Politics

MP Novynsky / Photo from UNIAN Ukrainian Member of Parliament and oligarch Vadym Novynsky and Andriy Kiseliov whose interests include metallurgy were excluded from Russia’s sanctions list on April 20

Novynsky has tested positive for COVID-19 / Photo from UNIAN Ukrainian Member of Parliament from the Opposition Platform – For Life Party and Ukrainian businessman Vadym Novynsky has announced he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “In accordance with…

The COVID-19 quarantine will be prolonged / Photo from UNIAN Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says Ukraine’s government is set to extend the coronavirus quarantine, however, there will be some easing in certain spheres. Shmyhal, in particular, cited recent estimates…

PM Denys Shmyhal / REUTERS Talks between Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, which were scheduled for Monday, April 20, have been indefinitely postponed. “A video conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been postponed. Unfortunately,…

Ukraine’s MFA in Kyiv / REUTERS On April 20, 2020

The SBU doesn’t confirm preparations for an attempt on Avakov’s life / Photo form UNIAN Deputy Chief of the Main Directorate of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine Vitaliy Mayakov says there is no evidence that an assassination attempt was…

REUTERS Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says talks on a new swap of prisoners with the Russian Federation are under way. “The next step is: We want to exchange the people who are either in [Russia-occupied] Crimea or in the Russian…

Shaitanov was detained on April 14 / Photo from ssu.gov.ua Ukrainian Deputy Interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko says that Major General of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine Valeriy Shaitanov, who has recently been detained on suspicion of high treason, was…

REUTERS The European Union has described the latest exchange of detainees between Ukraine and Russia-occupied Donbas as a welcome next step towards the implementation of measures agreed at the Normandy Four summit in Paris. “On April 16, following an agreement reached…

MFA Ukraine / Photo from UNIAN The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has called on the Russian Federation to provide emergency medical care to the population of the occupied Crimea and Donbas, as well as illegally detained Ukrainians, against…