Christopher Miller is a correspondent based in Kyiv who covers the former Soviet republics.
After an RFE/RL investigation, names and faces can now be put to the Russia-backed militants who ordered the extrajudicial executions of Ukrainians by firing squad and set a dark tone for the war in the Donbas.
The alleged rape and torture of a woman by police officers and a shoot-out between criminal gangs follow a series of other cases in which police were accused of involvement or of botching the investigation. Critics of Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, the only cabinet member in office since the aftermath of the 2014 Euromaidan uprising, say it's time for him to go.
On his way to a landslide presidential election victory a year ago, Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed to wipe out corruption, bring peace to Ukraine's war-torn east, and usher in a new political era that would "break the system." But those old problems persist, and new ones have surfaced.
The parts of eastern Ukraine held by Russia-backed separatists -- ravaged by six years of armed conflict, and challenged with a weakened health-care system and a sizable elderly population -- may face a COVID-19 outbreak of considerable scale.
Fighting between Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed militants has raged on, despite a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus and Western calls for a “global cease-fire” during the pandemic.
In Kyiv this week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to help him go after Turkish dissidents living in Ukraine. Zelenskiy's remarks suggested that he would oblige, deepening fears among a community that is wary of the warmth between two governments that see eye to eye on Crimea.
Days before a trip to Kyiv, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly questioned whether Americans care about Ukraine. But Ukrainian officials, fearful of straining relations with the country's most powerful supporter, aren't dwelling on it -- and ordinary citizens more concerned about big domestic challenges don't seem to care.
Oleksiy Honcharuk tendered his resignation after an audio recording emerged of him allegedly questioning President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s understanding of economic issues. RFE/RL sources say the move was meant to express loyalty and the president won’t accept the offer.
Leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and France meet on December 9 to seek progress toward ending the only war on the European continent.
Ukraine's president has thrown Kyiv's support behind the so-called Steinmeier Formula, saying agreement on the blueprint paves the way for top-level talks to end the war between Kyiv's forces and Russia-backed separatists in the Donbas. But what is the formula, and do Moscow and Kyiv really agree?
A former U.S. Army soldier who is wanted for a double murder in Florida has been released from a Ukrainian jail, his lawyer said amid uncertainty over whether the United States will seek his extradition.
A former U.S. Army soldier who fought for a far-right Ukrainian paramilitary group and who has been linked to a bomb plot in the United States has been detained in Ukraine on charges related to a double murder last year.
For Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the contentious July 25 call he had with his American counterpart Donald Trump is unlikely to make a dent in his 71 percent approval rating.
As their country and president get sucked into a political firefight in Washington that has led to impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump, some Ukrainians are questioning whether Americans know what’s at stake for their country.
U.S. President Donald Trump asserts that Joe Biden pushed for the ouster of Ukraine’s chief prosecutor to quash a probe into a Burisma, a gas company with Biden's son on its board. Officials and anti-corruption activists in Kyiv say Prosecutor-General Viktor Shokin had shelved the case long before and was fired for his failure to prosecute that case.
Under mounting pressure from President Donald Trump and his allies to investigate the work of Democratic rival Joe Biden and his son in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy must find a way to get out of a political battle raging in Washington without angering either side.
Billionaire Ihor Kolomoyskiy's recent meeting with the Ukrainian president and surprise public appearance at a high-profile Kyiv conference coincided with police raids and an attack on a key opponent, as well as reports of a deal with the country's government, sparking questions about his possible influence in the capital.
Dmytro Herzhan lost a leg, and a fellow soldier, during a secretive mission to capture the Ukrainian man linked to the 2014 downing of the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet. The military intelligence officer has mixed feelings about how the mission to grab Volodymyr Tsemakh unfolded, and what followed.
The former governor of the National Bank of Ukraine says her home outside of Kyiv was burned to the ground overnight in an apparent case of arson.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystayko tells RFE/RL he worries that France and Germany, which are mediating peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, may push Kyiv to make painful compromises.
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