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What we’re watching
  • Nov. 12 at 4:30 p.m. Kyiv time. U.S.-Ukraine Business Council. Expanding energy supplies in Ukraine through private sector-led production & imports. Register here.
  • Nov. 25 at noon Kyiv time. Chatham House online event: ‘Where is Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Reform Heading?’. Participants include EU Anti-Corruption Programme Head Eka Tkeshelashvili. More information here.
Top news
Coronavirus
  • Red & green zone countries
  • New York Times: Mask-wearing protects you, not just those around you
  • Reuters: Europe COVID death toll tops 300,000 as winter looms and infections surge
  • Interfax: Shmyhal says Ukraine may have ‘Italian scenario’ with incidence of COVID-19 in January
  • UkrInform: 5 schools in Kyiv city remain closed due to coronavirus cases
  • UkrInform: NATO considers providing assistance to Ukraine to fight COVID-19
  • Interfax: Zelensky’s wife talks on president’s health

Ukraine on the Brink: Stories from Chornobyl

The 1986 Chornobyl disaster was the largest nuclear accident in human history. Although 34 years have passed since the explosion at the nuclear plant’s fourth reactor, Ukraine and the world continue to experience the consequences of the catastrophe. Meet people living the troubling legacy of the Chornobyl tragedy.

Business Update

Hryvnia – $: 28.1
Apostrophe: The tax reform is under threat in Ukraine
Ukrinform: Ukraine’s trade turnover declined by $8 billion since year-start
UNIAN: MEPs praise Ukraine’s progress on reforms, except on judiciary
Ukrainian Journal: Government hopes to triple GDP growth in the next 10 years

Opinions

Kira M. Skrypnyk: Why international PR campaigns are fast failure
Clara Ferreira Marques: Hold the schadenfreude for America
Paul A. Goble: Moscow not trying to convince anyone of its version about Navalny
Beatrice Godefroy, Liza Baran: Civilians caught in Donbas conflict need government system to protect them
Halya Coynash: Ukrainian political prisoner draws in jail
Halya Coynash: Ukraine arrests Crimean turncoat
Vitaly Portnikov: Putin as ‘peacemaker’ in Karabakh is a warning signal for Ukraine
Yuri Lapaiev: Ukraine looks for applicable lessons in latest Karabakh war

Kyiv Post 25th Anniversary Series — From The Archives

When Love Hurts

Although divorce is rampant in Ukraine, Ukrainians don’t like pre-nuptial arrangements more popular in the West. Poll shows Ukrainians are very unhappy. Communists still celebrate Nov. 7 October Revolution. All about salo. Business Focus: Legal Services. Roman Kupchinsky op-ed on the corrupt Ukraine-Russian gas deals. Ukraine buys advertising on CNN to boost image, tourism. Kyivans protest hike in public transport from 50 kopecks to Hr 2.