Ivana Kupala, Ukraine’s midsummer festival
Rooted in pagan tradition, the holiday honors fire, water, and plants through rituals for purification, protection, and harvest.
Alexandra Keeler
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Who were the Ukrainian Cossacks?
It's widely believed that Ukrainian Cossacks were formed from a diverse mix of East Slavic free peasants, escaped serfs, and even nobles.
The writing is on the wall: Ukrainian archivists collect Russian graffiti as evidence of war crimes
“It is not considered a war crime if you had fun,” reads graffiti left by Russian soldiers in the backroom of a bar in the village of Velyka Komyshuvakha, located in the Izium district of Kharkiv Oblast. Before being liberated, the area was occupied by Russian forces for six months
Ukraine makes appearance at Burning Man festival
Ukraine made an appearance at this year's annual Burning Man music and arts festival, taking place from Aug. 27 to Sept. 4 in Nevada's Black Rock Desert.
Holodomor: Soviet Union’s man-made famine in Ukraine
The Holodomor — meaning “murder by starvation” in Ukrainian — is widely seen as one of the most devastating tragedies in Ukraine’s history.
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As Russia inches closer to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, new Ukrainian region might soon be at war
