Ukraine

A police officer hands water to bus with hostages in Lutsk

A police officer transferred water to the bus with hostages in Lutsk, the National Police told Interfax-Ukraine. “During the negotiations, we reached …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Shots heard as bus passengers taken hostage in western Ukraine

KYIV – A man who said he was armed with weapons and explosives seized a bus in the western Ukrainian city of Lutsk on July 21 and took a number of …
Reuters

UkrInform: Swiss president says UN, OSCE should send their representatives to Crimea

Switzerland does not recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea and believes that the UN and the OSCE should immediately send their human rights …
UkrInform

Ukrainian soldier dies in hospital

One of Ukrainian soldiers, who was wounded on July 21 in the area of the village of Pavlopil, Volnovakhsky district of Donetsk region, has died in a …
Interfax-Ukraine

UkrInform: Network of Ukrainian journalists was destroyed after occupation of Crimea

After Russia occupied Crimea, a network of Ukrainian media outlets was destroyed on the peninsula. However, citizen journalists now continue to tell …
UkrInform

Poll: Ukrainians lose confidence in Servant of the People, Zelensky

Servant of the People, the party of President Volodymyr Zelensky, still has the highest rating of any faction in the Verkhovna Rada, but it’s nothing …
Natalia Datskevych

UNIAN: Interior Ministry sees no links between Lutsk incident and explosives in Kyiv

Ukraine’s Interior Ministry says it sees no links between an incident in Lutsk where a terrorist took hostages in a bus and improvised explosive …
UNIAN

Rada rejects decisions to abolish voting for law on legalization of gambling business

The Verkhovna Rada has rejected three resolutions on the abolition of the adoption the Law of Ukraine “On state regulation of activities related to …
Interfax-Ukraine

Parliament votes to reduce ‘green’ tariff

The Ukrainian parliament has voted to amend the feed-in tariff on renewable energy production, with 228 deputies voting in favor of the changes on …
Dylan Carter

UNIAN: Kuleba says talks ongoing on Schengen borders reopening for Ukrainians

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says the ministry continues to negotiate the reopening of borders within the Schengen zone for Ukrainian …
UNIAN

Zelensky appoints Prystaiko as Ukraine’s new ambassador to UK (UPDATED)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Vadym Prystaiko as the new ambassador to the United Kingdom, according to a presidential decree …
Liza Semko

Ukrinform: Kremlin sees no grounds for Normandy Four summit

The conditions necessary for holding a new Normandy Four summit have not been created so far, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov has …
UkrInform

Avakov refutes info about mental health problems of Lutsk hostage taker

Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov denies information that the person holding hostages in the bus in Lutsk has mental health …
Interfax-Ukraine

Ukrinform: More than 20 thousand Ukrainians already visited Antalya

More than 20,000 Ukrainian tourists have already visited Antalya since the resumption of air service between Ukraine and Turkey on July 1. Read more …
UkrInform

Police detect, neutralize two explosives devices near Minska metro station in Kyiv

Bomb technicians neutralized two explosive devices that had been planted near an open-air bazaar next to the Minska metro station in Kyiv’s Obolon …
Natalia Datskevych

UNIAN: Odesa man gets arrested over using banknote on string to replenish account

In Ukraine’s Black Sea resort city of Odesa, a local man was detained after cyber police exposed his rather brazen fraud effort. Read more here.
UNIAN

UNIAN: Who will benefit from legalization of gambling business in Ukraine

Gambling has once again been legalized in Ukraine after the Verkhovna Rada passed the relevant bill. Al those casinos and slot machines had always …
UNIAN

Voice of America: Gunman seizes Ukraine bus, takes about 20 hostages

Police in Ukraine say an armed man seized a bus and took some 20 people hostage July 21 in the western city of Lutsk. Read more here.
Voice of America
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