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Shmygal urges Ukrainians to not travel within country 

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal has urged Ukrainians to refrain from traveling within the country amid quarantine measures to fight the novel …
Jack Laurenson

Ukraine International Airlines hikes its prices amid coronavirus panic

Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) has sharply increased prices for some tickets a few days before the complete closure of Ukrainian borders and the …
Alexander Query

Zelensky says Ukraine is prepared for coronavirus

During a video address to the nation on the evening of Friday March 13, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the country to ready itself …
Jack Laurenson

Alexei Bayer: The world economy heads into the unknown

On Dec. 29, 2019, I published a piece in the Kyiv Post titled “Will the Trump Financial Bubble Burst in 2020?” Even before that, I became convinced …
Alexei Bayer

Government will charter plane, evacuate Ukrainians stuck at Italian-Slovenian border 

Over 100 Ukrainian nationals were stuck at the border between Italy and Slovenia on March 14, after Slovenian border guards refused them entry from …
Alexander Query

Chernivtsi Oblast declares state of emergency, no trains to Poland

The western Ukrainian region of Chernivtsi, bordering Moldova and Romania, has declared a state of emergency after confirmation there of two cases of …
Jack Laurenson

Zelensky addresses nation, gives Ukrainians 3 days to return home

President Volodymyr Zelensky, during a March 13 address to the nation, said that Ukraine is shutting down its borders from March 17, urging Ukrainians …
Oleksiy Sorokin

Jack Laurenson: Ukraine must prepare for its own coronavirus crisis

I don’t know how many foreigners in Ukraine have been confined to the infectious disease ward of a hospital here. I suspect it is not that many – but …
Jack Laurenson

Ukraine to close entry for foreign citizens amid coronavirus

Ukraine will close its borders for foreign citizens for two weeks to prevent the spread of coronavirus on March 15, 48 hours after the National …
Artur Korniienko

Laura Brickman: The panic of our times

Countries across the world are closing borders, global markets are in free fall. The S&P 500 experienced the largest single-day decline since 1987 on …
Laura Brickman

Reuters: Coronavirus hits politicians, sports and showbiz

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s wife, Australia’s minister for home affairs and a Chelsea soccer player are among new cases of the …
Reuters

UNIAN: Ukrainian woman hospitalized with coronavirus in serious condition

A woman hospitalized with the novel coronavirus in the town of Radomyshl in Ukraine’s Zhytomyr region is in serious condition. Read more here.
UNIAN

City locked down over coronavirus in central Ukraine

Radomyshl, a city some 110 kilometers from Kyiv, has declared a state of emergency to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus after an infected woman …
Artur Korniienko

UkrInform: Avakov reports 12 cases of coronavirus in occupied Horlivka

Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has reported 12 cases of coronavirus in the occupied city of Horlivka in Donetsk region. Read more here.
UkrInform

Worst timing possible

When the United States catches a cold, Ukraine gets the flu. But what happens when Ukraine does virtually everything in its power to lower its …
Kyiv Post

Worst timing possible

When the United States catches a cold, Ukraine gets the flu. But what happens when Ukraine does virtually everything in its power to lower its …
Kyiv Post

Reuters: Ukraine to block entry to residents registered in separatist-held areas

Ukraine’s government at a televised meeting on March 13 decided to ban citizens registered in the separatist-held territory in the eastern Donbas …
Reuters

All In This Together: Coronavirus Issue

Editor’s Note: This week, the Kyiv Post’s print issue is devoted to the coronavirus crisis and Ukraine’s response to it.  Better safe than sorry: …
Kyiv Post
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