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Kyiv or Kiev is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. Its population in July 2015 was 2,887,974, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.

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Spain to keep attacking pressure against Ukraine Spain prepare for their Nations League match against Ukraine in Kyiv. Credit: Reuters - Sports Duration: 07:38Published 2 weeks ago

Watch: Burj Khalifa lit in honour of Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary Burj Khalifa in Dubai was illuminated with Mahatma Gandhi's image on his birth anniversary. The iconic skyscraper of UAE paid tribute to Mahatma on his 151st birth anniversary. Gandhi Jayanti is.. Credit: HT Digital Content Duration: 01:59Published on October 3, 2020

Watch: Mahatma Gandhi's statue unveiled in Ukraine on his birth anniversary Statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled in Ukraine's Kyiv on October 02. The statue was inaugurated at AV Fomin Gardens by First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Emine Dzheppar. Gandhi.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:35Published on October 2, 2020

Ukraine manhunt after U.S. embassy worker death Ukrainian police officers have been questioning passers-by at the scene in Kyiv where a U.S. embassy worker was found unconscious with a head injury. The American woman later died in hospital. Joe.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 00:45Published on October 1, 2020

Ukraine man hunt after U.S. embassy worker death Ukrainian police officers have been questioning passers-by at the scene in Kyiv where a U.S. embassy worker was found unconscious with a head injury. The American woman later died in hospital. Joe.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 00:45Published on October 1, 2020

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Belarus protests enter 6th week, still demand leader resign KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 100,000 demonstrators calling for the authoritarian president of Belarus to resign marched through the capital of Minsk on Sunday as the daily protests that have.. WorldNews - Published on September 14, 2020
Zelensky, Merkel discuss conflict resolution in East Ukraine KIEV, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the security situation in the east of the country in a telephone... WorldNews - Published on September 10, 2020

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100,000 march in Minsk to demand Belarus leader resigns KYIV, Belarus (AP) — Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched Sunday to the outskirts of the presidential residence in the capital of Belarus, calling for the country’s authoritarian leader to.. WorldNews - Published on September 6, 2020
Belarus Strike Leader Jailed and Opposition Activist Detained KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus’ authorities on Monday handed a jail sentence to a factory strike organizer and detained a leading opposition activist, part of a methodical effort to stifle weeks of.. WorldNews - Published on September 1, 2020
Ukrainians say real democratic reform needed, not just new leader While many protesters vowed revenge, inside Ukraine's parliament, opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk insisted they were in control. Despite the arrest warrant issued for former President Viktor.. CBS News - Published on August 17, 2020

2/20: Ukraine truce explodes into bloodshed; The race to save critical pieces of U.S. aerospace history More deadly violence rocked the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, hours after a truce between anti-government protesters and police was announced; and, specialists are working to restore and preserve.. CBS News - Published on August 17, 2020
Ukraine protests continue Olena Nikolayenko, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Fordham University, tells how a cease-fire turned into one of the deadliest days in Kiev since protests began. CBS News - Published on August 17, 2020
Ukrainian parliamentarians brawl during emergency session Members of Ukraine's parliament got into a brawl during an emergency session convened to find a way to end the deadly clashes between protesters and police. Dozens have been killed in the past few days.. CBS News - Published on August 17, 2020	Death toll in Ukraine violence rises as truce falls apart At least 100 people have died as violence erupted across Kiev between police and anti-government protesters, ending a very short-lived truce. As politicians try to work out a truce, both sides have.. CBS News - Published on August 17, 2020
Ukraine: New clashes despite pledge to negotiate The fighting in Kiev's Independence Square is now in its third day and Western journalists report at least 22 more deaths. Government opponents are trying to force the country's president to resign... CBS News - Published on August 17, 2020	2/19: Ukraine president, opposition agree on truce, but protests continue; Millionaire South Korean teacher makes surprising admission Ukraine's president and opposition leaders agreed to begin negotiating, but thousands of protesters on the street in central Kiev are determined to stay put; and, Kim Ki-Hoon earns $4 million a year.. CBS News - Published on August 17, 2020
Ukraine clashes intensify in Kiev In Kiev, Ukraine, clashes between anti-government protesters and police turned deadly, with multiple deaths reported on both sides. CBS News - Published on August 17, 2020	Ukraine violence: Dozens killed, hundreds hurt during clashes In Ukraine, anti-government protesters are confronting police for a second day. Holly Williams reports from Kiev, where both sides say they're ready to escalate the violence. CBS News - Published on August 17, 2020
2/18: Violence in Kiev underscores deep divides in Ukraine; What's killing Minnesota's moose population? The trigger for Tuesday's violence in the Ukrainian capitol of Kiev was a refusal by some lawmakers to debate changes to the constitution that would have restricted the powers of President Yanukovich;.. CBS News - Published on August 17, 2020	Deadly protests in the Ukraine Pamela Falk, CBS News Foreign Affairs Analyst, tells why nearly three months of anti-government protests continue in Kiev, Ukraine. CBS News - Published on August 17, 2020
Ukraine protests: Thousands clash with police In Kiev, Ukraine, thousands of protesters are battling with police in some of worst anti-government violence in weeks. Norah O'Donnell reports. CBS News - Published on August 17, 2020	Ukrainian protestors vow to attack if elections not held The situation in Kiev, Ukraine, is in a tense standoff as the clock is ticking on a 24-hour deadline set Wednesday by opposition leaders for the government to grant elections or protestors will attack... CBS News - Published on August 14, 2020
Anti-government protests in Ukraine become turn violent A rally against anti-protest laws became violent Sunday in Kiev, Ukraine, as demonstrators hurled rocks and fire bombs at police. Clarissa Ward reports. CBS News - Published on August 14, 2020	Ukraine: Criminal suspect takes police chief hostage Kyiv, Ukraine: A criminal suspect brandishing a hand grenade has abducted a senior police officer in central Ukraine and fled, officials said Thursday. When police tried to detain the man accused of.. WorldNews - Published on July 23, 2020
Rooftop rock concert in Kyiv Ukrainian rock band O. Torvald performs vertical concert in Kyiv to give fans an opportunity to dance and sing in safety. (July 21) USATODAY.com - Published on July 21, 2020	World Bank approves $350 million loan for Ukraine KYIV (Reuters) - The World Bank has approved a $350 million loan for Ukraine in support of reforms that are critical to its economic recovery and to help... WorldNews - Published on June 27, 2020
Virus spreads in Ukrainian football as another game postponed KIEV: The Ukrainian Premier League has postponed a fourth match due to coronavirus after another two players tested positive. Two players from Olympic Donetsk were found to have the virus ahead of.. WorldNews - Published on June 21, 2020	U.S. Embassy Warns Ukraine About Its Justice System As Arrest Of Poroshenko Being Mulled KYIV -- The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has expressed concerns about Ukraine's justice system at a time when the State Bureau of Investigations (DBR) and the Prosecutor-General's Office are considering.. WorldNews - Published on June 18, 2020
Ukraine says it intercepted $6 million bribe to stop probe of Burisma founder KYIV, Ukraine — Prosecutors say the heap of $6 million in crisp, new bills, fastened in bundles with pink and yellow rubber bands, was supposed to bribe a Ukrainian anti-corruption investigator to.. WorldNews - Published on June 14, 2020	Ukraine's first lady contracts coronavirus KIEV, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Olena Zelenska, wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, announced on Friday via her official social media account that she has... WorldNews - Published on June 12, 2020
IMF board approves $5 billion lifeline for Ukraine amid coronavirus recession The International Monetary Fund's executive board approved on Tuesday a $5 billion loan deal for Ukraine that Kiev says is needed to stave off default as the coronavirus pandemic plunges the Eastern.. Reuters - Published on June 9, 2020	Three wounded in shootout in Kiev suburb, 20 detained Dozens of people, some armed with what appeared to be hunting rifles, clashed in broad daylight on Friday in a residential suburb outside the capital Kiev, and at least three people were wounded,.. Reuters - Published on May 29, 2020
Argentine parents, newborn baby separated 8,000 miles by virus Jose Perez and Flavia Lavorino in Buenos Aires have yet to meet their baby Manu, who was born via a surrogate mother in Kiev 8,000 miles (12,875 km) away as lockdowns around the world and shuttered.. Reuters - Published on May 18, 2020	Ukrainian surrogate babies bound for U.S., Europe stranded by virus lockdown Lying in rows of cots in a small hotel on the outskirts of Kiev, 51 babies born to surrogate mothers are stranded in Ukraine as the coronavirus lockdown is preventing parents from the United States,.. Reuters - Published on May 14, 2020
Mangoes off the menu for lonely primates, as Kiev zoo struggles in lockdown Mykhailo Pinchuk takes a short walk around his empty zoo, greeting some animals with a stroke and a morsel of food. Reuters - Published on May 9, 2020	Ukraine says still far from 'all for all' prisoner swaps with Russia Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Thursday that Kiev and Moscow were still far from finalising a prisoner swap of all inmates. Reuters - Published on April 30, 2020
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Kiev authorities seal off Orthodox monastery that became coronavirus hotspot Authorities in Kiev sealed off a 1,000-year-old Orthodox Christian monastery on Monday after reporting that two of its members had died and more than 90 had contracted the coronavirus, accounting for.. Reuters - Published on April 13, 2020	Head of stricken Kiev monastery says underestimated gravity of coronavirus The head of a 1,000-year-old Orthodox monastery that became a hotspot for coronavirus infections in Kiev said he had underestimated the gravity of the pandemic and that measures had now been introduced.. Reuters - Published on April 10, 2020
Kiev photographer works around lockdown with video photo shoots Kiev photographer Kate Kondratieva has found a way to continue doing her job by holding virtual photo shoots, and clients are pouring in. Reuters - Published on April 9, 2020	Kiev monastery fights coronavirus with homemade hand sanitizer The black-robed Orthodox clerics sit in a line under an icon in one of Ukraine's oldest monasteries, mixing up batches of hand sanitizer to distribute to the poor and the needy. Reuters - Published on March 23, 2020
Ukraine imposes state of emergency in Kiev region, PM warns of economic crisis Ukraine's government imposed a state of emergency in the region surrounding the capital Kiev on Wednesday as Prime Minister Denys Shmygal warned of a national economic crisis due to the global fallout.. Reuters - Published on March 18, 2020	Robbers grab 100,000 surgical masks at gunpoint as Ukraine enters shutdown Ukrainian shops, restaurants and transport shut down on Tuesday as the country tightened restrictions to contain the spread of the coronavirus, while police arrested five people suspected of trying to.. Reuters - Published on March 17, 2020
Ukraine capital shuts down bars, restaurants, shopping malls Ukraine's capital Kiev announced on Monday the closure of bars, restaurants, cafes and shopping malls from March 17 to contain the spread of the coronavirus, and said people's movement to other towns.. Reuters - Published on March 16, 2020	Iran agrees to send black boxes of downed airliner to Ukraine: official Iran has agreed to send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Kiev for analysis, an Iranian official said on Wednesday, a move that would end a two-month standoff over the recordings from the.. Reuters - Published on March 11, 2020
Ukrainian capital Kiev shuts schools, mass events to prevent spread of virus Ukraine's capital Kiev will close schools and universities from Thursday until the end of March to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, city mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Wednesday. Reuters - Published on March 11, 2020	Fighting flares in eastern Ukraine, Kiev and rebels blame each other A Ukrainian solder was killed and four others injured on Tuesday when heavy fighting erupted in eastern Ukraine, the country's military said, as it and Russian-backed separatists blamed each other for.. Reuters - Published on February 18, 2020
One killed as Ukraine accuses Russian forces of heavy shelling in east One Ukrainian soldier was killed and four injured on Tuesday as Kiev accused Russian forces of using heavy shelling to try to breach Ukrainian lines in the eastern Donbass region. Reuters - Published on February 18, 2020	Ukraine president to convene security council meeting on Donbass fighting Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will convene a Ukrainian security council meeting on Tuesday after one soldier was killed and four wounded in what Kiev said was heavy shelling by Russian forces.. Reuters - Published on February 18, 2020