Apr. 12, 2022
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier planned to visit Kyiv on April 13. However, his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky refused to meet him, according to the German tabloid Bild and public b
Feb. 19, 2022
President Zelensky delivered an impassioned and forthright speech at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 19 – one of the most important of his political career and in Ukraine’s history as an indepe
Oct. 8, 2021
Anka Feldhusen, Germany’s Ukrainian-speaking ambassador in Kyiv who first came to the country in 1994, is well aware of the current disappointment in Ukraine with Germany. The two big reasons are clea
Aug. 31, 2021
President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Washington on Aug. 30 for a three-day official visit. Zelensky will meet with several ministers including U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, U.S. S
Aug. 22, 2021
German Chancellor Angela Merkel paid a farewell visit to Ukraine on Aug. 22 as she is preparing to step down as the chancellor in September after 16 years. The visit took place at a tense moment in Uk
Jul. 23, 2021
The Nord Stream 2 pipeline was supposed to be a solution to satiate Germany’s vast energy needs. Instead, the project stoked a years-long diplomatic crisis as Germany’s allies in Europe and the U.S. r
Jul. 21, 2021
The Ukrainian parliament voted in the first reading for a bill that allows foreign tech specialists to register businesses and pay taxes in Ukraine online. The so-called e-residency is expected to bri
Apr. 8, 2021
After stops in Qatar, the war front in the eastern Donbas and soon in Turkey, President Volodymyr Zelensky is heading to Paris likely by the end of next week for a meeting with his French counterpart,
Sep. 9, 2020
Editor’s Note: Ex-member of the Ukrainian parliament Sergii Leshchenko interviews ex-member of the Russian parliament Ilya Ponomarev for the Kyiv Post. Ponomarev fled Russia in 2014, after being the o
Apr. 30, 2020
When President Volodymyr Zelensky offered former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili the job of deputy prime minister for reforms on April 22, it was bound to make headlines. Saakashvili is a color
Dec. 10, 2019
While the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and France were negotiating ways to end Russia’s war against Ukraine in Paris on Dec. 9, this war claimed the lives of another three Ukrainian soldiers.
Oct. 11, 2019
President Volodymyr Zelensky’s first press conference as president was a memorable one: it took place at a new food hall in central Kyiv and lasted for more than 12 hours. On Oct. 10, Zelensky spoke w
Sep. 17, 2019
If German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier read Ukrainian, he would be surprised how often he is mentioned by local media. Their interest is not in Steinmeier himself, but in a peace initiative beari
Aug. 29, 2019
WASHINGTON — Just days after lobbying for Russia’s reinstatement in the G7, U.S. President Donald Trump has reportedly ordered delays in Ukraine receiving $250 million in military aid approved by Cong
Aug. 7, 2019
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has held a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron, during which he informed about the deaths of four Ukrainian soldiers as a result of shel
Aug. 23, 2018
As Ukraine gears up for Independence Day and its annual military parade on Aug. 24, it might consider including some economists, business people, lawyers and civil society advocates in the march. Desp
Jun. 15, 2018
As the FIFA World Cup football competition begins in Russia, internationally acclaimed U.S. horror writer Stephen King has joined the list of famous people urging Russia to release the Ukrainian filmm
Jun. 13, 2018
The political leadership of Finland refused to visit Russia for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2018, which is to kick on June 14. Andriy Olefirov, the ambassador of Ukraine in Finland, tweeted this on la
Aug. 17, 2017
Few people around the world trust Russian President Vladimir Putin to do the right thing when it comes to international affairs, according to a new Pew Research Center report examining survey data fro
Aug. 20, 2015
Russian forces killed 366 Ukrainian soldiers in Ilovaisk a year ago, forcing Ukraine into humiliating concessions in Minsk, Belarus, in an agreement that brought neither peace nor an end to Russia’s w