words and deeds within the
government or the anti-government EuroMaidan protest moveme
Feb. 7, 2014
Editor’s Note: Anti-government EuroMaidan demonstrations began in Ukraine on Nov. 21, triggered by President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision to abandon closer ties with the European Union.
Feb. 3, 2014
At least two trade association complained that Ukrainian exports are once again facing troubles at the Russian border, similar to the brief but damaging trade war in August.
Jan. 29, 2014
Commenting on the statement of Russian Christian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill that the EuroMaidan demonstrations are a threat to the spiritual unity of Ukrainians and Russians, the Patriarch of Ky
Jan. 8, 2014
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s U-turn in foreign policy priorities, in which he picked Russia over the European Union, fueled popular anger that triggered the ongoing, civil uprising known as
Dec. 23, 2013
Editor’s Note: The Kyiv Post is providing continuous coverage of the protests in Kyiv and other cities following the government’s decision on Nov. 21 to stop European Union integration by rejecting an
Dec. 18, 2013
Russia gave Ukraine a steep discount on gas, and promised to buy $15 billion worth of the nation’s bonds in a deal struck during President Viktor Yanukovych’s trip to Moscow on Dec. 17. The deal is ex
Dec. 17, 2013
For the fourth consecutive Sunday tens of thousands of protesters descended on central Kyiv to express dissatisfaction with their government. In all of the ups and downs of EuroMaidan, it’s hard to te
Dec. 15, 2013
On Dec. 8 Artyom Kol was reporting live
from the rally on Independence Square for state-owned Russian TV station
Rossiya 24, when he was interrupted by a young man trying to give him a spoof
Oscar sta
Dec. 10, 2013
Editor’s Note: The Kyiv Post is providing continuous coverage of the protests in Kyiv and other cities following the government’s decision on Nov. 21 to stop European Union integration and end pursuit
Dec. 9, 2013
The State
Security Service (SBU), Ukraine’s KGB-successor agency, is investigating an
unspecified number of unnamed politicians for “attempting to seize state power,”
its <a href="http://www.sbu.gov.u
Dec. 8, 2013