Ukraine
Aug. 20, 2020
For centuries, Ukraine has been a crossroads where Europe met the Middle East and Asia. It has been inhabited by different peoples, controlled by different states and experienced horrendous cataclysms
Aug. 28, 2014
Soldiers from western Ukraine retreated from the war front near
Amvrosiivka in Donetsk Oblast on Aug. 23 while, back home in
Ivano-Frankivsk, desperate wives and mothers blocked roads demanding the
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Aug. 24, 2014
DNIPROPETROVSK, Ukraine — When the Donbas Battalion stormed Russian separatist-held Ilovaisk on Aug. 18 and raised the Ukrainian flag without a single casualty, the Ukrainian media quickly reported a
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
Jun. 12, 2014
SIMFEROPOL, Crimea – By this time, Simferopol railway station should be bustling with tourists hauling summer holiday luggage. Yet, it is remarkably empty. The mini-bus to the seaside resort of Yalta
May. 26, 2014
Editor’s Note: Ukrainians went to the polls on May 25 and elected Petro Poroshenko, a billionaire businessman, independent member of parliament, a former economic and foreign minister.
May. 9, 2014
Editor’s Note: Ukraine celebrates Victory Day on May 9. The Ukrainian government warned that it expects violence backed by Russia to continue to destabilize the situation in Ukraine ahead of the May 2
May. 8, 2014
Editor’s Note: The investigation into the fights and fires that killed 46 people in Odessa on May 2 is still ongoing. There are conflicting claims. Here are the stories of two women who say they were
May. 7, 2014
ODESA, Ukraine – In the bloodiest day in Ukraine since government snipers claimed more than 50 lives during the EuroMaidan Revolution on Feb. 20, 46 people were killed in Odesa on May 2. The violence
Mar. 24, 2014
SIMFEROPOL, Crimea — The annexation of Crimea by Russia is already having a potentially deadly affect on one local population group – a group of patients on substitution therapy.
Mar. 19, 2014
SEVASTOPOL, Crimea — Russian forces and Russian-backed Crimean “self-defense” units have moved against Ukrainian army bases in Crimea, following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annexiation of Ukrai
Mar. 18, 2014
SIMFEROPOL, Crimea – His name is Reshat Ametov, a 38-year-old Crimean Tatar, and many here suspect he is the first victim of Russia’s occupation of the Ukrainian peninsula.