Ukraine

UkrInform: Dobkin withdraws from Kharkiv mayoral election in favor of Kernes

Former Head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, ex-MP Mykhailo Dobkin has withdrawn his candidacy for the post of Kharkiv mayor. Read more …
UkrInform

COVID-19 in Ukraine: 3,774 new cases, 33 dead, 124,554 active cases

Ukraine recorded 3,774 new COVID-19 cases as of 9 a.m. on Oct. 5, bringing the national total to 230,236. The number of country’s daily cases …
Natalia Datskevych

Yermak: Postponing local elections due to COVID-19 unlikely

The entry-exit checkpoint Stanytsia Luhanska resumed its work in Luhansk region on Oct. 5 morning, the press service of the State Border Guard Service …
Interfax-Ukraine

UkrInform: Invaders violate ceasefire in Donbas 4 times

Over the past day, Oct. 4, the armed formations of the Russian Federation violated the ceasefire in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in Donbas …
UkrInform

Ukraine Digest: Oct. 4-5

Subscribers: 2,657. $45 a year supports independent journalism in Ukraine! What we’re watchingZelensky will take part in Ukraine-European Union …
Brian Bonner

Dobkin withdraws from Kharkiv mayor race, endorses his friend Kernes

Three weeks before the elections, former lawmaker Mykhailo Dobkin has withdrawn from the Kharkiv mayor race and endorsed Hennadiy Kernes, his ally and …
Bermet Talant

UNIAN: Yermak predicts Ukraine will hardly avoid second wave of COVID-19

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak predicts that Ukraine will hardly avoid the so-called second wave of the …
UNIAN

UNIAN: Kyiv mayor reports 407 new COVID-19 cases, eight fatalities in past day

Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko says the number of newly confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the city rose by 407 in the past day. Read more here.
UNIAN

UNIAN: Russia-led forces mount five attacks on Ukraine positions on Oct. 3

Russia-led forces on October 3 mounted five attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas, eastern Ukraine. Read more here.
UNIAN

RFE/RL: Ukraine’s outsized role in the race for the White House

WASHINGTON – Ukraine’s role in the US presidential campaign has been more a matter of politics than of policy. Read more here. 
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Report highlights campaign violations: ‘clone’ candidates, gifts, COVID-19 charity

Ukraine has a long tradition of election fraud. And the campaign for this year’s local elections scheduled for Oct. 25 has not been an …
Bermet Talant

UNIAN: Over 4,000 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Ukraine in past day

Some 4,140 new active COVID-19 cases were confirmed across the country in the past 24 hours as of Oct. 4. Read more here.
UNIAN

COVID-19 in Ukraine: 4,140 new cases, 44 dead, 121,958 active cases

Ukraine recorded 4,140 new COVID-19 cases as of 9 a.m. on Oct. 4, bringing the national total to 226,462. The country’s daily cases surpassed 4,000 on …
Bermet Talant

UNIAN: Poroshenko in hospital with pneumonia after testing positive for COVID-19

The fifth President of Ukraine, now lawmaker Petro Poroshenko has been hospitalized with bilateral pneumonia. Read more here.
UNIAN

Voice of America: Rights violations rampant in parts of Ukraine, UN report says

The United Nations reports widespread human rights violations are rampant in both government- and rebel-controlled areas of Ukraine, as well as in the …
Voice of America

RFE/RL: Poroshenko hospitalized with COVID-19 related pneumonia

Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has been hospitalized with bilateral pneumonia after he tested positive for COVID-19, his wife said on …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

New York Times: Battling wildfire and pandemic, Ukraine faces a new foe — landmines

A wildfire burning out of control in the war zone in eastern Ukraine is setting off land mines in a buffer area between government forces and …
New York Times

Prosecutor general derails graft case against Zelensky party lawmaker

Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova has blocked and derailed a bribery case against Pavlo Khalimon, a lawmaker from President Volodymyr Zelensky’s …
Oleg Sukhov
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