Ukraine is celebrating its 34th Independence Day on Aug. 24, 2025. To mark the occasion, we’ve asked the staff of the Kyiv Independent to share their favourite fact about Ukrainian history, culture, ...

Trump’s phony narrative about the Russian invasion is only the latest in a long line of false claims from the president about ...

While running for office in 2016, Trump praised Putin and said Putin praised him. When they met in Helsinki, Finland, in 2018, Trump appeared to take Putin at his word when he falsely said he didn’t ...

In a recent Meet the Press interview, the vice-president of the US, J.D. Vance, argued in relation to Russia’s illegal ...

The history of the Cold War is a good indicator of how the war in Ukraine may end: with an unclear outcome shaped by America.

Above all, the war is about Russia trying to gain control over Ukrainian identity and history. In that, Putin has failed.

People living in what is now Ukraine find themselves in a familiar, uncomfortable position – seemingly at the mercy of a much more powerful neighbor. In this case, the Russians. Theirs is a ...

FADEL: In her book "Forgottenness," Maljartschuk explores the upheaval and uncertainty in Ukraine's history and how it's shaped what it means to be Ukrainian.

President Trump says he'll know "probably in the first two minutes" whether Vladimir Putin is serious about ending the war in Ukraine, touting his past relationship with the Russian leader.

The history of Ukraine and Russia goes back more than 1,000 years, and Russia’s invasion of its long-time neighbor on Feb. 24, 2022, is just the latest chapter in the long, tragic, and ...