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History: August 2021
17 articles
Retrospective · events of 3 August 2021
Tsimanouskaya case: why Ukraine featured in it
Opinion
A retrospective on the Belarusian sprinter's refuge at the Polish embassy in Tokyo and the role of her husband's move to Ukraine.
Retrospective · events of 9 August 2021
What two August 2021 incidents showed about security
Opinion
A look back at a grenade arrest in Kyiv and a prison killing in the self-proclaimed Donetsk republic, reported in the first week of August 2021.
Retrospective · events of 10 August 2021
Grenade man arrested inside Kyiv's Cabinet of Ministers building
Opinion
Two reports from the first week of August 2021 showed violence at the margins of Ukrainian public life, in Kyiv and in the occupied east.
Retrospective · events of 16 August 2021
What did Kryvyi Rih's mayor's death leave open?
Opinion
A look back at the reports of Konstantin Pavlov's death and the first steps taken by police.
Retrospective · events of 17 August 2021
Who reached Kyiv from Kabul on 17 August 2021?
World
A look back at the evacuation of an Afghan film director to Ukraine, and a death reported in Kryvyi Rih two days earlier.
Retrospective · events of 17 August 2021
Sahraa Karimi evacuated to Kyiv; Kryvyi Rih mayor found dead
World
A retrospective on the evacuation of an Afghan film director to Ukraine, and on a death reported in Kryvyi Rih two days earlier.
Retrospective · events of 17 August 2021
Why Kyiv became a refuge for an Afghan filmmaker
World
A look back at 17 August 2021, when an evacuation from Kabul ended in the Ukrainian capital, and at a death in Kryvyi Rih two days earlier.
Retrospective · events of 18 August 2021
Kyiv as a refuge after Kabul's fall
World
A look back at 18 August 2021 and two reports from Ukraine's news cycle in the days before it.
Retrospective · events of 18 August 2021
Kabul evacuee Sahraa Karimi arrives in Ukrainian capital
World
A look back at two items reported in Ukraine in the days before 18 August 2021: an evacuation from Kabul and a death in Kryvyi Rih.
Retrospective · events of 19 August 2021
Afghan film director evacuated to Kyiv after Taliban seize Kabul
World
A look back at two reports from mid-August 2021, one about an evacuation from Afghanistan to Kyiv and one about a mayor found dead.
Retrospective · events of 20 August 2021
Kyiv's August 2021: a research ship, an evacuee, a death
Opinion
Three developments reported between 15 and 19 August 2021 showed Ukraine drawn into events at home and abroad.
Retrospective · events of 20 August 2021
Kryvyi Rih loses its mayor as Kabul evacuee reaches Kyiv
World
A look back at two reports from mid-August 2021, one about an evacuation from Afghanistan and one about a death in Kryvyi Rih.
Retrospective · events of 23 August 2021
Zelensky receives patriarch and chancellor within two days
Politics
A look back at the diplomatic and ceremonial run-up to 23 August 2021, when changes to e-passport legislation took effect.
Retrospective · events of 23 August 2021
Did Kyiv's Crimea Platform summit change the agenda?
Opinion
A look back at the diplomatic gathering in the Ukrainian capital on 23 August 2021, and the visits that preceded it.
Retrospective · events of 24 August 2021
Merkel in Kyiv and the e-passport rule changes
Politics
A look back at two political developments reported in Ukraine in the days before 24 August 2021.
Retrospective · events of 25 August 2021
Kyiv's diplomatic run before Independence Day 2021
Politics
A look back at the visits and legal changes that marked the days leading up to 25 August 2021.
Retrospective · events of 26 August 2021
What the week of 26 August 2021 left behind
World
A look back at three developments reported in the days before 26 August 2021, from a Kyiv summit to a planned border wall.