I first visited the looted museums of Kherson, a city in southern Ukraine, in May 2024. At the time, my team at the Kyiv Independent’s War Crimes Investigations Unit and I were beginning an ...

Located in the middle of the most densely populated district in Kyiv, Ukraine, Fayna town is a modern and vibrant residential complex built in place of a derelict vegetable factory and greenhouse.

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Odesa soon became one of the targets. In July 2023, an enemy rocket hit the Museum of Western and Eastern Art in the historic ...

The Ukrainian government’s talks with its partners on possible foreign military contingents in Ukraine are in their “very early stages”, and it is too soon to talk specific numbers, Kyiv’s foreign ...

Fleeing a Ukrainian counteroffensive, Russian forces collectively stole more than 33,000 historical artifacts and works of art. This museum theft is the largest in Europe since World War II.

House G.O.P. Floats Medicaid Cuts and More to Finance Trump’s Huge Agenda President Trump wants a massive tax cut and immigration crackdown bill. Republicans must decide what to cut to help pay ...

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