He sees the debate over the red and black flag as a distraction, one he says draws the focus away from the real threat faced by Ukraine. "The issue in Ukraine right now is pretty clear," Balan said.

A black and red flag, this one raised by pro-Ukraine protesters, belongs to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). The members were Ukrainian nationalists who fought against both sides in WW2 for an ...

In 2015, Ukraine experienced a boom in black-market sales of weapons out of its war-torn eastern region. ... money siphoned off by corrupt actors, and red flags at every turn.

Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine arrived on the doorstep of the Russian ambassador to the United Nations, in the form of a blue and yellow flag projected onto the townhouse.

The flag they have been using, and which was much in evidence in Kiev during last winter’s revolution, is a black and red one. It was the flag of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army during the second ...

But for mainstream Ukraine, these colours have a different meaning. The combination of red and black was also used by fascist movements to symbolise the German idea of Blut und Boden (blood and soil).

The Ukraine war began, and must end, with Kyiv retaking Crimea, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed throughout the conflict, drawing a hard "red line." It is a frequently-heard ...

In Poland, outrage was sparked by red-and-black UPA flags on armored personnel carriers handed over to Ukraine. Warsaw called it a provocation, according to Polish Defense Minister Władysław ...

A swarm of Ukrainian jet skis races across the ocean under pitch black skies, visible only from the infra-red camera of a drone watching from above. They slow down as they approach the shore to ...

A black and red flag, this one raised by pro-Ukraine protesters, belongs to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). The members were Ukrainian nationalists who fought against both sides in WW2 for an ...