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Smoke rise from an air defense base in the aftermath of an apparent Russian strike in Mariupol, Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2022.
Ukraine
Russia attacks Ukraine; peace in Europe ‘shattered’
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Borders
How do maps handle disputed borders?
A cityscape view from onion domes
Identity
Spellcheck beware: Ukraine’s capital is #KyivNotKiev
A man in shorts and a baseball hat stands next to construction workers covered in soot.
Media
HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ revisits nuclear catastrophe with a nod to climate change
Vitaliy Kudla is shown wearing a two-tone jacket and hat while sitting in a small room with a bed behind him.
Conflict & Justice
In shadow of war, Ukrainians seek to vote for peace
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is shown sitting at the end of a table chairing a meeting with heads of military and security forces in Kiev, Ukraine, Nov. 30, 2018.
Ukraine bars entry to Russian men of combat age citing invasion fears
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Business, Economics and Jobs
Will Ukrainians abroad drive change back home?
Ukrainian politician Oleh Lyashko is shown with several people behind standing at a podium pointing his finger during a parliament session.
Global Politics
Ukraine introduces martial law citing threat of Russian invasion
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Environment
Despite the risks, holdouts refuse to abandon Ukraine’s radiation hotspots
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Justice
Ukraine’s first female police officers won’t be posing for selfies anymore. They’re too busy doing their jobs.
Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko and state security service chief Vasily Gritsak
Russian journalist stages his own death in order to thwart an attempt on his life
Former Trump 2016 campaign chairman Paul Manafort leaves U.S. Federal Court, after being arraigned on twelve federal charges
Conflict
Paul Manafort’s indictment made headlines in Ukraine too
An investigator works at the scene of a car bomb explosion that killed Maksym Shapoval, a high-ranking Ukrainian official involved in military intelligence, in Kiev
Conflict
In Kiev, assassinations are becoming commonplace
Former lawmaker of the Russian State Duma Denis Voronenkov and his wife Maria Maksakova pose for a picture in Kiev, Ukraine February 27, 2017. Voronenkov was assassinated March 23, 2017 in Kiev.
Global Politics
Did Putin put out a contract on a Russian whistleblower and critic?
A protester sits in front of burning barricades during clashes with pro-government forces at Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine on Aug. 7, 2014.
Economics
Ukrainians worry that Trump will ignore them
Lt. Maya Breslavski and her team detain a drunk driver after he attempted to flee the scene.
Conflict
Drug users are presumed criminals in Ukraine. New police training is aimed at changing that.
Vendors sell bike rentals, guided tours and memorabilia outside the main entrance to Mezhyhirya.
Global Politics
The unusual things you’ll see while touring the lavish estate of Ukraine’s ex-president (PHOTOS)
The the main club house inside Mezhgorye, the residence of Ukraine's ousted president Victor Yanukovych.
Conflict
Ukrainians vowed to turn their ex-president’s estate into a ‘Museum of Corruption.’ But it’s something else now.
The latest photo opp in Kiev: stand where the big Vladimir Lenin monument once stood and say cheese!
Arts
People are lining up to pose as the founder of the Soviet Union in Ukraine’s capital
Georgiy Gaidamaka left his native Simferopol, in Crimea, after the Russian government said it would cut end the methadone­ substitution therapy he’d relied on to treat his heroin addiction. Now he lives in Kiev, where he builds amplifiers from old Soviet
Conflict
For Ukrainians displaced by conflict, there’s no going back
A view of the damaged reactor at Chernobyl, April 2016
Environment
Chernobyl and ‘the summer without children’
Members of the Ukrainian band DakhaBrakha
Music
One of Ukraine’s cultural ambassadors could be drafted at any time
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Justice
These are some of Ukraine’s first women police officers. Thanks, in part, to the California Highway Patrol.
Egg salad for Passover in Drohobych, Ukraine. Loli Kantor remembers this method of cutting an egg in the palm of your hand from her youth. It's part of the Jewish life that she documented in Ukraine.
Belief
The conflict in Ukraine has led to a Golden Age for Jews — though some are still leaving
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Global Politics
Let the conspiracy theories begin: Who killed Boris Nemtsov?
Baristas at Cup&Cake discuss the potential cease fire between Ukrainian forces and separatist rebels.
Conflict
Life in Kiev is normal — but only at first glance
Ceasefire: Ukraine style. An explosion amidst shelling near Debaltseve, Tuesday.
Conflict
Heavy fighting continues in Ukraine — despite ‘ceasefire’
Peter Pomerantsev
Global Politics
How a Kiev-born TV producer understands Ukrainian identity
Anti-government protesters run with an injured man on a stretcher in downtown Kiev, February 20, 2014.
Conflict
‘Sniper’ tells the BBC he may have helped provoke a massacre in Ukraine
A woman cries as she waits for humanitarian aid in the battered town of Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine.
Conflict
War rages on in Ukraine despite talk of peace
Vigil for those who died in eastern Ukraine
Conflict
Meet a broken family in Ukraine — divided by geography and blame
A woman walks near a memorial to those who died protesting against President Yanukovych, during a commemoration ceremony for them in Kiev Friday, as Ukrainians marked the first anniversary of protests which led to the revolution.
Conflict
Ukrainians remember the first anniversary of the start of their revolution
A pro-Russian separatist stands guard during the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic leadership and local parliamentary elections on Sunday.
Global Politics
Eastern Ukrainian rebels up the ante with a disputed election
Arts
A worldwide viral hit shows a different side of Ukraine
Burnt-out vehicles in an area that was recently shelled in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. The ceasefire has been marred by shelling and shooting.
Global Politics
Kiev reaches out to eastern Ukraine, but rebels there are skeptical of the offer
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a signing ceremony in Mongolia at the national parliament building in Ulan Bator, September 3, 2014.
Conflict
President Putin calling for peace is like an arsonist offering to put out a fire, a reporter says
According to a local newspaper in Pskov, Russia, this is the grave of a Russian soldier who died last week. The grave is close to the base of the 76th airborne division cited for heroism by President Putin last week.
Conflict
Ukraine faces up to a Russian invasion, while Moscow keeps denying it
A Russian convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine drives along a road near the city of Yelets August 12, 2014.
Conflict
The convoy of Russian aid trucks is stalled on the road to Ukraine
A Russian convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine stops along a road in the city of Voronezh August 12, 2014. The convoy carrying tons of humanitarian aid left on Tuesday for eastern Ukraine, where government forces are closing in on pro-Ru
Conflict
Few in Ukraine are buying that Russia is sending a ‘humanitarian’ convoy to their country
Russians have been lighting candles and leaving flowers and messages at the Dutch embassy in Moscow to show respect for the passengers who died on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. Most of the victims were Dutch.
Conflict & Justice
Russia presents many theories, but few answers, about what happened to Malaysia flight 17
Conflict & Justice
Companies are tapping into a desire by some tourists to get up close and personal with war zones
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Global Politics
Ukraine and Russia each produce accusations, and evidence, over who shot down Malaysia Airlines flight 17
Rakhat chocolate sees an opportunity.
Business, Economics and Jobs
In Kazakhstan, Ukraine’s troubles are seen as an opportunity — for the local chocolate company
Rakhat chocolate sees an opportunity.
Business, Economics and Jobs
In Kazakhstan, Ukraine’s troubles are seen as an opportunity — for the local chocolate company
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Global Politics
Ukraine has a new president, but it still simmers with tension
A man casts his vote in a presidential election at a polling station in the village of Kosmach in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of western Ukraine May 25, 2014. Ukrainians voted on Sunday in a presidential election billed as the most important since they won
Global Politics
As Ukraine votes on its future, one journalist investigates Ukraine’s recent past
Global Politics
Can Ukraine’s ‘Willy Wonka’ become its president and bring peace?
Global Scan
Would you believe there’s a movement to preserve the sport known as machete fencing?
Activists of the Svoboda (Freedom) Ukrainian nationalist party hold torches as they take part in a rally to mark the 105th year since the birth of Stepan Bandera, one of the founders of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), in Kiev. The portra
Lifestyle & Belief
There’s powerful history in the slurs that Ukrainians and pro-Russian separatists are slinging at each other
Roman Lyagin, head of the electoral commission in Donetsk, holds up the results of the referendum on the status of the province, during a news conference Monday. Pro-Russian separatists say they received overwhelming support.
Global Politics
Separatists in Ukraine declare victory in referenda and seek to join Russia
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Sports
Ukraine’s government tells soccer teams they’ll finish their season in empty stadiums
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Sports
Ukraine’s government tells soccer teams they’ll finish their season in empty stadiums
Arts, Culture & Media
A reporter remembers Odessa as a place of humor, not violence
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Conflict & Justice
How will Russia respond to Ukraine’s military show of force?
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Conflict & Justice
How will Russia respond to Ukraine’s military show of force?
Members of a pro-Ukrainian militia in training.
Conflict & Justice
Pro-Ukraine militias are forming to counter the pro-Russia separatists
Masked pro-Russian activists haul down the Ukrainian flag from the top of another government building in eastern Ukraine, Monday.
Conflict & Justice
Kharkiv’s mayor is shot in another sign of Ukraine’s rising tension
Masked pro-Russian activists haul down the Ukrainian flag from the top of another government building in eastern Ukraine, Monday.
Conflict & Justice
Kharkiv’s mayor is shot in another sign of Ukraine’s rising tension
Russian troops on the move Friday, on the outskirts of the city of Belgorod, just a few miles from the border with Ukraine.
Conflict & Justice
Here are three of Russia’s military options in Ukraine, complete with maps
Russian troops on the move Friday, on the outskirts of the city of Belgorod, just a few miles from the border with Ukraine.
Conflict & Justice
Here are three of Russia’s military options in Ukraine, complete with maps