Новости за 22.02.2020

Officials in the United States have said that thousands of Russia-linked social media accounts have launched a coordinated effort to spread alarm and misinformation about the COVID-19 crisis. Read more here.

Shakhtar football club has announced its readiness to send a club plane to evacuate the Ukrainians remaining in China, the Shakhtar press service reported with reference to the club captain Andriy Pyatov. “After the game, we had an opportunity to talk with Rinat Akhmetov. We discussed the game, and the president took the initiative to […]

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on Feb. 21 evening strengthened the official hryvnia exchange rate by three kopiykas for Feb. 24, bringing the national currency to Hr 24.45 to the U.S. dollar. Read more here. SUPPORT THE KYIV POST Independent Ukraine needs independent journalism Subscribe Donate

January’s PACE session was marked by criticism of Poland for the judicial reform carried out by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party. The Council of Europe will now monitor the rule of law in Poland. And the European Union may impose significant sanctions on Poland or even exclude the country altogether. Read more here.

Ukrainian women’s biathlon team consisting of Anastasia Merkushyna, Yulia Dzhyma, Vita Semerenko and Olena Pidhrushna has won the bronze medal in the relay race (4×6 km) at the World Championship in Italian Antholz-Anterselva on Feb. 22. Ukrainians’ good shooting and the rivals’ mistakes allowed Pidhrushna in the fourth stage to leave the shooting range to […]

WASHINGTON—President Trump lashed out at his acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, earlier this month after learning that one of his subordinates had briefed the House Intelligence Committee about Russia’s apparent preference for Mr. Trump in the 2020 presidential contest, people familiar with the matter said. Read more here. Subscribe to Kyiv Post Ukraine […]

In 2019, exports of military equipment and services of the State Concern Ukroboronprom amounted to $908 million. Read more here. Subscribe to Kyiv Post Ukraine Digest Subscribe Please, fill in the Email field

Last month, 109 people gathered in a Singapore hotel for an international sales conference held by a U.K.-based company that makes products to analyze gas. Read more here. Subscribe to Kyiv Post Ukraine Digest Subscribe Please, fill in the Email field

‘Frugal’ nations and poorer states far apart despite 30 hours of talks and all-night push for compromise. Read more here. Subscribe to Kyiv Post Ukraine Digest Subscribe Please, fill in the Email field

Irina Venediktova, the Interim Director of the Ukrainian State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), noted that in order to honestly and fairly investigate the crimes committed during the EuroMaidan Revolution in Kyiv in 2013-2014, the 2014 law on non-prosecution for EuroMaidan participants should be repealed. Read more here. SUPPORT THE KYIV POST Independent Ukraine needs independent […]

Russia must begin to implement the Minsk agreements and stop its aggression against Ukraine, which has been lasting for more than five years, OSCE PA Vice-President Margareta Cederfelt said at the 19th winter meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Vienna on Feb. 21. Read more here.

For the third time in eight days — and the second time in 24 hours — Chinese public health officials made changes on Feb. 21 to their criteria for counting coronavirus cases, once again sowing confusion over the widely fluctuating figures. In a further sign of potential inconsistencies, an official in China’s Hubei Health Commission […]

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Oleksiy Danilov has arrived in the village of Novi Sanzhary in Ukraine’s Poltava region, where people evacuated from China were placed in quarantine. Read more here.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun have discussed returning peace to Donbas, occupied Crimea, Euro-Atlantic integration and interaction and trade in all areas. “Discussed with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun peace settlement in Donbas, occupied Crimea, our Euro-Atlantic integration and bilateral trade & security cooperation. Unwavered […]

A fifth death from the coronavirus was reported in Iran on Feb. 22 by health officials, who also said the fatality was from among 10 new confirmed cases of the virus in Iran. Read more here.

The Prosecutor General’s Office announced on Feb. 21 that it has opened proceedings into lawmaker Vladislav Poliak’s alleged voting in place of an absent colleague. This is the first case under a new law that introduces criminal liability for voting for absentees which came into effect on Jan. 16. Voting for absentees has been a […]

WASHINGTON — Just weeks into this year’s election cycle, Russia already is actively interfering in the U.S. presidential campaign in hopes of reelecting President Donald Trump, and is also trying to help the candidacy of Sen. Bernie Sanders on the Democratic side, intelligence officials have concluded. Read more here.

From Bill Hicks to Hannah Gadsby, Dave Chappelle to Josie Long – here are 50 specials you can watch right now. Read more here. SUPPORT THE KYIV POST Independent Ukraine needs independent journalism Subscribe Donate

On Feb. 21, the armed formations of the Russian Federation violated ceasefire in Donbas 13 times. Read more here.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has criticized a mob that attacked buses carrying dozens of Ukrainians evacuated from China amid concerns about the COVID-19 virus. Read more here. SUPPORT THE KYIV POST Independent Ukraine needs independent journalism Subscribe Donate