Ukraine

Tattoo artists tattooing their clients.

Ukrainians embrace tattoos as a form of patriotism

In many ways, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has become a war of identity and self-expression. Many Ukranians are turning to tattoos to show their patriotism.

Ukrainians embrace tattoos as a form of patriotism
Ukrainian Eurovision contestant TVORCHI band performs at a concert before departure to the Eurovision contest

Liverpool steps in to host Eurovision Song Contest

Liverpool steps in to host Eurovision Song Contest
People protest in front of Ukraine’s embassy to Romania in Bucharest on Feb. 24, 2022.

International law says Putin’s war against Ukraine is illegal. Does that matter?

International law says Putin’s war against Ukraine is illegal. Does that matter?
Crimean Tatars speak after the prayer in a Mosque marking the Eid al-Adha, celebrated by Muslims worldwide, in Bakhchisarai, Crimea, on Sat. Oct. 4, 2014.

7 years after Russia's annexation of Crimea, Indigenous Tatars still face persecution

7 years after Russia's annexation of Crimea, Indigenous Tatars still face persecution
A woman walking towards a lake

In Ukraine, surrogacy is legal, but some ask if it's exploitation

In Ukraine, surrogacy is legal, but some ask if it's exploitation
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World's largest jet to be delivered to China

A Ukraine company said Wednesday it may deliver the world's largest jet — originally developed for the Soviet Union's abandoned space shuttle program — to China within the next five years.

World's largest jet to be delivered to China
The the main club house inside Mezhgorye, the residence of Ukraine's ousted president Victor Yanukovych.

Ukrainians vowed to turn their ex-president’s estate into a ‘Museum of Corruption.’ But it’s something else now.

Ukraine's former president Victor Yanukovych spent more that $30 million on his personal estate before he fled for Russia. Think private zoo, crocodile skin-lined planters and a copy of John and Yoko's white piano.

Ukrainians vowed to turn their ex-president’s estate into a ‘Museum of Corruption.’ But it’s something else now.
"The Sniffer," one of the most popular TV detective shows in Russia today, is made by a Ukrainian production company.

There's one thing that Russia and Ukraine agree on — their favorite TV shows

At least one big industry in Ukraine is thriving, not in spite of the conflict with Russia, but because of it. It's their shared love of Ukrainian TV productions.

There's one thing that Russia and Ukraine agree on — their favorite TV shows
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.

Today's Kerry-Putin photo op doesn't mean Moscow is coming in from the cold

The top US diplomat John Kerry sat down today in the Kremlin with Russian President Vladimir Putin to talk about Syria and Ukraine.

Today's Kerry-Putin photo op doesn't mean Moscow is coming in from the cold
Crimean Tatar singer Susana Jamaladinova, known as Jamala, performs during the Ukrainian national qualification for the Eurovision Song Contest outside Kiev, Ukraine, February 21, 2016.

Ukraine's Eurovision 2016 entry is about Stalin’s repression, and Russia isn't thrilled

Crimea in 2016 looks eerily like Crimea in 1944 for many Crimean Tatars.

Ukraine's Eurovision 2016 entry is about Stalin’s repression, and Russia isn't thrilled
Vigil for those who died in eastern Ukraine

Meet a broken family in Ukraine — divided by geography and blame

Fighting continues to escalate in eastern Ukraine. And the tensions there aren't just ripping apart the country, they are ripping apart families.

Meet a broken family in Ukraine — divided by geography and blame
An aerial photograph taken by a drone shows the air traffic control tower of the Sergey Prokofiev International Airport damaged by shelling during fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian government forces in eastern Ukraine.

Oh, Donetsk airport, I knew you when

She remembers the Donetsk airport when it was a sad Soviet-era fixture. And when it was transformed, reimagined, for a 2012 European soccer tourney. Now it is rubble in fighting in eastern Ukraine, and she realizes " how little time it takes to destroy something which has been so painstakingly built."

Oh, Donetsk airport, I knew you when
People attend a rally in support of Scotland's independence referendum, in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.

Russia says 'Yes' to self-determination — as long as it's not within Russia

Russia is eagerly watching the Scotland referendum on independence. Russia media portray it as a validation of the March vote in Crimea for self-determination. But Moscow-based reporter Charles Maynes tells Marco Werman that Russia's government is less eager to embrace self-determination inside its own borders.

Russia says 'Yes' to self-determination — as long as it's not within Russia
Youth unfurl a giant Ukrainian flag as part of celebrations to mark Constitution Day on the Potemkin Stairs in Odessa.

'Panic in a Suitcase' is an immigration novel with an anti-immigration twist

In Yelena Akhtiorskaya's debut novel, "Panic in a Suitcase," a Ukrainian-American family is torn between Odessa and the streets of Brighton Beach in New York.

'Panic in a Suitcase' is an immigration novel with an anti-immigration twist
A film still of physicist Alexander Vilenkin from the set of "Dau". He was flown to Kharkov for a week to play the role of a scientist in the movie.

This movie about a Soviet scientist may be the grandest experiment in film history, if it ever gets finished

Dau was filmed in a full-size replica of a Soviet scientific institute featuring real-life physicists, Communist party bosses and former KGB agents. But you might never get the chance to see the results of the huge production.

This movie about a Soviet scientist may be the grandest experiment in film history, if it ever gets finished