Martial law & its consequences
- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has forbidden Russians between 16 and 60 to enter Ukraine. It’s unknown how long the ban will last.
- Russia has attacked three vessels and captured 24 Ukrainians in the Azov sea on Nov. 25. Here’s everything we know about those detained by Russia.
- The Kyiv Post business team looked into the consequences martial law may have on the Ukrainian economy.
- And here’s our most recent feature about martial law and Russia’s aggression in waters near Crimea. It contains all the information available on the topic, including about the law itself, about how it affects upcoming presidential elections in spring as well as the reconstruction of the events that happened on Nov. 25 at the Kerch Strait.
- The sea becomes a new front in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Good news (finally)
- American-Ukrainian rocket company Firefly has been selected by U.S. space agency NASA to participate in tenders to help explore the Moon, send astronauts there.
- U.S. singer Miley Cyrus and British DJ Mark Ronson has filmed their new music video in Kyiv. It has already hit over one million views on YouTube.
- A glass of wine — distilled sunshine collected during a hot summer in a vineyard — is the perfect antidote to the cold. Here’s where you can get some of this sunshine.
Bad news (d’oh)
- Ukrainian taxpayers may have to pay millions of dollars to two of the country’s wealthiest oligarchs, Ihor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Boholyubov. The two men owned PrivatBank before the Ukrainian government nationalized it in 2016.
Old news
- Around 30 hired thugs assaulted Anatoly Grytsenko, a presidential candidate and head of the Civil Position party, in Odesa.
- U.S. President Donald Trump has cancelled his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G20 Summit in Argentina. The reason: Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
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