Ukraine

It is not so much armies and bullets that win battles and wars in the world as it is substance and ideas. Without our own original substance and ideas we will suffer defeat and a deserving place among dignified nations will elude us.

By Valeriy Pekar for nv.ua

On 3 July the U.S. Army Europe Soldiers’ Chorus performed in one of Kyiv’s busiest summer concert spots – Mushlia (shell) open air stage in downtown Maryinsky park.

Official statistics says they’re up to 300 – wounded at war in eastern Ukraine who need prosthetic care. With the actual number being most likely much higher it is clear that Ukraine has not faced such massive demand for prosthetic treatment before. Canadian Ukrainians found way to bring U.S. and Canadian prosthetic specialists to Ukraine for two weeks so that […]

In the framework of his visit to the United States, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk gave interview to the CNN, making clear statement that Putin have to be stopped by the free world, until he gets the whole Ukraine, and there are other mechanisms to achieve this apart from military support.

Last night in the village of Kriachko near the Kyiv suburb of Vasylkiv a fire had started at an oil depot. We offer an exclusive report filed by an EMPR special correspondent with live updates.

For less than a day a Moscow resident who has recently moved to Odessa collected more than 11,000 UAH in support of Ukrainian army, assisted by her Russian friends. 

Few hours ago Elina Svitolina from Odesa defeat French hope Alize Cornet at the French Grand Slam tournaments - the four most important annual tennis events.

May 30, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko officially presented in Odessa the new governor of the region – Mikheil Saakashvili, former Georgian president, who once fought the war with Russia and is now pro-western exile of his country.

The Kyiv Day is usually celebrated in the last weekend of May. So-called Ukraine capital's birthday last two days. Many city residents and tourists attend performances each year. Discover Kyiv Day 2015 with EMPR's photo report.

Ex-president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili was appointed the governor of the Odesa Oblast, as reported a few hours ago by Ukraine's Minister of Ecology on his Facebook page.

Is the US doing enough to support Ukraine? – was the central theme of discussion at the “Sisyphus in Security: Focus on the U.S.” session at the Kyiv Security Forum.