For the past decade, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has framed his country’s escalating campaign of aggression against Ukraine as a crusade for historical justice. Time and again, Putin has brandished his own highly distorted view of Ukraine’s place in Russian history in order to justify the invasion, occupation, and forced russification of the modern Ukrainian […]
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HONORING GARETH JONES: Kyiv names street after British journalist who broke the news of Stalin’s Ukrainian genocide
Jones was one of the very few foreign journalists to report on the Ukrainian famine at a time when international correspondents based in Moscow helped the Soviet authorities to cover up the atrocity
Exploring eastern Ukraine’s European roots and the many myths of Putin’s Russian World
Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly claimed that eastern Ukraine is part of Russia’s historical heartlands, but the region actually has deep Ukrainian roots and strong historic ties to the rest of Europe
Ukrainian Queen of France
How Anne de Kyiv became a symbol of Ukraine’s ancient ties to France and the country’s often overlooked role in European history
NO EUROPE WITHOUT UKRAINE: Full text of Donald Tusk’s historic address to the Ukrainian parliament
The President of the European Council placed Ukraine at the very heart of the European narrative in a powerful address to mark the fifth anniversary of the country’s 2013-14 Revolution of Dignity
Kharkiv’s key role in Ukraine’s nation-building story helps debunk the myth of an insurmountable east-west divide
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UKRAINE WEAPONIZES COMICS: A new generation of Ukrainian superheroes joins the hybrid war against Russia
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OPINION: Ukrainians must address the nation’s collective post-traumatic stress disorder
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ROXOLANA: The remarkable sixteenth century Ukrainian woman who changed the course of Ottoman imperial history
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