Kyiv Post (Old)
A top commander of Russian-backed forces in Luhansk has been assassinated, along with several members of his entourage.
May. 23, 2015
Military and civilian casualties are mounting as tension remains high in cities on the eastern war front, including Shyrokyne, Berdianske, Luhanske and Toshkivka, according to the Organization for Sec
May. 14, 2015
Amid growing signs of a standoff between the
Kremlin and Chechnya’s strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov – and persistent rumors
of infighting among Russian-backed separatists who control parts of the Donb
May. 8, 2015
In a rebuke to World War II symbols popular in the Soviet Union and now in modern-day Russia, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in April signed a decree that designated a poppy as the symbol of the
May. 8, 2015
At Andriyivsky Uzviz, one of Kyiv’s most popular tourist destinations, Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin stares out at tourists from T-shirts, badges, hats and even kitchen magnets. However, if Ukrainia
May. 7, 2015
The standoff between Right Sector and the authorities over the status of the nationalist group’s military unit reached a fever pitch on April 29 before the parties smoothed out some of their differenc
Apr. 29, 2015
SHYROKYNE, Ukraine – Even as a military spokesman denied that any
Ukrainian forces had been killed during a weekend battle in Shyrokyne on
April 19, members of the Azov Regiment were packing up the bo
Apr. 24, 2015
An estimated 100 Russian soldiers are fighting on the Ukrainian side to
defend the nation against the combined Russian-separatist invasion of
the eastern Donbas.
Apr. 24, 2015
PISKY, Ukraine – As the sound of shelling punctuates every sentence he
utters, Semyon Salatenko, a Ukrainian soldier from the Dnipro Battalion
serving in Pisky, asks, “Can you hear the ceasefire in ac
Apr. 23, 2015
SHYROKYNE, Ukraine – As the cease-fire in eastern Ukraine remains such in name only, international monitors have shifted their focus to the Donetsk Oblast village of Shyrokyne, where fighting between
Apr. 17, 2015
Russian mercenary Arseniy Pavlov, better known as Motorola, is the focus of investigations that he executed Ukrainian prisoners of war and tortured others.
Apr. 9, 2015
Ukraine’s
Parliament has opened access to the archives of repressive Soviet agencies,
banned Communist and Nazi symbols and propaganda and granted special status to
all Ukrainian military organization
Apr. 9, 2015
A group of lawmakers blocked the parliament’s rostrum in the morning of April 7 to demand a probe into the work of the Cabinet and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
Apr. 7, 2015
A Russian fighter’s confession that he killed 15 Ukrainian prisoners of war may be considered evidence of war crimes in court if the authenticity of the recording is confirmed, human rights and legal
Apr. 6, 2015
The Security Service of Ukraine has opened an investigation into the torture and murder of Ukrainian prisoner of war Ihor Branovytsky by Kremlin backed-insurgents, Vasil Vovk, head of the service’s ma
Apr. 3, 2015
Hennadiy Moskal, the head of the Luhansk regional administration, has called on the Defense Ministry to rein in members of the Aidar Battalion who have been wreaking havoc in the region after stealing
Apr. 1, 2015