‘Putin’s aggression in Ukraine: 35,000 killed and wounded’ and other neglected Russian stories
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The Ukrainian Revolution of 1917 and why it matters for historians of the Russian revolution(s)
As a hundred years of eyewitness-participant accounts and later historians’ scholarship have long affirmed, the Revolutions of 1917…
Former Auschwitz prisoner teaches separatist a good lesson
Former prisoner of Auschwitz concentration camp, 92-year-old professor at the Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogical Academy Ihor Malitsky recently…
Discover Dovbush rocks: Ukraine’s very own Stonehenge
In western Ukraine, hikers and climbers can discover the Dovbush rocks, a one-of-kind stone maze widely known as the…
Fifth fuel: How Ukraine heads towards energy efficiency
The fifth fuel is a term for saved energy, it represents units of power saved by energy efficiency.…
Putin suddenly wants armed peacekeepers in Donbas. Why now? What for?
Having ignored all previous Ukrainian proposals to deploy UN peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine, Putin now claims that Russia…
US “seriously considers” lethal weapons for Ukraine. Will it happen this time?
Provision of lethal weapons to Ukraine by the US has been a hot topic since the very beginning…
Central Kyiv park gathers chess players all year long
Recently Ukraine made it to the top-10 most dangerous countries in the world, beating Russia and even... North Korea.…
Illusion of a friendly empire: Russia, the West, and Ukraine’s independence a century ago
After World War I, the nascent Ukrainian state, which also tried to break away with the empire, did…
A hit parade of judges who might bring back the worst days of Ukrainian justice
Some in Ukraine reckon that a quarter of dishonest judges in the Supreme Court is actually is not…
Battle of Ilovaisk: Honoring Ukrainian Soldiers Killed in Bloodiest Battle
The mother of Yevhen Kharchenko, a killed volunteer fighter in the Donbas Battalion, shows a photo of a…
Military expert Starykov: Zapad-2017 war games in Belarus designed to demonstrate Russia’s military power
“The Vienna Document stipulates that there cannot be more than 12,000 troops participating in military exercises, but there…
How Abused Circus Bears Are Getting A New Life in Ukraine
A Ukrainian animal rescue center is rescuing brown bears that have been abused at circuses. The center, called…
Three years after deadliest battle in Donbas, official investigation skims over guilt of Ukrainian command
The investigation into the responsibility of Ukrainian commanders is highly important not only for the sake of historical…
Meet the Ukrainians who returned to live in Chornobyl
On 26 April 1986, the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant's fourth reactor exploded. The radioactivity affected the population, plants,…
New Chain of Bakery Cafes Employs Ukrainian War Veterans
"We are developing the idea that a veteran is a successful person, a person who has ideas, who…
Unique 1919-1920 map of Ukraine exhibited in Prague
The exhibition titled “The Refugee Experience: The Fate of Refugees from the Territory of the Former Russian Empire…
Relatives of soldiers killed in Donbas war march in alternative “parade” for Ukraine’s independence
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Seeking to avoid another 1991, Kremlin takes a step making that more likely, Galkina says
Arguing that “there is no truer path to the collapse of a system than the hyper-centralization of authority,”…