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DNIPRO, Ukraine—Viktor Listov was a 10th grade student in St. Petersburg (then known as Leningrad), Russia, when Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man… Read More
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There is an old saying that I made up: “Nobody wants to be a suburb of Moscow.” That’s the sum of decades of experience witnessing… Read More
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KYIV, Ukraine—Ukrainian troops are slowly advancing in the country’s eastern war zone, testing the limits of a shaky stalemate in the five-year-old conflict against Russia… Read More
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KYIV, Ukraine—Less than a week after he won Ukraine’s presidential election, 41-year-old comedian Volodymyr Zelensky proved he has the chops to stand up to Russian… Read More
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KYIV, Ukraine—Painted white body outlines cover the ground at the intersection of Mykhaila Hrushevskoho Street and Petrivs’ka Alley in Kyiv’s city center; a grim reminder… Read More
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KYIV, Ukraine—Comedian and political dark horse Volodymyr Zelensky won Ukraine’s presidential election by a landslide on Sunday, dealing a blunt rebuke to the country’s post-Soviet… Read More
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KYIV, Ukraine—The final two contenders are getting ready to rumble. In a March 31 election, voters narrowed the field of Ukraine’s presidential contenders from 37… Read More
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KYIV, Ukraine—Ukrainians took to the polls Sunday and voted for their next president. After a bloody 2014 revolution to depose a pro-Russian president, and after… Read More
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KYIV, Ukraine—Trench warfare is a true test of a soldier’s grit. The constant prospect of death—whether by artillery, rockets, or snipers—gnaws at you every waking… Read More
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KYIV, Ukraine—A task force of U.S. Air Force B-52 strategic bombers conducted air combat exercises Monday across Europe. That same day, Russia announced it had… Read More
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KYIV, Ukraine—The impending demise of a Cold War-era arms control treaty has sparked pledges from the leaders of both Ukraine and Russia to develop and… Read More
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KYIV, Ukraine—The U.S. announced on Friday that it was suspending its obligations under a Cold War-era arms control treaty with Russia. “For far too long,… Read More
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KYIV, Ukraine—With the Kremlin tightening its grip on the European energy market, the U.S. has hardened its opposition to a controversial Russian gas pipeline, which… Read More
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KYIV, Ukraine—Orthodox Christians celebrated Christmas on Jan. 7, according to the Julian calendar. This year’s holiday was the first for Ukraine’s newly unified, national Orthodox… Read More
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KYIV, Ukraine—At the end of the workday on Oct. 17, a rush-hour flood of pedestrians exited the funicular at the top of central Kyiv’s Volodymyrska… Read More
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MARIUPOL, Ukraine—The people of Mariupol have lived within earshot of Europe’s only ongoing land war for four and a half years. At first, they plainly… Read More
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MARIUPOL, Ukraine—The world is finally paying attention to Galina Odnorog. On behalf of the port of Mariupol, the 50-year-old Ukrainian volunteer activist has been coordinating… Read More
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KYIV, Ukraine—Ukraine got a valuable boost Thursday from its Western allies when ambassadors from the U.S. and Britain both condemned Russia’s seizure of three Ukrainian… Read More
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KYIV, Ukraine—Sunday’s Kerch Strait crisis underscored how quickly Russia’s simmering, 4.5-year-old, low-intensity war against Ukraine could escalate into a historic catastrophe. “Yesterday we were close… Read More
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Why did Russia decide to ratchet up tensions with Ukraine and seize three ships Sunday? Do Ukranians fear their long war with Russia is about… Read More
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KYIV, Ukraine—On Sunday, Europe’s two largest standing armies went to the precipice of a major war. That day, Russian military forces attacked and captured three… Read More
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KYIV, Ukraine—At the end of August 2014, the battle for the city of Mariupol loomed as a climactic showdown in Ukraine’s defensive war to repel… Read More
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KYIV, Ukraine—The death of an American fighter pilot during an air combat exercise Oct. 16 in Ukraine was a tragic stumble as the U.S. ramps… Read More
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KYIV, Ukraine—The trench lines of Europe’s only ongoing land war are six hours away by train from Ukraine’s capital city of Kyiv. But you can… Read More
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KYIV, Ukraine—A statue of Vladimir Lenin stood over Kyiv’s Bessarabska Square from 1946 until pro-democracy protesters tore it down on Dec. 8, 2013—more than 22… Read More
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KYIV, Ukraine—The U.S. Coast Guard was set to hand over two of its decommissioned 110-foot armed cutters to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko at a ceremony… Read More
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KYIV, Ukraine—For the past four and a half years, Ukraine’s military has prioritized rebuilding land warfare units to meet the immediate needs of the ongoing… Read More
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After more than four years of constant combat, the artillery still thunders daily in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region along the 250-mile-long, entrenched front lines of… Read More
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Tuesday marked 50 years since the Soviet Union—along with troops from the Warsaw Pact nations—on Aug. 21, 1968, invaded Czechoslovakia to crush the period of… Read More
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DNIPRO, Ukraine—From a 15th-floor balcony overlooking this city’s Yuri Gagarin Park, American John Isella looks east beyond the skyline toward the Dnieper River. A forested… Read More
