Five little-known reasons Ukraine is a “Land of Freedom” just like the USA
In the 18th century, Ukraine had the potential to become the European equivalent of the United States in…
Activists continue fight to save unique Ukrainian mountain ridge from green energy project
Ecology was never a priority in the Soviet Union or post-Soviet Ukraine, where profit has always been the…
Yevhen Konovalets, a leader who knew how to unite Ukrainians and was assassinated by NKVD
14 June 2021 marked 130 years since the birth of Ukrainian Colonel Yevhen Konovalets (14 June 1891 - 23 May 1938), who founded the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and was among the main Ukrainian political leaders of the 1930s who pursued Ukraine's independence at a time when the nation was split under Soviet and Polish rule.
Do this to hit Lukashenka’s regime, say Belarusian activists (spoiler: it’s not banning flights)
After Alyaksandr Lukashenka once again rigged the election in 2020 which officially gave him a sweeping victory into…
Discover Belarus, “the country of nine million hostages,” with Belarusian writer Andrei Khadanovich
What Belarusians fear B.B.: How can you live and create in such conditions, when authorities can stop a…
Liberal nationalism is the cure Ukraine needs to treat its post-colonial scars – Mykola Riabchuk
Mykola Riabchuk is one of Ukraine’s most published essayists. He is the president of the Ukrainian PEN-center and…
Putin’s Ukrainian top-ally Medvedchuk charged with high treason, placed under house arrest. Here are the accusations
UPDATE, 22:10, 13 May. Kyiv’s Pechersky court orders Viktor Medvedchuk under round-the-clock house arrest for two months. On…
WWII “victory” was Soviet occupation of western Ukraine and half of Europe
If, for Western Europe, the end of the war meant the victory of democracy, for Ukraine, it meant the enforcement of Stalinism. In the words of Ukrainian historian Yaroslav Hrytsak, Ukraine was “in the heart of darkness” during the Second World War, with Ukrainians mostly fighting for the interests of other states and, along with Poland, suffering the heaviest human losses of the war. Unpunished communist crimes grow, making it appropriate for Russia to start new war in 2014.
Why post-Soviet cities look so terrible, and how this can be fixed
Сertain districts in Ukrainian cities are more frequently the subject of local anecdotes than others. Amongst these are…
Six amazing projects bringing life to Soviet ruins in Ukrainian cities
Poor Soviet city planning made Ukrainian cities of the 1990s look gloomy and ruined. Large belts of factories…
Translate Ukraine: new grant programs open Ukrainian literature to the world
Translate Ukraine — a major step in cultural revival and diplomacy Throughout the 20th century, Ukrainian literature was…
NATO prepares to attack, says Kremlin propaganda amid record Russian troop buildup at Ukraine border
There is no data to say for sure whether Russia will attack with its recently amassed 100,000 army…
Good bye, USSR: Ukrainians take true ownership of their condos
Now things are changing in the nation’s mindset. Since 1995, and especially from 2014, more than 33,000 associations…
Russia’s triple strategy of proxy war used against Georgia in 1920 and 2000s
In 2008, during the Russo-Georgian war, the same Tskhinvali region (south Ossetia) was again occupied by Russian troops…