Archive

14:33

Locals Demand Roma Evictions after Child Murder

The murder of an eight-year-old girl has provoked civil unrest in Loshchynivka village in Odesa Oblast. Police arrested a suspect, a Roma male, and locals are now demanding to evict all Roma from the village.

13:51

Defense Minister Dismisses His Adviser Volunteer Muravskyi

The Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak dismissed the volunteer and photographer Dmytro Muravskyi who used to chair the coordination center in the Department of Communications and Press of the Ministry and was the Minister’s adviser.

13:13

Anniversary of Ilovaisk Tragedy Marked in Kyiv

Ukrainians marked the second anniversary of the ‘Ilovaisk tragedy’ on Sofiyska Ploshcha in Kyiv, the event was attended by over a hundred mothers and widows of the killed servicemen, volunteer fighters, and activists.

11:54

Leshchenko: Avakov’s Dismissal Will Provoke Rupture of Coalition

The dismissal of Interior Minister Arsen Avakov will incite rupture of a coalition resulting in early parliamentary coalition, the Petro Poroshenko Bloc MP Serhiy Leshchenko believes.

10:10

Journalist Alexander Shchetinin Found Dead in Suspected Suicide

The founder of information agency ‘Novy Region’ Alexander Shchetinin was found dead in Kyiv on the night of August 27. The press service of the Kyiv Office of the National Police reports that the people who discovered his body contacted the police at about midnight.