What happened over the holiday weekend:
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman have been linked to oligarch Dmytro Firtash who is currently fighting his extradition from Austria to the United States.
A Yanukovych-era security chief has returned to Ukraine amid an overall trend of Yanukovych’s officials staging their comebacks.
Thousands of Ukrainians marched to honor the day of the defender and protest the approval of the Steinmeier Formula. See the photo gallery.
Kyiv protesters demanded freedom for Vitaliy Markiv, a former Ukrainian soldier who was sentenced to 24 years in prison in Italy for his alleged involvement in the 2014 killing of Italian photographer Andrea Rocchelli. See the photo gallery from the demonstration.
Prosecutors have revived a criminal case against a former Yanukovych official, who stands accused of embezzlement.
The shadow economy is equal to almost half of GDP, according to a study by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology.
Ukraine’s soccer team beat Portugal and qualified for the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship. See the photo gallery.
The autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has been recognized by the Extraordinary Council of Bishops of the Church of Greece.
