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March 31 presidential election
- The Kyiv Post follows Yulia Tymoshenko on the campaign trail in Bila Tserkva, a city of 203,000 people located 86 kilometers south of Kyiv.
- In an interview with Deutsche Welle in Munich, Germany, Tymoshenko sounded confident of victory.
- Ukraine’s Central Election Commission has created 199 district election commissions.
- Vasyl Hrytsak, head of the powerful Security Service of Ukraine, warns of Russian interference in the presidential election.
- Another poll shows comedian-actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy leading all candidates.
National News
- Kyiv breaks high temperature record for February: +4.6 degrees C.
- In a setback for free speech,prosecutors are seeking emails of Novoye Vremya journalist Ivan Verstyuk, who expected corruption in the prosecutorial ranks.
- The Kyiv Post’s Newsy Vlog serves up the week’s top stories.
- European Union Ambassador to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli says Ukraine has made little progress in implementing several key parts of theEU-Ukraine association agreement.
- Poroshenko says owners of cars with European license plates have paid more than $400 million into the budget, earmarked for the pension fund.
Russia’s War Against Ukraine
- The European Union is set to impose sanctions on eight more Russians for the Kremlin’s attack on Ukraine in the Azov Sea and violation of international law.
- Poroshenko will visit the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Feb. 20. He will then meet with the presidents of Poland and Lithuania in Lublin, Poland, on Feb. 22.
- The United Nations is seeking $162 million for humanitarian aid to 2.3 million Ukrainians affected by Russia’s war, including 700,000 children.
- NBC News goes to the frontlines of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Business & Technology
- Ukraine needs at least $10 billion a year in foreign direct investment — not the $2.5 billion it got in 2018 — according to Finance Minister Oksana Markarova.
- Dragon Capital has completed purchase ofArctica warehouse centernear Kyiv from Oschadbank.
- The Ukrainian media Internet advertising market expanded by 40 percent in 2018, to $129 million, the Ukrainian Internet Association, has said.
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