The New York Times

A Mini-Russia Gets Squeezed by War At the Back in the U.S.S.R. cafe, it is like the Soviet Union never collapsed. Busts of Lenin greet visitors at the door. Red hammer and sickle flags hang on the wall. Huge plastic Sovi…

Growing evidence of a military disaster on the Donets pierces a pro-Russian bubble. The destruction wreaked on a Russian battalion as it tried to cross a river in northeastern Ukraine last week is emerging as among the d…

Ukraine wins the Eurovision Song Contest. The Ukrainian rap and folk band Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, as European viewers and juries delivered a symbolic, pop culture endorsement of soli…