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. 9, 2014
DONETSK, Ukraine – A humanitarian convoy accompanied by Russian military personnel and military vehicles advanced toward the Ukrainian border with the intention of crossing into the country late on Au
Jul. 31, 2014
Three border guards have been killed and eleven more wounded as a result
of an attack on them near the village of Vasylivka in Donetsk region
early on July 31, National Security and Defense Council (
Jul. 25, 2014
SEVERODONETSK, Ukraine – When three Russian-backed separatists with Kalashnikovs turned up at Yuliy Krasiuk’s shop last month, he told them he didn’t want their protection. “There’s no-one I need prot
Jul. 21, 2014
Russian troops are not only refusing to draw back from their positions along the border with Ukraine but their numbers continue to grow, Andriy Lysenko, spokesman for Ukraine’s National Security
Jul. 18, 2014
Editor’s Note: The following is an English-language transcript of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko after a surface-to-air missile fired from Russian-backed insurgent territory in Donetsk Oblast s
Jun. 18, 2014
Speaking at the National University of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s graduation on June 18, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called for a temporary ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, according to In
Jun. 7, 2014
Editor’s Note: The following is the English-language translation of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s <a href="http://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/30488.html">inaugural address</a> on June 7 in
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. 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
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. 3, 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
Mar. 13, 2014
Former State Security Head of Ukraine Oleksandr Yakimenko blames Ukraine’s current government for hiring snipers on Feb. 20, when dozens of people were killed and hundreds more wounded. The victims we
Mar. 2, 2014
On the pretext of saving Russian lives, President Vladimir Putin invaded Crimea with soldiers and then ratified possibly wider use of military force in Ukraine with a unanimous vote of his rubber-stam
Jun. 21, 2012
TUNIS, Tunisia — Sometimes it’s a muffled call from Turkey or Lebanon by a son saying he’s off to fight in Syria when the family thought he’d gone abroad to study. Other times it’s just an anonymous p