Kvitka Cisyk was the singing flower of Ukraine who grew, blossomed and died in the United States, singing memorable songs while longing for her ancestral home.
For three years in the early 1990s, Washington encouraged Kyiv to abandon its nuclear arsenal. In December 1994, having finally gotten the upper hand, the United States provided Ukraine with vague promises of assistance should the young country face military aggression.
On Aug. 24, 1991, in the wake of a failed putsch in Moscow, the then still Soviet Ukrainian parliament declared Ukraine’s independence. Here’s the intricate story of how it happened.
Ironically, a botched attempt by Moscow hardliners 32 years ago to preserve the faltering Soviet empire enabled Ukraine finally to break free and declare independence.
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