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Hundreds march in Kyiv against mandatory vaccines

Hundreds of people blocked the streets of Ukraine's capital Wednesday to protest mandatory vaccination and new restrictions for non-vaccinated residents

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With Europe's second-worst vaccine rate, Ukraine suffers COVID surge

Only about 15% of the population of Ukraine is fully vaccinated, Europe’s lowest level after Armenia.

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US defence secretary underlines support for eastern Europe

"The security and stability of the Black Sea are in the US's national interest and are critical to the security of NATO's eastern flank," Austin said.

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80 years after Nazi massacre, Babi Yar's ghosts still haunt Ukraine

The country has struggled to come to terms with the role that Ukrainians played in the murder of Jews during the Nazi occupation.

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Hundreds join climate change protest in Ukraine

Hundreds of people participated in a climate march in Kyiv Sunday to demand more effort from the government to combat climate change.

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Zelenskyy vows strong response after gunmen fire at chief aide's car

More than 10 bullets hit the vehicle during the attack near Kyiv at 10 am local time on Wednesday.

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LGBTQ supporters march in Kyiv and in Belgrade

Thousands of people gathered in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to take part in the annual Pride march in support of the country's LGBTQ community.

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President Joe Biden promises Ukraine that U.S. will be a better ally

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was paying a long-awaited trip to the White House.

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Ukraine celebrates 30th independence anniversary with military parade

Ukraine celebrates the 30th anniversary of its independence with a military parade, a day after Kyiv and its Western allies agreed to work towards "peacefully" ending Russia's "occupation" of Crimea in a summit that sparked anger in Moscow.

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Merkel urges high-level meeting on eastern Ukraine in visit to Kyiv

Angela Merkel said she supported further peace talks on the situation in eastern Ukraine during her "farewell visit" to Kyiv.

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Are Russia fears holding up Ukraine's bid to join NATO?

Critics say Ukraine is not ready to join NATO - and even if it was, NATO does not want to be drawn into a conflict with Russia.

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Ukrainian soldiers made to march in high heels during military parade

Ukraine's defence ministry sparked uproar after it published photos of the women marching on its Facebook page.

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Zelenskyy speeds up corruption crackdown, one oligarch at a time

A new law pledges to take down Ukraine's oligarchy, but does it go too far or not far enough?

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Inauguration of symbolic synagogue in Kyiv

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Chief rabbi of Kyiv Jonathan Benyamin Markovitch attend the inauguration of a symbolic synagogue at the memorial site commemorating the victims of Babyn Yar, one of the biggest massacres of Jews during the Nazi Holocaust.

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In Ukraine’s war-torn east, locals fear poverty more than Russia

“I feel like that from one side, the enemy is shooting at us, and from the other side in Kyiv, people are trying to hit us economically.”

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35 years since its nuclear disaster, Chernobyl prepares for tourists

Ukraine's authorities hope that Chernobyl can be a monument not just to human error, but the ability to move on.

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Far-right protesters demonstrate in Ukrainian capital

Protesters take to the streets in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in support of jailed far-right former leader, Serhiy Sternenko

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In Ukraine, Stepan Bandera’s legacy is a political football... again

Six decades after Bandera's murder at the hands of Soviet agents in Munich, his life remains a key electoral issue in Ukraine.

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Ukraine and Hungary pledge to ease tensions over Transcarpathia

The two countries have clashed over whether ethnic Hungarians in western Ukraine should be allowed to use their native language.

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Plans unveiled for Holocaust memorial complex at Ukraine's Babyn Yar

The ravine near Kyiv was the site of one of the worst Nazi massacres of Jews and ethnic Poles during the Second World War