Nov. 1, 2014
DONETSK, Ukraine – Eastern Ukraine’s unrecognized Kremlin-backed
separatist republics say they will stage a vote to elect their leaders and
legislatures on Nov. 2 in a move that has been condemned by
Oct. 23, 2014
The sight of public officials being thrown into trash cans
all over Ukraine has become the visible expression of popular anger with
corrupt bureaucrats, with lustration becoming a key demand by civil
Sep. 3, 2014
When German Chancellor Angela Merkel came to Ukraine the day before Independence Day, she
brought a promise that 20 of the most severely injured soldiers would go to
Germany for treatment at her gover
Aug. 23, 2014
German Chancellor Angela Merker offered Ukraine 500 million euros in help to rebuild destruction from a Russian-backed war in Ukraine’s east, while President Petro Poroshenko promised her to fulfill h
Aug. 17, 2014
MUNICH — The grave of Stepan Bandera, a leader of Ukrainian fighters who fought both Nazi and Soviet forces during World War Two and after, was vandalized in a German cemetery overnight, police said o
Aug. 9, 2014
IVANO-FRANKIVSK, Ukraine — It’s probably not deliberately ironic that refugees from predominantly Russian-speaking east Ukraine, arriving in Ivano-Frankivsk, are directed straight to the headquarters
Jul. 1, 2014
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko vowed on July 1 to launch a military offensive against Kremlin-backed “terrorists” in eastern Ukraine, ending a 10-day declared truce that Ukrainian authorities sa
Jun. 20, 2014
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart
Pavlo Klimkin discussed measures to resolve Ukraine’s crisis over the
phone on June 20, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on its we
Jun. 19, 2014
Ukraine’s new government began
to take shape on June 19, with parliament confirming candidates appointed on
June 18 by President Petro Poroshenko.
Jun. 6, 2014
Ukraine International Airlines, the country’s biggest air carrier owned by oligarch and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast governor Igor
Kolomoisky, launched direct flights between Kyiv and New York City on April
May. 30, 2014
DONETSK, Ukraine – It’s no longer about amateurs. There is a full-scale war going on, and it’s fought by professionals. The Russians are here – and they’re making a grab for power in eastern Ukraine.
May. 23, 2014
TOREZ, Ukraine — Paramilitaries from a group organized by presidential candidate Oleh Lyashko stormed a local government building in a sleepy eastern Ukrainian mining city and killed a pro-Russian sep
May. 8, 2014
At a press conference on May 8, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Andriy Parubiy told journalists that Ukraine’s anti-terrorist operation will continue in the country’s eastern r
May. 7, 2014
In the absence of effective military forces or law enforcement, Ukrainians are taking the defense of the nation in their own hands through loosely organized militias.
May. 5, 2014
Editor’s Note: Below are live updates of Ukraine’s counterterrorism operation in eastern Ukraine, mainly in Donetsk Oblast in the cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk where Kremlin-backed militants are
May. 2, 2014
By the Kyiv Post’s count, 31 people are still being held hostage in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, out of 55 persons captured and three killed since April 13. Information about some of the people
Mar. 28, 2014
Ex-Kharkiv Oblast Governor Mykhailo Dobkin was introduced as the Party of Regions’ presidential candidate on March 28 by five stalwart members of the former ruling party at the Intercontinental Hotel.
Mar. 28, 2014
Russia is mobilizing for war and may be poised for a springtime invasion of Ukraine’s mainland, after stealing Crimea in less than three weeks.
Mar. 26, 2014
Since Russian troops invaded and took over Crimea, Ukraine’s authorities have seemed largely helpless. The criticism is not easing since many expect that Russia may invade the mainland, citing Russian
Mar. 19, 2014
With Crimean Prime Minister Serhiy Aksyonov sitting in the front row, Russian President Vladimir Putin carried through on his threat to annex Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula as part of Russia — a violatio