Was Ukraine Independent in the 16th century? Roman Emperor Rudolph II thought so
In May of 1594, Erich Lassota von Steblau, a special envoy of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II to the Zaporozhian Cossacks arrived in Kyiv....
Ukraine’s New Ballistic Rocket -GROM
It is Short-Range Ballistic Rocket (SRBM) GROM-2 (Thunder-2). Reported range - up to 280 km (to comply with the Missile Technology Control Regime, but can easily be increased to 500 km at...
Ukraine gave up 5,000 nukes. Russia’s attack may have broken the deal – NBC
Twenty-five years ago, Ukraine was the world's third-largest nuclear power, with more warheads than the United Kingdom, France and China combined. The government in...
Ukraine’s new tank can take on Russia’s best, but Kyiv can’t afford it, –...
"When Kiev announced it would revive the same spirit of industry that bred its Soviet-era tank manufacture, boosting production for a new tank vehicle by...
Ukraine-engineered most powerful ballistic missile SS-18 was used as Dnieper Rocket to deliver satellites...
R-36 is the world's largest and most dangerous Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) ever built. And it is solely Ukraine's know-how. Highly accurate guided missiles...
Ballistic missiles deployed to Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 were both...
The book 'Rockets and People' is part of the NASA History Series. It was written by the Soviet Academician Boris Chertok. The Preface to...
Ilya Repin was born on August 5, 1844 in Ukraine. Story behind his most...
On 26 July 1878, he did his first pencil drawing of the merry Zaporozhians drafting their defiant letter to the sultan. Although Repin was...
Russian soldier’s first-aid kit vs Ukrainian one
Russian soldier's first-aid kit is above and a Ukrainian one below.
Three months that changed perception of Ukraine
In the whole wide world
Ukrainian Alexei Berest hoists Victory Banner over Reichstag on May 01, 1945
" On 30 April 1945, after long days of street combat in Berlin, the 150th Division attacked the Reichstag. On 1 May, at about 03:00, Berest...
