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Ukraine
Independence – Expressed in Two Languages
To mark American Independence Day, Kyiv Post spoke with several Ukrainian Americans. Some were fighting on the front lines, while others were trying to adjust to new lives and identities in the US.
July 4, 2025
NATO
Russia Resurrects Armored Train Concept to Protect Resupply Lines
Images of a retrofitted armored train being used to resupply Russian armed forces units in the Donbas has echoes of the Soviet Union’s reliance on the strategy to secure its wartime logistics.
July 2, 2025
Ukraine
OPINION: The ‘Boryviter’ (Kestrel) Mosaic – Symbol of Ukraine’s Energy and Courage
How recreating the powerful 1967 mosaic serves as a reminder of the struggles of its creators, and a visualization of Ukraine’s reconstruction following victory in the war.
June 29, 2025
War in Ukraine
OPINION: Victory or Negotiation? How Ukraine Can (and Must) Win
Three years into Russia’s bloody war against Ukraine the West is pinning its hopes on the belief that “all wars end with negotiations,” yet history does not support that conclusion.
June 28, 2025
Air Defenses
WATCH: First Confirmed Strike by Ukrainian Su-27 on Russian SAM with US-Made Missile
The Soviet-era air superiority fighter has been modified by Ukrainian engineers to allow it to employ Western precision weapons against Russian ground and air targets.
June 5, 2025
Russia
Russia to Spend $1.7B Reviving Crumbling Soviet Bunkers as War Fears Mount
Two-thirds of Soviet-era bomb shelters in Russia are unusable, yet Moscow plans to spend $1.7B to restore them amid war with Ukraine and rising fears of attack.
May 30, 2025
Russia
Russia’s National Guard Announces its Latest Modernization Measure – Socks!
Rosgvardia has issued a draft order to amend its uniform standards to specify the color of underwear, a new design of cotton cap, and the abandonment of footwraps in favor of socks.
May 27, 2025
War in Ukraine
OPINION: Stalin Lives, Truth Dies: Putin Weaponizes History
As statues of Stalin s return to Russia, Putin is rewriting Soviet history to legitimize his war in Ukraine. Can satire expose the truth behind authoritarian mythmaking?
May 23, 2025
Israel
Ukraine’s Chief Rabbi’s Thoughts on KGB, War, Russian Myths and Ukraine
Kyiv Post spoke exclusively with Moshe Asman – Ukraine’s chief rabbi who was born in the same city as Vladimir Putin but has spent his life connected to Ukraine and its Jewish community.
May 20, 2025
Ukraine
‘The Price of Freedom’ – Ukraine Celebrates ‘Day of Remembrance’ for Political Victims of USSR
“Mass political repression in the USSR, especially in the period of the ‘Great Terror’ (1937-1938) have become one of the most tragic pages of the history of Ukraine,” Ministry of Culture remembers.
May 19, 2025
Germany
West’s WWII Military Assistance to Soviet Union – 5 Things to Know
According to Russian educators and state-controlled media, the Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany single-handedly.
May 9, 2025
Kyiv
Ukraine in World War II: 10 Historical Facts You Need to Know
Dr. Yurii Shapoval, a leading expert on World War II and Soviet history, speaks to Kyiv Post about Ukraine and its people during the Second World War.
May 8, 2025
Europe
Ukrainian Troops Join VE-Day Parade in London
The UK kicked off its four-day celebratory program on Monday to commemorate the Allies’ victory in WWII via a parade through central London.
May 5, 2025
Ukraine
The Abandoned City Built Around Central Ukraine’s Unfinished Nuclear Power Plant
Kyiv Post visited Orbita – a city that was meant to become home to tens of thousands of nuclear power plant workers, like Chornobyl, Pripyat or Enerhodar – but it was abandoned during construction
April 30, 2025
Kremlin
Pro-Kremlin ‘Immortal Regiment’ March to Be Held in Washington for First Time Since Ukraine Invasion
While originally intended as a tribute to Soviet soldiers who died in WWII, the campaign has increasingly been used by the Kremlin to bolster support for its military policies.
April 21, 2025
Budanov
Video Gives First Confirmation of North Korean MLRS Deployment by Russia
Earlier speculation that Pyongyang had provided Moscow with its M-1991 version of the Soviet-era BM-24 rocket system was confirmed on social media on Saturday.
April 21, 2025