Ukraine's 26th Year of Independence

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Stories and photos about Ukraine’s 26th year of national independence, celebrated on Aug. 24, 2017.

Asylum seeker in Ukraine receives threats, risks illegal deportation to China

Yilisen Aierken, a 24-year-old Kazakh from China, is at risk being deported from Ukraine back to the Xinjiang region in northwest China where he could …
Anastasiia Lapatina

Oxford students perform Ukrainian ‘Wings’ poem in English for Independence Day (VIDEO)

Editor’s Note: The following poem “Wings” was written by Ukrainian writer Lina Kostenko, translated into English by Michael Naydan and performed …
Kyiv Post

What to do on Independence Day

Independence Day of Aug. 24 is a state holiday in Ukraine, and many are using this opportunity to take a long weekend and enjoy it to the fullest. For …
Natalia Kucheriava

Vox Populi with Anna Yakutenko: How will you celebrate Ukraine’s Independence Day?

Editor’s note: The Kyiv Post asks people in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, two cities in Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast that were occupied by the Russian-backed …
Anna Yakutenko

Under occupation, Crimean Tatars still fighting for justice

Editor’s Note: This article is a part of the “Journalism of Tolerance” project by the Kyiv Post and its affiliated non-profit organization, the Media …
Veronika Melkozerova

Top 6 Ukrainian products popular abroad

Although the bulk of Ukraine’s exports are industrial and agricultural commodities, some of the other goods made in the country have seen an …
Toma Istomina

Six new books on Ukraine’s past, present, and future

Steven Pifer “The Eagle and the Trident: U.S.–Ukraine Relations in Turbulent Times”Steven Pifer spent over a decade working on U.S.-Ukraine …
Bermet Talant

26 years after fall of USSR, Ukraine still seeks freedom

As Ukraine celebrates 26 years of independence, the nation’s journey out of Russia’s orbit to the circle of European nations is continuing. While …
Bermet Talant

Famous Ukrainians who are as old as their country

Being born in 1991, the year Ukraine declared its independence from the Soviet Union, many of Ukraine’s “children of independence” are now fighting …
Olena Goncharova
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