- The family of a top officer in the security service, Serhiy Semochko, has gained ownership of three rich houses over the past four years, and have connections to Russia, according to a report by Ukrainian journalists. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau has started an investigation.
- Lviv City Mayor and head of Samopomich party Andriy Sadovyi announced he will run for president in March 2019.
- The World Boxing Council’s annual convention is taking place in Kyiv for the first time these days. Top boxing stars, like former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, came to Kyiv.
- The Miss Ukraine beauty pageant announced a new winner after the previous one had been disqualified. It turned out she was divorced and had a child, which goes against the rules of the contest.
- Ukraine’s western neighbor Hungary continues to block the meetings of the NATO-Ukraine Commission because of Ukraine’s education law that obliges all public schools to teach in the Ukrainian language.