Author: The Ukrainian Weekly

As if all of the atrocities and horrors of Russia’s war on Ukraine were not enough for the people of that country, it must now also confront the reality that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his army have taken to using Ukraine’s grain as a weapon in its ongoing war to crush the Ukrainian people....

Sixty-five years ago, on May 26, 1957, St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Newark, N.J., celebrated its 50th anniversary with a hierarchical divine liturgy celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Shmondiuk of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia. A celebratory banquet was held at the Terrace Room of the Mosque Auditorium that featured the...

Zelenskyy mocks Russia’s claim Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia’s claim that it is close to introducing a high-powered laser weapon system to shoot down drones in Ukraine is wartime propaganda distributed by leaders afraid to admit their “catastrophic mistakes.” Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said at a conference near Moscow on May 18...

On May 12, Radio Free Europe/Radio liberty published a story online about a little Ukrainian girl named Anastasia Konchakovska. She is 5. The little girl was shot in the head by Russian soldiers on February 28. Miraculously (perhaps not) she survived. Perhaps not because the Russians murdered her mother, Tetyana Konchakovska, her father, Oleh Konchakovskiy,...

Seventy-seven years ago, on May 15, 1945, a letter was received by a branch secretary of the Ukrainian National Association (UNA) from a Ukrainian refugee in Switzerland who described Soviet war crimes that had been committed against Ukrainians during the second world war. Svoboda, the Ukrainian-language daily newspaper published by the UNA, received the letter...

Russia sanctions European Gazprom units Russia has imposed sanctions against units of Gazprom Germania and dozens of other companies based in countries that have imposed sanctions on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. Under the sanctions, the 31 companies listed on May 11 by the Russian government are banned from conducting transactions and...

News from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine, has grown increasing dire and grim. “Russian occupiers are focusing on blocking and trying to destroy Ukrainian units in the Azovstal area,” the Ukrainian Army said in a statement on May 5, 10 weeks into the war. “With the support of aircraft, Russia resumed the offensive...

Seventeen years ago, on May 9, 2005, the Russian Federation marked the 60th anniversary of the Allied victory in Europe in World War II. Controversy surrounded the celebrations in Moscow, with debate over the role of the former Soviet Union as a partner of the Western allies. David Marples, in a commentary for The Ukrainian...

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Zelenskyy asks for help with evacuations Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelens­kyy has asked the head of the United Nations to help save the lives of the remaining Ukrainians trapped in the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol. “The lives of the people who remain there are in danger. Everyone is important to us. We ask for your...

Negotiations between Ukrainian and Russian officials took place on March 3, but the meeting concluded with no progress on the goal of stopping Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked and premediated war against Ukraine. There was, however, a very small glimmer of hope that emerged as a result of the meeting. The two sides agreed to...

Eight years ago, on March 9, 2014, The Ukrainian Weekly’s editorial questioned whether Vladimir Putin was willing to pay the costs associated with the invasion of Crimea that began on March 6 of that year with 16,000 Russian troops on the ground on Ukrainian sovereign territory. Crimea’s parliament voted to hold a sham referendum on...