2021 in Ukraine

2021
in
Ukraine

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Events in the year 2021 in Ukraine.

Incumbents

Events

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War (War in Donbas)

January

February

March

April

June

July

August

  • 4 August – The country received 509,400 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by Denmark.
  • 15 August – Konstantin Pavlov, the pro-Russian mayor of Kryvyi Rih, is found dead at his home with a gunshot wound. The National Police say that they are currently establishing the circumstances of the mayor's death and have also opened a criminal case.
  • 26 August – A mass grave containing between 5,000 and 8,000 skeletons is discovered in Kyiv, during exploration works for a planned expansion of Odesa International Airport. The graves are believed to date back to the late 1930s during a major purge.

September

  • 17 September – The country and the United States announce that they will begin joint military exercises involving 15 other countries in western Ukraine next week.
  • 23 September – A law passed ordering oligarchs to stay out of politics, a day after the failed assassination attempt to kill an aide of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which officials said could have been a response to the reform.
  • 27 September – Hungary and Russia sign a natural gas supply deal which will see Gazprom supply Hungary with 4.5 billion cubic metres of gas annually via Serbia and Austria for the next 15 years. The gas pact is criticized by the country, which argues that it is a "purely political, economically unreasonable decision". In response, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó accuses Ukraine of "meddling" in its internal affairs.

October

November

  • 1 November – Kyiv begins to require vaccine certificates or negative test results in order to enter restaurants, cafés, gyms, entertainment facilities and shopping malls as well as to use public transportation in an attempt to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases.
  • 4 November – The country surpasses three million cases of COVID-19 after reporting a record 27,377 new cases in the past 24 hours.
  • 7 November – The country receives 2,930,300 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine distributed through the COVAX initiative.
  • 8 November – The country's oldest English language newspaper the Kyiv Post suspends publication after 26 years in print following a dispute between its owner and journalists. All of the newspaper's journalists have been fired with immediate effect.
  • 11 November – The country deploys a further 8,500 soldiers and police officers, as well as 15 helicopters, to the border with Belarus to prevent possible attempts by stranded migrants to cross into the country in order to reach the European Union.
  • 16 November
    • British Prime Minister Boris Johnson states that the west will have to choose between reliance on Russian gas and supporting Ukraine amid reported buildups of the Russian military near the border with the country.
    • Researchers at the American cybersecurity firm Mandiant report that the Belarusian government has ties to the hacker group Ghostwriter, which was accused of targeting various German politicians and ministries in September and has since been accused of launching misinformation campaigns against multiple countries, including Ukraine.
  • 18 November – Belarus suspends electricity supplies to the country, in "accordance with the established procedure for interaction within the framework of contractual relations", according to a statement from the Belarusian Ministry of Energy.
  • 23 November – The country warns of "combat preparedness" of separatist forces in eastern Ukraine as the Russian military presence on the border increases, warning of a potential new conflict. The separatists began mobilization of reservists yesterday.
  • 24 November
  • 26 November – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Russia of plotting a coup against him and says that Ukrainian tycoon Rinat Akhmetov was being enlisted to help plan the coup. Zelenskyy says that his country "is prepared for any scenario" as tensions rise.
  • 29 November – Turkey offers to mediate between Ukraine and Russia over the crisis between the two nations.

December

Deaths

Serhiy Proskurnia

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