A man of one heroic act. Remembering the death of Russian opposition journalist Shchetinin in Ukraine
One year ago, the Russian opposition journalist Alexander Shchetinin was found dead with a gunshot wound in Kyiv.…
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Second hand Ukraine
At first glance, lots has changed in Ukraine over the last three years. But the more changes, the…
Can America look to Ukraine for guidance on their growing monument problem?
For Americans in light of the Charlottesville events, Ukraine is a world away. Right now it has been…
Siemens case: if you shake hands, count your fingers afterwards – Ukraine’s Foreign Minister
The recent case where the German industrial giant Siemens was been found to have provided Gas Turbines to…
One year after the coup: where do Turkey and the EU stand today?
2016 was a bad year globally and Türkiye had more than its fair share of misfortune, most tragically the…
In memoriam of fallen Donbas war hero. “I am ready to fight for 15 centimeters of our land”
Ukrainian serviceman Volodymyr Samolenko, fallen hero of the war in Donbas was commemorated in Kyiv, on Ploshcha Maidan…
Trump-Putin bromance is far from over, despite Russia’s anti-American rhetoric
Russian experts and sociologists have noted a sharp increase in both anti-Western sentiment and anti-American rhetoric in Russian…
After visa-free travel, Ukrainian government will resist reforms even more
The visa-free travel regime with the European Union is becoming a lifeline for President Poroshenko’s future presidential campaign…
Why we need a discussion about Germany’s historical responsibility toward Ukraine
On June 20, an expert conference concerning Germany's historical responsibility before Ukraine will be held inside the German…
An unrealized possibility
Anechka returned to the States from Odesa at the end of August 2016, rested, encouraged, and happy. I…
How I left everything and went to Donbas to make the film “War mothers”
In 2016, I was working a comfortable career in advertising in Melbourne, Australia. Things were not out of…
“You are strong when you wish well.” 12 quotes from Ukraine’s moral compass Lyubomyr Husar everyone should read
On 31 May 2017, Ukraine lost its moral compass. Lyubomyr Husar, the ex-leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic…
Symbolic expansion: how Putin annexes history, not only territories
On May 29th, in Versailles, during a joint press conference with French president Emmanuel Macron, Russian leader Vladimir…
Bambi in the Bloodlands. Dedicated to the anniversary of Operation Vistula
On the day that my mother sold the pet deer to the Nazis, school had ended late and…
“…In my heart, I’m dancing.” A message from the girl who rescued over 200 wounded defenders
Fate can take your health, rob you of the use of your feet, confine you to a wheelchair.…
Three years after sham referendums in Donbas, no Russian Spring
Three years ago, on 11 May 2014, illegal "referendums" were held in occupied cities of Donetsk and Luhansk…
“Immortal regiment” march in Toronto – shameful display of Russian propaganda
The Soviet Union has left a terrible legacy, which to this day continues poisoning the minds of so…
Ukraine does not need illusory “peace” at the price of capitulation – Ukrainian intellectuals
The participants of Ukraine's First of December group, a coalition of intellectuals, called upon the Ukrainian authorities and…
Ukraine must not turn into the monster it is fighting – appeal of Ukrainian intellectuals
"Don’t allow blind hatred to prevail over us" - famous intellectuals called upon Ukrainians not to accept violence…
The story of a petition against IMF’s $3bn loan to “bloody dictator of Belarus”| Letter to the editor
About a month ago thousands of people in Belarus took to the streets all over the country in…