During the First World War, Konovalets fought in the troops of Ukrainian Sichovi Striltsi (Sich riflemen), who initially were Ukrainian volunteer troops in the Austria-Hungarian army and then fought for the independent Ukrainian state. In...
Ukraine recently commemorated the fallen defenders of Donetsk Airport, the fifth anniversary of the last tragic battle for this area. Here are some words and phrases that became headlines for stories about the Cyborgs. They were collected...
– Salaam Aleikum! Don’t shoot! Glory to Ukraine! They moved forward and stood under the only lamp in Dzankoy railway station – about twenty men, lean, dark-skinned, and black-haired. – Glory to the heroes!...
A nation and those who care about it should know its heroes: and for Crimean Tatars, one of the greatest is Ayshe Seitmuratova, the only women of her nation the Soviets arrested and condemned twice, who yesterday marked her 80th birthday...
The legendary Ukrainian “Cyborgs” of the Donetsk Airport. Only this time, they’re actors on a film set in the Kyiv region. About 65% of the movie will be shot in the Kyiv Oblast, and 35% in Chernihiv. The tank battles,...
The Ukrainian war documentary “Spirit Warriors” premiered in Kyiv this month. The film takes a closer look at one of the key battles between Ukrainian troops and Russian hybrid forces in Donbas – the battle for Donetsk...
About 2000 artifacts in 3 halls will tell the history of the Donbas war in the first Ukrainian museum of the Anti-Terrorist Operation. It opened in Dnipro, a city in central Ukraine which was under threat of Russian intervention after the...
At approximately 6 AM of 29 June 2016, a world-known opera singer from France perished on the front line of the war in Donbas. Ukrainian-born Wassyl Slipak returned to defend his native country as a volunteer soldier of the Right...
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs gathered five remarkable stories of Ukrainians helping citizens of other countries during World War II. 1. The Dutch officers that UPA helped escape from a POW camp in western Ukraine The...
Last night Ukrainian “cyborgs” left the Donetsk airport. The facility, on which $875 million had been spent in preparation for Euro 2012, has now been turned into a pile of rubble. The decision to leave the airport has been...
Putin’s goals and philosophy Sławomir Sierakowski: What is Putin’s ultimate goal in this war? Timothy Snyder: That’s no big secret: to destroy Ukraine as a state and exterminate Ukrainians as a nation. I’d...
