Ukraine is celebrating its 34th Independence Day on Aug. 24, 2025. To mark the occasion, we’ve asked the staff of the Kyiv Independent to share their favourite fact about Ukrainian history, culture, ...

Engines growled, kids’ jaws dropped and the crowd’s eyes opened wide in awe as Seattle Cossacks rolled into Everett’s Fourth of July parade with vintage Harleys and matching maroon uniforms. Over a ...

Once neglected and covered in rust, this vintage Cossack knife is brought back to life through a meticulous step-by-step restoration process. New Social Security report raises alarms for 300 million ...

Russian troops have taken control of the settlements of Rusyn Yar, Volodymyrivka and Katerynivka in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defence said. Russian oil supplies to ...

ROSTOV REGION, Russia (Reuters) -Scores of schoolchildren enjoyed a riverside adventure in southern Russia this week, but it was no ordinary holiday camp. With military instructors shouting ...

“The Nevsky Battalion is accepting volunteers.” This recruitment ad appeared on Russian social media in summer 2025 and is hardly a one-off. Swap out “Nevsky” for “Wolves,” “Saint George,” or any of ...

From wildfires in Portugal to the Hong Kong ballet - here are the images of the day chosen by the Sky News picture editors. Image: Pic: PA Protesters gathered outside the Old Bailey in London where ...

Exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Mr. C.B. Leslie's Picture, The Murder of Rutland; with a Series of originals and copies from his commencement in the Arts and also of Mr.

A heroic Ukrainian soldier who had his throat slit and was buried alive by Russian torturers before crawling for nearly five days to reach safety has described the atrocities he and his comrades faced ...

More than 250 specialised classes – over a third of them militarised – are set to function in schools of Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast in the new academic year starting on 1 September. Source: ...