Cuban Crisis Missile, the R-12. Made in Ukraine

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"The first enterprise was the Experimental Design Bureau (OKB-586) formed at the plant in  Dnepropetrovsk in Ukraine by an order of the Council of Ministers...

Was Ukraine Independent in the 16th century? Roman Emperor Rudolph II thought so

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In May of 1594, Erich Lassota von Steblau, a special envoy of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II to the Zaporozhian Cossacks arrived in Kyiv....

‘Neptune’ missile strike shows strength of Ukraine’s homegrown weapons – Washington Post

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Soon after Russia seized Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014, a Ukrainian defense firm used an arms show in Kyiv to unveil its latest project:...

Russian soldier’s first-aid kit vs Ukrainian one

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Russian soldier's first-aid kit is above and a Ukrainian one below.

Ukraine OWNED the Nukes, – Steven Pifer

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Steven Pifer is an affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation as well as a non-resident senior fellow with the Brookings Institution.  He...

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...

Ballistic missiles deployed to Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 were both...

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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...

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On 26 July 1878, he did his first pencil drawing of the merry Zaporozhians drafting their defiant letter to the sultan. Although Repin was...

Ukraine reactivates unique S-300V1 strategic air defence system

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The unique features of S-300V1 air defense system consist in that is the world’s only truly mobile Anti Ballistic Missile system. The S-300V...

World-famous painter Ilya Repin portrayed two nations – Ukrainians above, Russians below

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The painter is Ukrainian (now officailly according to MetMuseum) Ilya Repin. The upper painting is the Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Turkish Sultan,...