2018 in Ukraine

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Events in the year 2018 in Ukraine.

Incumbents

• President: Petro Poroshenko
• Prime Minister: Volodymyr Groysman

Events

June

C14 (Ukrainian group) gained international notoriety after reports it was being involved in violent attacks on Romany camps.[1][2]

November

2018 Kerch Strait incident

December

• The Ukrainian Orthodox Church becomes independent.[3]

Deaths

Leonid Kadeniuk

Kira Muratova

Oksana Shachko

Valeriy Shmarov

Viktor Matviyenko

• 18 January – Borys Yukhymovych Steklyar, military officer (b. 1923).[4]
• 31 January – Leonid Kadeniuk, pilot and astronaut (b. 1951).[5]
• 10 February – Myroslav Popovych, philosopher (b. 1930)
• 14 February – Pyotr Bochek, military officer (b. 1925)
• 5 March – Mykhaylo Chemberzhi, composer (b. 1944).[6]
• 18 April – Grigory Gamarnik, wrestler (b. 1929).[7]
• 2 May – Vadim Mulerman, singer (b. 1938)
• 6 June – Kira Muratova, film director, screenwriter and actress (b. 1934).[8]
• 19 June – Ivan Drach, poet, screenwriter and politician, member of Verkhovna Rada (b. 1936).[9]
• 7 July – Levko Lukyanenko, politician (b. 1928).[10]
• 23 July – Oksana Shachko, artist and human rights activist, co-founder of Femen (b. 1987).[11]
• 8 August – Mikhail Shakhov, wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1931).[12]
• 1 September – Mykola Shytyuk, historian (b. 1953).[13]
• 14 October – Valeriy Shmarov, politician, Minister of Defence (b. 1945).[14]
• 4 November – Kateryna Handziuk, politician (b. 1985).[15]
• 25 November – Viktor Kanevskyi, footballer (b. 1936).[16]
• 29 November – Viktor Matviyenko, football player and manager, Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1948).[17]
• 5 December –
  • Ivan Gereg, footballer (b. 1944).[18]
  • Mykola Rushkovskyi, actor (b. 1925).[19]
  • Vasyl Zakharchenko, writer (b. 1936).[20]
• 6 December –
  • Ivan Hladush, police officer and politician, Minister of Internal Affairs (b. 1929).[21]
  • Mykhailo Yunak, sambist, USSR champion (b. 1946).[22]

References

1. Ukrainian Militia Behind Brutal Romany Attacks Getting State Funds, Radio Free Europe (June 14, 2018)
2. Ukraine Roma camp attack leaves one dead, BBC News (24 June 2018)
3. Ukraine Orthodox Leaders Approve Break With Russian Church
4. Светлая память Archived 4 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
5. Умер первый космонавт Украины Леонид Каденюк. gordonua.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2 February 2018.
6. Відійшов у вічність (in Ukrainian)
7. Скончался легендарный украинский спортсмен (in Russian)
8. Умерла Кира Муратова (in Russian)
9. Ukrainian poet Ivan Drach dies at 81
10. Soviet dissident and Ukrainian politician Levko Lukyanenko dies at 89
11. Oksana Shachko death: Femen founder's body discovered in Paris apartment
12. "Died Ukrainian Olympic medalist Mikhail Shakhov". Archived from the original on 2018-08-11. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
13. У Миколаєві вбили відомого вченого-дослідника Голодомору - ЗМІ (in Ukrainian)
14. Former Minister of Defense Valeriy Shmarov dies aged 74
15. Kateryna Handziuk, Ukrainian Activist, Dies from Acid Attack
16. Умер легендарный украинский футболист - звезда киевского "Динамо" (in Russian)
17. Не стало Виктора Матвиенко... (in Ukrainian)
18. Ушел из жизни легендарный защитник "Карпат" Иван Герег (in Russian)
19. Умер народный артист Украины Николай Рушковский (in Russian)
20. Відійшов у вічність відомий черкаський письменник Василь Захарченко (in Ukrainian)
21. Умер бывший министр внутренних дел Украины (in Russian)
22. Умер выдающийся украинский тренер (in Russian)