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Eight years ago, on March 21, 2014, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk signed the Ukraine-European Union (EU) Association Agreement. There was little celebration in Ukraine, though, with the cost of the Revolution of Dignity still fresh in people’s minds. “This deal covers the most existential and most important issues, mainly security and defense cooperation,” Mr....

Harris arrives in Warsaw U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has arrived in Warsaw at the start of a two-day visit to Poland and Romania to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the impact the war is having on the region. Ms. Harris arrived in the Polish capital on March 9 amid unexpected diplomatic turbulence...

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NEW YORK – Several thousand Ukrainians from the Metropolitan New York area and beyond, joined by supporters of various ethnic backgrounds, converged on New York’s famed Times Square on Saturday afternoon, March 5, to demonstrate their support for embattled Ukraine and to call on the U.S. government and NATO to do more to assist Ukraine...

More than two weeks into an unprovoked, premeditated war unleashed by Russian President Vladimir Putin against the people of Ukraine, several things have now become abundantly clear. First, this is not a war waged only against the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The evidence makes it abundantly clear that Putin and the Russian military have targeted civilians,...

Eighty-three years ago, on March 18, 1939, The Ukrainian Weekly’s editorial in that issue lauded the heroic stand of Ukrainians who were fighting against an invading Hungarian army in the lead-up to World War II. Ukrainians, the editorial noted, declared independence after Hungary’s ultimatum demanded Ukraine’s immediate surrender. “Betrayed by their erstwhile supposed ally, Germany,...

Russia-imposed court sentences Yesypenko A Russia-imposed court in Ukraine’s Crimea has sentenced RFE/RL freelance correspondent Vladyslav Yesypenko to six years in prison for the alleged possession and transport of explosives, a charge he has steadfastly rejected. The Simferopol City Court handed down the verdict and sentence on February 16 after a closed-door trial. Prosecutors had...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed the United Nations Security Council on February 17 to address Russia’s looming threat of invasion of Ukraine, and upped the ante by calling out Russia to prove its commitment to diplomacy. “The stakes go far beyond Ukraine. This is a moment of peril for the lives and safety...

Twenty-eight years ago, on February 20, 1994, The Ukrainian Weekly carried a 12-page spread celebrating the centennial of the founding of the Ukrainian National Association (UNA), with photos and highlights from each decade. A chronicle of the UNA’s history through photos included pictures of the first supreme president of the UNA, Theodosiy Talpash, who was...

Vilnius wants permanent U.S. presence Lithuania’s president says the Baltic nation will ask the United States to permanently station troops in the country as Western allies seek to beef up security amid concerns about Russia’s military intentions in the tense region. “Of course, we will be talking to the U.S. to make sure that the...

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As concern builds over Russia’s intentions in Ukraine, it is clear that much of the world is now discussing the tense situation along the country’s borders, where some 140,000 Russian troops have been positioned and sit waiting for orders to launch what may be a full-scale invasion of the country. Even news reports from the...