Ukraine
Just being anywhere near Independence Square in Kyiv overnight proved to be dangerous — even for those who did not participate in the ongoing EuroMaidan demonstrations. Police officers seemed intent o
Nov. 30, 2013
Serhiy Lyovochkin, the head of the Presidential Administration, resigned on Nov. 30, just hours after the nation’s police violently broke up a crowd of peaceful protesters on Maidan Nezalezhnosti, acc
Nov. 30, 2013
Ukraine’s Interior Ministry, which runs the nation’s police force, blamed protesters for provoking a violent police response to clear Independence Square of about 400 EuroMaidan demonstrators. However
Nov. 30, 2013
After riot police stormed Kyiv’s Independence Square early today and used violence to remove 400 peaceful demonstrators, Western diplomats quickly condemned the brutality.
Nov. 30, 2013
Johannes Wamberg Andersen was out late in Kyiv’s center when, close to 5 a.m. today, some of his friends told him that police were raiding Maidan Nezalezhnosti and attacking protesters.
Nov. 30, 2013
Only four days after it was launched, a petition calling for sanctions against President Viktor Yanukovych and top members of his government has gathered more than 100,000 signatures online.
That mean
Nov. 30, 2013
US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt has warned about serious consequences that the use of force against the participants in the rally in support for Ukraine’s European integration in Kyiv could ha
Nov. 29, 2013
Editor’s Note: The Kyiv Post will be providing continuous coverage of the protests in Kyiv and other cities following the government’s decision on Nov. 21 to stop European Union integration and suspe
Nov. 29, 2013
Organizers of the EuroMaidan demonstrations, which are entering their
ninth day on Nov. 29, are trying to decide whether to carry on the
street protests or suspend them and regroup for a strategy sess
Nov. 29, 2013
Kyiv
Serhiy Fomenko, better known as Foma, the lead singer of the popular
Ukrainian band Mandry, jumps off the stage after performing, too excited
to even speak. The noise of thousands of protesters on the
Nov. 29, 2013
They already live in the European Union. Some of them went abroad in search of a better life, a better job, a better education. However, hundreds of Ukrainians all over the world couldn’t keep calm as
Nov. 28, 2013
At least two petition drives are circulating on the Internet that take aim at President Viktor Yanukovych and his administration, triggered by the government’s Nov. 21 decision to suspend its drive fo
Nov. 27, 2013
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych reaffirmed on Nov. 26 his refusal to sign a political association and free trade pact with the European Union until he gets a better deal.
Nov. 26, 2013
The Security Service of Ukraine, the nation’s intelligence agency, has its white mini-van back, courtesy of the Berkut anti-riot police officers.
Nov. 26, 2013
Ukraine is split practically 50/50 over the accession to the European Union or the Customs Union. Europe is favored by 39 percent of Ukrainians, and 37 percent prefer the Customs Union, said the Kyiv
Nov. 26, 2013
About 10,000 Lviv students have joined a strike, protesting the pause in Ukraine’s accession to the European Union, also called EuroMaidan, near the Monument to Taras Shevchenko.
Nov. 25, 2013
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The Russian Defense Ministry’s 2045 plan sees the dismantling and division of Ukrainian territory to secure a pro-Russian global political outcome, according to Kyiv Post sources.
Nov. 21