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Former Ukrainian politician shot dead dropping off his children outside American school in Madrid

Police said witnesses had reported Andriy Portnov was shot "several times" in the head and body by more than one gunman when he was getting into a black Mercedes

The Independent UK · May 21, 2025

In pushing for Ukraine elections, Trump is falling into Putin-laid trap to delegitimize Zelenskyy

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was shut out of the discussions concerning the future of his country, which took place in Saudi Arabia on Feb. 18, 2025. In fact, there were no Ukrainian representatives, nor any European Union ones – just U.S. and Russian delegations, and their Saudi hosts.

The Conversation · Feb 19, 2025

The FBI put a $5 million bounty on the 'Cryptoqueen' last year but still hasn't found her, so take your pick: Russia, South Africa, or murdered on a yacht in 2018

Ruja Ignatova disappeared in 2017, and hasn't been seen since.

PC Gamer · Jan 3, 2025

Zelenskyy revokes Ukrainian citizenship of Putin ally Medvedchuk

Ukraine’s president has stripped four people of citizenship, including a Kremlin ally transferred in a prisoner swap.

Al Jazeera · Jan 11, 2023

Ukraine's turbulent history since independence

Ukraine marks six months on Wednesday since Russia invaded the country in what Russian President Vladimir Putin calls a "special military operation".

Reuters · Aug 23, 2022

Ukrainian court orders ex-president's arrest in absentia on treason charge

A Ukrainian court on Monday ordered the arrest in absentia of former President Viktor Yanukovich, accusing him of treason over an agreement he signed in 2010 extending Russia's lease on naval facilities in Crimea.

Reuters · May 23, 2022

Eight years after Maidan revolution, Ukraine better equipped for infowar with Russia

For Yevhen Fedchenko, the information war hit home when his aunt said she would not come to visit because she believed she would be beaten and killed in Ukraine for speaking Russian.

Reuters · Apr 4, 2022

Ukraine's turbulent history since independence, from Soviet state to war with Russia

Ukraine has endured internal political upheaval and conflict with its neighbour in the decades since breaking away from Moscow. Here is a look at some of the main events in the country's political history since declaring independence.

ABC News · Mar 15, 2022

From the Maidan protests to Russia's invasion: Eight years of conflict in Ukraine

Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine on February 24 placed the smaller eastern European country at the centre of international concern. FRANCE 24 traces the chronology of the conflict between Moscow and Kyiv to the Maidan protests in Ukraine’s capital in late 2013.

France 24 · Feb 28, 2022

Timeline: The events leading up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. Here is a timeline of Ukraine's fraught relationship with Moscow since it won independence in 1991 and the events that led to the current conflict.

Reuters · Feb 28, 2022