Positions of Russian occupiers in area of Hostomel and Zdvizhivka near Kyiv were abandoned. PHOTOS Russian troops set up positions around the Ukrainian capital while trying to capture Kyiv. The location of the occupiers was found near the settlements of Hostomel, Zdvizhivka, Ozera, Savenky, Berestyanka in Kyiv region. 30 079 26 Previously in trend: War
"Cemetery" of burnt cars in Irpin. PHOTOS Dozens of cars destroyed by the occupiers, in which Ukrainians tried to leave the city, remain in Irpin, Kyiv Region. 16 109 22 Previously in trend: War
Easter in Irpin, Bucha and Hostomel. VIDEO&PHOTOS Easter is celebrated in the liberated Kyiv region. The service is conducted in particular in temples that have suffered from enemy shelling. 13 242 15 Society
Gorenka village destroyed by occupants in suburbs of Kyiv. VIDEO&PHOTOS The village of Gorenka near Kyiv has been almost completely destroyed as a result of Russian military aggression in the region. According to the UN, damage is observed on nearly 80 percent of the village's territory. 12 565 6 Previously in trend: War
Destroyed by occupiers "Mriya". PHOTOS After the occupation by Russians, Hostomel turned into a ghost town. The world's largest aircraft "Mriya" burned by the occupiers is parked at the airport. 15 405 36 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine War
Exhumation of Ukrainians killed by occupiers began in Bucha. VIDEO&PHOTOS The bodies were taken from a large grave in which communal workers buried the victims of war crimes. Approximately 67 bodies there. Most of them were gunshot wounds and shrapnel wounds. Only fragments of some remain. 14 855 13 Previously in trend: War Bucha massacre
In Kyiv, entrepreneurs take to streets to protest tougher quarantine bans. VIDEO&PHOTOS Ukrainian entrepreneurs are rallying in the Maidan Nezalezhnosti Square in Kyiv today, March 22, to protest against tougher quarantine recently introduced in the capital city. 14 376 150 Ukrainian Politics
Memorial plaque to Georgiy Gongadze unveiled in Kyiv. VIDEO&PHOTOS A memorial plaque to Hero of Ukraine, Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze has been unveiled on the facade of the building of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine in Kyiv. 3 207 7 Ukrainian Politics
'Kyiv terrorist' captured alive, no explosion happened. VIDEO A citizen of Uzbekistan who was in the building of the Leonardo business center in Kyiv and claiming that he has explosives in his backpack was captured alive, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko has said. 60 851 218 Incidents
"Memory March" for Babi Yar held in Kyiv. VIDEO&PHOTOS 78 years ago, on September 29, 1941, mass executions of Jews began in Kyiv. "It was the beginning of a tragedy that went down in history under the name Babi Yar. 13 298 350 Society
Thousand of Ukrainians protested against animals’ abuse. VIDEO&PHOTOS The actions for the protection of the animals from the human cruelty took place in Kyiv and other cities of Ukraine. 8 993 388 Society
Poroshenko fails to appear for questioning at SBI on Tuesday. VIDEO&PHOTOS The fifth President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko did not come to the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) on Tuesday afternoon to conduct investigative actions, his lawyer made a statement about the good reason for not coming - in connection with his work in the Verkhovna Rada. 8 062 166 Ukrainian Politics
Ilovaisk tragedy anniversary: relatives of fallen servicemen picketing Russian embassy in Kyiv. VIDEO&PHOTOS Relatives of the fallen Ukrainian servicemen held a rally near the Russian Embassy in Kyiv on the eve of the Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Ukraine, who were killed in the struggle for the country's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. 2 782 21 Society
1031st anniversary of the Christianization of Kyivan Rus. VIDEO&PHOTOS Ukraine marked the 1031st anniversary of the baptism of Kyivan Rus this weekend. Tens of thousands of Orthodox Christians took part in religious processions through downtown Kyiv. 24 486 157 Society
Record people number rally for LGBTQ rights in Kyiv. PHOTOS Kyiv has held yet another peaceful Equality March, with a record number of attendees rallying in the city center on June 23. 24 501 392 Society
Who ordered attack on Kateryna Handziuk? Activists protested outside Presidential Administration. VIDEO&PHOTOS Feb. 4, activists protested outside Presidential Administration demanding information on the involvement of the officials Andrii Hordieiev and Yevhenii Ryshchuk in the murder of Kateryna Handziuk. 5 258 132 Previously in trend: Attack on Handziuk
Kyiv commemorates first Heavenly Hundred victims. VIDEO&PHOTOS Several dozens of people have marched down Kyiv’s Khreshchatyk Street in memory of Serhii Nigoian, Mykhailo Zhyznevskyi, Roman Senyk and Yurii Verbytskyi. 5 201 46 Society
Relatives of protesters slaughtered during Euromaidan in 2014 held memorial service in downtown Kyiv. VIDEO&PHOTOS Friends and members of families of activists killed during the Revolution of Dignity gathered today on Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti Square to honor their memory. The event was also attended by concerned citizens and Director General of the National Museum of the Revolution of Dignity Ihor Poshyvailo. 4 217 82 Previously in trend: Revolution of Dignity anniversary
Tea, sweets, foreign-registered cars: protesters outside Rada continue demanding affordable customs clearance for their vehicles. PHOTOS The owners of imported cars with foreign registration plates for the second consecutive day have been blocking Kyiv’s central streets demanding that the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopt affordable customs clearance rates for the cars they brought from abroad. 12 067 124 Kyiv News
Kyiv’s Mykhailivska Square hosted Empty Seats rally in support of Kremlin-held political prisoners. PHOTOS A rally in support of Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov and other political prisoners unlawfully convicted in the Russian Federation was held in downtown Kyiv. 1 798 14 Kyiv News
"FSB+PGO=friendship?": protest outside Prosecutor General's Office against refugee Tumgoev’s extradition to Russia. VIDEO&PHOTOS Activists hold rally outside the Kyiv-based Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (PGO) protesting against the extradition of refugee-seeker Timur Tumgoev to Russia. 19 438 309 Oddities
Hearing of Infrastructure Minister Omelian’s case: official released on bail. VIDEO&PHOTOS Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv ruled to release Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelian on bail. 7 864 97 Incidents
"Say NO to elections under Yanukovych law," - protesters demand electoral reform implementation outside Rada. VIDEO&PHOTOS Activists are holding a rally on a square outside the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine urging the MPs to implement the law on electoral reform. 9 287 116 Kyiv News
Kyiv’s Khreshchatyk Street hosts Independence Day parade rehearsal involving troops, military hardware, army aviation. VIDEO&PHOTOS The rehearsal of the military parade was held Aug. 20 on Kyiv’s central street, Khreshchatyk. 20 607 209 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine War
Christianization of Kievan Rus-Ukraine anniversary: Moscow Patriarchate Orthodox Church-goers marched towards Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra after public prayer. VIDEO&PHOTOS Security measures were strengthened in downtown Kyiv over celebration of the anniversary of the Christianization of Kievan Rus-Ukraine and the procession of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate dedicated to it. The Moscow Patriarchate church-goers from all around Ukraine gathered in the Saint Volodymyr Hill Park to take part in the solemn church service held by the Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) Onufry. 67 158 796 Kyiv News
It’s been two years since journalist Pavel Sheremet was murdered, his killers still on loose. PHOTOS The prominent journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed in a car bombing in downtown Kyiv two years ago, on July 20, 2016. 39 309 95 Previously in trend: Murder of Sheremet
Person charged with orchestrating attempt against Babchenko remanded in pre-trial custody for 60 days. VIDEO&PHOTOS On May 31, the Shevchenkivskyi district court of Kyiv held bail hearing of Borys Herman suspected of masterminding assassination attempt against Russian writer and war correspondent Arkady Babchenko. 37 583 123 Previously in trend: Staged murder of journalist Babchenko
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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