Screen shot from some of the extraordinary video posted on the BBC Ukraine Crisis timeline. |
- Kiev's Russian-Trained Killersby Jamie Dettmer March 30, 2014 12:00 AM EDT
The slaughter of 53 protesters in the Maidan on February 20 changed history. Now, exclusive photographs show what really happened. - GALLERY
Photos of Kiev's Killers
March 30, 2014 12:00 AM EDT
Exclusive photographs show the Russian-trained secret police in Ukraine preparing for battle before the massacre of protesters in Kiev on February 20 – a day that changed history.
- Obama Must Show He’ll Use Military Means to Deter Russia in Ukraine
by Leslie H. Gelb March 30, 2014 12:00 AM EDT
To deter Putin and other aggressors, diplomatic and economic slaps are not enough; the U.S. needs a military dimension. - Ukraine’s Interior Minister, Arsen Avakov, Begs Rebels to Help Defend Ukraine
by James Kirchick March 28, 2014 09:46 AM EDT
Speaking exclusively to the Daily Beast, Ukraine’s interior minister says revolutionaries must accept the internal battle is over and help to face down Russia.
- Obama Betrays Georgia
by Will Cathcart March 27, 2014 01:00 PM EDT
The president said Tbilisi isn’t “currently on a path” to membership in the military alliance after telling the vulnerable country for months to do it.
- Who Killed One of the Most Notorious Right Sector Leaders in Ukraine?
by Oleg Shynkarenko March 27, 2014 11:50 AM EDT
Brutal, defiant “Bilyi” was a dream come true for Kremlin propagandists, a nightmare for Ukrainian moderates. Now, just as he predicted on YouTube, he’s dead.
- Ukraine Revolutionaries Bitter about Crimea Loss and Kiev Incompetence
by Jamie Dettmer March 27, 2014 05:45 AM EDT
In the aftermath of Crimea’s loss, bitter Ukrainians who supported the revolution are turning their anger on their government.
- Hitting Russians Where It Hurts
by James Kirchick March 26, 2014 03:25 PM EDT
Estonia’s president says go after the Kremlin’s banks like you’d go after a terrorist’s, question the legitimacy of Russian passports, and never doubt Putin’s taste for territory. - The Strangelove Summit
by Christopher Dickey, Jamie Dettmer March 25, 2014 01:30 PM EDT
More than 50 world leaders assembled in The Hague this week to address nuclear security—and grapple with new threats posed by nuclear Russia.
- Kidnapped in Crimea
by Anna Nemtsova March 24, 2014 05:45 AM EDT
They thought they could reason with the people of the breakaway region, but after mock executions and threats of mutilation, they felt lucky to get out alive.
- The Mafia Ruling Ukraine’s Mobs
by Jamie Dettmer March 23, 2014 12:00 AM EDT
Organized crime helped Putin grab Crimea, and may open the way for him to take more of Russian-speaking Ukraine.