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8 months ago

Exhibition 'Shut UP! Voice of Democracy in Danger' opens at Ukrinform

An exhibition of posters by Ukrainian artist Mykola Kovalenko entitled "Shut UP! Voice of Democracy in Danger" has opened in Ukrinform's windows as part of an information campaign in support of public journalists imprisoned in Crimea and Donbas.

8 months ago

Ukraine launches project to support and protect journalists in occupied territories

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry and some public organizations are starting a large-scale project to support public and professional journalists who are subjected to oppression and torture in the occupied areas of Donbas and in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

8 months ago

Presidents of Ukraine, Switzerland sign memorandum of partnership

A number of Ukraine- Switzerland bilateral documents have been signed during the state visit of President of the Swiss Confederation Simonetta Sommaruga to Ukraine.

8 months ago

Zelensky meets with president of Swiss Confederation at Mariyinsky Palace in Kyiv

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has met with President of the Swiss Confederation Simonetta Sommaruga as part of her visit to Ukraine.

8 months ago

US-Ukraine Sea Breeze exercises start in Black Sea

The 20th US-Ukraine Sea Breeze exercises have started in the Black Sea and will be limited only to marine phase with the involvement of aviation due to coronavirus.

8 months ago

Sixth anniversary of MH17 tragedy: Netherlands commemorates victims

Today marks the anniversary of the MH17 tragedy. Six years ago, a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane performing flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down by Russia-backed forces in the occupied Donbas.

8 months ago

Dnipro Hotel in downtown Kyiv sold for over UAH 1.1 B

Smartland LLC has won the auction to purchase the Dnipro Hotel in downtown Kyiv and will pay UAH 1,111,111,222.22 for the building.

8 months ago

Epiphanius visits Heavenly Hundred Heroes memorial in Lviv

Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Epiphanius arrived in Lviv on July 15 to visit the Heavenly Hundred Heroes memorial together with Head of Lviv Regional State Administration Maksym Kozytsky and Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi, the city council's press service has reported.

9 months ago

Ukraine, Netherlands should expand cooperation in agriculture - ambassador

Improving the level of training of specialists, the exchange of experience and the implementation of joint projects between Ukraine and the Netherlands were the main topics of a working visit by Ukraine's Ambassador to the Netherlands Vsevolod Chentsov to the Netherlands Agricultural and Horticultural Association (ZLTO) in s'-Hertogenbosch, according to Ukrinform's correspondent in The Hague.

9 months ago

Russian security forces again raid homes of Crimean Tatars

This morning, Russian security forces raid the homes of Crimean Tatars in several parts of the Crimean peninsula occupied by the Russian Federation.

9 months ago

WHO, EU donate EUR 3.5 mln worth of equipment for laboratory centers in Ukraine

The World Health Organization and the EU have donated laboratory equipment, reagents and consumables to Ukraine worth a total of EUR 3.5 million to 27 laboratory centers conducting research to detect COVID-19.

9 months ago

Ukrainian army gets four BTR-4E APCs

Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau has transferred four BTR-4E armored personnel carriers to the Ukrainian Armed Forces as part of the implementation of the state defense order, the press service of the Ukroboronprom State Concern has reported.

9 months ago

Zakarpattia region sends 56 tonnes of humanitarian aid to flood-hit Ivano-Frankivsk region

Residents of flood-affected Ivano-Frankivsk region have received 56 tonnes of food and drinking water from Zakarpattia region.

9 months ago

Aegean region: Ukraine offers specific projects to Turkish business

Ambassador of Ukraine to Turkey Andrii Sybiha made a working visit to the Aegean region of Turkey, where he met with representatives of local authorities, business, and Ukrainian communities.

9 months ago

Ukrainian military conduct large-scale naval aviation exercises

Large-scale flight and tactical exercises of naval aviation lasted for five days in Mykolaiv region, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's press service has reported.

9 months ago

First tourists from Ukraine arrive in Antalya

Two planes with Ukrainian tourists have landed in Antalya, Turkey, for the first time after a long hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to Ukraine's Consul in Antalya Viacheslav Khomenko, who met tourists at the airport.

9 months ago

Ukraine fighting to restore confidence of foreign investors - Stefanishyna

Ukraine understands the problems faced by foreign investors and is doing everything to restore their confidence, according to Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna.

9 months ago

First charter flight departs from Kyiv Airport

On Friday, June 26, the first charter flight since the beginning of coronavirus quarantine took off from the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany).

9 months ago

Kuleba, Chubarov, Dzhemilev raise Crimean Tatar flag near Foreign Ministry building

The Crimean Tatar flag has been solemnly raised on the flagpole near the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in Kyiv.

9 months ago

Poland sends Ukraine humanitarian assistance to combat COVID-19

Poland has sent Ukraine humanitarian aid to fight coronavirus. Twelve trucks of the Polish Border Guard Service with personal protective equipment will arrive in Ukraine today.

9 months ago

Ukraine receives another batch of humanitarian aid from China

Ukraine has received another batch of humanitarian aid from the Government of the People's Republic of China to tackle the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19.

9 months ago

Bad weather leaves 73 populated areas flooded, destroys six bridges in Ivano-Frankivsk region

As of June 23, 73 towns and villages in Ivano-Frankivsk region were flooded due to heavy rains, the press service of the National Police of the region has reported.

9 months ago

Ninety Canadian military instructors arrive in Ukraine

The second chalk of Joint Task Force – Ukraine, Rotation 9 troops arrived in Ukraine on June 14.

10 months ago

Zelensky visits center for social rehabilitation of children in Kyiv

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has congratulated pupils of the Kyiv Regional Center for Social and Psychological Rehabilitation of Children "Father's House" in the village of Sviatopetrivske on World Children's Day, the presidential press service has reported.

10 months ago

Zelensky receives credentials from four ambassadors

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has received credentials from Ambassadors Toily Atayev of Turkmenistan, Hashem Hassan Dajani of Palestine, Antonio Machado of Portugal and Elmira Akhundova of Azerbaijan, according to a statement posted on the website of the President's Office.

10 months ago

Ukrainian military get another batch of APCs

Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau, part of the Ukroboronprom State Concern, transferred five armored personnel carriers to the Ukrainian army in May, the concern's press service has reported.

10 months ago

Ukraine shows OSCE evidence of presence of Russian snipers in Donbas

A Ukrainian delegation has informed OSCE participating states at an online meeting of the Forum for Security Cooperation about the presence of Russian snipers in Donbas, including the latest filmed incident with a sniper group of the Russian Federal Security Service, Deputy Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the International Organizations in Vienna Ihor Lossovskyi has told Ukrinform.

10 months ago

Ukrainian Navy tests new artillery boat

Small armored artillery boats of the Ukrainian Navy have completed a number of tasks, checking the technical capabilities of a new boat at sea, the press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry has reported.

10 months ago

EU provides Ukrainian border guards with protective equipment against COVID-19

The European Union has provided personal protective equipment to Ukraine's State Border Guard Service (SBGS) under an EU-funded project "EU Support to Strengthening Integrated Border Management in Ukraine (EU4IBM)," the SBGS press service has reported.

10 months ago

Kyiv subway resumes operation

On Monday, May 25, all lines of the Kyiv subway resumed operation.

10 months ago

Ukraine shows OSCE Russian passports of Donbas representatives in TCG

The Ukrainian delegation at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on Thursday showed copies of Russian passports of so-called "DPR leader" Denys Pushylin and representatives of certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions (ORDLO) whom Russia invited to participate in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG).

10 months ago

Divers cleaning Sea of Azov bottom in Kyrylivka

Divers of the emergency rescue team of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine are cleaning the bottom of the Sea of Azov in the resort town of Kyrylivka, Zaporizhia region, before the start of the holiday season, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

10 months ago

Shakhtar Donetsk holds first training session after quarantine

Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk have resumed the training process, according to a statement posted on the club's official website.

10 months ago

Ukrainian tankers hold live-fire exercise in Donbas

Ukrainian tank soldiers have conducted a live-fire exercise at a gunnery range in the area of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) in Donbas, the press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry has reported.

11 months ago

Ukraine commemorates Ebensee concentration camp victims

Diplomats of the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the International Organizations in Vienna and members of their families commemorated the fallen Ukrainians and other prisoners of the Ebensee concentration camp at the memorial in Upper Austria.

11 months ago

Zelensky commemorates victims of World War II on Ukraine-Russia border

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky arrived on a working trip to Luhansk region and paid tribute to the victims of World War II in the town of Milove divided by Ukraine-Russia border.

11 months ago

Turkey delivers humanitarian aid to Ukraine to tackle COVID-19

Turkey has delivered humanitarian aid to Ukraine today to tackle the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19.

11 months ago

Kyiv Armored Plant hands over batch of nine BTR-80 APCs to military - Ukroboronprom

Kyiv Armored Plant, a state-owned enterprise that is part of the Ukroboronprom State Concern, has handed over a batch of nine BTR-80 armored personnel carriers repaired as part of a state defense order to the Ukrainian military, Ukroboronprom has reported.

11 months ago

Nearly 200,000 protective gloves seized on border with Poland

Ukrainian border guards have thwarted an attempt to smuggle into Poland about 200,000 polyethylene gloves subject to export bans, Ukraine's State Border Guard Service has reported.

11 months ago

Plane with personal protective means for doctors arrives in Ukraine

A plane from China arrived at Boryspil International Airport delivering 400,000 respirators and 50,000 protective face shields for Ukrainian doctors.

11 months ago

Ukraine testing new rocket Taifun-1

The second stage of preliminary tests of Ukrainian rockets Taifun-1 for their maximum range is underway in Odesa region as part of large-scale missile testing, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry has reported. 

11 months ago

Ukraine receives another batch of medical protective suits

Ukraine received 42,500 medical protective suits purchased in South Korea by Petro Poroshenko's Foundation and Roshen Company.

11 months ago

Ukraine shows rebirth of Chornobyl zone

Ukraine, its international partners, and organizations have made tremendous efforts to eliminate the aftermath of the Chornobyl disaster, and now, 34 years later, rare animal species again live and new economic projects are implemented there.

11 months ago

All sources of fire put out in Chornobyl zone

As of April 26, all sources of fire were put out in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. The rescuers continue working on smoldering peatlands.

11 months ago

Ukrainian health workers return from Italy

Ukrainian health workers have returned from Italy where they provided professional assistance in combating coronavirus, Ukraine's Deputy Interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko has said on his Facebook page.

11 months ago

Mobile hospitals in JFO area in Donbas ready to counter COVID-19

Military mobile hospitals in the area of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) in Donbas are ready for the possible spread of the coronavirus, the JFO headquarters' press center has reported.

11 months ago

Minister Chernyshov: Great Construction project is important regional development tool

The Great Construction nationwide project is an important tool for regional development.

11 months ago

12 servicemen wounded in Donbas transported to Kyiv

Ten wounded and two ill servicemen have been transported from Kharkiv to Kyiv. They will now be receiving treatment in the Central Military Hospital.

11 months ago

Zelensky attends military exercises in Zakarpattia region

President Volodymyr Zelensky observed the course of company tactical exercises with the company tactical teams of the 80th separate air assault brigade stationed in Zakarpattia region.

1 year ago

Zelensky visits tent camp of military field hospital in Donetsk region

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has visited a tent camp for COVID-19 patients at the 66th military field hospital in Donetsk region.

1 year ago

Ukraine dispatches five tonnes of disinfectants to Italy

Five tonnes of disinfectants were dispatched by Ukraine’s National Guard aircraft to Rome on Wednesday morning.

1 year ago

InformNapalm: Drone downed in Donbas in service with twelve Russian army units

Russian Zastava UAV, which was shot down by Ukrainian troops in Donbas the day before, is in service with 12 units of the Russian Armed Forces.