Nov. 26, 2018
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to clarify some probable and potential effects of martial law. During an emergency meeting of the National Security and Defense Council on Nov. 25, Preside
Nov. 25, 2018
At an emergency meeting late on the night of Nov. 25, the Military Cabinet passed a resolution to impose a martial law in Ukraine in the wake of an attack on and seizure of Ukrainian Navy boats by the
Feb. 20, 2018
It’s still not a war, but maybe it’s progress. Ukraine formally dropped its “anti-terrorist operation” misnomer, or ATO, in describing Russia’s war against Ukraine since 2014. But the nation’s leaders
Jan. 18, 2018
Ukraine’s parliament adopted the Donbas reintegration law on Jan. 18. A total of 280 lawmakers voted for the controversial law No. 7163, with only members of the Opposition Bloc faction and several in
Apr. 29, 2015
The standoff between Right Sector and the authorities over the status of the nationalist group’s military unit reached a fever pitch on April 29 before the parties smoothed out some of their differenc
Feb. 14, 2015
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said martial law will be introduced throughout Ukraine if the cease-fire fails to start at midnight tonight, as agreed in Minsk, Belarus, on Feb. 12.
Jan. 26, 2015
Belarus has begun the process of “de-Russification” in schools and throughout the nation, local news website BelNovosti informs on Jan. 26. The move by the nation of 10 million people — tightly contro
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.
Jul. 20, 2014
SHCHASTYA, Ukraine – Dozens
of tanks are driving at a high speed past the road sign “Shchastya” or
“Happiness” in Ukrainian on the way to Luhansk, a new stronghold of armed
Kremlin-backed separatists.
Jul. 16, 2014
The leadership of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic imposed martial law and a nighttime curfew across the regional capital on July 16, its press service has reported.
Jul. 11, 2014
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine – The regional Security Service of Ukraine headquarters, the command center for Kremlin-backed insurgents before they fled Sloviansk on June 5.
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. 5, 2014
The Ukrainian government appears to be moving swiftly to impose martial law in its restive eastern regions after heavily armed separatists seized control of two bases and a border crossing in Luhansk
May. 27, 2014
DONETSK, Ukraine – A trip on May 27 to the morgue in Donetsk, the capital of Ukraine’s most populous oblast, confirms that the war against Kremlin-backed insurgents – the government would say terroris
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. 22, 2014
Editor’s Note: On May 11, the People’s Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk declared their independence from Ukraine after holding dubious separatist referendums on the same day. Since then, the Ukrainian
Jan. 27, 2014
In the early hours on Jan. 27, soon after one building of the Justice Ministry in Kyiv was seized by a small group of protesters, Justice Minister Olena Lukash issued a televised address, calling for
Jan. 27, 2014
Editor’s Note: Anti-government EuroMaidan demonstrations began in Ukraine on Nov. 21, triggered by President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision to abandon closer ties with the European Union in favor of Ru
Dec. 8, 2013
The State
Security Service (SBU), Ukraine’s KGB-successor agency, is investigating an
unspecified number of unnamed politicians for “attempting to seize state power,”
its <a href="http://www.sbu.gov.u
Dec. 9, 2009
WARSAW, Poland — Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poland’s last communist leader, is denying that he asked for Soviet military intervention against the Solidarity freedom movement in 1981.