- The Dutch-led international Joint Investigation Team officially announced that it had found Russia was responsible for the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014.
- A row rumbles on over a BBC report of an alleged payment by Ukraine to an associate of U.S. President Donald Trump to secure a meeting at the White House for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko with the U.S. leader. The Ukrainian administration has denied the allegations and threatened to sue.
- Members of the Public Integrity Council, a civil society watchdog, say foreign donors have been deceived by Ukrainian authorities, which will now get Western money for setting up an anti-corruption court, but will still be able to rig the competition to select anti-corruption judges.
- Corruption Park – an interactive exhibition on Ukraine’s deep-rooted graft problems – will open in Kyiv’s Botanical Garden on June 1.
- Ukraine has banned Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti, according to a recently expanded list of prominent Russians and entities subjected to Ukrainian sanctions.
- Authorities in the United States said they had thwarted a potential Russian digital attack called VPNFilter that affected half a million internet routers and could have caused widespread havoc in Ukraine.
- The UEFA 2018 Champions League final fan zone opened in the center of Kyiv on Khreshchatyk Street on May 24, the press service of Kyiv City Administration reported. The final will be held in Kyiv on May 26.
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