Two new visa-free destinations to become available to Ukrainians as of March 1
14:59 Sunday, 28 February 2021
COVID-19 in Ukraine
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Ukraine's Health Ministry data as of 28.02.2021.
News of Ukraine and the world
Over 3,100 Ukrainians vaccinated against COVID-19 in first four days
13:59 Sunday, 28 February 2021
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Russian helicopter reportedly crashes in Syria
11:59 Sunday, 28 February 2021
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Ukraine reports 89 deaths from COVID-19 in past 24 hours as of Feb 28
10:55 Sunday, 28 February 2021
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Protesters rally in Kyiv to support activist Sternenko (Photo, video)
22:58 Saturday, 27 February 2021
Week's balance: Return to adaptive quarantine, infrastructure promises, and decline in industrial output
The government decided to revisit the adaptive quarantine model, as well as set to index pensions by 11% in March; President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to continue a large-scale campaign on construction of roads and bridges; and the State Statistics Service announced a decline in industrial output in January – these are the main economic developments of the outgoing week.
20:00 Saturday, 27 February 2021
"EU Green Deal ": A challenge and a chance for Ukraine's economy
The government has announced its intention to make Ukraine part of a new "European Green Deal" aimed at significantly improving the continent's environmental status. UNIAN understood how this strategic area of development will affect the economy and lives of ordinary Ukrainians.
15:00 Saturday, 27 February 2021
Week's balance: Cabinet prolongs quarantine, IMF mission yields no positive result, while Naftogaz talks investing billions in gas extraction
The Cabinet of Ministers has extended the COVID-19 quarantine until April 30, the IMF mission's work to revise the loan agreement with Ukraine brought no positive results, and while state-owned Naftogaz of Ukraine announced plans to invest billions of dollars in boosting gas production – these are the key economic developments of the outgoing week.
17:20 Sunday, 21 February 2021
Expert on int'l law: Ukraine has imposed sanctions on over 2,000 persons and nearly 1,000 legal entities in Russia. But we have to admit that these sanctions aren't working.
UNIAN has sat down with an expert on international law Bohdan Bernatsky, who is part of the Office of Simple Solutions and Results, an NGO preparing proposals for the President, as well as members of the National Reform Council, to find out how sanctions against specific individuals differ from sectoral ones, why hasn't Ukraine yet applied the latter to Russia, and how come violators of the sanctions regime are not held to account.
13:10 Wednesday, 17 February 2021
Economy
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Ukraine to receive only one disbursement from IMF in 2021 – Fitch
18:55 Sunday, 28 February 2021
- Hryvnia weakens to U.S. dollar on March 1 21:55 Saturday, 27 February 2021
- Week's balance: Return to adaptive quarantine, infrastructure promises, and decline in industrial output 20:00 Saturday, 27 February 2021
- "EU Green Deal ": A challenge and a chance for Ukraine's economy 15:00 Saturday, 27 February 2021
- Hanna Bredihina Week's balance: Return to adaptive quarantine, infrastructure promises, and decline in industrial output
- Hanna Bredihina "EU Green Deal ": A challenge and a chance for Ukraine's economy
- Pavlo Stepanets Week's balance: Cabinet prolongs quarantine, IMF mission yields no positive result, while Naftogaz talks investing billions in gas extraction
- Bohdan Slutsky Week's balance: EU calls on Ukraine to continue reform, giving EUR 200 mln to support businesses, while inflation accelerates
- Kateryna Zhyriy Strengthening spree: What Ukrainians should expect from hryvnia
World
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Russian helicopter reportedly crashes in Syria
11:59 Sunday, 28 February 2021
Local media report one crew member was killed in the crash; Russia's Defense Ministry denies casualties.
War
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- Ukraine's envoy links increased shelling in Donbas with sanctions against Medvedchuk 17:50 Sunday, 28 February 2021
- Escalation in Donbas: Ukraine reports 11 WIAs amid 14 ceasefire violations on Feb 26 12:45 Saturday, 27 February 2021
- Ukraine's casualties in Donbas on the rise: 9 WIA's, another injured in IED blast on Friday 19:50 Friday, 26 February 2021
- Escalation in Donbas linked to upcoming parliamentary election in Russia – MFA Ukraine 16:30 Friday, 26 February 2021
- Donbas war update: Ukraine records 10 ceasefire violations on Feb 25 09:25 Friday, 26 February 2021
- Cabinet names conditions for holding local elections in Donbas 09:00 Friday, 26 February 2021
Ukraine
Two new visa-free destinations to become available to Ukrainians as of March 1
14:59 Sunday, 28 February 2021
Protesters rally in Kyiv to support activist Sternenko (Photo, video)
22:58 Saturday, 27 February 2021
Explosion in Chernivtsi hospital kills one, injures two (Photo)
16:50 Saturday, 27 February 2021
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- 23:59 President of the European Council to visit Ukraine-controlled part of Donbas, then Kyiv
- 20:59 Ukraine delegate to TCG: Ukraine has opportunity to retake Donbas within next decade
- 18:55 Ukraine to receive only one disbursement from IMF in 2021 – Fitch
- 17:50 Ukraine's envoy links increased shelling in Donbas with sanctions against Medvedchuk
- 14:59 Two new visa-free destinations to become available to Ukrainians as of March 1
- 13:59 Over 3,100 Ukrainians vaccinated against COVID-19 in first four days
- 11:59 Russian helicopter reportedly crashes in Syria
- 10:55 Ukraine reports 89 deaths from COVID-19 in past 24 hours as of Feb 28
- 27 February, Saturday
- 23:50 Ukraine reports 115 new COVID-19 cases in Army as of Feb 27
- 22:58 Protesters rally in Kyiv to support activist Sternenko (Photo, video)
- 21:55 Hryvnia weakens to U.S. dollar on March 1
- 20:00 Analysis Week's balance: Return to adaptive quarantine, infrastructure promises, and decline in industrial output
- 18:25 Kyiv mayor reports almost 600 new COVID-19 cases, eight fatalities
- 16:50 Explosion in Chernivtsi hospital kills one, injures two (Photo)
- 15:00 Analysis "EU Green Deal ": A challenge and a chance for Ukraine's economy
- 14:40 Number of COVID-19 cases confirmed worldwide exceeds 113.4 mln
- 12:45 Escalation in Donbas: Ukraine reports 11 WIAs amid 14 ceasefire violations on Feb 26
- 11:00 Ukraine's government instructed to draft bill on dual citizenship
- 10:20 COVID-19: Number of new active cases exceeds 8,000, third day in row, on Feb 27
- 03:59 Health minister, G7 Ambassadors discuss vaccine passport, other anti-COVID-19 measures
- 26 February, Friday
- 23:59 Zelensky grateful to Biden for strong stance on Crimea
- 21:59 Ukraine slaps sanctions on ex-senior officers over support of Russian aggression in 2014
- 19:50 Ukraine's casualties in Donbas on the rise: 9 WIA's, another injured in IED blast on Friday
- 18:59 Odesa plant to launch assembly of military helicopters under U.S. license (Photos)
- 17:59 Biden on 7th anniversary: U.S. will never recognize Russia's purported annexation of Crimea
- 16:55 Ukraine, Kazakhstan mulling over joint agricultural enterprises – minister
- 16:30 Escalation in Donbas linked to upcoming parliamentary election in Russia – MFA Ukraine
- 16:05 COVID-19: Ukraine updates list of red, green zone destinations
- 15:40 Kyiv mayor reports over 740 new COVID-19 cases, 15 fatalities
- 15:15 Zelensky: Crimea de-occupation common task for world community
- 14:50 Motor Sich masters domestic production of all helicopter systems – minister
- 14:25 Russia's occupation, increasing militarization of Crimea threatening world's common security – Blinken
- 14:00 EU borders remain closed for tourists – statement
- 13:35 Ukraine continues to consolidate int'l efforts to achieve complete de-occupation of Crimea, Sevastopol – MFA
- 13:10 Public debt grows by US$490 mln to almost US$91 bln in Jan
- 12:45 "Medvedchuk's planes" moved to Switzerland ahead of sanctions announcement – media
- 12:20 Iran slams UN investigator's report on PS752 downing
- 11:55 Minister Kuleba expects U.S. decisions preventing Nord Stream 2 completion
- 11:30 Rada to consider judicial reform issue following Zelensky's critical comments
- 11:05 IMF lists terms for further talks with Ukraine
- 10:40 U.S. welcomes Ukraine's initiative on Crimean Platform – Blinken
- 10:15 Hryvnia strengthens to U.S. dollar on Feb 26
- 09:50 COVID-19: Number of new active cases exceeds 8,000, second day in row, on Feb 26
- 09:25 Donbas war update: Ukraine records 10 ceasefire violations on Feb 25
- 09:00 Cabinet names conditions for holding local elections in Donbas
- 06:10 U.S. conducts defensive precision strike against infrastructure in eastern Syria
- 25 February, Thursday
- 23:25 EU prolongs sanctions against Belarus for another year
- 22:59 Markarova comments on her appointment as Ukraine's Ambassador to U.S.
- 21:59 COVID-19 vaccination campaign launched in Joint Forces Operation zone in Donbas (Photos)
- 19:59 Zelensky appoints ex-finance minister as Ukraine's ambassador to U.S.
- 18:59 Ukraine sees industrial output decline in January
- 16:55 Сapital investment in Ukraine shrinks by over 38% in 2020
- 16:30 EU urges UN to consider sanctions against Russia for Crimea occupation
- 16:25 Probe into abduction of gas company ex-head completed in Ukraine
- 16:05 Zelensky calls NATO Membership Action Plan Ukraine's immediate goal
- 15:40 Kyiv court rules to block over 400 websites in Ukraine (Full list)
- 15:15 Ukraine's SBU puts fringe blogger Shariy on wanted list
- 14:50 Ukraine's land reform nearing completion – agrarian ministry
- 14:25 Medvedchuk, Surkov talk power supplies to occupied Crimea, prisoner swap – leaked call from 2014
- 14:00 Russian General Kuzovlev promoted for his role in Donbas war
- 13:35 Zelensky seeks to tour Asia, visit U.S.
- 13:10 Cabinet endorses bill to regulate freelance work
- 12:45 Ukraine may offer facilities for Boeing aircraft manufacture – minister
- 12:20 Zelensky approves regulation on Ukraine-NATO Annual National Programs
- 11:55 At snail's pace, COVID-19 vaccination campaign gradually unfolding in Ukraine
- 11:30 Armenian PM says army's call for him to resign "attempted coup" – media
- 11:05 Сourt warrants blocking of Telegram channels earlier exposed as Russian infowar projects
- 10:40 Hryvnia weakens to U.S. dollar on Feb 25
- 10:15 Ukraine-Bulgaria joint group on tourism to resume work
- 09:50 New daily COVID-19 cases go up sharply as of Feb 25
- 09:25 Donbas warzone update: One WIA amid six truce violations on Feb 24
- 09:00 Russia poses "existential threat" to U.S. – Pentagon
- 24 February, Wednesday
- 23:59 Zelensky to Duda on Nord Stream 2: "Trap for the whole of Europe"
- 22:59 Ukrainian airports set to resume pre-pandemic passenger traffic by 2024
- 21:59 Kyiv Town Hall announces launch of COVID-19 vaccination on Feb 25