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One of the most prominent Russians in the Medieval Ukraine (at that time Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) was Ivan Fyodorov who published the Ostrog Bible and called himself a Muscovite. In 1599 Tsar Boris Godunov ordered the construction of Tsareborisov on the banks of Oskol River, the first city and the first fortress in Eastern Ukraine. To defend the territory from Tatar raids the Russians built the Belgoroddefensive line (1635–1658), and Ukrainians s…

Tensions between Ukraine and Russia are at their highest in years, as a Russian troop build-up fuels fears over Moscow's intentions.

3 timer siden · The US' CIA has been running a dedicated programme to train Ukrainian special operations forces on American soil, possibly to prepare them for a standoff with Russian forces and running an "insurgency", Yahoo News reported citing numerous former intelligence and national security officials.The programme is reportedly operated by the CIA's Ground …

While Russia, the U.S. and NATO allies talk about the future of Ukraine this week, Ukrainians contemplate the threat of further Russian ...

02.07.2021 · Lately, Russian President Putin has mentioned Ukraine frequently. He recently said that Ukrainians and Russians are one people, and expressed indignation over a fresh law on the indigenous peoples of Ukraine, initially introduced to the Parliament by the President.

Ukraine today comprises 44 million people and is the second-largest nation by area in Europe. But for centuries, within the Russian Empire, ...

Cultural Differences

Due to Ukraine's geographical location, its culture primarily exhibits Eastern European influence as well as Central European to an extent (primarily in the western region). Over the years it has been influenced by movements such as those brought about during the Byzantine Empireand the Renaissance. Today, the country is somewhat culturally divided with the western regions bearing a stronger Central European influence and the eastern regions showing a significant Russian infl…

Jan 10, 2016 · Russia’s annexation of the Crimea made this allegedly common site an exclusively Russian possession. The view of Ukrainians as constituents of the Russian nation goes back to the founding myth of...

11.01.2022 · KYIV, Ukraine — It sounded like a reassuring pronouncement: Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, declaring after negotiations with the United States that, “we have no intention to invade Ukraine.” But skepticism ran deep Tuesday inside Ukraine, where politicians were quick to discount the pledge Ryabkov made Monday after meeting with …

2 dager siden · As Russia, the U.S. and NATO allies talk about the future of Ukraine this week, Ukrainians contemplate the threat of further Russian invasion, and …

Jul 02, 2021 · “Ukrainians and Russians are two separate nations. We could live as good neighbors had Russia not attacked Ukraine in 2014, killing thousands of people, occupying our lands. Full responsibility for the abyss between our nations lies with Putin who launched the aggression,” Dmytro Kuleba twitted.

Are Russian forces getting ready for war in Ukraine? Despite a series of talks involving Russia and the West, it remains unclear and the fear of invasion ...

When Russians say no, they often mean yes, a former Ukrainian member of Parliament said, as suspicion ran deep about Moscow's intentions.

The territories of Ukraine remained a part of the Russian state for the next 120 years. Russia's imperial authorities systematically persecuted ...

A fully independent Ukraine emerged only late in the 20th century, after long periods of successive domination by Poland-Lithuania, Russia, and the Union of ...

10.01.2016 · What it meant in practice was demonstrated in March 2014, when the Russian troops took over the Ukrainian Crimea, which Putin declared a historical heritage site common to the Russians, Ukrainians ...

Yes, we are the same. A regional western Ukrainian dialect with is closer to polish than to Russian is being imposed as the Ukranian national language, so with ...

Both Ukrainians and modern-day Russians are descendants of the people of Kievan Rus, who called themselves rusichi, which we could translate as Russians, but it’s not the same word or concept as the people of the country we call the Russian Federation. It’s a bit like Ancient Romans vs people who live in Rome today, whom we can also call Romans.

Russians are a national minority in Ukraine. “Pressure referred to as a result of passing of the bill on indigenous peoples is not true. Rights ...