Five years ago in Kyiv, roughly 100 protestors, dubbed the “Heavenly Hundred,” made the ultimate sacrifice when they were gunned down while demonstrating against the corrupt, authoritarian government of Viktor Yanukovych. Soon after, Yanukovych fled to Russia, and Russian forces invaded and illegally annexed Crimea and then turned their sights to The Donbas. Nearly...
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Russian Aggression in the Kerch Strait Is Also Aimed at Ukraine’s Democracy
On November 25, Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, chaired by President Petro Poroshenko, unanimously decided to introduce martial law after an emergency meeting, in accordance with the Constitution of Ukraine (Article 83). The Verkhovna Rada convened to approve the presidential decree on Monday, November 26 , albeit a scaled down version of only...