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Zelenskyy’s Peace Formula is a good basis to start discussions for ending the war
At the beginning of her speech, Annita Demetriou emphasized that Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine and its attempts to annex Ukrainian territory cannot be legitimized or justified
Liberation of Crimea essential for lasting peace in Ukraine and Europe
Expert at International Crimea Platform, Expert on Foreign and Security Policy, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Institute for Strategic Black Sea Studies Olexandr Khara expressed his gratitude to all the nations taking part in this summit and for their support of Ukraine
Reclaiming Crimea: the path to restoration and unity
All foreigners or stateless persons who have settled in the occupied Crimea and other temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine have deliberately committed a crime and must immediately leave Crimea, Refat Chubarov says
Postwar reconstruction: how Ukraine can find its voice in history
Today, we talk a lot about Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction and development. However, the focus is mostly on physical rebuilding. I think this is wrong because that’s not what it is all about. If we focus on the physical restoration of destroyed buildings and infrastructure, this country will not stand a chance against Russian pressure or any other reality that will emerge in its place.
A letter from unfreedom. Read a message from Bogdan Ziza, an artist and a Crimean political prisoner
The artist and Kremlin political prisoner Bogdan Ziza received 15 years of imprisonment by a Russian court for splashing a door of the municipality with blue and yellow paint in Yevpatoria, a city in the Western part of occupied Crimea. On June 10, he began a hunger strike.
I sewed up vaginal tears with veterinary needle and capron for sails: Story of gynecologist from Izyum
I’ve been working as a doctor in the Izyum Maternity Hospital all my life. During the occupation, I was the only one of the eleven gynecologists in the town. Another female doctor, who did not leave, was killed during the aerial bombardment of a five-story building on Pershotravneva Street in early March. In April, a Russian with a call sign "Sherkhan", I think he is a FSB agent, was instructed to create "some kind of medicine" on our bank of the town. Then I was called to work at the clinic. I didn't want to go but I couldn't refuse. I understood that I was the only one, and people needed help.
At the border with the war
“Iro, you must cross the border at any cost,” my best friend pleaded.
Which cities do the most for the integration of IDPs in Ukraine?
Experts from CEDOS investigated 20 cities in 5 regions and classified them by distance from military operations
Ukraine: NGOs need EU help
Ukraine is moving to undo a March 2017 law that imposed an excessive burden on anti-corruption activists to publicly report their income and assets. That's good...
PACE: Don’t compromise on Russian human rights
Russian delegates of the Council of Europe should stay there until they are willing to talk about and adhere to human rights
Crimean media inciting ethnic hatred using hate speech
It seemed like a banal situation which, unfortunately, sometimes happens with drunken visitors...
It is not possible to overcome Russian propaganda immediately
Russian propaganda had started much earlier than the annexation of Crimea
Why will visually impaired teenagers not read a new book about Harry Potter?
I wrote more than 100 emails and Facebook messages to businesses, donors, partners, and publishers, philanthropists – I received few answers and no funds
How confessions are suppressed by militants in Donbas (PHOTOS)
Freedom of conscience? No, haven’t heard of it…
Two hours of shame worth two days in Geneva? Ukrainian officials report on discrimination to UN
I feel particularly ashamed for our country when I am listening to Ukraine’s report to UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination...
Look at Crimea from Russian Kremlin
Was demonstrated by foreign journalists, invited to the annexed peninsula by Russia Today TV channel
Registered partnership: New sensitivity test for Ukrainians
Will the law on registered partnership be passed in Ukraine? What is it who needs it?
Open letter to President, MPs and government members
The Ukrainian state power was usurped by certain political and oligarchic groups
Should communists be mentioned in the Basic Law? Backstage of constitutional commission
The constitutional reform is in full swing in Ukraine. The so-called de-communization is one of the controversial issues
We quickly forgot how many iconic Ukrainian figures of 20th century were refugees
Ukrainians were refugees in many countries in the history of the 20th century. Many iconic figures of the Ukrainian culture, politics and history were refugees.
