EXCLUSIVE
Sergei Korotkikh, a neo-Nazi and a member of Ukraine’s Azov Battalion, has agreed to cooperate with Russian law enforcement agencies, according to video footage published on Aug. 6. The video footage
Aug. 6, 2021
Chronically short of financial support, Ukraine has started looking for cheap loans from China for road and highway projects. Ukraine’s shift comes as lending has stalled from the International Moneta
Aug. 5, 2021
Kyiv’s skyline is littered with construction cranes; its residents complain of noisy construction sites. It makes one wonder if the city isn’t experiencing a residential real estate boom. In reality,
Aug. 2, 2021
Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina made history on July 31 after becoming the first-ever tennis player to win a medal for Ukraine at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Svitolina, 26, won the bronze m
Jul. 31, 2021
Kyiv resident Natalia Vakulenko planned to take her two children to the beach to escape the heat on a summer day in July. The family was about to leave home when Vakulenko came across a Facebook post
Jul. 31, 2021
Captain Vadym Voroshylov used to be a fighter pilot with Ukraine’s 204th Tactical Aviation Brigade based in Lutsk, a city of 200,000 450 kilometers northwest from Kyiv. By his mid‑20s, he had already
Jul. 31, 2021
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine — It’s an especially hot day in early July, and four women are hiding from the sun in a ruined building by the highway just outside Sloviansk. Their clients know where to find them
Jul. 30, 2021
Despite winning local elections in a landslide in 2020, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko is still in the hot seat. Klitschko has been embroiled in an on-again, off-again power struggle with President Volod
Jul. 30, 2021
Ukrainian swimmer Mykhailo Romanchuk won a bronze medal in the men’s 800-meter freestyle race at the Olympic Games in Tokyo on July 29. Romanchuk finished at 7:42.33, just around half a second after s
Jul. 29, 2021
Kazakhstan’s largest financial technology firm Kaspi.kz has signed a purchase agreement with Ukraine-based online payment service Portmone, according to financial statements Kaspi.kz published on July
Jul. 28, 2021
A striking 41% of Ukrainian respondents to a poll agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent claim that “Russians and Ukrainians are one nation and belong to the same historical and spiritu
Jul. 28, 2021
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) detained a Ukrainian national who is suspected of setting up a bot farm to sell fake online accounts, called bots, to Russian customers. The suspect, a local tech spec
Jul. 27, 2021
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, American celebrities who recently started dating again, spent a weekend in the Mediterranean on a luxurious yacht reportedly belonging to Rinat Akhmetov, the richest ma
Jul. 26, 2021
High heels are making headlines in Ukraine once again – and in a positive light this time. Ukraine’s largest low-cost carrier SkyUp has changed the uniform of its flight attendants with an emphasis on
Jul. 26, 2021
Ukraine has imposed sanctions on Russia’s biggest online retailer Wildberries and its founder Tatyana Bakalchuk, the richest woman in Russia, on July 23. Tatyana Bakalchuk’s husband Vladislav was also
Jul. 26, 2021
President Volodymyr Zelensky might be at a rave on July 30. Not that he’s known to be a fan of electronic music, but he won’t have much choice. A team of activists will set up a stage, bring DJs and b
Jul. 25, 2021
Sergei Korotkikh, a neo-Nazi and a member of Ukraine’s Azov Battalion, has agreed to cooperate with Russian law enforcement agencies, according to video footage published on Aug. 6. The video footage
Aug. 6, 2021
Chronically short of financial support, Ukraine has started looking for cheap loans from China for road and highway projects. Ukraine’s shift comes as lending has stalled from the International Moneta
Aug. 5, 2021
Kyiv’s skyline is littered with construction cranes; its residents complain of noisy construction sites. It makes one wonder if the city isn’t experiencing a residential real estate boom. In reality,
Aug. 2, 2021
Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina made history on July 31 after becoming the first-ever tennis player to win a medal for Ukraine at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Svitolina, 26, won the bronze m
Jul. 31, 2021
Kyiv resident Natalia Vakulenko planned to take her two children to the beach to escape the heat on a summer day in July. The family was about to leave home when Vakulenko came across a Facebook post
Jul. 31, 2021
Captain Vadym Voroshylov used to be a fighter pilot with Ukraine’s 204th Tactical Aviation Brigade based in Lutsk, a city of 200,000 450 kilometers northwest from Kyiv. By his mid‑20s, he had already
Jul. 31, 2021
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine — It’s an especially hot day in early July, and four women are hiding from the sun in a ruined building by the highway just outside Sloviansk. Their clients know where to find them
Jul. 30, 2021
Despite winning local elections in a landslide in 2020, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko is still in the hot seat. Klitschko has been embroiled in an on-again, off-again power struggle with President Volod
Jul. 30, 2021
Ukrainian swimmer Mykhailo Romanchuk won a bronze medal in the men’s 800-meter freestyle race at the Olympic Games in Tokyo on July 29. Romanchuk finished at 7:42.33, just around half a second after s
Jul. 29, 2021
Kazakhstan’s largest financial technology firm Kaspi.kz has signed a purchase agreement with Ukraine-based online payment service Portmone, according to financial statements Kaspi.kz published on July
Jul. 28, 2021
A striking 41% of Ukrainian respondents to a poll agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent claim that “Russians and Ukrainians are one nation and belong to the same historical and spiritu
Jul. 28, 2021
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) detained a Ukrainian national who is suspected of setting up a bot farm to sell fake online accounts, called bots, to Russian customers. The suspect, a local tech spec
Jul. 27, 2021
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, American celebrities who recently started dating again, spent a weekend in the Mediterranean on a luxurious yacht reportedly belonging to Rinat Akhmetov, the richest ma
Jul. 26, 2021
High heels are making headlines in Ukraine once again – and in a positive light this time. Ukraine’s largest low-cost carrier SkyUp has changed the uniform of its flight attendants with an emphasis on
Jul. 26, 2021
Ukraine has imposed sanctions on Russia’s biggest online retailer Wildberries and its founder Tatyana Bakalchuk, the richest woman in Russia, on July 23. Tatyana Bakalchuk’s husband Vladislav was also
Jul. 26, 2021
President Volodymyr Zelensky might be at a rave on July 30. Not that he’s known to be a fan of electronic music, but he won’t have much choice. A team of activists will set up a stage, bring DJs and b
Jul. 25, 2021