Russia
Western Weakness Risks Handing an Entire Generation of Ukrainians to Putin
Wherever Russia occupies Ukrainian territory, there is a systematic process of stamping out any trace of Ukrainian identity. By definition, this is tantamount to genocide.
Oct. 17, 2024
War in Ukraine
Documenting 10 Years of Russian War Crimes
“Russians are doing everything that can be seen in the worst nightmares,” says Monika Andruszewska, who documents Russian war crimes, in an exclusive interview with Kyiv Post.
Oct. 15, 2024
Russia
Former Russian Prisoner Kills Girlfriend After Returning From War
In Saratov, Azamat Iskaliyev, a former prisoner released to fight in Ukraine, killed his girlfriend after a breakup, one of 500 such incidents after nearly three years of war.
Oct. 11, 2024
Finnish Police Suspect Russian of War Crimes in Ukraine
Vojislav Torden – a commander of the Russian far-right, neo-Nazi paramilitary Rusich group – was detained at Helsinki airport in July 2023.
Oct. 11, 2024
Russia Jails US ‘mercenary,’ 72, for Nearly Seven Years
Stephen Hubbard’s case only became public on Sept. 27, when his trial began in Moscow.
Oct. 7, 2024
Mariupol
OPINION: Why Ukraine Needs the Executed POW Memorial Day
The mass execution of POWs in Olenivka more than two years ago is another piece of evidence showing the scale of Russian war crimes. Ukraine must remember its heroes and remind the world of them.
Oct. 5, 2024
Belarus
‘Lukashenko Is Leading the Country Nowhere’ – Belarusian Opposition Leader Tsikhanouskaya
“The right moment when the wind will blow in favor of a free Belarus will be Ukraine’s victory,” President in Exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya tells Kyiv Post in an exclusive interview.
Oct. 4, 2024
Interview
How to Make Ukraine an Arms Manufacturing Powerhouse: Gen. Vasyl Vovk
In the middle of a war, Ukraine has no choice but to increase its long dormant arms production. Kyiv Post speaks to a storied general who knows how to do it as well as anyone.
Sept. 28, 2024
War in Ukraine
Poland’s Sikorski to Putin: You Are Putting Ukrainian Children in Camps Like Nazis Did in My Country
Warsaw’s top diplomat in a UN speech laced into Russia’s leadership. Invading Ukraine, kidnapping and brain-washing Ukrainian children are all war crimes and will be prosecuted, he said.
Sept. 25, 2024
War in Ukraine
‘In Its Own Perverted Way, in Its Own Crooked World’ – Ukraine at War Update for Sept. 25
Complaining of long war in Ukraine, Trump tells rally he'll “get us out of there”; Zelensky pleads to UN Security Council that “We need action”; Kyiv lawmaker charged with bribery flees the country.
Sept. 25, 2024
War in Ukraine
Russia, Ukraine Cross Swords in Sea Dispute Court Battle
Far from the battlefields, Russia and Ukraine clashed at the world's oldest arbitration court on Monday over a long-running case about access to coastal waters around the annexed Crimea peninsula.
Sept. 23, 2024
Russia
Russia Charges Two More Military Officers With Bribery
Moscow has arrested at least a dozen other military officials since April, part of what analysts have called a “purge” of corrupt army leaders amid Russia’s military offensive in Ukraine.
Sept. 16, 2024
War in Ukraine
Russia Sentences Ex-Lawmaker to 10 Years Jail in Absentia
Ponomaryov, 49, fled to Ukraine after becoming the only member of Russia's lower house of parliament to vote against the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and has since gained Ukrainian citizenship.
Sept. 12, 2024
Germany
3 Spies Targeted Former Ukrainian Intelligence Officer in Germany, Court Says
A German court said that suspects from Armenia, Ukraine and Russia were likely employed by a foreign intelligence agency intent on kidnapping or even assassinating the targeted individual.
Sept. 11, 2024
Air Defenses
Armenia Allegedly Transferring Most of Its Air Defense Systems to Ukraine
Russian sources, including the notorious “Fighterbomber” milblogger say Armenia has provided Ukraine with multiple air defense systems as part of a significant military aid package.
Sept. 11, 2024
War in Ukraine
US Says Iran Has Sent Missiles to Russia to Hit Ukrainians
He said that dozens of Russian military personnel have trained in Iran using the Fath-360 missile, which has a range of 75 miles (120 kilometres).
Sept. 10, 2024
US
OPINION: Bridges Too Close, Mendacious Big Shots, Counting Drops in a Bucket
Kyiv Post’s Special Military Correspondent Stefan Korshak offers a personal take on the latest developments on the front line.
Sept. 9, 2024
Putin
OPINION: The Russian Apartment Bombings - 25 Years On
In the end days of Boris Yeltsin’s rule, evidence from a string of bombings that killed hundreds and wrought fear among Russian citizens reveals the inner workings of a cold-blooded state.
Sept. 9, 2024
Ukrainians Assail Russian War Film at Venice Fest
The director said that she wanted to show the “absolutely ordinary guys” who are fighting for Russia
Sept. 7, 2024
Putin
ANALYSIS: Mongolia-Russia Relations – A Bloody Friendship
Though Mongolia has been Moscow’s loyal ally since the Soviet era, the relationship was not without its hiccups – at times marred by purges and oppressions.
Sept. 3, 2024