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Dmytro Martynyouk, a Ukrainian service member of the French Foreign Legion, died from severe injuries sustained in an action zone in Mali, as French authorities reported on May 1. The ethnic Ukrainian
May. 4, 2020
When President Volodymyr Zelensky offered former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili the job of deputy prime minister for reforms on April 22, it was bound to make headlines. Saakashvili is a color
Apr. 30, 2020
Ukraine’s Antonov aircraft manufacturer is famous for its An-225 Mriya, the world’s largest and heaviest cargo jet. However, it also has a second, unfinished Mriya. But don’t expect to see that giant
Apr. 27, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on March 11. The new virus has infected over 3.6 million people around the globe and has killed nearly 252,000 pe
Apr. 21, 2020
Quarantine measures imposed by the Ukrainian government to curb the spread of COVID-19 have been a success, but the danger is not yet over, Deputy Health Minister Viktor Lyashko said on April 21. With
Apr. 21, 2020
“Marilyn came to us almost by accident. We drove to the village where our dogs were, and someone asked: where do stray dogs come from? We explain: people chuck them out, and then the dogs reproduce. T
Apr. 20, 2020
Melinda Simmons became the United Kingdom’s ambassador to Ukraine only in September, but she’s got ancestral roots to the country. She is one-quarter Ukrainian. Her great-great-grandparents lived near
Apr. 17, 2020
Ending quarantine measures in Ukraine is not feasible until after a steady reduction in cases of COVID-19, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said. “Given today’s anti-record on new COVID-19 cases, I bel
Apr. 15, 2020
Ukraine is demanding an official explanation after an Iranian lawmaker said that his country’s military “did well” when it downed a Ukrainian passenger airliner on Jan. 8, killing 176 people on board.
Apr. 7, 2020
After voting on amendments for 10 hours straight, Ukraine’s parliament has finally passed a law legalizing the sale of farmland and lifting the country’s 19-year moratorium on land transactions. The l
Mar. 31, 2020
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the economic turmoil it has sown, Ukraine has replaced its ministers of health and finance. On March 30, during an emergency session of parliament, lawmakers vot
Mar. 30, 2020
A massive scandal broke in President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office on the afternoon of March 29. A lawmaker leaked videos online that appeared to implicate Denys Yermak, the brother of Zelensky’s Chief
Mar. 30, 2020
Serhiy Marchenko, who formerly served as deputy finance minister and deputy head of presidential administration, will be appointed finance minister at an emergency meeting of the Verkhovna Rada on Mar
Mar. 29, 2020
After four days confined to a tiny isolation room at the Infectious Diseases Clinical Hospital in Lviv, British citizen Jonathan Rainey told senior medical staff there he would feel safer and healthie
Mar. 27, 2020
Ukrainian Hollywood actress Ivanna Sakhno tested positive for COVID-19, a disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Sakhno’s case is a reminder that celebrities are at the same risk of getting the dise
Mar. 22, 2020
Ukraine has identified 15 new cases of COVID-19 on March 20, a record number that brings the total to 41. According to the Center for Public Health, the 41 cases are spread across nine of the country’
Mar. 20, 2020