Ukraine’s present struggle is rooted in five centuries of shifting borders and fallen empires. As negotiations loom, leaders must decide how much of Ukrainian land they are willing to bargain away ...

The history of what we now think of as Russia started in Kyiv more than 1,000 years ago when Viking warrior-merchants came down from the north and founded Kyivan Rus, the first East Slavic state, in ...

Understanding why Russia shows hostility toward Ukraine requires looking beyond recent events and examining centuries of ...

Guardsmen of the NATO-trained 4th Rapid Reaction Brigade hold a Leleka-100 reconaissance drone purchased via the Army of Drones crowdfunding campaign in November 2022. UKRAINE - AUGUST 2, 2022 - Head ...

Since the onset of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine in February this year, there has been an upsurge of interest in Ukrainian history. And in the midst of a conflict over national sovereignty, ...

I know the author of the book under review, Mark Edele, personally. “The whole story” is an unexpected subtitle for a book by a historian. We have long been alert to the fact that, faced with the ...

Dariusz Gafijczuk does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Professor Michael Clarke has been answering your questions on the Ukraine war - catch up below. Among the topics he addressed are history's view of Trump and Putin - and comments from a NATO officer ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a war of conquest. Conquest of territory that the Kremlin feels entitled to; of people, who according to Putin belong to the “Russian World”; and of resources, from ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ukraine appealed for urgent international aid this week after the fall of Russian-backed president Viktor Yanukovich cast doubt on whether it could get the remaining $12 billion ...

President Donald Trump’s desire to negotiate a peaceful end to the war in Ukraine is a moral one. Ukraine is likely to make painful concessions to secure peace as long as Russia knows any future ...