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.
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
The Ukrainian army has
captured 23 militants of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic
who were trying to escape from besieged Lysychansk, Luhansk region, the
Ukrainian presidential press cente
Feb. 25, 2014
On Feb. 24, parliament passed a bill to free 23 political
prisoners. Eight are members of far-right groups believed to have been
persecuted for their political beliefs. Five were anti-drug trafficking
Feb. 25, 2014
Viktor Yanukovych remained missing on Feb. 25, four years to the day after he was inaugurated as Ukraine’s fourth president and one day after Ukraine’s current authorities issued an arrest warrant
Feb. 21, 2014
They came to help police in their standoff with demonstrators, but ended up getting captured by those very protesters. Now they are prisoners of a war whose casualties are growing by the day with no e
Jan. 20, 2014
Editor’s Note: EuroMaidan participants and political opposition leaders held a Jan. 19 rally in response to new measures signed into law on Jan. 17 by President Viktor Yanukovych that restrict freedom
Dec. 15, 2013
For the fourth consecutive Sunday tens of thousands of protesters descended on central Kyiv to express dissatisfaction with their government. In all of the ups and downs of EuroMaidan, it’s hard to te
Dec. 13, 2013
Editor’s Note: The Kyiv Post is providing continuous coverage of the protests in Kyiv and other cities following the government’s decision on Nov. 21 to stop European Union integration by rejecting an
Mar. 4, 2013
The
Ivano-Frankivsk City Council has joined the growing ranks of people who believe
authorities convicted two innocent people for murdering a 43-year-old Kyiv
judge in March 2011.
Dec. 20, 2012
When Eugenia Tymoshenko celebrates the New Year, her mother will still be in prison and her father in exile.
Nov. 22, 2012
It took more than 50 years, but Ukraine has finally changed its criminal law.
Nov. 2, 2012
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo
Lazarenko was detained again soon after his release from a U.S. prison, reads
posting on the Web site kommersant.ua.
Aug. 8, 2012
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday signed into law a bill which will make Russian the official language in parts of the former Soviet republic, ignoring opponents who have warned it ri
Sep. 20, 2011
The European Union does not consider Ukraine’s ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko, ex-Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko, former Acting Defense Minister Valeriy Ivaschenko and other former officials as polit
Jul. 25, 2011
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The wartime leader of Croatia’s rebel Serbs was due to appear before a judge Monday to hear charges of murdering hundreds of Croats and expelling tens of thousands, in
Jul. 14, 2011
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a five-part series that examines the Holocaust in western Ukraine that nearly wiped out its 500,000-member Jewish community during Nazi Germany’s occupation in Wor
May. 19, 2011
The former economy minister says he is not out of Ukrainian politics.
May. 13, 2011
The observance of human rights has deteriorated significantly in Ukraine, according to a report released by international human rights watchdog Amnesty International on Friday, Radio Liberty has rep
Apr. 21, 2010
CAMP HILL, Pennsylvania (AP) — In the movies, it’s the prison guard perched in the perimeter tower who spots the escaped prisoner and sounds the alarm. In reality, video cameras and electrified fen