Ukraine

Statement by EC President Mrs. Ursula von der Leyen at COP28 Disclaimer: The text below was NOT authored by EC President Ursula von der Leyen. It is written by Oleksandr Aleksandrovych, a Ukrainian diplomat. 17.11.23 15:39 134 0 World

The dangerous tour: Ukraine’s top rock star takes music to the bunkers It must surely go down as one of the most dangerous rock tours in history. 25.03.22 18:32 1 102 0 Previously in trend: War

‘We’ll fight to the end.’ Ukraine defiant in face of Vladimir Putin’s phoney war Kyiv’s middle-class professionals ready to take up arms again 18.01.22 18:23 667 0 Previously in trend: War

Ukrainian President praises relationship with Trudeau but mum on support for Security Council seat Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the international community must maintain pressure on Moscow to return the land it seized from Ukraine in 2014 – and he thanked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to readmit Russia into the G7. 22.06.20 16:21 603 0 World

'Improper': White House national security aides criticize Trump’s Ukraine call White House national security aides who listened in on President Donald Trump’s July 25 phone call with the Ukrainian president sharply criticized his conduct on Tuesday as "improper," "unusual" and overtly political. 19.11.19 17:27 621 0 World

Ukraine is 'victim' in Trump impeachment fight, Ukrainian-Americans say Regardless of how the House of Representatives’ impeachment hearings into President Donald Trump end, some Ukrainian-Americans believe their ancestral homeland has already become a unwitting victim of tumultuous U.S. politics. 13.11.19 13:01 593 0 World

Ten Reasons Why Trump Should Visit Ukraine Barack Obama never visited Ukraine as president, and he was the only US president that didn’t visit independent Ukraine while in office. President Donald Trump should. Ukraine has embarked on a massive overhaul of the country and here are ten reasons why the US president should pay a visit. 14.08.19 17:07 279 0 World

Spellcheck beware: Ukraine’s capital is #KyivNotKiev This week, the United States Board on Geographic Names followed suit, following a decade-long push by the Ukrainian government to popularize the Ukrainian spelling. 08.07.19 17:45 170 0 World

Vladimir Putin's passport provocation in Ukraine The Russian president is already testing Ukraine's president-elect Volodymyr Zelenskyi. In fact, Putin's latest decree can be seen as pseudo-legal preparation for military moves. 02.05.19 17:29 234 0 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Russian passports for residents of Russia-controlled territories in Donbas

Could China Add Value to Managing Conflict in Donbas? The Ukrainian presidential campaign is reaching its peak. On March, 31 the Ukrainians will decide on whom they see as the leader of the country for the next five years. A winner of the presidential election will have to give a response to a number of challenges faced by the country, one of the most important of which is resolving the conflict in Donbas. 27.03.19 11:45 309 0 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Ukraine’s Poroshenko Paradox In upcoming elections, the incumbent president may well lose to a man who plays one on TV. 21.03.19 16:42 190 0 Previously in trend: Presidential election 2019

Yuri Vanetik: "To succeed in Washington, you need to prove that you are serious. You don’t buy access. You earn it". Yuri Vanetik is an American lawyer, political strategist and private investor. Over the last 18 years he has leadership roles in the Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, and Republican Governors Association. As an investor, he has invested in technology companies, mining and oil and gas, and real estate in US and overseas. 19.11.18 14:30 391 0 Ukrainian Politics

Ukraine’s glaring national security gap that no one has heard of My article about Ukraine’s new electricity tariffs aroused quite a few interesting comments, which deserve responses. Since these comments are private and many from people in high positions, I shall not mention their names. The arguments circle around pricing, ownership, privatization, investment, and taxation. 02.04.18 09:33 2 806 0 Society

Ukraine's economic secret: 'Engineering is in our DNA' As war raged in eastern Ukraine in 2014, Yevhen Vovchuk told his bosses at the IT firm where he worked in Kyiv that he was going on vacation. 18.01.18 08:53 396 0 Tech

Five Ways How Ukraine Crisis Media Center Changed the World’s Perception of Ukraine Ukraine has continued to face many challenges but something has changed in the last year. The country started scoring targeted and powerful public relations goals abroad. 11.08.17 17:07 292 0

The United States must support Ukraine's vibrant transformation The U.S. should be interested in Ukraine realizing its full potential. 19.06.17 16:30 149 0

Three Dimensions: What Does Trump Victory Mean for Ukraine? Following Donald Trump’s victory, Carnegie Moscow Center asked three experts, one in Russia, one in Ukraine, and one in the United States, to comment on “What impact will Trump’s victory have on Ukraine?” 30.11.16 10:27 275 0 Previously in trend: President Trump

Vladimir Putin’s Outlaw State President Vladimir Putin is fast turning Russia into an outlaw nation. 30.09.16 16:24 181 0 Previously in trend: War

Kyiv in Denial Ukraine’s leaders think their country is too important to fail. They're wrong. 03.08.16 17:49 179 0

​Condoleezza Rice, Barack Obama and Ukraine Two great Americans who are also trailblazing African-Americans, and hence even greater sources of pride for citizens, revealed their thoughts on Ukraine this month. 14.03.16 15:30 297 0

Ukraine vs. Russia: A long and unhappy history The new book The Gates of Europe details the enduring conflict for territory and identity between Russia and Ukraine. 01.03.16 11:16 338 0

Has Europe Reached the Breaking Point? A refugee crisis, a Greek debt showdown, Russian aggression and terrorism in the streets. How 2015 has threatened to undo the European Union. 16.12.15 16:45 238 0 Previously in trend: War

For Ukraine, the EU remains an inspiration Viewed from the point of view of Ukraine's economic crisis and constant threat of renewed war with Russia, the challenges facing our European Union neighbors seem like minor disturbances to an otherwise hugely successful economic integration project. 15.10.15 15:12 121 0

Events of Aug. 6-7, 2014. 72nd mechanized brigade commander Mykhailo Drapatyi headed breakthrough of Ukrainian troops from encirclement near Chervonopartyzansk A year ago, the Ukrainian army stationed at the far border with Russia, near Chervonopartyzansk, Dovzhanske, and Diakove conducted one of the first most desperate moves which proved that the Ukrainian army would fight and not give up. 11.08.15 10:59 80 454 155 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Croatia’s ‘Storm’ inspires Ukraine in battle with separatists As Croatia reflects on its 1995 victory over rebellion regions of the country, some in Ukraine now dream their own Operation Storm could one day crush an uprising, fomented and supported by Vladimir Putin’s Russia, which bears a striking resemblance to the Serb rebellion in Krajina of 20 years ago. 05.08.15 10:07 405 0

Georgia Dials Down Conflict With Russia The war in Ukraine reinforced the lesson among Georgians they say they had already learned in 2008: In case of a Russian invasion, the West will not fight for you, or sell you weapons to fight for yourself. 04.08.15 10:12 372 0 Previously in trend: War

Is the United States Selling Out Ukraine? Moscow’s endgame is to embed Russian territories back into Ukraine as a Trojan horse. And it is desperate to cut a deal to secure this result. 03.08.15 10:53 381 0

Ukraine Can’t Survive On Its Own Almost miraculously, the Ukrainian people are coming together to rebuild their country from scratch. The same expectations and demands that underpinned the “Revolution of Dignity” in 2014 remain unifying demands in Ukraine today. 21.07.15 12:29 176 0

Ukraine PM Yatsenyuk: We're nothing like Greece The fighting in the east - while having killed thousands - does not affect business prospects in the large Eastern European nation, Ukraine's PM says of its country. 16.07.15 12:41 156 0

Sanzharivka combat at 307.5 high point as described by participant Strongpoint at 307.5 has been created by tankmen from the 17th tank brigade. The position was named ‘Valera’ after commander of the tank company which was the first to arrive to the high point. They were later joined by detachments of anti-tank guided missiles and tripod-mounted man-portable anti-tank guns from the fire support company of our battalion. We arrived on Oct. 12, 2014 – the 3rd platoon of the 1st company of mountain infantry battalion of the 128th brigade, commanded by Captain Slota A.T. 08.07.15 15:27 228 573 91 Previously in trend: War

Feb. 8, 2015. ‘LPR’ tank company defeated near Novohryhorivka, as told by Zenit platoon strongpoint commander Yurii Brekharia Butt to butt offensive between ‘Zenit’ and ‘Zozo’ strongpoints; four tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, infantry. For masking purposes, one of the tanks had a Ukrainian flag on it. This can only be seen in some Russian movies by Bondarchuk. Chain of submachine gunners follows, and more personnel gets out from the infantry combat vehicle. 07.07.15 09:46 303 500 157 Previously in trend: War

Ukraine abandoned by European and at mercy of Russia Ukraine is in a dire financial situation, but there seems little international will to help this huge pro-European country. 17.06.15 14:43 294 0

Transnistria shapes up as next Ukraine-Russia flashpoint Ukraine’s ending of Russian military access to Transnistria, which poses a logistical problem for Moscow, is a reminder of how many potential flashpoints lurk between Russia and Ukraine. 03.06.15 18:51 359 0 Previously in trend: War

Ukraine: Merkel and Putin Go Nose to Nose The ongoing war in Ukraine is thus a test for Germany and a test run for Russia. 01.06.15 17:39 229 0 Previously in trend: War

Yatseniuk: "Do not be scared of Russia. It is for Russia to be scared of all of us" In his interview to Financial Times, Ukraine's Prime Minister Arsenii Yatseniuk speaks of EU membership perspective, debt restructuring, deoligarchization, and his relationship with President Poroshenko. 25.05.15 17:22 430 0

Learning from Uncle Sam - to Russia's annoyance, U.S. hones Ukrainian fighting skills The small-scale U.S. training effort in Ukraine, together with similar schemes set up by Britain, Canada and Poland, sends a signal to Russia that the West stands behind the Ukrainian government in its conflict with Russia in the east of the country. 19.05.15 17:31 449 0

How Russian Special Forces soldiers were taken captive on May 16 near Shchastia So, that is what is known at the moment: recon element of the 3rd brigade of Russian Military Forces has come for another round of war to Ukraine. Brigade divisions leave for the war regularly – this is a part of military training. The group was staff-based, there were no “mercenaries,” all commanded by Captain Yevgeniy Yerofeyev. The unit’s headquarters is located in Bryanka. Shchastia was in the zone of responsibility of the 3rd Special Forces brigade of Russian Federation. 20.05.15 13:45 142 721 156 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine Captured Russian special forces operatives War

Gaming the Ukraine Crisis The war in Donbas might be just a game between Russia and the West, an article by Leonid Bershidsky for Bloomberg View suggests. 15.05.15 14:39 280 0 Previously in trend: War

United Ukrainian Appeal Today the escalation of the armed conflict in Donbas, due to external aggression, is an unprecedented challenge to the modern world order. It puts into question the very existence of an independent Ukrainian state within its internationally recognized borders. 05.05.15 11:05 282 0

Putin’s war on truth Diplomatic words of good faith are the worst and most dangerous avenue for propaganda. 29.04.15 14:50 346 0 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

The real threat to Europe lies in Ukraine rather than Greece The biggest threat to European Union's geostrategic and long-term economic interests stems from a collapse of Ukraine, not Greece. 27.04.15 11:47 442 0 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Economic disaster War

Ukraine sees ‘brain drain’ as its best and brightest escape chaos for the West Brainpower, which has long been a major Ukrainian export, is fleeing Ukraine due to hostilities in the east of the country. 23.04.15 14:12 171 0 Previously in trend: War

Ukraine conflict attracts foreign fighters – on both sides Just like the conflicts in Iraq and Syria, the violence in eastern Ukraine is attracting foreign fighters – some with the pro-Russian separatists, and some with the Ukrainian government forces. 22.04.15 17:48 549 0 Previously in trend: War

Ukraine to rewrite Soviet history with controversial 'decommunisation' laws Nearly 24 years after the USSR collapse, Ukrainians come to legislative ban of Communist symbols and offer recognition for fighters in various people's militias of the 20th century who were dubbed "enemies" over the Soviet period. 21.04.15 15:14 180 0

Denys "Klishch", gunfire spotter: "I was inside the watchtower when it crashed down, but the headquarters considers me a deserter" On weekends, the enemy arranged a sort of 'safari tour' to entertain their visitors from Russia to shoot at us. They just paid money to the ‘DPR’ separatists, or brought some humanitarian aid in exchange for permission to "shoot Ukrainians.” However, there were some losers among them who remained there forever because they thought we were poor fighters. 16.04.15 17:25 188 151 127 Previously in trend: Fighting for the Donetsk airport

Ukraine-Russia tug-of-war over Scythian gold A legal battle between Ukraine and Russia is beginning in a Dutch court over the future of a spectacular collection of Scythian gold and precious Greek, Roman and Byzantine items that are part of an exhibition at an Amsterdam museum. 15.04.15 13:48 332 0

Why Ukraine Still Can’t Break Ties With Russian ‘Aggressor State’ Tight economic and trade ties, set back in the USSR, are hindering Ukraine's unhampered move towards West. 14.04.15 11:29 165 0

The town of Shchastia is a lottery. Some win to live, some don’t I take a walk around Shchastia, a small town in the east of Ukraine, in the company of Maksym, a very young soldier. They say it is not safe to walk here alone with a camera. 09.04.15 18:07 67 081 124