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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
Former lawyer Oleksiy Honcharuk is the new prime minister of Ukraine. The parliament voted for his candidacy on Aug. 29. He was supported by 290 out of 424 lawmakers. Volunteer Andriy Zahorodniuk, 44,
Aug. 29, 2019
WASHINGTON — Just days after lobbying for Russia’s reinstatement in the G7, U.S. President Donald Trump has reportedly ordered delays in Ukraine receiving $250 million in military aid approved by Cong
Aug. 29, 2019
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton did not meet with executives of the Ukrainian aerospace company Motor Sich amid reports that the U.S. administration opposed the strategically important comp
Aug. 28, 2019
Russia is attempting to gain influence in Africa and earn billions of pounds by selling developing nations nuclear technology that critics say is unsuitable and unlikely to benefit the continent’s poo
Aug. 28, 2019
State-owned enterprise National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom and JSC Turboatom (Kharkiv) signed the five year (2020-2024) program on modernizing equipment of Ukrainian nuclear power plants (N
Aug. 27, 2019
On August 24, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska took part in festivities on the occasion of the 28th anniversary of independence of Ukraine. Read more here.
Aug. 24, 2019
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has reported that under the decree, which he signed, August 29 proclaimed as Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Ukraine, who have been killed fighting for c
Aug. 24, 2019
EDMONTON, Canada — In June 1991, Tatyana Vorobyova received a ticket that changed her life. Vorobyova, then a 35-year old Soviet citizen, left Kyiv and departed to Canada to study art management at Gr
Aug. 23, 2019
Editor’s Note: This story is part of a special project by the Kyiv Post, “Dying for Truth,” an online database and series of stories documenting violence against journalists in Ukraine’s 28 years of i
Aug. 16, 2019
The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) has ceased to exist, according to a report in the Holos Ukrainy newspaper dated August 14. “On July 29, 2019, an entry was made in the national regis
Aug. 14, 2019
Thirteen-year-old Ukrainian Oleksiy Sereda became the youngest European aquatics diving champion on August 11 by winning the 10-meter platform event in the European Diving Championships in Kyiv. He wo
Aug. 12, 2019
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has held a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron, during which he informed about the deaths of four Ukrainian soldiers as a result of shel
Aug. 7, 2019
A pair of popular uprisings with similar, independence-oriented goals. Two societies longing to break away from their authoritarian superpower neighbors Russia and China. Two movements both started –
Aug. 7, 2019
Former Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine Valeriya Gontareva says she is not going to arrive in Kyiv to report to the Prosecutor General’s Office [PGO] for an interrogation scheduled for August
Aug. 7, 2019
Authorities in two U.S. cities scoured leads in a pair of weekend mass shootings that killed 31, trying to piece together the motives that led two young men to unleash violence on innocent people in c
Aug. 6, 2019