UkrInform: Freedom House names Ukraine ‘partly free’ country By UkrInform. Published Feb. 5, 2019 at 12:30 pm People walk across Paton Bridge as they celebrate Unity Day in Kyiv on Jan. 22, 2019. Ukraine remains a “partly free” country in 2019, whereas Russian-occupied Crimea has become a “not free” territory. Read more here.