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Who Killed the Kiev Protesters? A 3-D Model Holds the Clues

On Feb. 20, 2014, Evelyn Nefertari, a graduate student living in western Ukraine, watched as the most violent day in her country’s recent history unfolded.

Spotlight put on dark internment camp history at Vernon school

Students at a local high school had no idea what horror took place on the very land their classrooms rest on more than 100 years

Ukrainian tech businessman placed on Forbes 30-under-30 success list – Jan. 22, 2018

U.S. business magazine Forbes has placed Ukrainian tech entrepreneur Denys Zhadanov on its list of the 30 most successful people in Europe aged up to

How Stalin Hid Ukraine’s Famine From the World

In the years 1932 and 1933, a catastrophic famine swept across the Soviet Union. It began in the chaos of collectivization, when millions of peasants

Ukraine fears Russia will use exercises next week to invade

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he fears that Russia could use massive military manoeuvres next week as a cover for invasion. In a major speech,

Red Famine by Anne Applebaum review – did Stalin deliberately let Ukraine starve?

The terrible famine of 1932-3 hit all the major Soviet grain-growing regions, but Ukraine worst of all. It was not the result of adverse climatic

In Ukraine, a Malware Expert Who Could Blow the Whistle on Russian Hacking

KIEV, Ukraine — The hacker, known only by his online alias “Profexer,” kept a low profile. He wrote computer code alone in an apartment and

Kaboom! Russian Drone With Thermite Grenade Blows Up a Billion Dollars of Ukrainian Ammo

A drone carrying a grenade infiltrated an ammunition dump in Ukraine, setting off an explosion that caused an astounding billion dollars worth of damage. The

Russian Rapid Forces Arrive at Border, Ukraine says

As the bloody standoff in Ukraine reaches its annual apex month for violence, Kiev claims Russia is sending more troops near its borders, while the

Russia in Crimea: The ‘War’ With Ukraine That Never Was

The career of Sergei Yeliseyev helps to explain why Ukraine’s armed forces gave up Crimea almost without a fight—and why NATO now says it is

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