RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service

24 января 2022

'I Hope It Won't Happen': Residents Of Eastern Ukrainian City On Possible Russian Invasion

When asked about a possible Russian invasion, residents of the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv say they are "ready," but "hope that it won't happen."

12 августа 2021

'So Much Grief': Opening Ukraine's Soviet-Era KGB Archives

Since Ukraine opened its Soviet-era KGB archives in 2015, the public has been able to dig into the files and uncover many dark secrets of the past. But for some, the harsh revelations have been too much to handle as they learn that their relatives were secret police informants or agents.

2 июля 2021

Ukraine's Garbage Becomes Hungary's Problem As It Flows Down The Tisza River

The Tisza River, a major tributary of the Danube, flows from Ukraine into Hungary -- and brings with it thousands of tons of garbage each year. Hungary has urged Ukraine to deal with its trash before it becomes an international issue, but there's no easy solution in sight.

29 июля 2020

Nobody's Child: Inside Ukraine's Controversial Surrogate Adoption Industry

Ukraine is one of the few countries in the world that allows commercial surrogacy. But when something goes wrong, human lives hang in the balance, and critics say the business should be stopped or at least regulated.

6 апреля 2020

No Money, No Food: COVID-19 Hits Post-Soviet Poor

Across former Soviet countries, lockdowns due to the coronavirus are hitting the poor hardest. The many workers in the gray areas of the economies have been left destitute and even homeless, while some charities that might provide help are closing down.

5 февраля 2020

Life In No-Man's-Land Between Ukraine And Belarus

It's a kind of no-man's-land: three Ukrainian villages lie beyond their country's last border post on the road to Belarus, complicating life for the inhabitants who must pass through border checks to enter their own country.

16 января 2020

Ukraine's Other Nuclear Ghost Town

Pictures of Pripyat, the abandoned town near Chernobyl, are world famous -- but Ukraine has another nuclear ghost town. Orbita was built for workers at the Chigirinsky nuclear plant. The workers moved in, but the plant was never finished, and Orbita is now a crumbling ruin with just 100 inhabitants.

15 января 2020

Released By Separatists, RFE/RL Journalists Describe Imprisonment In Eastern Ukraine

Stanislav Aseyev and Oleh Halazyuk, two contributors to RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, were among the civilians released by Russia-backed separatists in a prisoner swap on December 29, 2019. Both had been held for more than two years. Shortly after their release, the two journalists told RFE/RL about the conditions of their imprisonment and the charges leveled against them.