Eastern Europe

A manufactured story in Eastern Ukraine. The billboard reads, "We won't forget, we won't forgive," but Antelava says the photo of the girl has been faked.

Along Ukraine’s ceasefire line, war is ‘crowdfunded’

March 26, 2015Conflict

Freelance fighters are raising money for spy drones. Spin doctors are manufacturing false stories. Welcome to Ukraine’s cease-fire, a term that makes people on both sides of the line laugh.

A man walks out of a voting booth at a polling station during a parliamentary election in the village of Fiina near Lviv, on October 26, 2014.

Ukraine — or part of it — delivers another pro-Europe election result

October 30, 2014Global Politics

Soldiers from the Ukrainian self-defence battalion "Azov" sit at a checkpoint in the southern coastal town of Mariupol on September 8, 2014.

Live from the frontlines of Ukraine, it’s an army officer on Twitter

September 9, 2014Conflict

A Ukrainian serviceman fires at pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Ukrainian town of Ilovaysk, Tuesday.

Radio and phone intercepts provide insight into the conflict in Ukraine

August 27, 2014Conflict

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko and Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko react while posing for a group photo during peace talks that started in Minsk on August 26, 2014.

As peace talks start, Ukraine and Russia are still pressing for battlefield advantage

August 26, 2014Conflict

A Russian convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine stops along a road in the city of Voronezh August 12, 2014. The convoy carrying tons of humanitarian aid left on Tuesday for eastern Ukraine, where government forces are closing in on pro-Ru

Few in Ukraine are buying that Russia is sending a ‘humanitarian’ convoy to their country

August 12, 2014Conflict

There’s a convoy of 280 military trucks heading form Russia to eastern Ukraine. Is it carrying humanitarian aid, or maybe a Russian invasion force? No one in Ukraine knows, but they wouldn’t be shocked either way.There’s a convoy of 280 military trucks heading form Russia to eastern Ukraine. Is it carrying humanitarian aid, or maybe a Russian invasion force? No one in Ukraine knows, but they wouldn’t be shocked either way.

Ukrainians will head to the polls this weekend, but will those in the east bother to vote?

May 22, 2014Conflict & Justice

With thousands of separatist groups vying for power in eastern Ukraine, many people in the region are not planning to participate in Ukraine’s national elections this weekend. And that could hurt the legitimacy of the results.With thousands of separatist groups vying for power in eastern Ukraine, many people in the region are not planning to participate in Ukraine’s national elections this weekend. And that could hurt the legitimacy of the results.

Brian Dolphin (in fox mask) and his music group Ukrainian Village Voices. The group went caroling door to door to celebrate Koliada, an ancient pagan tradition in Ukraine.

Can we choose our ethnic identities based on random obsessions?

May 14, 2014Lifestyle & Belief

Brian Dolphin identifies so much with his Ukrainian heritage that he even asked to join an all-women’s Ukrainian chorus.

Can we choose our ethnic identities based on random obsessions?

May 14, 2014Lifestyle & Belief

Brian Dolphin identifies so much with his Ukrainian heritage that he even asked to join an all-women’s Ukrainian chorus.

Ukraine’s government tells soccer teams they’ll finish their season in empty stadiums

May 7, 2014Sports

As political unrest continues in Ukraine, the government there has called for all soccer matches to be held without spectators. That’s in addition to the cancellation of the country’s Premier League matches and the cup final, which were planned to be held in eastern cities and on the Crimean peninsula.