Ukraine Digest: Top news from this weekend - Jan. 26, 2020

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asked National Public Radio reporter Mary Louise Kelly “Do you think Americans care about Ukraine?” It happened only days before his scheduled visit to Ukraine. Read the story.
Oleksiy Levin, a key suspect in the 2018 murder of Kherson activist Kateryna Gandziuk, was arrested in Bulgaria. Read the story. Read the story.
President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed more details about the shoot-down of the Ukrainian airplane in Iran in an interview with an Israeli TV channel. He said that Iran was initially reluctant to give full access to the plane remnants. Read the story.
Two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed on Jan. 26 after the Russian-backed militants shelled the Ukrainian military positions in Donbas with the use of the arms banned by the Minsk peace agreements. Read the story.
The Ukrainian government launched a test version of a national program of promoting digital literacy, “an important step to overcome digital inequality.” Read the story.
Hundreds of people came to the Arsenal factory in Kyiv to commemorate the Ukrainians killed in the Battle of Kruty in January 1918, and to watch a historical reenactment of the battle. See the photo story.
A Ukrainian music video director of Cuban origin directed a new music video for Rosalia, a Spanish singer-songwriter known for her interpretations of flamenco music. Read the story and watch the video.
Kyiv is beautiful from any angle, but this bird’s-eye view of it is something special. Watch the video.
Chinese New Year was celebrated in Kyiv with a spectacular festival. We captured it on photo and video.