Ukraine-born Miss Japan win reignites discussion of identity
Carolina Shiino, who moved from Ukraine at age 5, faced a wave of criticism after becoming the first naturalized Japanese citizen to win the Miss Japan pageant
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Ukraine evacuated 160 more Ukrainians and nine Moldavians from Gaza over past day
According to Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevhen Korniychuk, "there are people who were refused to leave by local law enforcement because of their alleged involvement with Hamas."
Essay: Ukraine reclaims its place in Europe in the wake of Russia’s failing invasion
1. History is objective in that it is a series of significant and insignificant events. It is initially…
The Novovolynsk miracle: how Russia’s invasion turned a Ukrainian mining town into an uber-volunteer hub
To underpin state efforts in providing humanitarian aid, military equipment, and shelter for refugees, grassroots volunteering spread rapidly…
Even ‘good Russians’ should stop being invited to discussions about Ukraine and, if invited, should shut up, ‘Grani’ editors say
A month ago, Olha Rudenko, editor of The Kyiv Independent, posted on Facebook a comment about an unfortunate…
3 months of Russian invasion have changed Ukrainians more than previous 30 years: opinion poll
Ukrainians have changed more since Putin launched his full-scale aggression against Ukraine in February than they had in…
Four million-plus ethnic Ukrainians in Russia becoming a problem for Moscow
Even before flight to the Russian Federation in 2014 and earlier this year swelled their numbers, Ukrainians were…
Ukrainians overwhelmingly support their army and Zelenskyy, expect to defeat Russia, but want more help from West, five new polls show
Viktor Belyayev of the independent Belarusian portal, ThinkTanks.by, has assembled the results of five new polls from Ukraine…
‘We are not afraid and you must not be either,’ Ukrainian defense minister says
Russia has long depended for its successes on its ability to intimidate by instilling fear in its opponents.…
How Ukraine has continuously fought for European values
On 1 November 1993, the European Union was born. The organization, established by the Maastricht Treaty, stated that…
‘Putin’s military success in Ukraine would have no meaning because politically he’s already lost the war,’ Pozharsky says
Vladimir Putin is now confronted with a problem that other leaders who have sent forces into other countries,…
More than one Ukrainian in four speaks Polish, new survey finds
A new survey finds that 28 percent of Ukrainians say they have some knowledge of Polish, yet another…
39% of Orthodox in Ukraine allied to Ukrainian church, more than twice than to the Moscow church
Now, a poll of 5,000 Ukrainians by the Ukrainian Institute of the Future and the New Image Marketing…
On 29th Independence Anniversary, Ukrainians break with Soviet past but see vague alternatives, social survey shows
The traditional 2020 sociological survey by Democratic Initiatives shows that 84.4% of Ukrainians would vote for Ukrainian independence…
Portnikov describes three often unacknowledged truths about Ukraine
In a wide-ranging and even programmatic interview with the After Empire portal, Ukrainian commentator Vitaly Portnikov describes three…
New poll results suggest where Russia and Ukraine are heading
Three poll results announced yesterday, two in Russia and one in Ukraine, merit particular notice because they suggest…
Majority of Orthodox believers in Ukraine identify with Ukrainian church, new poll shows
A new poll conducted by the SOCIS Center, the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology and the Razumkov Centre…
Growing Russian nostalgia for Soviet past far more dangerous than it appears, Kirillova says
New polls show that the share of Russians who would like to go “back to the USSR” is…
Ever more Russians want to go ‘back to the USSR’ but ever fewer Ukrainians do
Polls show that ever more Russians want to go “back to the USSR” but this nostalgia is not…
Sociological portrait of Ukraine after 27 years of independence extremely complex, Nikitina says
Since 1992, the Institute of Sociology of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences has conducted an enormous number of…