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Ukraine Cyberattack Was Meant to Paralyze, not Profit, Evidence Shows
What began as a strike at Ukraine later and perhaps inadvertently spread to other countries merely as collateral damage. 1820 Cyberattack upon Ukraine
How Paul Manafort Wielded Power in Ukraine Before Advising Donald Trump
Mr. Manafort’s chance for a comeback after a spectacular failure of his client, ousted Ukrainian President Yanukovych, came sooner than anyone had expected. 2040
The West Is Enabling Graft in Ukraine
If health care had been adequately funded, perhaps Ukraine wouldn’t have one of the world’s fastest-growing H.I.V. epidemics. If Ukrainian leaders had not been so dire, perhaps there wouldn’t have been a revolution, let alone two. If the country had not been so asset-stripped, perhaps its troops could have defended Crimea from Russian annexation. 3240 Panama offshore scandal
Ukraine’s Unyielding Corruption
Poroshenko seems to have accepted continuing corruption as the price to pay for a modicum of maneuvering room. But the president, the prime minister and the Parliament must be made to understand that the International Monetary Fund and donor nations, including the United States, cannot continue to shovel money into a corrupt swamp unless the government starts shaping the democratic rule that Ukrainians demanded in their protests. 2740
Ukrainian War Veterans Trade Heat of Battle for Pizza Ovens
Out in the fields of eastern Ukraine, they fought the Russians. Now, as men in a kitchen, they are no less fearsome. 2420
Stolen Dutch Art Shows Up in Ukraine, but Getting It Back Isn’t Easy
For a decade, the whereabouts of stolen works from Hoorn museum in the Netherlands remained a mystery; this summer, first traces of the paintings showed up in Ukraine. 1590
A Bleak Future in Eastern Ukraine’s Frozen Zone
Things went from bad to worse for Donetsk city residents, as the rebel zone rapidly sank into a chaotic and lawless state. 2480
Russian Town Near Ukraine, Once Quiet, Now Buzzes With Military Activity
The New York Times' Andrew E. Kramer reports from the Russian border town of Golovinka, life of which changed significantly since thousands of Russian soldiers have started arriving for "drills." 3180 Russian aggression against Ukraine War
As Vladimir Putin Talks More Missiles and Might, Cost Tells Another Story
Increasing emphasis on military matters is a sign that the changes wrought by the Ukraine crisis are cementing a more confrontational relationship between Russia and the West, a new arms race. 2360 War
Defying Obama, Many in Congress Press to Arm Ukraine
With the peace process stalled and violence escalating in Ukraine, a bipartisan coalition in Congress is defying President Obama and European allies by pressing the administration to provide weapons to the embattled nation. 2030
Russia Wields Aid and Ideology Against West to Fight Sanctions
The Kremlin’s goal seems to be to sow division, destabilize the European Union and possibly fracture what until now has been a relatively unified, if sometimes fragile, consensus against Russian aggression. 2490
Leaders in Ukraine Talks Announce Cease-Fire Agreement
16-hour overnight negotiations in Minsk between leaders of Ukraine, Germany, France, and Russia ended with a renewed cease-fire and a number of other agreements regarding the Ukraine's troubled Donbas region. Censor.NET reprints The New York Time's article analyzing the talks outcome. 1770
Mr. Putin Resumes His War in Ukraine
The fighting in eastern Ukraine has flared up again, putting an end to any myth about the cease-fire that was supposed to be in force since September. 3270
Ukraine's Facebook Warriors
Ukrainian civil society in all its forms is increasingly doing what the state cannot. Where the state fails to deliver, the people make up the difference; where it is slow and flabby, they are quick and lean. 2690
Ukraine Vote Takes Nation a Step Closer to NATO
With a Russian-backed separatist insurgency still gripping eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian Parliament voted on Tuesday to take steps toward joining NATO. It was a pointed rebuke to Russia that immediately drew an angry response. 1570
The Iran-Ukraine Affair
Have you heard about the Iran-Ukraine affair? It goes like this. Vladimir Putin’s Russia makes nice over an Iran nuclear deal. It is helpful in every way. In return, the United States turns a blind eye to the big Russian military build-up on the Ukrainian border and in areas under the control of Moscow-backed rebel separatists. 9470
