New envoy to USA
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed former Finance Minister Oksana Markarova Ukraine's ambassador to the USA. He added that she has three key advantages:…
Bank manager's case
A former top manager of nationalised PrivatBank and co-founder of Monobank, Volodymyr Yatsenko, has been apprehended. His plane was about to leave Ukraine's airspace…
Coronavirus
On the morning of 18 February, Ukraine reported 6,237 new Covid-19 cases, the highest number since 17 January. Most cases were registered in Ivano-Frankivsk Region (799…
Blogger's case
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has declared EU-based Ukrainian pro-Russian blogger Anatoliy Shariy a suspect in the case on high treason and fueling of interethnic…
Donbas
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has visited the Joint Forces Operation troops on the front line. According to his press service, he "checked on the situation several hundred…
Gorshenin Institute
Gorshenin Institute will hold a roundtable "Financialization of the world economy and increase of the global debt: challenges and opportunities for Ukraine" at…
MP's case
The pro-presidential Servant of the People faction expelled MP Oleksandr Dubinskyy tonight with 180 of 246 votes. Dubinskyy was among a group of Ukrainian nationals recently…
Coronavirus
On the morning of 31 January, Ukraine reported 3,177 new Covid-19 cases, 4,126 recoveries and 79 deaths. There were 19,059 tests done.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has…
Bill on referendum
Parliament has passed the president's bill on referendum which introduces a procedure for people's rule and describes the issues which may be addressed at a referendum…
Coronavirus
This midnight Ukraine is moving from a strict lockdown, which was introduced on 8 January, back to an orange-zone quarantine. Shops, shopping malls, cinemas and cafes…
Human rights
The Kyiv court of appeal has once again refused to release musician and servicemen Andriy Antonenko (aka Riffmaster) from custody. He is suspected of involvement in the…
State-of-the-nation address
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has delivered an hour-long state-of-the-nation address in parliament this morning.
In particular, he said that Ukraine was…
Coronavirus
Ukraine has registered a new daily record of 5,804 cases; 89 patients died and 2,417 recovered. The case total since the start of the pandemic has reached 250,538.
Private…
Donbas
Russia-backed militants have violated the ceasefire three times today, the Joint Forces Operation HQ said in the evening update. They fired with small arms and a grenade launcher…
Donbas
The presidential office has announced that the trilateral contact group on Donbas has reached an agreement on a joint inspection of Ukrainian positions near the village…