Mikhaïl laughs. “Thank goodness for the sunflower fields that remind us we’re still in Ukraine,” he adds, pointing to the fields with row after row of dried sunflowers that flank the road.

Farmers in the surrounding fields are following suit ... of wheat and in the top three for maize, barley and sunflower seeds. The lack of Ukrainian grain on world markets due to the war has ...

"Today marks ten years since Ukraine was shocked by the tragic news of the treacherous massacre of Ukrainian soldiers whose path took them through a sunflower field. This is why the sunflower has ...

Shelby Holliday goes in search of the little-known stories behind big business and news headlines, revealing the surprising ramifications for individuals.

They were among 298 who lost their lives when the Malaysia Airlines plane was shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine on ... MH17 came down in a field bordered by sunflowers.

In 1996, defense ministers of the United States, Russia and Ukraine gathered at the site of a former Soviet-era underground missile hangar and planted sunflower seedlings. The U.S. defense ...