A Brief History Of Ukraine (And Why Russia Wants To Control It) In this animated video, historian Matt Lewis tells the story of Ukraine's turbulent and often surprising history. Beginning over a ...

Historically, the German occupation forces were those who were the first Great Power to create and recognize any kind of at least a short-lived state’s independence of “Ukraine”. That was in January ...

After the Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991, Ukraine gained independence, its own constitution and international recognition. It also inherited a massive Soviet nuclear stockpile — some 1,900 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Ukraine, the UPA represents a historical struggle against Moscow's domination — a legacy that feels especially alive amid ...

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine signed a decree honoring World War II partisan fighters that has inflamed tensions with Warsaw. By Maria Varenikova Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine The two ...