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Ukrainian Christmas traditions: food, carols and nativity scenes

December and January in Ukraine are winter holiday months, brimming with colourful costumes, memorable events, and abundant group singing. One of these holidays is Christmas, and its celebration traditions are interwoven with rites from pre-Christian times.

Avdiivka: A City That Chooses Ukraine

Avdiivka has faced relentless attacks from Russian occupiers for more than nine years. Nevertheless, the city’s residents steadfastly chose to identify as Ukrainian from the very onset of the war, adapting to life under constant explosions in its industrial zone....

Ukraine Through the Eyes of Steven Moore

This episode of “Ukraine Through the Eyes of Others” features Steven Moore, a seasoned political strategist, international social entrepreneur, and political opinion researcher with extensive experience across more than a dozen countries.

How Chernihiv is being restored

As part of the “Restoration” project, Ukraїner tells how settlements that have been driven out of the enemy’s hands are recovering and being restored. Our first story was dedicated to Kharkiv, Slobozhanshchyna region and this one will...

How Kharkiv is being rebuilt

Kharkiv is one of Ukraine’s largest cities that the Russian enemy came to view as an easy target. With only 30 km [~18.64 mi] separating the city from the Russian border, it didn’t take the enemy troops long to reach...

“New fire from Kholodnyi Yar.” How the 93rd Brigade fights

“My conscience is clear. And hands? I will scrub them off.” Reportage on how the 93rd Mechanized Brigade Kholodnyi Yar fights

Text and images by Olena Maksymenko

Ukrainian Travelers of the Past: scientific discoveries and criticism of imperial Russia

Ukrainian travelers in the late eighteenth and mid-twentieth centuries were driven by a desire to explore the world, and they played an important role in the nation’s cultural, scientific, and social life. The world travelers visited remote corners of the...

Ukraine Through the Eyes of Andreas Umland

Our next episode of Ukraine Through the Eyes of Others features Andreas Umland, a political scientist specializing in contemporary Russian and Ukrainian history, regime transitions, and a wide range of topics in post-Soviet studies. His extensive body of work spans...

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