Jan. 23, 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 Rus
Jan. 23, 2014
A tense standoff remained overnight on Jan. 23, a day after violent clashes between police and anti-government demonstrators left five protesters dead, including four from gunshot wounds, medical work
Jan. 22, 2014
A crowd chanting “Murderers!” and “Glory to Ukraine” briefly retreated this morning after a police assault on their positions left two men dead from gunshot wounds. A third victim, also a protester, r
Jan. 22, 2014
Editor’s Note: EuroMaidan participants and political opposition leaders held a Jan. 19 rally to protest new laws that restrict freedom of speech and peaceful protest. The rally turned violent between
Jan. 21, 2014
The Ukrainian Wikipedia community is protesting laws that go into effect Jan. 21 that criminalize criticism of government officials. In a protest banner message on its site, the community says that f
Jan. 21, 2014
Though no major incidents were reported on Hrushevsky Street in the center of Kyiv as of 6 a.m. as the standoff continues between protesters and riot police in the Ukrainian capital, Berkut riot polic
Jan. 21, 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
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
Jan. 17, 2014
As hundreds of thousands of peaceful pro-European protesters were rallying on Kyiv’s Independence Square on Dec. 8, just a few blocks away a group of Ukrainian nationalists were toppling a monument to
Jan. 12, 2014
Opposition leader and former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko remains hospitalized in intensive care on Jan. 11, a day after riot police officers severely beat him when he tried to intervene as police
Jan. 11, 2014
Guilty verdicts in a criminal case denounced as a sham triggered a night of violent conflicts on Jan. 10 between Berkut riot police officers and demonstrators, injuring at least a dozen protesters.
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Jan. 5, 2014
A Kharkiv Euromaidan activist, Oleksandr Chyzhov, was detained by the
militia on Saturday, Jan. 4, on immoral conduct charges. He is accused of
distributing pornographic materials through the Vkontakt
Jan. 3, 2014
The Svoboda Party has reported that Andriy Illienko, a member of parliament in the party’s opposition faction has been attacked, along with Svoboda’s lawyer Sydir Kizin.
Jan. 1, 2014
Some 200,000 Ukrainians danced and sang their way into the New Year during a mass rally on Kyiv’s Independence Square, marking a celebratory start to 2014.
Dec. 31, 2013
Unlike a half dozen Ukrainian officials whose houses have been picketed in the recent days by pro-European protesters, Rinat Akhmetov, the nation’s richest billionaire, wasn’t afraid to show up and t
Dec. 25, 2013
A group of men viciously attacked and beat prominent Ukrainian journalist and civic activist Tetyana Chornovol outside Kyiv about 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 25. Later in the day, police say they identified thr
Dec. 24, 2013
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara has warned foreign policymakers against interference in Ukraine’s internal affairs.
Dec. 23, 2013
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s U-turn in foreign policy priorities, in which he picked Russia over the European Union, fueled popular anger that triggered the ongoing, civil uprising known as
Dec. 18, 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
Dec. 17, 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