Ukraine
Presidential candidate, showman Volodymyr Zelenskiy has won the presidential election runoff, the Central Election Commission data show after 100 percent of the voting protocols have been processed. R
Apr. 24, 2019
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who is completing his term of office, at a meeting with the parliamentary faction of Petro Poroshenko Bloc, has announced his intention to participate in the parl
Apr. 24, 2019
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says he will run for parliament in the upcoming election — but not with the party of his ally, outgoing President Petro Poroshenko, who lost his bid for ree
Apr. 23, 2019
Incumbent President Poroshenko might have been trounced nationally, but as of noon April 22, with 98 percent of the vote counted, he had won most of the votes of soldiers in the war zone. But, as in t
Apr. 22, 2019
On April 21, the final round of the presidential election is taking place in Ukraine. Ukrainians are casting their votes either for incumbent President Petro Poroshenko or comedian actor Volodymyr Zel
Apr. 21, 2019
President Petro Poroshenko and showman-turned-politician Volodymyr Zelenskiy held a presidential debate at the Olimpyskiy Stadium in Kyiv at 7 p.m. local time on April 19, just two days before the ele
Apr. 19, 2019
Colonel Serhiy Kryvonos, a large, bald and grisly-bearded man in his late 40s, seems to feel a bit out of place in the quietness and comfort of his new office in central Kyiv. Even though his office i
Apr. 17, 2019
Ukrainian lawmaker Nadiya Savchenko and her co-suspect Volodymyr Ruban, who both face charges of plotting an act of terrorism, were released from temporary detention late on April 15 under a ruling by
Apr. 16, 2019
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry is to introduce a new medal for soldiers wounded in battle — a decoration comparable to the famous Purple Heart medal awarded by the United States military since 1932 those
Apr. 15, 2019
Yet another investigative report alleged ties between comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy and oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky. The report depicted frequent travels of Zelenskiy to and fro
Apr. 12, 2019
The country’s ultranationalist groups came to the fore in 2014, when they kickstarted massive street protests that led to the ousting of the Russia-friendly president Viktor Yanukovych. Russia respond
Apr. 11, 2019
More video footage of alleged vote rigging in Donetsk Oblast in the March 31 presidential election has emerged over the past week. Kostyantyn Khivrenko, a spokesman for the Central Election Commission
Apr. 9, 2019
Ukraine’s Armed Forces have conducted successful field tests of a new version of the Ukrainian-made 1L220UK counter-battery radar, the country’s state-run defense production concern UkrOboronProm repo
Apr. 8, 2019
Viktor Medvedchuk, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s right-hand man in Ukraine, is an anomaly in Ukrainian politics. It would seem that two pro-Western revolutions and Russia’s war against Ukraine – a
Apr. 5, 2019
On March 31, as exit polls announced that comedian-turned-politician Volodymyr Zelenskiy had seized a significant lead in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election, the runner-up, President P
Apr. 5, 2019
Kyiv
Kyiv City Council on April 4 voted to rename Ivan Kudrya Street in central Kyiv John McCain Street: the council decision was passed with a vote of 71 for, to four against. John McCain, a U.S. senator
Apr. 4, 2019