Emergency teams in Ukraine on Monday continued battling a forest fire in the contaminated area around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant that has raised radiation fears. Two blazes erupted Saturday in the zone around Chernobyl that was sealed after the 1986 explosion at the plant.

The historic Kyiv Pechersk Lavra or "Monastery of the Caves" in Ukraine has been linked to multiple coronavirus infections in many of its parishioners, following prior urgency from the head of the monastery to "hurry to the church." The Orthodox Christian monastery known for its elaborate system of 11th-century catacombs has become a hot spot for the coronavirus in Ukraine, according to The Washington Post.

A video that surfaced in Kyiv showing newborns who can't be reunited with their adoptive parents is causing outrage. DW investigates the contentious, but lucrative practice of surrogacy during the coronavirus pandemic.

After seizing control of a large section of Independence Square, authorities began an attempt to retake City Hall, setting off fierce clashes with protesters.

“Dear subscriber, you are registered as a participant in a mass disturbance.” That's a text message that thousands of Ukrainian protesters spontaneously received on their cell phones today, as a new law prohibiting public demonstrations went into effect. It was the regime's police force, sending protesters the perfectly dystopian text message to accompany the newly minted, perfectly dystopian legislation.

Ukraine descended further into chaos as violent clashes between police and protesters left two dead and injured hundreds, in a situation the Ukraine Prime Minister said is "spiralling out of control". Escalating unrest resulted in the first two fatalities today, after the Ukraine's General Prosecutor confirmed two men had died of gunshot wounds and a criminal investigation has been opened in a statement.

Ukrainian opposition leaders held fresh talks with President Viktor Yanukovich on Saturday after overnight clashes between radical protesters and police, and an attempt by other activists to occupy the main energy ministry building.

A 27-year-old police officer has been shot dead in Kiev according to the Interior Ministry.

Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych has offered the post of prime minister to opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk. He also offered former boxer Vitali Klitschko the position of deputy PM. In response, the opposition leaders did not explicitly say whether they accepted the offer, but repeated their demands for new presidential elections.

I found it hilarious, although its probably not as simple as this.

What I saw during the Orange Revolution that may spell doom for the Protesters 

How is it we are so willing to put our prestige on the line for people in the Arab countries for whom democracy is a stranger and women’s rights are often held hostage to male ignorance while ignoring people in the West who cry out for democracy, are willing to put their lives on the line for it, and accord women equal rights with men.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolay Azarov has submitted his resignation, according to his government’s website. The resignation has not yet been accepted by President Viktor Yanukovich, however.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich agreed in talks with opposition leaders to the repeal of some anti-protest laws and to discuss the fate of the current government at a crunch session of parliament on Tuesday, called to end two months of unrest against his rule.

President Viktor Yanukovych has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, according to the president's official website. Azarov's government will continue working until the new prime minister is appointed. Azarov, who has led Ukraine's government since Yanukovych took power in 2010, was forced out to ease tensions in Ukraine's ongoing political crisis.

Ottawa will restrict travel to Canada for key Ukrainian officials responsible for silencing opposition voices there, but the government says the door remains open to further action as it monitors the developing, tumultuous situation on an hourly basis...

Ukraine is on the brink of "civil war" as a result of the standoff between authorities and protesters across the country, its first post-independence president Leonid Kravchuk told parliament Wednesday."All the world acknowledges and Ukraine acknowledges that the state is on the verge of civil war,"

In the midst of Ukraine's endless political crisis, its embattled president went on sick leave Thursday, setting off a wave of conspiracy theories since protesters have been demanding his ouster for months. Was 63-year-old Viktor Yanukovych really sick? Or was he feigning illness in preparation for something else, like dodging responsibility for a violent police crackdown on the protesters?

Ukraine is on the brink of civil war, the Eastern European country's first post-independence President warned. Opposition Leader, Vitali Kiltschko, calls the amnesty proposal unacceptable and for no end to protests without real change beyond freeing the 218 activists who the Interior Ministry says have been arrested.

Returning to Kyiv almost two weeks ago, was returning to a very different situation—one the western media has failed to report fully on. I’m writing this post from a hospital bed at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington, D.C. due to my injuries.