Number of countries working on Russian war crimes tribunal increases to 34
The number of participating countries in the group working on the creation of a special tribunal regarding the…
Ukraine seeks to reclaim history by reframing Russia as “Moscovia”
On 22 October 1721, Moscow Tsar Peter I renamed the Moscow Tsardom into the Russian Empire. He chose…
Ukraine’s private fund starts ambitious USD 10 million fundraising to supply heavy infantry weapons for territorial defense
Ukraine's largest private military fund supporting the army from donations, Come Back Alive, starts an ambitious UAH 400 million ($10 million)…
Russian Black Sea oil exports reached a new record in March, with tankers going to Asia
Russian crude oil exports from Black Sea ports in March 2023 set a record of 5,565,874 tons, the…
“I was lucky to survive in Bakhmut for sixteen days,” soldiers wounded in Bakhmut recall and name main problems
“I don't understand how it is possible [for Russians] to crawl among corpses like that and still crawl…
Georgia’s risky gamble on Russia backfires as country falls into a trap, say journalists
100,000 Russian relocated to Georgia in 2022 "to preserve their middle-class lifestyle" and "are not eager to talk…
Army procurement scandal prompts Ukraine to boost transparency, but more needed for sustainable reform
Military procurement in Ukraine has remained a relatively safe haven for corruption, because it continued to be excluded…
“We joke that if a leg is amputated below the knee it doesn’t count.” Soldiers get advanced prosthetics in Ukraine
In 2014, after the first Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory in the Donbas, soldiers who had lost limbs…
Kyivans came to say goodbye to the Hero of Ukraine Dmytro Kotsiubaylo, Finnish Prime Minister was also present
Hundreds of people gathered in Kyiv near the St. Michael Cathedral and then followed the procession on the…
Ukraine’s key anticorruption body finally gets a chief; key watchdog is unhappy
On 6 March 2023, Ukraine's government appointed Semen Kryvonos as director of Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), the…
Ukraine ceases to be a bilingual country, polls and speaking practice show
The Russian-speaking minority in Ukraine was nearly 37% in 2012, 26% in 2021, and declined sharply to 13-15%…
One year of Russia’s war made Ukrainians believe in themselves: poll
As of February 2023, Ukrainians' confidence in victory stays at 95%, compared to 56% in January 2022. It…
Ukraine’s ex-deputy defense minister, officials detained for money laundering on food procurement
On 2 February, Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation (DBR) detained the country's ex-deputy defense minister, officials, servicemen, and…
Meet the vertep, a baroque Ukrainian Christmas tradition revived amid Russia’s war
Despite Russia's attempts to erase Ukrainian identity, a unique 18th-century Ukrainian Christmas tradition has been revived amid the war.