Jan. 13, 2015
After more than four hours of discussion in Berlin late last night, the foreign affairs ministers of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany decided to postpone a key peace summit planned for Jan. 15 in A
Jan. 12, 2015
Fighting around Donetsk intensified over the weekend with heavy shelling on both sides as a series of peace talks planned for Berlin and Astana this week were overshadowed by increasingly combative rh
Jan. 10, 2015
A report
released today by German investigative group CORRECT!V
concludes that a Buk surface to air missile launcher operated by the 53rd
Russian Air Defense Brigade shot down passenger jet MH17.
Jan. 8, 2015
Ukrainian coal mining enterprises in 2014 saw a 22.4% decline in production of raw coal from 2013, to 64.976 million tonnes, according to rough estimates, the Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minist
Jan. 7, 2015
The leadership of the Kremlin-backed unrecognized Luhansk People’s Republic is now facing a violent crisis, waging an effective war with rival insurgent groups in the same region.
Jan. 5, 2015
Ukrainian Facebook users have set a goal to compile a full list of the fake news about Ukraine that appeared in Russian media in 2014, as well as the most ludicrous rumors shared on social media.
Jan. 3, 2015
Leaders of the
self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) announced they had liquidated an “illegal” torture centre in
Luhansk on Jan. 2, highlighting recent infighting between various groups of
Dec. 30, 2014
The isolated region of Ukrainian Bessarabia, which is also known as Budjak, has become one of the latest places for Ukraine-watchers to worry about. Many of the inhabitants fear a spread of the war fr
Dec. 29, 2014
2014 was the most difficult challenge for Ukraine and Europe since World War II, President Petro Poroshenko told the press on
Dec. 29 in Kyiv’s Mystetsky Arsenal, an art exhibition space.
Dec. 28, 2014
One of six reactors at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant had to be shut down today after an electrical malfunction, adding to Ukraine’s energy difficulties as temperatures plummeted over the weekend.
Dec. 27, 2014
Unlike many industries that experienced a sharp decline in performance during 2014, Ukraine’s IT sector managed to largely persevere through political and economic turmoil.
Dec. 26, 2014
Editor’s note: This interview with a recruiter of mercenaries was published by <a href="http://www.e1.ru/news/spool/news_id-416966.html">Ekaterinburg Online E1 website</a> and is reprinted with permis
Dec. 24, 2014
Fugitive former President Viktor Yanukovych says that Ukraine’s current leadership’s desire to humiliate Donbas is the real reason for war in Ukraine. Lawlessness and coup in Kyiv outraged Donbass res
Dec. 18, 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin showed no signs of changing his uncompromising stance on the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine during his 3,5-hour press conference on Dec. 18.
Dec. 18, 2014
After
its trucks began being turned back by Ukrainian forces on Dec. 14 the
foundation of Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov has warned of a pending
humanitarian crisis.
Dec. 15, 2014
SHCHASTIA, Ukraine – The Aidar Battalion, a volunteer group of fighters based in the Luhansk Oblast city of Shchastia, brings together men with different biographies, political views and backgrounds.
Dec. 15, 2014
Ukraine’s newly appointed Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavicius, 38, clearly signaled his conservative direction during a Dec. 13 interview with the Kyiv Post. “The role of the state in the economy sh
Dec. 15, 2014
Global Energy giant Chevron terminated its contract with Ukraine to extract shale gas in western Ukraine after trying for more than a year to get the government to simplify taxation for this type of
Dec. 11, 2014
LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine – Since Ukraine’s government decided to stop all budget payments to areas controlled by Kremlin-backed insurgents last month, a steady stream of babushkas have been trickling out o
Dec. 11, 2014
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s ambitious reform program to attack corruption and stifling Soviet-era bureaucracy won quick approval in parliament on Dec. 11, with 269 members of parliament — meani