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This is a result of contractual disagreements between GTS Operator and Kyivgaz. Photo from UNIAN All Kyiv consumers may see a complete halt of gas supplies over the fact that JSC Kyivgaz has not concluded a transmission agreement with the…
Pro-Russian separatists and Ukraine have concluded a long-awaited prisoner exchange of 200 prisoners, the office of the Ukrainian president said. Ukraine’s government received 76 captives, with the pro-Russian separatists reportedly taking 124. Russian and Ukrainian authorities agreed to the swap…
Ukraine says its troops on the eastern front line have come under heavy shelling during a rebel attack, with one soldier killed and four wounded. It says four rebel soldiers were killed and six injured. Russian-backed rebels say Ukrainian forces…
A 27-year-old Ukrainian chess champion and his girlfriend, 18, have been found dead in their Moscow flat, apparently poisoned by laughing gas. Media reports say Stanislav Bogdanovich and Alexandra Vernigora – also a top chess player – were found with…
Interview Hard landing at the Sheremetyevo airport of the newest Sukhoi Superjet aircraft resulted in the death of 41 people on board. This is not the first accident with a Russian plane that has just recently been put into operation.…
Interview Sydney-based Larysa Tsypkalenko, a former Odesa native, sat down with UNIAN to tell about the Green Continent fighting massive fires, local residents surviving in difficult conditions, saving their neighbors and injured animals. REUTERS Large-scale forest fires affecting several Australian…
A pandemic is a disease that is spreading in multiple countries around the world at the same time. REUTERS The coronavirus outbreak has been labelled a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said…
Former officials have long been hiding from the investigation and court outside Ukraine, presumably in Russia. Photo from UNIAN Kyiv’s Pechersk district court has ruled to remand in custody former senior officials of Viktor Yanukovych regime, namely two heads of…
Participants in the action demanded that Parliament ratified the Istanbul Convention, and advocated for gender equality in society. Photo from NV The “Women’s March” rally has been held at the Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv. The rally is held on International…
The mayor emphasized the authorities are ready for any events. Photo from UNIAN Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has said the authorities do not rule out the closure of schools, kindergartens and public transport amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus…