Ukraine
Step by step through the most important events in Ukraine’s independent history
Dec. 9, 2004
Former presidential security guard releases more recordings, says they prove guilt of Kuchma, others.
Oct. 28, 2004
Officials in Moscow and Kyiv appear unable to end a dispute over a small island separating the two countries.
Oct. 30, 2003
Opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko says she knows where her fugitive husband is, insists he’s not hiding from justice, but she’s not giving his whereabouts.
Aug. 28, 2003
Parliamentary vote to dismiss NBU Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh reveals the methods presidential loyalists in the Rada are ready to employ to accomplish their aims.
Dec. 19, 2002
SPOKANE (Washington), May 23 – Eric Miller bakes 90 loaves of bread each day in a bakery named Mariupol after his hometown, and many who buy his bread are among 200 residents in and around Spokane who
May. 23, 2002
KYIV, July 27 – Ukraine will continue military cooperation with Macedonia, even though it is willing «to consider» halting arms sales to the troubled Balkans nation, a foreign ministry official said T
Jul. 27, 2001
Says that the groundless arrest and detention of Oleksandr Tymoshenko shows that prosecutor's office can do anything it wants to ruin people's lives
Nov. 21, 2000
KYIV, Sept 18 – The first gold medal is now on the Ukrainian Olympic team’s account as a result of the world record-breaking performance of swimmer Yana Klochkova in the 400 meter individual medley sw
Sep. 18, 2000
Kyiv
If your apartment is too cold, there are several things you can do to warm it up. You can buy some heaters and risk blowing a fuse, short-circuiting your entire building or burning down your apartment
Nov. 25, 1999
Halyna Freeland practiced law in Canada for nearly 20 years and even made a run for parliament before coming to Ukraine in 1992 to work on a doctoral thesis in women’s studies. After helping to organi
Apr. 29, 1999
In a defensive strike against a rival group of Jewish leaders and businessmen who are trying to sideline him from Ukrainian Jewish politics, Ukrainian-Israeli businessman Vadim Rabinovich summoned mor
Apr. 8, 1999
Winter gloom has settled over the Presidential Administration building on Bankivska. The lord of the manor goes around snarling vague threats at shadow business tycoons and foreign media interests. Hi
Dec. 9, 1998
The reaction by the Nazi occupiers to the explosions and fires set off by the Soviet NKVD in downtown Kyiv on Sept. 24, 1941, was to randomly arrest 1,600 Jews and execute them. If that mass execution
Oct. 2, 1998
There are treats for mosquitoes and traffic police alike this Summer in a remote corner of Ukraine. Thanks to a new prize awarded by the Royal Geographical Society of London, the mosquitoes will get a
Jul. 28, 1998
Editor’s Note: The collapse of the Soviet Union ignited a grab for money and power, as well as the emergence of new organized crime groups. Until gunned down on the streets on April 20, 1997, Odesa’s
Apr. 24, 1997
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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.
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