COVID-19: Over 6,600 new active cases reported on Oct 27
11:30 Tuesday, 27 October 2020
COVID-19 in Ukraine
Total:
355,601
(+6677)
Sick:
203,675
(+3752)
Deaths:
6,590
(+126)
Recovered:
145,336
(+2799)
Total (+ over 24h)
Ukraine's Health Ministry data as of 27.10.2020.
News of Ukraine and the world
Local elections: Hungarian meddling spat gaining momentum
15:40 Tuesday, 27 October 2020
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Donbas update: JFO HQ says enemy violates truce three times on Oct 26
09:50 Tuesday, 27 October 2020
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Local elections: Survey reveals reasons behind low voter turnout
12:20 Monday, 26 October 2020
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COVID-19: Over 5,400 new active cases reported on Oct 26
11:55 Monday, 26 October 2020
Week's balance: President defends economic achievements, NBU keeps key rate unchanged, while hryvnia stops its fall
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in his annual address to the Verkhovna Rada said that the Ukrainian economy has withstood the blow of the pandemic and will be able to emerge stronger from crisis, the National Bank has kept the key rate at 6%, and the hryvnia has stopped falling – these are the main economic developments of the outgoing week.
14:00 Saturday, 24 October 2020
Historian Liubov Krupnyk: Among Soviet lawyers were "black sheep" who tried to actually defend dissidents
Public interest in the case of Vasyl Stus hasn't abated, so UNIAN spoke with historian Liubov Krupnyk about whether there were lawyers in Soviet times who really defended their clients, or whether everyone, without exception, danced to the KGB's tune.
23:00 Friday, 23 October 2020
Facing another lockdown: What should be done not to finish off economy while fighting corona
President Volodymyr Zelensky has admitted that reintroducing a strict quarantine is possible due to the increase in the COVID-19 incidence. Businesses and experts fearfully await repetition of the spring scenario, which delivered a heavy blow to the economy. The Cabinet has not yet sent a signal that they have learned the lessons of the past and are now able to lead the country through this test with minimal losses.
19:00 Thursday, 22 October 2020
Fear and torture: Story of most terrifying prison in occupied Donbas
Disgust, torture, and death… It's better to die than to further endure abuse… This is how five former prisoners of "Isolation," a former Donetsk art hub that the occupation forces turned into a secret torture chamber, speak of their time they did there. They all count on fair punishment for their offenders. However, will those human monsters from Isolation eventually be prosecuted?
19:00 Monday, 19 October 2020
Economy
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Public debt shrinks by 2.7% to almost US$83 bln in Sept
16:50 Tuesday, 27 October 2020
- Ukraine, China sign space cooperation deal 15:15 Tuesday, 27 October 2020
- Cabinet explains whether lockdown to affect pension payments to occupied Donbas retirees 12:45 Tuesday, 27 October 2020
- Tax chief wants bank secrecy disclosure to make Ukrainian migrant workers pay taxes in Ukraine 11:05 Tuesday, 27 October 2020
- Igor Orel Week's balance: President defends economic achievements, NBU keeps key rate unchanged, while hryvnia stops its fall
- Dmytro Shvarts Facing another lockdown: What should be done not to finish off economy while fighting corona
- Pavlo Stepanets Week's balance: Cabinet extends quarantine, IMF improves forecast for Ukraine economy development, while Kyiv and Warsaw expand cooperation
- Kateryna Zhyriy Week's balance: New agreements with EU, new digital services, and shrinking foreign reserves
- Hanna Bredihina Week's balance: EBRD worsens outlook for GDP fall, the stats agency reports increase in wages, while gas prices go up
World
Lukashenko orders sanctions targeting students, professors taking part in mass rallies
All news
U.S. Treasury sanctions Russian government research institution connected to Triton malware
12:50 Saturday, 24 October 2020
The cyber actors behind the Triton malware have been referred to by the private cybersecurity industry as "the most dangerous threat activity publicly...
Lukashenko orders sanctions targeting students, professors taking part in mass rallies16:30, 27 October 2020
War
News war
- Donbas update: JFO HQ says enemy violates truce three times on Oct 26 09:50 Tuesday, 27 October 2020
- Donbas war update: Ukraine records one ceasefire violation on Oct 25 11:05 Monday, 26 October 2020
- Donbas war update: Ukraine reports two ceasefire violations on Oct 23 11:48 Saturday, 24 October 2020
- Donbas war update: Ukraine reports five ceasefire violations on Oct 22 09:25 Friday, 23 October 2020
- Ukraine reports five instances of ceasefire violation in Donbas on Oct 21 09:55 Thursday, 22 October 2020
- Donbas warzone: Number of ceasefire violations grows to six on Oct 20 10:10 Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Ukraine
Over 90% of local election commissions complete counting of votes – CEC
17:59 Tuesday, 27 October 2020
All Crimea lakes may soon vanish, experts claim
13:35 Tuesday, 27 October 2020
Health official tells of anti-epidemic measures at polling stations
11:55 Tuesday, 27 October 2020
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Latest news
- 17:59 Over 90% of local election commissions complete counting of votes – CEC
- 16:50 Public debt shrinks by 2.7% to almost US$83 bln in Sept
- 16:30 Lukashenko orders sanctions targeting students, professors taking part in mass rallies
- 16:05 Two deputy heads of President's Office test positive for COVID-19
- 15:40 Local elections: Hungarian meddling spat gaining momentum
- 15:15 Ukraine, China sign space cooperation deal
- 14:50 Justice Ministry comments on high-profile ruling on NABU director
- 14:25 Yermak says possible reshuffle in President's Office not ruled out
- 14:00 Kyiv mayor reports 525 new daily COVID-19 cases, seven fatalities as of Oct 27
- 13:35 All Crimea lakes may soon vanish, experts claim
- 13:10 NATO names conditions for Ukraine to receive MAP in several years – lawmaker
- 12:45 Cabinet explains whether lockdown to affect pension payments to occupied Donbas retirees
- 12:20 Ruling party chief comments on Rada coalition prospects post local election
- 11:55 Health official tells of anti-epidemic measures at polling stations
- 11:30 COVID-19: Over 6,600 new active cases reported on Oct 27
- 11:05 Tax chief wants bank secrecy disclosure to make Ukrainian migrant workers pay taxes in Ukraine
- 10:40 Hryvnia weakens to U.S. dollar on Oct 27
- 10:15 Court refuses to choose measure of restraint for Yanukovych in Mezhyhirya case
- 09:50 Donbas update: JFO HQ says enemy violates truce three times on Oct 26
- 09:30 Mejlis calls on OSCE, UN observers to visit Crimea to monitor human rights amid COVID-19
- 09:00 Ukrainian mother and son attacked by shark in Egypt's Sharm-el-Sheikh
- 26 October, Monday
- 22:44 Klitschko wins mayoral elections in Kyiv as 99.5% of votes counted: Journalist
- 21:58 U.S. looks forward to supporting Ukraine in development of Crimean Platform
- 20:58 Israel's airline giant resumes flights between Tel Aviv and Kyiv
- 19:50 OSCE/ODIHR says Zelensky's poll on Election Day creates undue political advantage
- 17:59 Deficit of Ukraine's budget in nine months quadruplicates to almost US$2.9 bln
- 16:45 Gas stocks shrink by 0.1% to 28.38 bcm as heating season starts
- 16:20 Femen activist strips outside Polish embassy in Kyiv (Photos)
- 15:55 Dynamo Kyiv's main keeper, defender test positive for COVID-19
- 15:30 Top Army official claims "hybrid info attack" following allegations of gov't accommodation misuse
- 15:05 Hryvnia slightly weakens to U.S. dollar on Oct 26
- 14:50 In 10 years, most of Ukraine's military aircraft to become unusable – Air Force Commander
- 14:25 Over 28,000 vials with remdesivir purchased – health ministry
- 14:00 Kyiv mayor reports 308 new daily COVID-19 cases, 15 fatalities as of Oct 26
- 13:35 Ukraine no longer leader in walnut exports to EU
- 13:10 Ukrainian vaccine for COVID-19 may be ready in about 12 months – minister
- 12:45 Russia "biggest threat" to U.S. security – Biden
- 12:20 Local elections: Survey reveals reasons behind low voter turnout
- 11:55 COVID-19: Over 5,400 new active cases reported on Oct 26
- 11:30 Local elections: Exit poll data emerging across country
- 11:05 Donbas war update: Ukraine records one ceasefire violation on Oct 25
- 10:40 U.S.-brokered "humanitarian ceasefire" announced in Nagorno-Karabakh
- 10:15 Zelensky's Office comments on prospects for local elections in Russia-occupied areas
- 09:50 Ukraine accuses Hungary of "impudent" interference in local elections
- 09:25 Quarantine zoning reviewed
- 09:00 Zelensky says free, democratic elections in Ukraine testify to true democracy
- 25 October, Sunday
- 22:57 Kyiv council election: Five parties score enough votes, Klitschko's UDAR leads
- 20:15 Updated Klitschko in the lead in Kyiv mayoral elections – exit poll
- 18:56 Local elections turnout in Ukraine climbs to 27% on Sunday afternoon
- 16:59 PM Shmyhal: Government sees no reason to go back on lockdown
- 15:55 NGO OPORA estimates voter turnout amid local elections in Ukraine at 13.5%
- 14:50 Banks in Ukraine positive of prospects for lending next year
- 12:50 Second round of Ukraine local elections to take place – Parliament speaker
- 10:55 Over 6,000 new daily COVID-19 cases confirmed in Ukraine on Local Election Day
- 09:30 Updated Ukraine local elections under way on Sunday
- 24 October, Saturday
- 23:45 Hryvnia weakens to U.S. dollar on October 26
- 21:45 Kyiv mayor Klitschko tested positive for coronavirus
- 19:35 Health ministry reports record number of daily PCR tests for COVID-19
- 16:40 Law on Intelligence required by NATO comes into force
- 14:00 Analysis Week's balance: President defends economic achievements, NBU keeps key rate unchanged, while hryvnia stops its fall
- 13:45 Kyiv mayor reports 560 new COVID-19 cases, 18 fatalities in past day
- 12:50 U.S. Treasury sanctions Russian government research institution connected to Triton malware
- 11:48 Donbas war update: Ukraine reports two ceasefire violations on Oct 23
- 10:15 COVID-19: Over 7,000 new active cases reported on Oct 24
- 09:35 Number of COVID-19 cases confirmed worldwide exceeds 42.2 mln
- 23 October, Friday
- 23:00 Interview Historian Liubov Krupnyk: Among Soviet lawyers were "black sheep" who tried to actually defend dissidents
- 22:59 Deputy PM: 9.5 mln Ukrainians suffer from Russian occupation
- 21:58 PM Shmyhal: Boosting gas output, energy independence among government's priorities
- 20:58 Govt official says Ukraine won't supply water to Crimea amid Russian occupation
- 19:58 Foreign Minister Kuleba: Confidence in PACE undermined by return of Russian delegation
- 17:59 U.S., EU, NATO call on Ukraine to create Rada committee to oversee intelligence agencies
- 16:55 Economy ministry plans to amend procedure for supporting agrarian sector
- 16:30 No Ukrainian region still ready for lifting COVID-19 curbs – health ministry
- 16:05 Kyiv court greenlights national poll on local election day
- 15:40 Preparations for Normandy Four advisors' meeting underway – FM Kuleba