Feb. 15, 2021
As many as 134,767 ceasefire violation have been recorded in the war zone of Donbas throughout 2020, according to international observers on the ground. This, however, constitutes a drastic drop of 55
Jul. 30, 2020
Leonid Kravchuk, Ukraine’s first president, took charge of Ukraine’s delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine on July 30. Kravchuk, 86, was appointed by the President’s Office to lead Ukr
May. 23, 2020
The war in the Donbas has transitioned to a stalemate after it first erupted in early 2014, however, sporadic ceasefire violations are still recorded by the monitors with some explosions, shelling and
May. 20, 2020
Volodymyr Zelensky’s campaign of bold promises landed him the keys to the presidential office. But it also raised expectations to an unprecedented level. His campaign was filled with video addresses,
Dec. 27, 2019
Editor’s Note: The decade started with Viktor Yanukovych and ended with Volodymyr Zelensky. In between came revolution, war and the joy of visa-free travel to Europe. The Kyiv Post highlights the main
Sep. 2, 2019
Viktor Muzhenko, the former chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, has been retired from active military service by a decree of President Volodymyr Zelensky issued on Sept. 2. The h
Apr. 22, 2019
Incumbent President Poroshenko might have been trounced nationally, but as of noon April 22, with 98 percent of the vote counted, he had won most of the votes of soldiers in the war zone. But, as in t
Jan. 22, 2019
Between 12,800 and 13,000 people, both civilian and combatants, have been killed in hostilities in eastern Ukraine since the outbreak of the Russian-sponsored war in spring 2014, according to the Unit
Top 30 Under 30
Dec. 14, 2018
Name: Andriy Verkhoglyad Age: 23 Education: Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy Profession: Mechanized combat unit leader Did you know? In late October 2016, Verhoglyad was badly
Dec. 11, 2018
The Kyiv Post announced the winners of the 2018 Top 30 Under 30 award in a ceremony that followed the newspaper’s annual Tiger Conference that took place on Dec. 11 at InterContinental Kyiv. Top 30 Un
Jun. 1, 2018
Russia’s warmongering includes this military phenomenon: the extensive involvement of mercenary armies, illegal and secret, although fully backed by the Russian government. Non-state military contract
May. 29, 2018
Daria Kazemirova, a 15-year-old resident of Zalizne, a Ukrainian government-controlled town in the war-torn part of Donetsk Oblast, some 700 kilometers southeast of Kyiv, was killed on May 28 when a s
Feb. 19, 2018
Inform Napalm, an international open-source intelligence community, says it has identified the Russian officer who planned a failed assault on Feb. 7 against U.S. and U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in Syr
Nov. 2, 2017
MARIUPOL, Ukraine – The glory days of the volunteer fighting units of the ultra-nationalist Right Sector organization are over – at least for now. The controversial group has been riven by disagreemen
Oct. 7, 2017
Ukraine’s SBU security service has assembled evidence of the involvement of Russian private military company Wagner in hostilities in eastern Ukraine and will give it to prosecutors, the agency’s head
Oct. 7, 2017
Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Vasyl Hrytsak, has said that the SBU established the involvement of the Russian so-called ‘Wagner PMC’, headed by Dmitry Utkin, in destroying Il-76 aircr
Feb. 2, 2017
AVDIYIVKA, Ukraine – Nadia Volkova collapses to her knees atop the blood-stained snow and examines the body of her 60-year-old mother, Katya. Bricks keep the winter breeze from blowing a patterned bla
Jan. 12, 2017
The Ukrainian army captured new positions in the rebel-held parts of Donbas over the last month, while suffering many casualties in the last days of 2016. Heavy battles near the town of Svitlodarsk in
Dec. 28, 2016
The Special Monitoring Mission of the OSCE had to evacuate their patrol base in Svitlodarsk, Donetsk region, due to artillery attacks nearby, the mission said in its report for Dec. 22-26 published on
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Dec. 1, 2016
Name: Yana Zinkevych Age: 21 Education: Rivne Educational Complex Collegium Profession: Medical volunteer, founder of the Hospitaliery medical volunteer battalion Did you know? Zinkevych has been give