Crimea
Dreaming of the Motherland: Crimean Tatars Long to Go Home
VICE News visited Ukraine to meet Crimean Tatars who have fled the peninsula since it was seized by Russia. Persecuted for decades, they're still fighting to keep their culture alive.
The Russians Are Coming: Estonia's National Militia
VICE News follows Estonia's growing defense militia as it takes part in a combat training exercise, designed to help protect the country's sovereignty from potential aggressors.
This Ukrainian Cookbook Is Part Family History, Part Dumpling Heaven
“Cookbooks don’t have to be about recipes from a chef,” says Olia Hercules, author of Mamushka: Recipes from Ukraine & Beyond. “I like recipes because of the stories they might tell about a culture and all these things our grandmothers used to make.”
In Effort to Calm Tensions, Ukraine Bans Russian Flights
Russian planes have skirted or ventured into the airspace of North European countries — and NATO is beefing up security in the region.
The Russians Are Coming: Estonia's National Militia (Trailer)
VICE News follows Estonia's growing defense militia as it takes part in a combat training exercise, designed to help protect the country's sovereignty from potential aggressors.
Anti-Russian Saboteurs Plunge Crimea Into Darkness by Blowing Up Electrical Towers
Ukrainian nationalists are suspected of detonating explosives on two major electricity pylons, cutting off power to nearly 2 million people.
Russia Is Freaking Out Its Northern Neighbors
Russia's northwesterly neighbors are putting their money where their mouths are. Concerned about Russian adventures in Ukraine and elsewhere, they’re all beefing up their defenses.
Romania Is Starting to Freak Out About Russian Designs on Transnistria
Romania, a NATO member, is reversing years of military neglect, spurred by fears that it could end up with front-row seats for a Transnistrian replay of last year's events in Ukraine and Crimea.
Right Sector Blockade: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 111)
Crimea's Tatars and the ultra right-wing Ukrainian organization Right Sector have blockaded three highways in protest of Russian rule.
Why Are the French Selling Russian Weapons To Egypt? Mistral Saga, Part Deux
The failed French warship deal with Russia takes a new, strange turn as France tries to sell them to Egypt, becoming a Russian arms broker in the process.
'Just Escaping' the War at Home: Ukrainian Athletes at American Universities
With eastern Ukraine mired in the conflict between government forces and pro-Russian separatists, some young men are counting on their athletic abilities to keep them out of Ukraine—and out of war.
Intolerance and Violence Against LGBT People Is on the Rise in War-Torn Ukraine
As the queer community has grown increasingly visible thanks to the efforts of activists, homophobic assaults and rhetoric are also on the upswing.