One of the most frequently heard arguments offered both by Western countries and some Ukrainians is that the best way for Ukraine to get the occupied territories back is to reform itself and become a wealthy and flourishing country that...
When I went back to Donetsk after an absence of six months, I was greeted by Lenin and Depardieu. The mining capital of Ukraine hasn’t heard anything about decommunization, which is underway in most Ukrainian cities. Monuments to Lenin...
A rally was held in occupied Donetsk to protest against the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church of the Intercession in Donetsk (2b Vasnetsov Prospekt), labelled by the organizers as a “CIA-linked sect”. About 500 people gathered near the...
On 11 October, a three-day meeting of the Synod, or church council, of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, finished in Istanbul. It gave further confirmation that Ukraine is on the path to receiving church independence from Moscow – and healing...
