Author: Roman Tymotsko

KYIV – Undaunted by Moscow’s continuing missile and drone attacks on civilian infrastructure, Ukrainians marked the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion that initially sought to capture Kyiv in three days and the rest of the country in a matter of weeks by honoring all of the soldiers and citizens who have died defending the...

UZHHOROD, Ukraine – The sports ministers and high-ranking government officials from some three dozen countries said following a summit that they have begun discussing the possibility of boycotting the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris if the International Olympic Committee (IOC) does not ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from the Games entirely. The move comes...

LVIV – Following a devastating earthquake that killed more than 46,000 people in Turkey and Syria, Kyiv dispatched Ukrainian search and rescue personnel to the region to locate people amid the rubble and help with the rescue and recovery efforts. A group of 87 personnel, 18 vehicles and 10 search-and-rescue dogs from the State Emergency...

LVIV – Nearly one year after Russia launched a brutal, full-scale invasion to destroy their country and their culture, Ukrainians around the world marked their Day of Unity with demonstrations in various spots around the world. On the 104th anniversary of the Act of Unification, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainians had learned two pieces...

LVIV – Diplomatic relations between Kyiv and Tehran heated up in late January after a suspected Israeli drone attack struck Iranian weapons facilities. Following the attacks on January 28, which included an oil facility, a senior Ukrainian diplomat was summoned over his country’s comments that inferred karma regarding Tehran’s role in supplying Russia with so-called...

LVIV – A Ukrainian delegation to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland ensured that its attendees would not forget about Russia’s aggression toward their country as it seeks to bolster continued support to withstand the Kremlin’s relentless onslaught. The global elite of business leaders, politicians and economists had an opportunity on January 16-19 to...

LVIV – Following a meeting of the Lublin Triangle on January 11, the presidents of Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania announced they had signed a joint declaration affirming the centuries-old ties between the three countries and confirming their support for the establishment of a special international tribunal to prosecute Russian for crimes committed during its war...

LVIV – On January 7, a historic Christ­mas service was held in the Assumption Cathedral (Uspenskyi Sobor) on the grounds of the Pecherska Lavra (Monas­tery of the Caves) in Kyiv. It was the first time that the primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), Metropolitan Epifaniy, officiated the service. “This is the first service...

LVIV – While much of the world celebrates Christmas every year on December 25, many Ukrainians traditionally celebrate Christmas and the New Year according to the Julian calendar, which marks the two holidays on January 7 and January 14, respectively. But since Russia launched a full-scale, unprovoked war on Ukraine, many people here, seeking to...

KHARKIV, Ukraine – A group of artists and musicians wanted to help the people of their war-ravaged country process the effects of Russia’s full-scale war. That group started project Contour, and it has quickly become one of the largest performance art and music project since Russia launched its full-scale war on Ukraine 10 months ago....

ZAPORIZHIA, Ukraine – An industrial city located just 18 miles from Russian-controlled Ukrainian land, this city has often been associated with either heavy industry and factories or the Kozaks. As a result of Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine, and despite the dangers of living so close to the front line, many of the city’s residents...

LVIV – On December 3, Ukraine celebrated the tricentennial of the birth of philosopher Hryhorii Skovoroda. He lived during a time of Russian imperial occupation of Ukraine, and during the destruction of the Ukrainian Cossack State and multiple prohibitions of the Ukrainian language by Catherine II, which led to the decline of independent Ukrainian culture....