SBU breaks up Russian spy network in Kharkiv, arresting former Berkut officers for espionage
Former Berkut members and their associate allegedly established an underground intelligence ring to aid Russian military operations in Kharkiv Oblast.
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Former Berkut riot police from Ukraine now dispersing anti-Lukashenka protests in Belarus
In Belarus, protests against widespread election fraud are into their fifth month. Peaceful protesters have shown remarkable resilience…
The power of volunteerism: providing protective gear for protesters during Euromaidan
Every day on the Khreshchatyk in Kyiv, volunteers organized the stay of several thousand people on the Maidan…
Police chief accused of mandating Euromaidan crackdown appointed to key post in Zelenskyy’s Office
In the latest appointment which brings closer the revenge of the pre-Euromaidan ancien regime, President Zelenskyy has appointed…
Confessions of an ex-riot policeman from Belarus
A couple of years ago, S. served in the Belarusian riot police. Being disappointed with the job, he…
Ukraine’s Euromaidan Revolution: remembering stories of Heavenly Hundred
Vivica Williams, UATV correspondent: Paul and I met on the pedestrian bridge overlooking Maidan Nezalezhnosti, or Independence Square,…
Three years after killings at Euromaidan only slow progress in investigations
On February 18-21 Ukraine commemorates the darkest days in its modern history – the killings of the peaceful…
Separating myth from reality: 6 facts on the shooting of the Euromaidan protesters
Read in German>> 18-20 February 2014 will remain as black days in Ukrainian history. People who were opposing the…
Unpunished for Maidan pacification, Berkut militia becomes Ukraine’s New Police
Ukraine’s glamorous new Patrol Police is only the tip of the iceberg in Ukraine’s law-enforcement system reform. A vast…
Ukraine’s fired policemen protest police reform
Ukraine’s most well-known reform is the creation of a new, non-corrupt police service based on the Georgian model. However,…
“No crimes against humanity on Euromaidan” finding of the ICC may be result of poor prosecutor’s work
Euromaidan SOS and the Law Advisory Group clarify reports on the Preliminary Examination dated November 12, 2015, of…
Maidan: Nazar’s first and last trip to Kyiv
“I’d like to have the video that I found online added as evidence in this case. You can…
Parents discover circumstances of son’s death on Maidan through photos captured by Polish reporter
The parents of Anatoliy Zhalovaha, who was shot during the Maidan protests a year ago, learned the bitter…
Ministry of Internal Affairs loyalty making investigation of Maidan crimes impossible
Employees working for the Ministry of Internal Affairs refuse to testify or give any information about the crimes…
Regular ‘Berkuters’ punished for the killings on Maidan, leadership walks free
24-year-old fighter of the disbanded special corps Berkut Serhiy Zinchenko sits on the bench with the Criminal Code…
Wichtiger Prozess in Dnipropetrowsk: Entschädigung wegen Haft nach Euromaidan-Demonstration vom Januar
Ein Gericht hat drei Euromaidan-Aktivisten aus Dnipropetrowsk jeweils 50.000 ukrainische Hrywen (ca. 2500 €) als Entschädigung für die…
The “Snipers’ Massacre” in Kyiv
On October 17, at a symposium on “Negotiating Borders” organized by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at…
Former Berkut commander: ‘I cannot confirm or deny that Russian spetsnaz killed protesters’
Former commander of a special regiment of Berkut, major Dmytro Sadovnyk, who is currently under trial on suspicion…
Poroshenko may grant amnesty to Berkut and Alpha members in ATO
President Petro Poroshenko said that some members of the Berkut and Alpha special forces who have been accused…
“We will shoot you now and nobody will look for you!” – How “Berkut” veterans are living with Maidan veterans
This week I was supposed to be in the territorial defence battalion “Aidar” with the Ukrainian Defence Ministry.…