Ukraine
Forest fire kills 4 in Ukraine
Four people died and nine were hospitalised as a forest fire swept through villages in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine on…
Ukraine to open more hospitals to coronavirus cases amid surge
Ukraine is opening more of its hospitals to coronavirus cases as the institutions initially chosen to accept patients no longer have enough…
Photo Story: Fatal gas blast rattles Kiev
Residents watch the place of a gas explosion in an apartment building in Kiev, Ukraine. The nine-stored residential building in Kyiv has…
Foreigners allowed into Ukraine to get surrogate-born babies
Authorities have allowed foreign parents into Ukraine to collect babies who were born to surrogate mothers and stranded in the eastern European…
Photo Story: Hungarian helping hand in the Ukraine
Members of a Hungarian folk band wear and distribute embroidered face masks as protection against the coronavirus to passers-by in the center…
Ukrainian president says the country’s lockdown may be eased earlier than planned
Ukraine may move its plans to ease lockdown forward, citing positive trends in the rate of new coronavirus cases, its President Volodymyr…
Surrogate births in Ukraine waiting for their parents
Nurses care for newborn babies at a hotel in Kiev, Ukraine, 16 May 2020. The 51 babies born to surrogate mothers in…
Ukraine’s top grain producing region may cut 2020 grain output by 70%
Ukraine's major grain producing region of Odessa has lost around 500,000 hectares of winter crops due to severe drought and its harvest…
Photo story: Ukrainian artists attract attention to their dire situation
The light rays are seen over Ukrainian capital during art-performance named 'Stop the culture's quarantine!' in Kiev, Ukraine, 12 May 2020, amid…
Photo Story: Ukraine now has 10,406 confirmed coronavirus cases
The Ukraine now has 10,406 confirmed coronavirus cases and 261 deaths, the health minister, Maksym Stepanov, told a briefing on Thursday. The…
Ukraine extends coronavirus quarantine till May 11
Ukraine extended strong quarantine measures till May 11, hoping then to ease restrictions if there is a reduction in coronavirus cases, Prime…
Ukraine forest fire reaches Chernobyl site, raising radiation concerns
A substantial forest fire in Ukraine that has been raging for the past eight days has worryingly reached the former nuclear power…