“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…
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…
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.
“Memory makes us stronger.” Ukraine marks 105th anniversary of symbolic battle against invading Russians
On 29 January 2023, Ukraine commemorates the 105 anniversary of the Battle of Kruty. Ukrainian Commander in Chief…
Ukrainian army food procurement scandal prompts resignation, transparency drive
Accusations of inflated food procurements in the Ministry of Defense: the facts On 21 January 2023, Ukrainian journalists…
Ukraine finally launches domestic ammunition production. How will this impact the war?
On 4 November 2022, Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov stated that Ukrainian state defense concern Ukroboronprom had launched…
Ukrainian liturgy returns to historical Kyiv monastery after 300 years of ban
During the Christmas service on 7 January in the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, this largest Ukrainian monastery became a…
Ukrainian children paint their destroyed city of Mariupol
Russian troops have destroyed the mural in Mariupol which showed a girl who was a victim of Russian…
Ukraine helped build the Russian empire. Now it stands in the way of its resurrection – Serhii Plokhii
After the Russian Empire conquered Ukraine in the 18th century, the myth of a triune Rus emerged to…
Unholy trinity, explained: How Kyiv priests created Russia’s imperial “Triune Rus” ideology
Putin is willing to destroy anything that contradicts his interpretation of history. It includes the denial of Ukraine's…
Sunset of the oligarchs: Ukraine’s war-time nationalization of strategic enterprises rectifies past sins
In Ukraine, reforms initiated in 2014 reduced the space for oligarchic schemes while strengthening state institutions. In 2016,…
How Ukraine’s helicopter tsar helped arm the enemy
Sunset of the oligarchs: Ukraine’s war-time nationalization of strategic enterprises rectifies past sins Long-standing Chinese and Russian attempts…