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The recent announcement by Kyiv to enhance compensation for veterans purchasing cars marks a significant development in the auto sector. Mayor Vitali Klytschko detailed plans to not only increase compensation but also expand it to include used car purchases. This initiative aims to support those who have served the country, facilitating easier access to personal transportation. Meanwhile, the ongoing conflict in Ukraine continues to impact civilian vehicles, with reports of numerous drone attacks targeting cars across regions such as Odesa and Kharkiv. These incidents underscore the challenges faced by civilians in war zones, where vehicles often become unintended targets. Stay informed with the latest auto news and developments in Ukraine to understand the evolving landscape.

What compensation is Kyiv offering to veterans for car purchases?

Kyiv has announced an increase in compensation for veterans purchasing cars. The initiative will cover not only new but also used vehicles. This move aims to support veterans by making car ownership more accessible, demonstrating the city's commitment to those who have served.

How are drones impacting civilian vehicles in Ukraine?

Civilian vehicles in Ukraine are frequently being attacked by drones, particularly in conflict zones like Kharkiv and Odesa. These attacks cause injuries and casualties, highlighting the ongoing risks in war-affected areas. The targeting of cars showcases the broader impact of warfare on everyday life.

What measures are being taken to protect civilian cars from attacks?

Efforts to protect civilian vehicles include heightened awareness and possibly increased security measures. However, the persistent threat of drone attacks in conflict zones makes it challenging to ensure complete safety. The focus remains on reducing risks and improving overall protection strategies.

How is the Ukrainian government supporting war-affected civilians with vehicle access?

The Ukrainian government is enhancing compensation programs for veterans, improving access to vehicles for war-affected individuals. Additionally, there are efforts to regulate and support humanitarian aid vehicles, ensuring they reach those most in need during these challenging times.

What restrictions are affecting auto imports in Ukraine and the U.S.?

In the U.S., new tariffs have led to restrictions on auto imports, affecting brands like Audi. These measures impact the cost and availability of foreign cars. Meanwhile, Ukraine faces logistical challenges due to the ongoing conflict, influencing the domestic automotive market.

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Khreshchatyk to be pedestrian on May holidays On Easter and May holidays, Khreshchatyk Street in Kyiv will be pedestrian from Bohdana Khmelnytskoho St. to the Avenue of the Heavenly Hundred. 1 989 14 Kyiv News

Four people killed, seven injured as two cars detonated in neutral zone near Novotroitske, - Kramatorsk border guard detachment deputy chief Four people were killed and seven more were injured after two cars had exploded in neutral zone near Novotroitske entry/exit point (the Mariupol section of the front) Wednesday night. 38 845 40 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Drunk driver hit police officer and border guard in Zakarpattia A drunk driver hit a police officer and border guard in the Zakarpattia region (Bereznianskyi district). 9 068 29 Incidents

Vehicle packed with explosives found in Henichesk A vehicle packed with explosives has been found in the town of Henichesk in the Kherson region. 20 519 62 Previously in trend: Police workdays

авто спецназ задержание воры Spetsnaz detained car thieves in Kyiv downtown, employed weapons. PHOTOS Enhanced measures to combat thefts from cars in Kyiv are being taken. 70 874 14 Previously in trend: Police workdays

нападение поджог автомобиль инкассаторы Unknown persons shot and set on fire collector car in Zaporizhia region (updated). PHOTOS An attack on a collector car was committed in the Zaporizhia region. 47 402 78 Incidents

Occupants started fining drivers of vehicles with Ukrainian plates in Crimea From April 1, the owners of vehicles with Ukrainian registration plates in occupied Crimea can be fined. 25 686 58 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

москаль законопроект регистрация Moskal's working group proposes to prolong the period of stay of vehicles with foreign license plates in Ukraine up to a year. DOCUMENT Working group established by head of the Zakarpattia Regional Administration Hennadii Moskal has prepared a bill with new regulations for the stay of vehicles with foreign registration in Ukraine. 24 015 182 Society

Father and son who hijacked a car apprehended in Kyiv Father and a son were apprehended in Kyiv, while attempting to hijack a car. 25 978 43 Incidents

судья сокуренко Judge Sokurenko, who lifted arrest of 13 million corrupt francs, owns house in downtown Kyiv and two expensive cars. PHOTOS Kyiv Appeal Court judge Dmytro Sokurenko, known to have previously worked in Donetsk and ruled to lift the arrest of Liechtenstein accounts of infamous judge Artur Yemelianov's wife, is living high. 57 517 136 Photo News

крым Numerous acts of car arson continue in occupied Crimea. VIDEO Acts of car arson continue to massively happen in occupied Crimea. In late February, 12 cars burned down in Velyka Yalta; several days after that, five cases were recorded in Partenit village. 101 528 146 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

погоня Kyiv patrol police use weapons to arrest drunk driver. PHOTOS Another drunk driver tried to fling off police pursuit in Kyiv. The law enforcers were forced to shoot the tires out and ram the chased car off the road. 86 523 142 Incidents

Ukraine puts up no obstacles for movement of foreign vehicles, - Deputy Interior Minister The Ministry of Internal Affairs’ agencies provide unobstructed movement for foreign vehicles in all regions of Ukraine. 5 644 59 Previously in trend: Russian trucks blockade

"Nobody blocks the trucks because there is criminal responsibility," – Pyvovarskyi on blockade of Russian trucks Russian trucks can move freely on the territory of Ukraine. 19 214 230 Previously in trend: Russian trucks blockade

Plug-in cars may cause new slump in oil prices, - Bloomberg In the next two years, electric car industry may cause a new collapse of oil prices. 66 913 729 Economics

Pyvovarskyi asks Avakov to ensure safety of Russian trucks in Ukraine Minister of Infrastructure Andrii Pyvovarskyi requested Interior Minister Arsen Avakov to safeguard the movement of Russian trucks through the territory of Ukraine. 20 078 171 Previously in trend: Russian trucks blockade

One person killed, four injured as van with Ukrainian citizens overturns in Russia A minivan carrying citizens of Ukraine overturned in the Kaluga region of the Russian Federation. One person died and four received injuries as a result. 7 078 29 Incidents

фуры дальнобойщики Ukraine resumes Russian trucks transit from Feb. 25, - Cabinet Having accepted the offer of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, Ukraine is ready to resume the transit of Russian trucks effective Feb. 25. 46 163 384 Previously in trend: Russian trucks blockade

Russia offers Ukraine to revive freight traffic, - Russian Transport Ministry The traffic of trucks between Russia and Ukraine can be fully restored by tomorrow, Feb. 20. 45 478 317 Previously in trend: Russian trucks blockade

фуры Russia completely bans Ukrainian trucks from its territory The Russian Federation has completely suspended the movement of Ukrainian transit vehicles through its territory. 54 169 405 Previously in trend: Russian trucks blockade

блокада автомайдан фуры Russian trucks blockade issue to be tackled under international law, minding national interests, - Minister Klimkin Ukraine will tackle the situation around the blockade of Russian trucks at the border in accordance with international law, but taking into account its national interests. 46 407 329 Previously in trend: Russian trucks blockade

Russia banned movement of Ukrainian trucks 'in response' to Ukrainian policy, – Russia's Ministry of Transport Russian authorities have decided to suspend the movement of heavy vehicles registered in Ukraine. 162 865 576 Previously in trend: Russian trucks blockade

аваков "We will stand by police officers who respond to offenses," - Avakov on night chase Interior Minister Arsen Avakov commented on the night car chase with shooting, which took place in Kyiv on Feb. 7. 23 500 281 Previously in trend: Police officer Oliinyk's trial

крым блокада чонгар Crimean cars with Russian number plates to be banned from mainland Ukraine, - State Border Guard Service The State Border Guard Service says the Russian number plates issued in Crimea after its occupation by Russia will be deemed invalid in Ukraine. Therefore, drivers of vehicles with Russian numbers are not advised to travel to mainland Ukraine by cars. 59 087 251 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Ukraine bans import of cars not meeting Euro 5 emission standard On Jan. 1, 2016, cars not meeting Euro 5 emission standards that have been implemented in the EU since September 2009 are banned from import into Ukraine. 100 485 339 Auto

взрыв Truck with Ukrainian registration plates exploded in Istanbul port. PHOTO A truck parked on the territory of the Port of Haydarpasa in Istanbul exploded on the night of Dec. 29. 53 946 49 Incidents

аваков Interior Ministry abolishes bill of sale – backbone of corruption in traffic police During registration of a car, the seller and buyer should only sign a purchase/sale agreement in any service center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the presence of its manager. 68 310 217 Society

прокури cars of ukrainian prosecutors "This is not my car. I use subway," – Skhemy project exposes luxury cars owned by PGO investigators. VIDEO Many employees of the Main Investigation Directorate of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine use cars which prices exceed their earnings for many years. 68 996 122 Previously in trend: Corruption in Prosecutor General's Office

авто сбу Journalists reveal secret car park of Security Service of Ukraine in Kyiv and region. VIDEO (in Ukrainian) The scandalous video story of the secret car park of the Kyiv and region administration of the Security Service of Ukraine, during making of which the journalists were detained, has been published online. 84 679 170 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

налоги авто кодекс tax car customs clearance Poroshenko instructs PM to consider removal of customs clearance and import tax for cars President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has instructed Prime Minister Arsenii Yatseniuk to consider the abolition of customs clearance and import tax imposed on cars. 89 890 297 Ukrainian Politics

гаи знак Online registration of vehicles is now available in Kyiv Kyiv residents can now register a car at an Interdistrict Registration-Examination Office (MREO) via the Internet. In the near future, this service will be available throughout Ukraine. 17 012 48 Incidents

Hand grenade defused under car in Kyiv Law enforcers have defused a hand grenade placed under a wheel of a car parked near a residential building in Kyiv's Obolon district. 8 215 23 Incidents

авто совсун Deputy Education Minister's car was attacked by drunk policeman, - Interior Minister Avakov The car of the First Deputy Education Minister Inna Sovsun was shot at near the Education Ministry building by a drunk officer of the Tytan unit of the State Protection Service of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine. 39 297 95 Incidents

авто расстрел совсун Deputy Education Minister's car shot at by unknown attackers One of the bullets whizzed right over driver's head. Others got stuck in rear doors. 64 038 83 Incidents

наблюдатель обсе ротация донбасс Four OSCE armored vehicles burnt down in Donetsk Four mission's cars were burnt down during the past night at the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) residence in the occupied Donetsk. 63 893 303 Incidents

Poroshenko signs law on public registers of movable and immovable property President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko approved the law according to which the information about movable and immovable property of citizens becomes public. 29 366 159 Incidents

Poroshenko signs law on road traffic safety envisaging automatic photo and video fixation of administrative offenses and penalty points for their commision President of Ukraine signed the Law “On Amendments to Several Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Improvement of Regulation of Relations in the Sphere of Ensuring the Road Traffic Safety.” The law provides for several new powers to be granted to the patrol police in the sphere of ensuring the road traffic safety. 28 480 110 Incidents

Runaway Oleg Tsariov complains that his SUV was carjacked in Crimea Former parliamentarian, leader of the Donbas separatists Oleg Tsariov informed that someone has carjacked his car in the occupied Crimea. 69 469 371 Incidents

машина полиция патрульная Unknown persons damaged new police car in Kyiv. PHOTO Unknown persons smashed the rear screen and cut tyres of a patrol car, which arrived on call in Kyiv. 74 620 238 Incidents

авто Kyiv-1 battalion deputy commander’s car attacked in Kyiv. PHOTOS Unidentified persons fired at the car of deputy commander of the Kyiv-1 battalion a couple of hours ago in Kyiv on April 17. 78 241 109 Incidents

помощь New batch of US armored Humvees arrived in Ukraine. PHOTOS On March 30, 2015 the new load of armored Humvees (HMMVWs) for Ukraine arrived from the United States. 143 551 665 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

взрыв в харькове One more car exploded in Kharkiv over the day; the reason for explosion is short circuit (UPDATED). PHOTOS Another car explosion, second over the day Friday, rocked the city of Kharkiv. 30 597 120 Previously in trend: Terrorist attacks in Ukraine

обстрел волноваха Interior Ministry published names of people killed and injured near Volnovakha. LIST The Interior Ministry published a list of 12 Ukrainians killed by the terrorists’ shelling of the bus near Volnovakha in the Donetsk region. 62 949 188 Incidents

Traffic stopped in the Mykolaiv, Zaporizhia, and Kherson regions due to heavy snowfalls The road traffic was stopped on motorways in the Mykolaiv, Zaporizhia, and Kherson regions due to heavy snowfalls Monday. 24 082 72 Ukrainian Politics

бронеавтомобиль хомячок Volunteers from Zaporizhia to Send Armored Vehicle to Soldiers in ATO Zone. PHOTOS It took two weeks for volunteers to turn the cash-in-transit car with Italian armor of the fifth level of protection into combat ‘Khomiachok’ (little hamster) 97 233 162 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

керчь Kerch Ferries from Crimea Suspended. Queue at the Strait Reach 3,000 Vehicles. PHOTOS According to the United Transport Directorate, the line to board ferries from Crimea increased by 50% in the last 24 hours reaching up to 3 thousand cars. 90 624 253 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

обстрел "It Is Not from Grad, It Is from a Howitzer" – Donetsk Local Recorded His Getting under Shelling. VIDEO A video from the dashboard camera shows how a Donetsk resident was nearly hit by an artillery shell driving his car on the road. The projectile fell right in front of the vehicle. 88 165 78 Incidents

Angry Drivers Сame to Azarov and Closed the Road for Officials. PHOTOS Angry Drivers Сame to Azarov and Closed the Road for Officials. PHOTOS On Wednesday, February 20, at about 10:30 am on Grushevskogo street in front of the Cabinet, about 30 cars gathered. 21 851 58 Auto