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Ukrainian identity
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Resistance center: Russians fail to erode Ukrainian identity in occupied territories
In the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol, around 73% of residents hold negative views toward the occupying regime and actively avoid obtaining Russian passports, Ukraine’s National Resistance Center reported.
Russia’s war accelerated crystallization of Ukrainian identity – Vitaliy Portnikov
[editorial] In his essay, Ukrainian journalist and writer Vitaliy Portnikov claims that 2022 Russia’s full-fledged war against Ukraine…
Three signs of enormous tectonic shifts in Ukraine since Russia invaded
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought many changes in the latter, some of which are at risk of…
Ukrainian identity: away from Moscow
[editorial]On 18 April, Ukraine completed the questionnaire on accession to the European Union. Next, the European Commission will…
Fact from fiction: the controversy surrounding Ukraine’s Euro 2020 football kit
Earlier this week, Ukraine’s newly released football kit sparked outrage in Russia. In response to Ukraine’s new shirt,…
Following Russian intervention, UEFA bans “Glory to the heroes,” Ukraine’s rallying cry for independence, as “political”
cFollowing complaints by the Russian Football Union, UEFA has required Ukraine to remove part of a national slogan…
Reviving Ukrainian cuisine. It’s all about decommunization, identity & rethinking Ukraine’s past, say culinary experts
[editorial]Food and culture are interwoven. The processes involved in preparing, serving and sharing certain foods and drinks might…
What the Ukrainian nation should be – Zelenskyy’s New Year speech provoked discussion on identity and nationhood
Zelenskyy’s New Year greeting can be read in English here. “What is the difference” – the main message…
Ukraine’s main challenge: to solve its identity crisis
Each time we do a review of any given year, we try to determine the number of successes,…
Russian-speaking Belarusians and Ukrainians threaten Putin’s ‘Russian world’ and Russia itself
Most commentaries on Belarus and Ukraine suggest that the relatively large Russian-speaking populations in these two countries are…
Ukrainians defend homeland from invaders in comic book inspired by hybrid war
A Ukrainian comic book with a parallel to modern events. It was written by an internally displaced person…
Novelist Andriy Kurkov: Ukrainians want justice and freedom from corruption
This year, Ukraine celebrated the 25th anniversary of its independence. It seems that Ukraine is still in…
Cadet Hladun: Ukrainians are fighting for their country and families; Russians aren’t fighting for anything or anyone
Cadet Andriy Hladun refused to swear allegiance to Russia in Crimea; he has just finished his studies in…
New October 14 ‘Day of Defender of Ukraine’ holiday marks break with Soviet past
On October 14, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko proclaimed October 14, the day of celebrating Pokrova, or Intercession, of…
The ideological corruption of Ukraine’s Army
Ihor Losyev, Radio Svoboda, May 22, 2014 The events in Crimea and now in the Donbas have…
Cadets and instructors from the Nakhimov Naval Academy in Sevastopol transfer to Odesa
On Friday, April 4, cadets and instructors of the Nakhimov Naval Academy who expressed their desire to serve…