What we’re watching
- Tuesday, April 27 at 11 a.m. Kyiv time: GOLAW – Litigation in Ukraine: What should business know? Register here.
- Thursday, April 29 at 5 p.m. Kyiv time: US-Ukraine Foundation – Nuclear Ukraine: From the Atoms for War to the Atoms for Peace and Back; discussion with Serhii Plokhii. Register here.
- Thursday, April 29 at 5 p.m. Kyiv time: US-Ukraine Business Council — Moving Ukraine’s GDP Growth to 8%. Register here
Top news
- The Other War: Is Zelensky willing and able to tame Ukraine’s oligarchs?
- Anti-corruption court better than others, but still not good enough
- Hunter Biden’s not-so-‘Beautiful Things’
- Harmful chemicals found in the river outside Kyiv
- SBU search Kolomoisky’s office in Centrenergo embezzlement case
- Majority of Ukrainians support obligatory use of state language in service sector
- Washington Post: An airline is taking a flight to nowhere over the Chornobyl nuclear disaster
- RFE/RL: Deep inside Chornobyl’s radioactive ruins
- Montenegro to open borders to Ukrainians
Kremlin tracker
- Russia completes military drills near Ukraine (PHOTOS)
- Dmytro Kuleba’s response to Russia’s announced withdrawal of troops
- The Hill: Ukraine says Russia must do more to ease violence after troop withdrawal
- Chubarov: Russia aims at complete displacement of Crimean Tatars
- Reuters: Ukraine says withdrawal of Russian troops is not enough to resolve conflict in Donbas
Coronavirus
- UNIAN: Ukraine is Europe’s second by number of new deaths
- New batch of AstraZeneca vaccine arrives in Ukraine
- Anadolu: Amid virus surge, Russia announces 10 days of no work
- COVID-19 in Ukraine: 14,277 new cases, 434 new deaths, 16,169 new vaccinations
- Red & green zone countries
- Sign-up for vaccinations in Ukraine
- Financial Times: Bloomberg: COVID-19 vaccine tracker
Photos: Ukrainian soldiers protect the motherland
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on April 20, 2021, invited Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to meet in war-torn eastern Ukraine, stressing that millions of lives were at stake in Russia’s war against Ukraine, which has killed 14,000 people and left the Kremlin illegally controlling the Crimean peninsula and the eastern Donbas — 7 percent of Ukraine’s territory.
Business
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Ciklum calls pandemic ‘chief transformation officer,’ helps famous brands adapt
Dubbed Ukraine’s best IT employer, Intellias builds software for Siemens, Deloitte
Russia says Nord Stream 2 to be completed in 2021
Reuters: Tourists get chance to fly over nuclear disaster zone
Reuters: Bulgaria to ease entry rules to lure back tourists
China claims $3.6 billion for lost sale of Ukraine’s Motor Sich
NBU expects decrease in Ukraine’s public debt to 55.8% of GDP in 2021
Business Wire
Agro-Investment: Ukraine’s Bridge to the Western World
Law firm Arzinger announces new Partner
Four ways to invest in Ukraine’s infrastructure
Law firm Arzinger announces new appointments
Ukreximbank works as exclusive partner in large-scale infrastructure projects
Big Four audit, consulting firm EY announces its upcoming country leadership change
Opinions
Editorial: Don’t be fooled
Editorial: Hoping for a good fight
Timothy Ash: Putin’s next move
Denys Krasnikov: Kyiv Post, IT firms join forces to give tech sector the attention it deservesBohdan Nahaylo: Putin blinks, Lukashenko grovels, the West corrects eyesight
Glen Grant: What Vladimir Putin’s buildup achieved
James Foggo: We must maintain our guard in the Black Sea
Vladimir Socor: Zelensky seeks a summit with Putin again
Paul Goble: Moscow pushing even more expansive claims on Arctic
Mark Temnycky: 4 lessons learned from Russia’s Ukraine buildupDirk Mattheisen: It is time the West learned to be bold
Oleksandr Khara: Kremlin wrapping up drills – What Ukraine should get ready for
Alexander Titov: Where now for the team of Navalny?
Gwendolyn Sasse: Putin’s undeclared red lines
Halya Coynash: Russia scales back troops, not its escalation of repression in Crimea
Halya Coynash: Russian historian denied proper defense at the hearingTimothy Ash: Russian threat remains
From the archives: Everything’s On Sale
The ongoing global economic crisis creates bargains for those with cash or credit lines. Millions of Ukrainians saved by working abroad. Ukraine vs. Russia cultural wars.
Read the April 24, 2009 edition
