Ukraine is a major battleground for understanding WWII: historian Serhii Plokhii
This year, May 8 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War 2. Just prior to…
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The struggle for Carpatho-Ukraine (1938-1939), or how WWII started for Ukrainians
Contents Why the history of Carpatho-Ukraine is important for contemporary UkraineHow Europe reacted to the proclamation and occupation…
Ravensbrück concentration camp hospital – factory of death
In July and August 1944, barrack no.12 was filled with women prisoners from Ukraine - hundreds of exhausted…
Operation Saakashvili: why the Georgian ex-president reappeared on Ukraine’s agenda
Failing becoming Vice Prime Minister of Reforms On 22 April 2020, Mikheil Saakashvili, former Georgia president, reappeared on…
Procurement scandal hits Ukraine’s Health Ministry as medics lack COVID-19 protective gowns
Contents Swapping ministers amid quarantineNew minister, new scandalWhat happened insteadWhat the case reveals about system’s issuesSwapping ministers amid…
Dust storms, dry rivers, and desertification in Ukraine offer harsh lessons against intensive farming
#COVID19, fires near Chornobyl, now a sandstorm - what's next, locusts, ask Kyiv residents who are being asked…
Ukraine eases COVID-19 restrictions as resistance to quarantine grows
On 4 May 2020, Ukraine extended its quarantine until 25 May at a meeting of the Cabinet of…
Art lovers recreate Ukrainian masterpieces in COVID-19 confinement
Of course, while we must do our utmost to protect ourselves and others from COVID-19, it is worth…
The political dimension of Russia’s spy war in Ukraine
Since the beginning of the undeclared Russian-Ukrainian war in early 2014, the secret services of both countries have…
Facing Corona setback, Kremlin regroups forces on “memory front”
For the Russian leadership, the May celebration was of paramount importance. It was assumed that 2020 will see…
New prosecutor general sabotages “litmus case” for Ukrainian justice
The case of Kateryna Handziuk is a litmus test for measuring the state of Ukrainian justice, and the…
New Ukrainian naval base ‘East’: A countermeasure against Russia’s hybrid strategies in the Sea of Azov?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an official visit to the southeastern coastal oblast of Zaporizhzhia, on April 11.…
Roll call in Ravensbrück concentration camp for women
The night was coming to an end. Four a.m… and not enough sleep. Dozia (Teodoziya) Hayvas and I…
Ukraine is gathering personal data to combat COVID-19. How safe is that?
The primary deployment of digital technology that Ukraine used to combat the novel coronavirus was the introduction of…
Ukrainian elderly trapped on COVID-19 lockdown on both sides of front-line in Donbas: video
Contents Chasiv Yar hospiceNo-pharmacy ZaitseveIllegal cash-out of Ukrainian pensions in occupied DonetskMariupol elderly urged to stay at home,…
Ukrainian women in Nazi prisons & concentration camps
The year was 1943… Almost every inhabitant of Ukraine knew that Hitler’s Third Reich was losing the war.…
Ukrainian dream team lends NATO a helping wing
On April 14, ahead of a video conference by NATO Defense Ministers, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg commented…
Travel to Ukraine online — a tourist guide
Contents Authentic Ukraine — the most comprehensive digital project about UkraineTake a walk in Baturyn — the capital…
Ukrainian democratic forces under attack by pro-Russian revanchists
After the occupation of Crimea, everyone believed that Ukraine’s political landscape had changed forever. But, those who lost…
Ukrainian schoolgirl sews&distributes anti-COVID-19 masks for her whole region
Alisa has been sewing for five years. At first, she sewed doll clothes and then developed a passion…