Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine: Regional official among two people killed in Dnipro car bomb

Ukraine's Security Service has launched a terror investigation after a man and a woman were killed in an explosion in Dnipro.

15/09/2021

Ukraine

'Our great state deserves an Olympics,' says Ukraine's president

The next available winter games to bid for are in 2030

13/09/2021

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Cycling tours are latest trend in Chernobyl

Keen cyclists are heading to Chernobyl for an active holiday with scenic routes. It's a new type of tourism for the Exclusion Zone, 35 years after the world's worst nuclear disaster.

13/09/2021

Money

Ukraine has just passed a new cryptocurrency law. What will change?

Ukraine is the fifth country in as many weeks to set up ground rules for digital currencies, following El Salvador’s move to use Bitcoin as legal tender.

09/09/2021

Ukraine

Nine miners killed after underground lift breaks in eastern Ukraine

The steel cable holding the lift broke as the men descended to the bottom of a mine shaft, emergency services said.

07/09/2021

Ukraine

President Joe Biden promises Ukraine that U.S. will be a better ally

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was paying a long-awaited trip to the White House.

01/09/2021

Ukraine

Ukraine's leader to talk with Biden on security, Russian gas

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called Washington's failure to block the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany a grave political error.

31/08/2021

Ukraine

Ukraine 'has very significant international support' over Crimea

It comes as Ukraine marked 30 years since it decided to leave the Soviet Union.

24/08/2021

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Ukraine celebrates 30th independence anniversary with military parade

Ukraine celebrates the 30th anniversary of its independence with a military parade, a day after Kyiv and its Western allies agreed to work towards "peacefully" ending Russia's "occupation" of Crimea in a summit that sparked anger in Moscow.

24/08/2021

My Europe Series

Ukrainian independence at 30: is an identity its greatest triumph?

“People didn’t feel like Ukrainians. They didn’t have their own identity, but this situation is changing. You can see that people are becoming aware of the fact, that they are one nation. Maybe the war in the East is the reason that they embraced their identity," one onlooker tells Euronews.

24/08/2021

Ukraine

Confusion in Kyiv amid claims Kabul evacuation plane was 'hijacked'

Ukraine's deputy foreign minister claimed an aircraft was "de facto hijacked" from Kabul airport before heading to Iran.

24/08/2021

Ukraine

Ukraine celebrates 30 years of independence amid tensions with Russia

On Tuesday Ukraine marks 30 years of independence from the Soviet Union, amid tense relations with Russia. Watch the parade once again in the media player.

24/08/2021

Ukraine

‘Crimea is Ukraine’: Zelenskyy opens inaugural Crimea summit

Representatives of 46 nations and blocs attended the first international summit on the annexation of Crimea in Ukraine, a summit dismissed as an “anti-Russian event” by the Kremlin.

23/08/2021

Ukraine

Merkel urges high-level meeting on eastern Ukraine in visit to Kyiv

Angela Merkel said she supported further peace talks on the situation in eastern Ukraine during her "farewell visit" to Kyiv.

22/08/2021

Ukraine

Ukraine steps up protection of Belarusian exiles after activist death

The announcement came after a Belarusian activist who ran a group helping Belarusians fleeing persecution was found hanged in Kyiv.

05/08/2021

My Europe Series

Ukraine mulls giving hero status to alleged war criminals

Ukraine is considering giving hero status to controversial figures, including Nazi cooperators Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych, who fought for independence in the 1930s and 1940s.

04/08/2021

Ukraine

Grenade-carrying veteran threatens to blow up Kyiv government building

A video shared online reportedly showed him brandishing an object in his hand and saying: "I will not leave this place alive."

04/08/2021

My Europe Series

Are Russia fears holding up Ukraine's bid to join NATO?

Critics say Ukraine is not ready to join NATO - and even if it was, NATO does not want to be drawn into a conflict with Russia.

15/07/2021

Ukraine

Ukrainian soldiers made to march in high heels during military parade

Ukraine's defence ministry sparked uproar after it published photos of the women marching on its Facebook page.

03/07/2021

Travel News

Ukraine’s Soviet mosaics are more than just old propaganda

Soviet mosaics in Ukraine were neglected after the end of the USSR. Now artists and locals are trying to restore this important piece of Ukraine’s art history.

28/06/2021

Ukraine

Remembering Babi Yar - the little-known 'Holocaust of bullets'

As the 80th anniversary of Babi Yar approaches, some urge Ukraine to do more to commemorate what became known as the "Holocaust of bullets".

22/06/2021

My Europe Series

Zelenskyy speeds up corruption crackdown, one oligarch at a time

A new law pledges to take down Ukraine's oligarchy, but does it go too far or not far enough?

22/06/2021

Ukraine

Ukraine and UEFA 'reach compromise' over controversial jerseys

The slogan "Glory to the Heroes" will be part of a new element added to the interior of the Ukraine national team jersey

11/06/2021

Ukraine

UEFA tells Ukraine to remove 'political slogan' from EURO 2020 shirt

UEFA has told Ukraine that it must remove the slogan 'Glory to Our Heroes' from its EURO 2020 football shirt after a complaint from the Russian Football Union.

10/06/2021

Sport

EURO 2020: This is your quick guide to Ukraine

Ukraine have never won a knockout game at a European Championship, could they make history this year?

08/06/2021

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Ukraine march in support of more transgender rights

Scores of people rallied in Ukraine on Saturday in support of the Trangender and LGBT community

22/05/2021