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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has introduced the new head of Rivne Regional State Administration, the director of VVV Montazh LLC, a full-cycle road construction company, Vitaliy Koval. “I w
Sep. 10, 2019
KYIV/MOSCOW – Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, jailed in Russia, is among 35 Ukrainians who will be transferred from Moscow to Kyiv as part of a prisoner exchanges on Sept. 7, his lawyer said. Read m
Sep. 7, 2019
The list of Ukrainian military servicemen reported as missing in action includes 70 names as of today, according to the press service of Donetsk Region’s Police Department. Read more here.
Sep. 6, 2019
One of Ukraine’s most popular DJs, Anastasia Topolskaia, better known by her stage name Nastia, has become a resident of the United Kingdom’s BBC Radio 1. She will give a series of six shows for the r
Sep. 6, 2019
Movies
There is one “villain” in the Vasyl Stus biopic “Censored” that Ukrainians would have wanted to have been named. But, due to legal threats, he wasn’t. In a key film scene, Stus, the Ukrainian dissiden
Sep. 6, 2019
Viktor Muzhenko, the former chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, has been retired from active military service by a decree of President Volodymyr Zelensky issued on Sept. 2. The h
Sep. 2, 2019
President Volodymyr Zelensky has met with members of the newly elected Cabinet of Ministers and given them draft laws to prepare on strict deadlines. By the end of the month, the government must adopt
Sep. 2, 2019
Art
Britain’s Got Talent: The Champions is set to see a whole host of global talent take to one stage – and one of the favourites is Ukrainian performer Kseniya Simonova. Read more here.
Sep. 1, 2019
As Ukrainian authorities hope to revive peace talks with Russia, the death toll for Ukrainian troops killed in action keeps growing. Since the start of the year, at least 72 Ukrainian soldiers – 29 of
Aug. 30, 2019
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry on Aug. 29 officially introduced a brand new military medal for combat-related injuries, with 25 distinguished Donbas war veterans being the decoration’s first recipients. T
Aug. 30, 2019
Three pro-democracy protest leaders in Hong Kong were arrested in the early hours of Aug. 30, a few hours after protesters held citywide screenings of an Oscar-nominated documentary film about Ukraine
Aug. 30, 2019
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and Assistant to the U.S. President for National Security Affairs (NSA) John Bolton during a meeting in Minsk discussed the issue of conflict settlement in ea
Aug. 30, 2019
French President Emmanuel Macron during a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky spoke about his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and recalled the importan
Aug. 30, 2019
The Verkhovna Rada on Aug. 29 appointed Ruslan Riaboshapka the prosecutor general of Ukraine. He replaces Yuriy Lutsenko, who served since May 2016. Lutsenko earned a controversial reputation due to l
Aug. 29, 2019
Ukrainian parliament at its first meeting on Aug. 29 voted for the new prime minister and the Cabinet. The new Cabinet includes 17 ministers, as opposed to 25 ministers that served on the outgoing Cab
Aug. 29, 2019
The Verkhovna Rada on Aug. 29 approved keeping Arsen Avakov, one of Ukraine’s most controversial top officials, as interior minister. Avakov’s appointment was included as part of a “package” vote for
Aug. 29, 2019