Ukraine

Ukrainians have received over 25 million vaccinations against COVID-19 in Ukraine. 37.2 percent of Ukraine’s adult population has received a full course of vaccination against the coronavirus disease, and at least 43.8 percent have received at least one vaccination. Such data were provided by the Ukrainian Ministry of Health (MOH) on Friday, December 3. According to official data, over 25 […]

The country’s main Christmas tree on Sofiivska Square in Kyiv will traditionally be lit on December 19. A New Year’s and Christmas fair town will be open on Sofiivska Square and Volodymyrskyi Proizd until January 16. Festive locations will also be arranged in the Central Park of Culture and Recreation of Kyiv (Mariinsky Park, band shell in the City Park). […]

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) stated that more than 7 000 Russian FSB officers destabilize Ukraine being involved into internal situation. “Today, about 7,000 FSB officers are working against Ukraine from the territory of Russia,” said Ilya Vityuk, Head of the SBU’s Cyber Security Department. This year, his department has uncovered 20 bot farms with more than 150,000 accounts and 15 networks […]

On December 1, there is a rally close to the Verkhovna Rada, where President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is to deliver his annual address. Hrushevskoho Street has not been blocked yet, but there are many law enforcers outside the Parliament. There are dozens of law enforcement officers in full riot gear, the National Guard and the Dialogue Police near the […]

How many people live in Ukraine: a new figure. As of October 1, 41 million 319 thousand people lived in Ukraine, according to the data from the State Statistics Service, writes “Ya i Zakon”. “The total population decline in January-September 2021 amounted to 268.5 thousand people,” the statement reads.  According to the State Statistics Service, as of October 1, 2021, the […]

On Holodomor Remembrance Day, Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) published archival documents on the tragedy. This day is full of grief for the victims of the Holodomor of 1932-1933 and the mass man-made famines of 1921-1923 and 1946-1947. The genocide organized by the Soviet government was to wipe out Ukrainians. However, the Soviet regime did not succeed in keeping the truth about […]

The capital of Ukraine is among the world’s TOP five most Instagrammable cities. The rating was made  by creative resources expert Design Bundles. They analyzed the geolocations of cities and sites that are most often tagged on Instagram. According to the study, Kyiv ranks fourth – social network users tagged the Ukrainian capital 21.9 million times. The first place was taken by […]

Ukraine extended the contract with Pfizer for supply of COVID-19 vaccine. The Ministry of Health has extended the contract with Pfizer for the supply of a COVID-19 vaccine for 2022-2023 with clear supply deadlines. This was stated by Health Minister Viktor Liashko during a briefing. “During this time, Ukraine will receive 25 million doses of the vaccine annually. The vaccine […]

Despite the decision of the EU Council to remove Ukraine from the travel green-list countries, which is an official recommendation to member states, already ten EU countries have decided to retain the possibility of entry for Ukrainians. This was posted by Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on his Twitter. According to him, already ten EU states have retained the possibility of […]

On the morning of Nov. 8, the independent Kyiv Post news paper’s employees came to the office only to be notified that they were all being fired, effective immediately. Three weeks ago, the Kyiv Post’s owner, Odesa construction tycoon Adnan Kivan, had other plans: To expand the Kyiv Post and launch a Ukrainian-language outlet under the paper’s brand. At the […]

Due to the rapid deterioration of the epidemiological situation in Ukraine with Covid-19, the EU plans to remove Ukraine from the travel green-list countries. The decision of the EU Council is expected next week. This was reported by Rikard Jozwiak, Radio Svoboda correspondent, citing his sources. ” … EU ambassadors are likely to remove Ukraine from the EU’s recommended safe […]

Ukraine has started its own production of ammunition for grenade launchers. Ammunition is developed by the Special Design Bureau “Vector-V”, as reported on the bureau’s Facebook page. The work lasted about two years. During the solemn event on November 1, “Vector-V” transferred its developments for the subsequent serial production of VOG-17V grenade launcher rounds at a state enterprise. Grenades for automatic and […]