Activists bring Babchenko’s pictures to Kyiv-based Russian embassy "for him to keep haunting them even from hereafter". VIDEO&PHOTOS Activists picketed the embassy of the Russian Federation in Kyiv in connection with the murder of Russian opposition journalist Arkady Babchenko the day before. 26 944 109 Previously in trend: Staged murder of journalist Babchenko
"Buns for Putin": activists hold rally in support of Sentsov outside Kyiv-based Russian embassy. VIDEO&PHOTOS Activists gathered Russian embassy in Kyiv to support Ukrainian political prisoner Oleh Sentsov who went on a hunger strike in the Russian prison. 7 049 15 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia
Rally outside Rada: protesters demand to adopt new Electoral Code. VIDEO&PHOTOS A rally in support of the new elections law is taking place on the square outside the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. 25 414 80 Kyiv News
Attack on MP Nayyem: court dismisses appeal against road-rager Saitov’s pretrial restriction. PHOTOS Kyiv-based court of appeals considered the motion against night-time house arrest imposed on Ukrainian national Ahmed Saitov charged with attack on Member of Ukrainian Parliament Mustafa Nayyem. 26 555 65 Previously in trend: Attack on MP Nayyem
Bail hearing of Euromaidan activist Ivan Bubenchyk kicks off in Pechersk court. PHOTOS Active participant of the Revolution of Dignity Ivan Bubenchyk earlier charged with murder of riot police officers in 2014 is having his bail hearing underway at the Pechersk district court of Kyiv. 15 625 42 Previously in trend: Apprehension of Bubenchyk
"No charges brought against me," - Bubenchyk after visiting PGO Following Euromaidan activist Ivan Bubenchyk’s visit to the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO), his lawyers said their client had not been placed in custody but was still a suspect. 29 366 125 Previously in trend: Apprehension of Bubenchyk
PGO revokes motion on pretrial restriction against Bubenchyk, intends to serve him with new charge papers at 5 p.m. today. PHOTOS The Pechersk district court of Kyiv started bail hearing of Euromaidan activist Ivan Bubenchyk charged with murder of Berkut soldiers on Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti in February 2014. 27 813 117 Previously in trend: Apprehension of Bubenchyk
MP Savchenko loses appeal, remains in pretrial custody. VIDEO&PHOTOS Kyiv-based appeals court upheld previous court ruling to remand non-affiliated MP Nadia Savchenko in pretrial custody. 76 379 385 Previously in trend: Savchenko under arrest
Nationalists block police raiding Kyiv-based ATEK plant. VIDEO&PHOTOS The law enforcement officers who came to raid Kyiv-based ATEK plant early on Friday found themselves blocked by the members of the Ukrainian nationalist movements on the territory of the enterprise. 59 416 253 Kyiv News
MP Savchenko escorted to SBU. VIDEO&PHOTOS Nonaffiliated MP Nadia Savchenko was charged with multiple offenses after the parliament stripped her of immunity and sanctioned her detention and arrest. After that she was taken to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). 66 491 302 Incidents
Appeals court leaves Ruban in pretrial custody. VIDEO&PHOTOS Kyiv-based Court of Appeals left without changes the pretrial restriction imposed on Volodymyr Ruban, the head of the Officer Corps Center for Prisoner Release, who was earlier remanded in custody pending trial. 46 728 108 Previously in trend: Apprehension of Volodymyr Ruban
Krysin fails to come to his trial, court rules to forcibly bring him to next hearing March 26. PHOTOS Yurii Krysin charged with abducting and torturing activists in Kyiv in January-February 2014 did not show up at the hearing of his case by the Darnytskyi district court of Kyiv. 20 638 48 Previously in trend: Murderer Yurii Krysin
Krysin skips out hearing on appeal against his verdict in Veremii’s murder case. PHOTOS On March 1, Kyiv appeals court was to consider prosecutor and complainants’ appeal against the verdict for Yurii Krysin in the case of murder of journalist Viacheslav Veremii. 15 634 33 Previously in trend: Murderer Yurii Krysin
Memorial service for fallen heroes of Heavenly Hundred held in downtown Kyiv. VIDEO+PHOTOS Priests held a service in remembrance of the activists murdered during the Revolution of Dignity in February 2014. 6 537 14 Incidents
Ukraine’s nationalists stoned Kyiv-based branches of Russian agencies, banks. PHOTOS+VIDEO Activists of the Ukrainian nationalist movements showered stones and eggs upon the office of a Russian federal cultural agency, Rossotrudnichestvo, Russian Alfa Bank and Sberbank branches as they held an anti-Russian rally in Kyiv’s Podil neighborhood. 90 364 319 Kyiv News
Police officer shot and injured in clash outside Solomianskyi court choosing preventive measure for Trukhanov. PHOTOS+VIDEO A policeman received a gunshot wound during a clash outside the Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv as its judges were imposing a pre-trial restriction against Odesa Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov. 24 818 72 Incidents
Saakashvili detained in downtown Kyiv. VIDEO Former Georgia’s President, leader of Rukh Novykh Syl party Mikheil Saakashvili was apprehended by armed men in uniforms in a restaurant in the heart of Kyiv. 69 662 307 Previously in trend: Saakashvili deprived of Ukrainian citizenship
Lawmakers stand surety for activists charged with arson attack on chapel illegally built in downtown Kyiv The Kyiv-based appeals court has overturned the decision of the Shevchenkivskyi district court of Kyiv to place in pre-trial detention Oleksandr Horban, an architect who allegedly attempted to set on fire a metal door of the chapel illegally constructed by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate over the ruins of the Church of the Tithes in the heart of the Ukrainian capital city. 28 576 84 Kyiv News
Ukrainian nationalists held torchlight procession in downtown Kyiv to honor Kruty Heroes. VIDEO+PHOTOS On Jan. 29, 2018, the members of the Ukrainian nationalist movements held a torchlight procession in the heart of Kyiv in tribute to the memory of the Kruty Heroes on the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Kruty. 52 482 200 Kyiv News
"Heroes, welcome home!” liberated Ukrainian hostages enjoy warm reception at Boryspil airport. PHOTOS The large-scale prisoner swap was successfully held in the Donbas on Dec. 27. Ukraine handed over 233 persons requested by the Russian mercenaries in exchange for 73 Ukrainian hostages. 16 823 115 Incidents
Rally on Maidan: protesters demand real prison term for journalist Veremii’s murderer Krysin. PHOTOS+VIDEO The people who gathered on the Maidan Nezalezhnosti in downtown Kyiv on Dec. 25 demanded just punishment of Yurii Krysin who received the suspended term for involvement in the murder of journalist Viacheslav Veremii. 32 067 215 Incidents
Saakashvili says PGO must refer his case to SBU. PHOTOS Leader of the Rukh Novykh Syl party Mikheil Saakashvili came to the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (PGO) for questioning under the case filed against him and said that it must be investigated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). 10 686 139 Previously in trend: Detention of Saakashvili
Court imposes no pre-trial restriction on Saakashvili. VIDEO The Pechersk district court of Kyiv did not grant the petition of the prosecutor's office to impose house arrest with a 24/7 watch against leader of the Rukh Novykh Syl party, former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. 57 698 1 858 Previously in trend: Detention of Saakashvili
Saakashvili trial: police strengthen security outside court. PHOTOS The Pechersk district court of Kyiv is to impose a pre-trial restriction on detained leader of Rukh Novykh Syl party, former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili today. 10 190 178 Previously in trend: Detention of Saakashvili
Protesters keep blocking police van with Saakashvili inside, construct barricade. PHOTOS Supporters of Mikheil Saakashvili, the leader of the Rukh Novykh Syl party, continue blocking the paddy wagon in which the law enforcers are trying to take the politician away. 35 057 494 Incidents
Activists block NewsOne TV channel over MP Muraiev's statements on Revolution of Dignity. VIDEO+PHOTOS The entrance to the Kyiv-based NewsOne TV channel was blocked by sandbags and barbed wire brought by unidentified masked individuals in military uniforms who made a stand against the channel’s editorial policy. 29 511 696 Kyiv News
Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti hosted rally commemorating Revolution of Dignity beginning. VIDEO+PHOTOS The members of the civil initiative to punish those involved in crackdown on protesters on Nov. 30, 2013 held a rally on the Maidan Nezalezhnosti in downtown Kyiv to mark the fourth anniversary of the forceful breaking up of the students’ demonstration that triggered the Revolution of Dignity. 16 038 119 Society
Memorial service marking Revolution of Dignity anniversary held in downtown Kyiv. PHOTOS+VIDEO The activists and relatives of those killed or injured during Euromaidan held a memorial service and laid flowers to mark the 4th anniversary of the Revolution of Dignity on the alley of Heroes of Heavenly Hundred in Kyiv at 11 a.m. on Nov. 21. 11 006 27 Kyiv News
Court leaves Euromaidan activists’ kidnapper Volkov in pretrial custody for another two months. PHOTOS The Pechersk district court of Kyiv ruled to extend for two months the pretrial detention on Oleksandr Volkov who was indicted with charges of abduction of Ihor Lutsenko (the now Batkivshchyna Party faction MP) and activist Yurii Verbytskyi back in 2014. 9 544 4 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan
Kolmohorov released from custody after court overturned his sentence. VIDEO Ukraine’s High Specialized Court for Civil and Criminal Cases has heard the cassation appeal in the case against member of the State Border Guard Service Serhii Kolmohorov and made a decision to annul his conviction. 125 863 534 Previously in trend: Kolmohorov trial
Courtroom overcrowded as MPs, fellows-in-arms come to support border guard Kolmohorov. PHOTOS Superior Specialized Civil and Criminal Court of Ukraine is to hear appeal in cassation into the case against member of the State Border Guard Service Serhii Kolmohorov. The soldier was charged with inflicting fatal injuries to a female passenger of a car fired at by a border guard detachment as its driver tried to cross checkpoint near Mariupol without permit on Sept. 9, 2014. 34 404 242 Previously in trend: Kolmohorov trial
Outcomes of meeting with prosecutor general on Kolmohorov case: matter to be remitted to appeals court for fresh trial. VIDEO MPs, activists and servicemen unveiled agreements reached at the meeting with Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko. 39 269 148 Incidents
30 people detained after riot in Sviatoshyn court, two criminal cases initiated, - Kyiv police chief Kryshchenko Following the events in Kyiv's Sviatoshyn court, two criminal cases have been instituted under art. 194 (property damage) and part 2 of art. 296 (mass hooliganism). 29 419 146 Ukrainian Politics
Rada perimeter encircled by law enforcers on second day of mass protests in downtown Kyiv. PHOTOS+VIDEO The protest is continuing into its second day. 59 337 275 Previously in trend: Protests at Rada building
4,500 people protesting near Rada building in Kyiv, situation calm, - Kyiv Police Head Kryshchenko Head of the Main Department of the National Police in Kyiv Andrii Kryshchenko said about 4,500 people have gathered for a protest at the Rada building as of noon Tuesday, Oct. 17. 29 410 193 Previously in trend: Protests at Rada building
Protests near Rada building in Kyiv on Oct. 17. PHOTOS+VIDEO At around 9 a.m., protesters started arriving at the parliamentary building, the Verkhovna Rada, in Kyiv. 88 581 150 Previously in trend: Protests at Rada building
National Corps held event at Czech embassy in Kyiv against country's president Zeman. PHOTOS+VIDEO Activists of the National Corps held an event at Czech embassy in Kyiv - they brought a live male goat to the building to show their attitude to the statement of Czech President Milos Zeman on "compensation for Crimea." 26 704 89 Ukrainian Politics
Man from Crimea destroyed Heavenly Hundred monument in Kyiv; angry citizens attempted mob punishment. PHOTOS The police is preventing the people from lynching the offender. 295 416 620 Incidents
Court puts former Interior Ministry official Seredynskyi, charged with coordinating Berkut activities during Maidan events, under night home arrest. PHOTOS+VIDEO The Pecherskyi district court of Kyiv has put former top official of the Interior Ministry Anatolii Seredynskyi under night home arrest. 9 314 53 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan
History matters: Victims of Babyn Yar tragedy commemorated in Kyiv. PHOTOS+VIDEO The event titled 'History matters' was held in Babyn Yar in Kyiv on Sept. 29, on the 76th anniversary of the tragedy, when 33,000 Jews were executed in two days by Nazi occupants of Kyiv. 7 530 66 Photo News
Activists "refurbished" facade of the store whose owners destroyed graffiti from Revolution of Dignity period. PHOTOS+VIDEO A protest gathered at Hrushevskoho Street near Emporium store, where Maidan graffiti depicting Taras Shevchenko, Ivan Franko and Lesia Ukrainka had been destroyed earlier by the store ownership. 122 753 430 Incidents
Kyiv commemorates fighters killed in Ilovaisk three years ago. PHOTOS+VIDEO The commemoration events took place at the Memory Wall in Kyiv downtown. 15 098 43 Previously in trend: Ilovaisk tragedy anniversary
Memorial service for fallen heroes of Ilovaisk took place in Kyiv. VIDEO+PHOTOS People gathered near the Memorial Wall on Kyiv's Mykhailivska Square to pay tribute to Ukrainian warriors slain in the Ilovaisk encirclement in 2014. 21 064 119 Ukrainian Politics
March of Unbowed took place in Ukraine's capital on Independence Day. VIDEO+PHOTOS Оn Aug. 24, after the solemn military parade on Khreshchatyk ended, the March of the Unbowed took place in downtown Kyiv, as the families of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes, relatives of the dead and missing Ukrainian soldiers marched along the capital's main street. 41 897 102 Ukrainian Politics
Ukraine marked 26 years of independence. PHOTOS On Aug. 24, Ukraine celebrated Independence Day with a military parade and a number of festive events. 72 305 160 Ukrainian Politics
Independence Day military parade rehearsal took place in Kyiv. PHOTOS+VIDEO In the evening of Aug.16 Ukrainian military held a rehearsal of the military parade that will take place on Ukraine Independence Day on Aug. 24. 49 067 128 Society
Kyiv residents, friends, comrades bid their farewells to killed Donbas veteran Valentyn Hontar at Maidan Nezalezhnosti. PHOTOS+VIDEO On Aug. 8, Kyiv residents, comrades, and friends were saying their last goodbyes to Donbas Battalion fighter Valentyn Hontar. The veteran of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) was actively involved in volunteering. He was killed in a grenade explosion on Aug. 4 in Kyiv. 20 626 12 Kyiv News
Journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed in Kyiv one year ago. PHOTOS One year ago, on July 20, 2016, renowned journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed in Kyiv in a car blast. Today, Ukrainians gather at the site of Sheremet's death to commemorate him. 16 570 128 Previously in trend: Murder of Sheremet