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3 days ago · Stepan Bandera. Stepan Andriyovych Bandera ( Ukrainian: Степа́н Андрі́йович Банде́ра, IPA: [steˈpɑn ɐnˈd⁽ʲ⁾r⁽ʲ⁾ijoʋɪt͡ʃ bɐnˈdɛrɐ]; Polish: Stepan Andrijowycz Bandera; [1] 1 January 1909 – 15 October 1959) was a Ukrainian far-right leader of the radical militant wing of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, the OUN-B. [2] [3]
3 days ago · v. t. e. Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy [a] [b] [c] (born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and former actor who has been serving as the sixth president of Ukraine since 2019. As the president of Ukraine, he commands the sixth largest and one of the best-funded armed forces in the world as of 2024. [4]
2 days ago · Volodymyr Zelensky, a former comedian turned politician, rose to become the President of Ukraine with his anti-corruption platform and unconventional approach to governance.
3 days ago · Background. Ukraine was the center of the first eastern Slavic state, Kyivan Rus, which was the largest and most powerful state in Europe during the 10th and 11th centuries. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kyivan Rus was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and eventually into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
2 days ago · 1/4The costs of World War II and the war in Ukraine fuse as Allies remember D-Day without Russia Ever-dwindling numbers of World War II veterans who have pilgrimaged back to France, and Russia's ...
1 day ago · World War II was a conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during 1939–45. The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China).
4 days ago · Background and creation. Yevhen Konovalets, the OUN's leader from 1929 to 1938. In 1919, with the end of the Polish–Ukrainian War, the Second Polish Republic took over most of the territory claimed by the West Ukrainian People's Republic and the rest was absorbed by the Soviet Union.
