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Completely surrounded by Russian and separatist forces, Ukrainian paratroopers defended Luhansk Airport from early April 2014 to early September 2014. In July, Ukrainian troops took over one transport
Feb. 10, 2018
One of Ukraine’s top investment funds has blurred the lines between public service and private benefit, making millions of dollars along the way. With more than $500 million under management, Investme
Feb. 9, 2018
Kyiv city council voted on Feb. 8 to rename Petrivka, a major station of Kyiv metro, to Pochaina. The step comes in line with the decommunization policy introduced in 2015 that scraps Soviet names of
Feb. 8, 2018
86 civilians died in the battle actions in Donbas in 2017. Alexander Hug, Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine said this in the interview for Deutche Welle. “In 2017,
Feb. 8, 2018
Ukraine has Hr 306 billion ($10.9 billion) in debts to pay off this year, the Finance Ministry announced in a document released last week. The total sum of $10.9 billion – which includes $4 billion in
Feb. 5, 2018
Ukraine’s new cruise missile, the Neptune, could be ready for mass production within the next two to three years, Serhiy Zgurets, the director of the Defense Express consulting agency, said at a press
Feb. 2, 2018
Former Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mykola Zlochevsky, a beneficiary of oil and gas company Burisma, has returned to Ukraine, the online newspaper Ekonomichna Pravda has reported referrin
Feb. 2, 2018
Leonid Kadenyuk, 67, the first astronaut of independent Ukraine, died on Jan. 31 in Kyiv. The cause of death isn’t known yet. Kadenyuk felt sick during his morning run, according to Ukraine’s Space Ag
Jan. 31, 2018
Chinese engineers have helped Ukraine to increase the cargo transshipment capacity in one of its major international ports by at least five million tons a year. China Harbor Engineering Company has fi
Jan. 30, 2018
A new Ukrainian ground-based cruise missile underwent a successful test launch on Jan. 30, Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov announced. According to the Tur
Jan. 30, 2018
Ukraine has joined the unenviable list of countries that saw a dramatic increase in anti-Semitism in 2017, according to the annual report on anti-Semitism in the world, presented on Jan. 22 by Israel’
Jan. 29, 2018
It is now up to Ukrainian soldiers to decide if the brand new M4-WAC47 assault rifle – a special descendant of the legendary American-made M16 rifle – is good enough to eventually retire their decades
Jan. 28, 2018
The Polish Sejm on Jan. 26 voted for the bill submitted by the Kukiz’15 party setting a ban on promoting the so-called “Bandera ideology”, with its historic roots stemming from Ukraine. Read more here
Jan. 26, 2018
Ukrainian model Valeriia Karaman starred in a new commercial of Italian fashion brand Diesel. The video titled “Diesel – Keep the World Flawed” was published on the brand’s YouTube channel on Jan. 22.
Jan. 26, 2018
Ukrainian businessman Vadim Shulman is proving the fact of the embezzlement of over $500 million by Ihor Kolomoisky and his partner Hennadiy Boholiubov in court in London, Kyiv Post publication has re
Jan. 23, 2018
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has confirmed death of seven Ukrainian citizens in a terrorist attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. But speaking at a pre
Jan. 21, 2018