Halyna Tereshchuk is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service. She graduated from Franko National University in Lviv and worked as a journalist at newspapers and TV stations for many years. She joined Radio Liberty in 2000.
After the discovery of a hideout dating from the Nazi occupation of Lviv, RFE/RL joined one of the urban explorers who are slowly uncovering the mysteries of Lviv's subterranean Poltva River.
It's been 30 years since communist Ukraine was shaken by a coterie of students who went on hunger strike in the heart of Kyiv to demand greater sovereignty and democratic reforms.
Attackers struck another group of Romany campers amid an escalating trend in Ukraine, leaving one man dead.
Ukrainian paratrooper Oleksandr Mashonkin was captured after the hellish fighting at the Donetsk airport in January -- and thrust into another nightmare. The "cyborg," who was released in a prisoner exchange after 197 days in captivity in Donetsk, says he and fellow prisoners were beaten with “pipes, stools, table legs” and even a cross wielded by a priest.
Ukraine's western regions were a driving force behind last year's Maidan protests. Since the start of the war, however, they've been criticized for a growing reluctance to send their men to the front. Many fighting-age men say that loyalty to their country does not translate to loyalty to their government.
RFE/RL's Ukraine Service spoke to Samopomich leader Andriy Sadovyy -- the highly successful mayor of Lviv -- about his plans for building a functioning Ukrainian government, from the ground up.
People displaced by the fighting in eastern Ukraine are facing increasing difficulty finding accommodation in other regions, signaling a shift in attitudes toward internally displaced persons (IDPs).
As tensions ratchet up in Crimea, young men across Ukraine have been queuing up to join the army. But many women, too, are ready to take up arms if the conflict with Russia turns into an all-out war.
Ukrainians living in the pro-European, western city of Lviv are switching to Russian for one day to show solidarity with their country's predominantly Russian-speaking eastern and southern regions. Intellectuals spearheading the campaign say efforts to curb the use of Russian following the ouster of Moscow-friendly President Viktor Yanukovych risk deepening Ukraine's bitter east-west divide.
Residents of Lviv in western Ukraine are complaining that their otherwise picturesque hometown is becoming increasingly unlivable because of a mysterious foul odor permeating the city. Environmental officials say unregulated sewer systems are to blame, and have called on city officials to clean up Lviv's air.
It has been five years since the Orange Revolution transformed Viktor Yushchenko into a national hero and propelled him into the Ukrainian presidency. Now, as Ukraine prepares for presidential elections on January 17, Yushchenko is trailing badly in the polls. In an interview with RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, the presidential incumbent defends his record and his pro-Western stance.
