Reshuffle
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal have submitted nominations for four new ministers to parliament. They are to replace those who resigned on…
Reshuffle
Defence Minister Andriy Taran has tendered his resignation, the Cabinet of Ministers' representative in parliament, Taras Melnychuk, has said. The outgoing deputy prime…
Daylight saving time ends
Ukraine turned clocks backward one hour (GMT+2) on 31 October.
Russian military buildup at border
A renewed buildup of Russian troops near the Ukrainian…
Polio
Specialists of the Ukrainian Health Ministry have found the virus in Transcarpathian Region during an investigation into a polio case in Rivne, chief sanitary doctor Ihor Kuzin…
Coronavirus
Kyiv will enter the red coronavirus zone as of 1 November. Cafes, shopping centres, non-food markets and stores will have to close down unless 100% of their staff are…
Killed in action in Donbas
The Russian occupying troops have committed nine ceasefire violations today, two of which involved the use of weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements…
EU aid
Ukraine has received from the European Commission the second tranche of the fifth programme of macrofinancial assistance in the amount of 600m euros, President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy…
Gas
Ukraine offered Russia a discount for shipping natural gas to Europe to increase supply and ease the region’s energy crunch, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
The discount…
Coronavirus
The secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, Oleksiy Danilov, has said that during the peak of the coronavirus epidemic in Ukraine, the death rate may exceed…
Coronavirus travel rules
As of 21 October, Ukrainians travelling between regions by bus, train or plane are required to display Covid-19 vaccination certificates, recovery certificates…
President's office accused of pressure
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed as "hype" the statements made by the presenters of the Countdown talk show on the Ukrainian public…
IMF
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission team and Ukraine's authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on an updated set of economic, financial, and structural policies…
NSDC
The National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) on 15 October approved Ukraine's defence plan, its secretary Oleksiy Danilov has said at a briefing.
"For the first time in…
Naval emergency
An emergency situation occurred in the Black Sea due to bad weather, resulting in damage to a national fleet vessel. There is no threat to the lives of personnel or…