CHERNIHIV, Ukraine (AP) — The 43-year-old Ukrainian actor took to the stage wearing a black leather jacket and with a moustache painted on her face. Ruslana Ostapko was performing in multiple ...

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PAVLOHRAD, Ukraine – On a recent morning in eastern Ukraine, Karina Yatsina, a mine worker, was busy operating a conveyor belt in a dim, 1,200-foot-deep tunnel. Lights flickered at the end of the ...

As the migration debate rages, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to limit the influx of young men from Ukraine. Will Kyiv respond? German Chancellor ...

With the war between Russia and Ukraine well into its third year, more women in Ukraine are getting behind the wheel - some big wheels. NPR's Ashley Westerman has more from Kyiv. (SOUNDBITE OF KEYS ...

A program in Ukraine trains women to drive buses and large trucks — jobs typically dominated by men. But the ongoing conflict with Russia is reshaping Ukraine's economy, its job market and who is ...