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A $350 million dispute between state-owned PrivatBank and the oligarchs Ihor and Hryhoriy Surkis is stuck bouncing between two courtrooms. The Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court began to consider the
Sep. 15, 2021
Russian-sponsored militants killed three Ukrainian service members in Donbas on the weekend of Sept. 11-12 An anti-tank missile fired by the militants hit a Ukrainian truck in Donetsk Oblast on Sept.
Sep. 13, 2021
A draft law legalizing and regulating cryptocurrency and other virtual assets like tokens in Ukraine has passed the parliament in the second reading on Sept. 8. A total of 276 Ukrainian lawmakers vote
Sep. 8, 2021
Ukraine’s cyberpolice on Sept. 6 busted a smuggling ring that imported fake Apple smartphones, headphones, tablets, laptops and chargers from China before selling them as genuine products to unsuspect
Sep. 7, 2021
The State Fiscal Service (SFS) on Sept. 6 announced that it has discovered an illegal online casino employing 60 people, with an annual turnover of over $30 million. Since gambling was legalized a yea
Sep. 7, 2021
When a remarkable example of Soviet modernist architecture, the round building on Reitarska Street, went on sale nearly two years ago, people weren’t lining up to buy it. A shabby renovation job compl
Sep. 5, 2021
When Ukrainian athlete Viktoriya Tkachuk came home from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, it was time to go back to a difficult reality. The 26-year-old finished sixth in the 400-meter hurdles in Japan, beatin
Sep. 4, 2021
Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Kyiv, the city’s second-oldest Roman Catholic church, caught fire and was severely damaged on the night of Sept. 3. Priest Bohdan Savitsky told news outlet
Sep. 4, 2021
Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova portrays herself as an anti-corruption crusader and courts Western embassies by presenting herself as a reformer. She’s penned 11 opinion pieces, published by the
Sep. 3, 2021
In a speech at Stanford University, President Volodymyr Zelensky outlined the difference between Ukraine and Russia. “We have a common history, common victories and many great people,” Zelensky said.
Sep. 3, 2021
Editor’s Note: The first installment of the “Oligarch Toys” series ran in the Kyiv Post on Aug. 13. Read this story here. If Ukraine is trying to reduce the power of its oligarchs, it has its work cu
Sep. 3, 2021
Cryptocurrency is hugely popular in Ukraine. Last year, Ukrainians earned about $400 million from bitcoin investment, making local crypto investors the tenth richest in the world. Ukrainian tech start
Sep. 1, 2021
Russian-sponsored forces killed one Ukrainian soldier and injured another in Donbas on Aug. 30, the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) reported. Another soldier was injured after stepping on a landmine. Rom
Aug. 31, 2021
President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Washington on Aug. 30 for a three-day official visit. Zelensky will meet with several ministers including U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, U.S. S
Aug. 31, 2021
Up until this weekend, Oleksandr Trukhin, a lawmaker for President Volodymyr Zelensky’s 243-member Servant of the People faction, was not widely known. A week ago, on Aug. 23, he allegedly rammed sev
Aug. 30, 2021
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) detained four Kyiv residents suspected of operating a bot farm to spread disinformation about the Crimea Platform summit on social media. The suspects used 15,000 fake
Aug. 30, 2021
A $350 million dispute between state-owned PrivatBank and the oligarchs Ihor and Hryhoriy Surkis is stuck bouncing between two courtrooms. The Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court began to consider the
Sep. 15, 2021
Russian-sponsored militants killed three Ukrainian service members in Donbas on the weekend of Sept. 11-12 An anti-tank missile fired by the militants hit a Ukrainian truck in Donetsk Oblast on Sept.
Sep. 13, 2021
A draft law legalizing and regulating cryptocurrency and other virtual assets like tokens in Ukraine has passed the parliament in the second reading on Sept. 8. A total of 276 Ukrainian lawmakers vote
Sep. 8, 2021
Ukraine’s cyberpolice on Sept. 6 busted a smuggling ring that imported fake Apple smartphones, headphones, tablets, laptops and chargers from China before selling them as genuine products to unsuspect
Sep. 7, 2021
The State Fiscal Service (SFS) on Sept. 6 announced that it has discovered an illegal online casino employing 60 people, with an annual turnover of over $30 million. Since gambling was legalized a yea
Sep. 7, 2021
When a remarkable example of Soviet modernist architecture, the round building on Reitarska Street, went on sale nearly two years ago, people weren’t lining up to buy it. A shabby renovation job compl
Sep. 5, 2021
When Ukrainian athlete Viktoriya Tkachuk came home from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, it was time to go back to a difficult reality. The 26-year-old finished sixth in the 400-meter hurdles in Japan, beatin
Sep. 4, 2021
Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Kyiv, the city’s second-oldest Roman Catholic church, caught fire and was severely damaged on the night of Sept. 3. Priest Bohdan Savitsky told news outlet
Sep. 4, 2021
Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova portrays herself as an anti-corruption crusader and courts Western embassies by presenting herself as a reformer. She’s penned 11 opinion pieces, published by the
Sep. 3, 2021
In a speech at Stanford University, President Volodymyr Zelensky outlined the difference between Ukraine and Russia. “We have a common history, common victories and many great people,” Zelensky said.
Sep. 3, 2021
Editor’s Note: The first installment of the “Oligarch Toys” series ran in the Kyiv Post on Aug. 13. Read this story here. If Ukraine is trying to reduce the power of its oligarchs, it has its work cu
Sep. 3, 2021
Cryptocurrency is hugely popular in Ukraine. Last year, Ukrainians earned about $400 million from bitcoin investment, making local crypto investors the tenth richest in the world. Ukrainian tech start
Sep. 1, 2021
Russian-sponsored forces killed one Ukrainian soldier and injured another in Donbas on Aug. 30, the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) reported. Another soldier was injured after stepping on a landmine. Rom
Aug. 31, 2021
President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Washington on Aug. 30 for a three-day official visit. Zelensky will meet with several ministers including U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, U.S. S
Aug. 31, 2021
Up until this weekend, Oleksandr Trukhin, a lawmaker for President Volodymyr Zelensky’s 243-member Servant of the People faction, was not widely known. A week ago, on Aug. 23, he allegedly rammed sev
Aug. 30, 2021
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) detained four Kyiv residents suspected of operating a bot farm to spread disinformation about the Crimea Platform summit on social media. The suspects used 15,000 fake
Aug. 30, 2021