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William Green Miller, who served as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine in the 1990s as the euphoria of national independence gave way to the misery of economic destitution for many Ukrainians, died in his hom
Sep. 24, 2019
Talks of impeachment are again echoing through Washington. On Sept. 22, U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that he had discussed his political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, in a July phon
Sep. 23, 2019
President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a bill creating the procedure to impeach a president into law on Sept. 23. Previously, it was unclear whether the president could actually be removed from offic
Sep. 23, 2019
If German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier read Ukrainian, he would be surprised how often he is mentioned by local media. Their interest is not in Steinmeier himself, but in a peace initiative beari
Sep. 17, 2019
Ukrainian fashion photographer and director Sasha Samsonova has shot U.S. fashion icon Kylie Jenner for the cover of another icon, Playboy magazine. “No words, just so much love,” Samsonova wrote in h
Sep. 17, 2019
What Ukraine considers to be its best universities are actually some of the world’s worst, according to rankings that purport to measure world higher education quality. Some of Ukraine’s most prestigi
Sep. 13, 2019
A whopping 71 percent of Ukrainians are happy about President Volodymyr Zelensky’s policies, as shown by survey results published by the Rating Group pollster on Sept. 21. “As compared with July 2019,
Sep. 12, 2019
One of Ukraine’s most popular DJs, Anastasia Topolskaia, better known by her stage name Nastia, has become a resident of the United Kingdom’s BBC Radio 1. She will give a series of six shows for the r
Sep. 6, 2019
Movies
There is one “villain” in the Vasyl Stus biopic “Censored” that Ukrainians would have wanted to have been named. But, due to legal threats, he wasn’t. In a key film scene, Stus, the Ukrainian dissiden
Sep. 6, 2019
Viktor Muzhenko, the former chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, has been retired from active military service by a decree of President Volodymyr Zelensky issued on Sept. 2. The h
Sep. 2, 2019
President Volodymyr Zelensky has met with members of the newly elected Cabinet of Ministers and given them draft laws to prepare on strict deadlines. By the end of the month, the government must adopt
Sep. 2, 2019
As Ukrainian authorities hope to revive peace talks with Russia, the death toll for Ukrainian troops killed in action keeps growing. Since the start of the year, at least 72 Ukrainian soldiers – 29 of
Aug. 30, 2019
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry on Aug. 29 officially introduced a brand new military medal for combat-related injuries, with 25 distinguished Donbas war veterans being the decoration’s first recipients. T
Aug. 30, 2019
Three pro-democracy protest leaders in Hong Kong were arrested in the early hours of Aug. 30, a few hours after protesters held citywide screenings of an Oscar-nominated documentary film about Ukraine
Aug. 30, 2019
The Verkhovna Rada on Aug. 29 appointed Ruslan Riaboshapka the prosecutor general of Ukraine. He replaces Yuriy Lutsenko, who served since May 2016. Lutsenko earned a controversial reputation due to l
Aug. 29, 2019
Ukrainian parliament at its first meeting on Aug. 29 voted for the new prime minister and the Cabinet. The new Cabinet includes 17 ministers, as opposed to 25 ministers that served on the outgoing Cab
Aug. 29, 2019
William Green Miller, who served as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine in the 1990s as the euphoria of national independence gave way to the misery of economic destitution for many Ukrainians, died in his hom
Sep. 24, 2019
Talks of impeachment are again echoing through Washington. On Sept. 22, U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that he had discussed his political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, in a July phon
Sep. 23, 2019
President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a bill creating the procedure to impeach a president into law on Sept. 23. Previously, it was unclear whether the president could actually be removed from offic
Sep. 23, 2019
If German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier read Ukrainian, he would be surprised how often he is mentioned by local media. Their interest is not in Steinmeier himself, but in a peace initiative beari
Sep. 17, 2019
Ukrainian fashion photographer and director Sasha Samsonova has shot U.S. fashion icon Kylie Jenner for the cover of another icon, Playboy magazine. “No words, just so much love,” Samsonova wrote in h
Sep. 17, 2019
What Ukraine considers to be its best universities are actually some of the world’s worst, according to rankings that purport to measure world higher education quality. Some of Ukraine’s most prestigi
Sep. 13, 2019
A whopping 71 percent of Ukrainians are happy about President Volodymyr Zelensky’s policies, as shown by survey results published by the Rating Group pollster on Sept. 21. “As compared with July 2019,
Sep. 12, 2019
One of Ukraine’s most popular DJs, Anastasia Topolskaia, better known by her stage name Nastia, has become a resident of the United Kingdom’s BBC Radio 1. She will give a series of six shows for the r
Sep. 6, 2019
Movies
There is one “villain” in the Vasyl Stus biopic “Censored” that Ukrainians would have wanted to have been named. But, due to legal threats, he wasn’t. In a key film scene, Stus, the Ukrainian dissiden
Sep. 6, 2019
Viktor Muzhenko, the former chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, has been retired from active military service by a decree of President Volodymyr Zelensky issued on Sept. 2. The h
Sep. 2, 2019
President Volodymyr Zelensky has met with members of the newly elected Cabinet of Ministers and given them draft laws to prepare on strict deadlines. By the end of the month, the government must adopt
Sep. 2, 2019
As Ukrainian authorities hope to revive peace talks with Russia, the death toll for Ukrainian troops killed in action keeps growing. Since the start of the year, at least 72 Ukrainian soldiers – 29 of
Aug. 30, 2019
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry on Aug. 29 officially introduced a brand new military medal for combat-related injuries, with 25 distinguished Donbas war veterans being the decoration’s first recipients. T
Aug. 30, 2019
Three pro-democracy protest leaders in Hong Kong were arrested in the early hours of Aug. 30, a few hours after protesters held citywide screenings of an Oscar-nominated documentary film about Ukraine
Aug. 30, 2019
The Verkhovna Rada on Aug. 29 appointed Ruslan Riaboshapka the prosecutor general of Ukraine. He replaces Yuriy Lutsenko, who served since May 2016. Lutsenko earned a controversial reputation due to l
Aug. 29, 2019
Ukrainian parliament at its first meeting on Aug. 29 voted for the new prime minister and the Cabinet. The new Cabinet includes 17 ministers, as opposed to 25 ministers that served on the outgoing Cab
Aug. 29, 2019
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The Russian army is advancing in the Donetsk region, heading toward the strategically important city of Pokrovsk.
Aug. 13