Olesksandr Lashchenko is a correspondent in Kyiv for RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service.
The leader of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate says steps toward independence from Moscow must be carried out carefully to avoid giving the Kremlin a pretext for further Russian incursions into Ukrainian territory.
Nadia Savchenko, the Ukrainian military pilot held in Russia, has been on hunger strike for four weeks. She has vowed to die in pretrial detention if Russia refuses to release her.
Hundreds of people are being rushed to hospitals in Kyiv after being wounded and maimed in violent street battles between police and protesters. RFE/RL looks at how medics are struggling to treat the wounded.
A day after Ukrainian opposition leaders refused to accept a partnership deal from President Viktor Yanukovych, the Euromaidan protests have gained fresh momentum.
With street clashes between police and pro-European protestors in Kyiv continuing, the far-right youth group Pravyy Sektor has vowed to fight the Ukrainian authorities to the bitter end. What is Pravyy Sektor and where did it come from?
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![Patriarch Filaret: "We do not want to give [Russia] a reason for interference in our internal [affairs], and therefore there will be no forcible seizure of church buildings."](https://gdb.rferl.org/D00E1370-4750-4DC0-A1A2-171D0CD15EEE_w66_r1.jpg)
