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Ukraine to evacuate citizens from China amid Coronavirus outbreak

Ukraine’s prime minister Oleksiy Honcharuk reported that Ukraine’s Emergency Service and the ministries for defense, infrastructure and foreign affairs will conduct the evacuation.

Female battlefield medic killed in Donbas

A female Ukrainian combat medic serving in the the 93rd Brigade was killed in action near the frontline town of Novotoshkivske in Luhansk Oblast on Feb. 1.

Ukrainian documentary awarded at Sundance Film Festival

Iryna Tsilyk was presented a directing award for her documentary “The Earth is blue as an orange” about civilians surviving Russia’s war in Donbas.

Photo Gallery: Ukrainian Fashion Week

The annual event kicked off on Feb. 1 at Kyiv’s Mystetskyi Arsenal, highlighting Ukraine’s best and brightest designers.

From the archives

As Ukraine’s annual fashion week begins on Feb. 1, look back at the Kyiv Post’s coverage of the event in previous years.

In 2016, we profiled the event’s opening shows and featured highlights from the week, spotlighting designers Navro, Jean Gritsfeldt LAKE and others, and in 2017 we covered the street styles on guests who turned out for fashion week shows.

Follow the Kyiv Post’s Lifestyle section for more coverage of Fashion Week and the biggest trends in Ukrainian culture.