Ukrainian land for centuries gave birth to majestic figures. Our history knows not only princes and hetmans, but also ordinary warriors, who also worked their own destiny and the fate of the whole country. Today we remember one of the pantheon of those to whom the descendants of Volodymyr the Great, Ivan Mazepa and Stepan Bandera owe their existence on the map of Europe, to the faithful son of Ukraine — Yuri Gorodianyn-Lisovskyi. In the interwar period, he became known to the public as Yuriy Horlis-Horskyi. All conscious life a native of the Poltava region was Don Quixote of his time, putti ..read more

Against the background of mass people's protests in Venezuela, mercenaries of the Russian Wagner's PMC, have arrived to the country. Obviously, their main task is to promote Maduro to retain power.  Reuters reports this citing three sources. One source close to the Wagner's PMC said that firtst group of the Russian mercenaries arrived in Venezuela before the May 2018 presidential election, and the new group came just lately. The news agency notes, that Evgeniy Shabayev - a leader of local department of the militant "Cossack group" - with ties to Russian military contractors said ..read more

Russian military command has deployed the Iskander missile launchers with range of 500 kilometers near the border with Ukraine. According to satellite images taken by Imagesat International on request from Fox News, rockets capable of carrying nuclear weapons are located approximately 430 kilometers from the Ukrainian border in the Krasnodar Kray. On the photo we can see that the Russian missiles are located next to several bunkers and other warehouse hangars. Next to one launcher is a mobile system that quickly recharges, launching new missiles. One of the entrances to the bunker is o ..read more

"This may be a good tradition to meet in the advance of a New Year," -  V. V. Putin. "May be," -  O. G. Lukashenko. These very words were said in Moscow on December 29, on the eve of the New Year on the meeting of two presidents, the main topic of which was a compensation to the Belarusian "partners" (that's Putin's favorite word for the country against which further aggression is scheduled) for Russia's tax maneuver for sale of petroleum products to Belarus. And yet, Belarus received it in the amount of $ 400 million, but under what conditions? Let's dig into it l ..read more

Many people of the postmodern era, whose consciousness is somewhat clogged, could treat Christmas as something from a number of ordinary birthday, although it is a completely different event - the God obtain the features of a man. St. John Chrysostom says the follow on this: "And do not ask how: for where God wills it, nature’s order is overcome. For He willed it, He had the power, He came down, He saved – all things follow upon God. Today, He who Is is born, and He who Ιs becomes what He was not. For being God, He becomes human, though He did not cease from being God. For He hasn’t become h ..read more

"... Our Great Holy Church of Christ blesses and proclaims the Autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine," this is  proclaimed in the text of the tomos of autocephaly, which Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople signed yesterday. Truly, an historic event took place yesterday in Istanbul - Ukrainian Orthodox Church regained its Autocephaly. The schism in Ukraine's Orthodoxy, the Moscow had been talking about for years is over. From now on, together with the Orthodox Christians of the whole world, we have to spread the word of God. It should not be forgotten that the ..read more

Today, the day of St. Ilia of the Pechersk is better known as Ilya Murom, the defender of the Orthodox faith and of Rus'-Ukraine, a hero of the ancient Rus' epic tales. Having passed a way of a warrior he decided to change a chain mail on a monkish cassock and maintain the struggle on a spiritual battlefield. St Ilia combine in himself the double ideal of a belligerent Church and as a hero, and as an ascetic. At the same time, today is the birthday of Stepan Bandera - not only an outstanding fighter for the freedom of Ukrainian people, but also a loyal Christian and struggler aga ..read more

The culture of food, traditional cuisine is one of the most important components of the everyday culture of a folk. Whatever the case, you can't deny that first thing you cannot do without in your everyday life is food. And the statement "You are what you eat" is a little more than a successful metaphor. Ukrainian cuisine has been formed for thousands of years, and in general it's key goal is rapid replenishment of energy reserves after difficult work. If we highlight the features of traditional cuisines of all folks of the world, this list will be: orientation to local products, variety o ..read more

Last week, Oleksandr Turchinov - a Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine - released an article against attempts to impose a "gender ideology" on Ukrainians by a ultural-marxist lobby groups. In particular, in his statement Turchinov harshly criticized so-called "Commissioner for Gender Policy" Katerina Levchenko, who called on the SBU to fight against those Ukrainians who support traditional values. The very fact that such a controversial post as a Commissioner for Gender Policy shall be remunerated by ordinary Ukrainian taxpayers is quite outrageous, taking int ..read more

For the Kremlin's propaganda machine last morning begun with excuses and attempts to separate themselves from the protests in France. And all because two unlucky Frenchmen - well known to a small circle of Russian functionaries on geopolitics - decided to unfurl the flag of the Kremlin-proxy DPR formation against the background of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. And when inquisitive internet users decided to find out who are these unlucky monsieurs in vests - who undoubtedly are "deeply concerned" not only about the fuel tariffs, but also about distant "people of Donbass ..read more