Events in the year 2018 in

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Petro Poroshenko Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko ( uk, Петро́ Олексі́йович Пороше́нко, ; born 26 September 1965) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who served as the fifth president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. Poroshenko ser ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Volodymyr Groysman Volodymyr Borysovych Groysman, sometimes transliterated as Volodymyr Borysovych Hroisman ( uk, Володи́мир Бори́сович Гро́йсман; born 20 January 1978), is a Ukrainian politician who was the Prime Minister of Ukrain ...

Events

June

C14 (Ukrainian group) S14, also known as C14 or Sich ( uk, Січ, С14), was a neo-Nazi, Ukrainian nationalist group founded in 2010. In 2018, it gained notoriety for its involvement in violent attacks on Romani camps. In 2020, the group disbanded and was succeeded ...

gained international notoriety after reports it was being involved in violent attacks on Romany camps.Ukrainian Militia Behind Brutal Romany Attacks Getting State Funds
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Radio Free Europe Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a United States government funded organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analysis to countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Caucasus, and the Middle East where it says tha ...

(June 14, 2018)Ukraine Roma camp attack leaves one dead
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BBC News BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadca ...

(24 June 2018)

November

2018 Kerch Strait incident The Kerch Strait incident was an international incident that occurred on 25 November 2018 in the Kerch Strait, during which the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) coast guard fired upon and captured three Ukrainian Navy vessels after they ...

December

*The Ukrainian Orthodox Church becomes independent.

Deaths

*14 January – Lidiia Hryhorchuk, linguist, linguogeographer, dialectologist, paleographer, art critic, professor and a doctor of philology (b. 1926). *18 January – Borys Yukhymovych Steklyar, military officer (b. 1923). *31 January –

Leonid Kadeniuk Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadenyuk ( uk, Леонід Костянтинович Каденюк, 28 January 1951 – 31 January 2018) was the first astronaut of independent Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country ...

, pilot and astronaut (b. 1951). *10 February –

Myroslav Popovych Myroslav Popovych (; 12 April 1930, Zhytomyr – 10 February 2018, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian philosopher, DA, professor, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Biography Popovych was born on 12 April 1930 in Zhytomyr, in the Ukrai ...

, philosopher (b. 1930) *14 February –

Pyotr Bochek Pyotr Semyonovich Bochek, ( uk, Петро Семенович Бочек; 3 March 1925 – 9 February 2018) was a junior lieutenant of the Soviet Army during World War II and a Hero of the Soviet Union. He was born in the Obrazhiivka village, Uk ...

, military officer (b. 1925) *5 March –

Mykhaylo Chemberzhi Mykhaylo Ivanovych Chemberzhi (15 July 1944 – 5 March 2018) was a Ukrainian composer,Smindak, Helen.DATELINE NEW YORK: Facets of Ukrainian culture, The Ukrainian Weekly, May 19, 1996, No. 20, Vol. LXIV. teacher, scientist and politician. Direct ...

, composer (b. 1944). *28 March – Kateryna Boloshkevich, weaver and statesperson (b. 1939). *18 April –

Grigory Gamarnik Grigory Aleksandrovich Gamarnik (russian: Григорий Александрович Гамарник; April 22, 1929 – April 18, 2018) was a world champion wrestler and the first Greco-Roman wrestling world champion from Ukraine. Biograph ...

, wrestler (b. 1929). *2 May –

Vadim Mulerman Vadim Iosifovich Mulerman (russian: Вади́м Ио́сифович Мулерма́н; 18 August 1938 – 2 May 2018) was a Soviet, Ukrainian and American singer ( baritone). He was awarded the titles of Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1978) ...

, singer (b. 1938) *6 June –

Kira Muratova , honorific_suffix = People's Artist of Ukraine , birth_date = , birth_place = Soroca, Kingdom of Romania(now Moldova) , death_date = , death_place = Odessa, Ukraine , birth_name = Kira Gueórguievn ...

, film director, screenwriter and actress (b. 1934). *19 June –

Ivan Drach Ivan Fedorovych Drach ( uk, Іва́н Фе́дорович Драч; 17 October 1936 – 19 June 2018) was a Ukrainian poet, screenwriter, literary critic, politician, and political activist. Drach played an important role in the founding of ...

, poet, screenwriter and politician, member of

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

(b. 1936). *7 July –

Levko Lukyanenko Levko Hryhorovych Lukianenko ( uk, Левко́ Григо́рович Лук'я́ненко; 24 August 1928 – 7 July 2018) was a Ukrainian politician, Soviet dissidents, Soviet dissident, and Hero of Ukraine. He was one of the founders of ...

, politician (b. 1928). *23 July –

Oksana Shachko Oksana Shachko ( uk, Оксана Шачко; 31 January 1987 – 23 July 2018) was a Ukrainian artist and activist. Along with Anna Hutsol and Alexandra Shevchenko, she was one of the founders of the radical feminist activist group Femen, which ...

, artist and human rights activist, co-founder of Femen (b. 1987). *8 August – Mikhail Shakhov, wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1931). *1 September –

Mykola Shytyuk Mykola Shytyuk ( uk, Микола Миколайович Шитюк; 30 November 1953 – 1 September 2018) was a Ukrainian academician, historian, doctor of historical sciences.Valeriy Shmarov, politician,

Minister of Defence A defence minister or minister of defence is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from coun ...

(b. 1945). *4 November –

Kateryna Handziuk Kateryna Viktorivna Handziuk ( uk, Катерина Вікторівна Гандзюк; 17 June 1985 – 4 November 2018) was a Ukrainian civil rights and anti-corruption activist campaigner and political advisor, who exposed corruption in her ho ...

, politician (b. 1985). *25 November –

Viktor Kanevskyi Viktor Izrailyovych (Illich) Kanevskyi ( ua, Віктор Ізраїльович Каневський, russian: Виктор Израилевич Каневский; 3 October 1936 – 25 November 2018) was a Ukrainian and Soviet football player ...

, footballer (b. 1936). *29 November –

Viktor Matviyenko Viktor Antonovych Matviyenko ( ua, Віктор Антонович Матвієнко; 9 November 1948 – 29 November 2018)

, football player and manager, Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1948). *5 December – **, footballer (b. 1944). **, actor (b. 1925). **, writer (b. 1936). *6 December – ** Ivan Hladush, police officer and politician,

Minister of Internal Affairs Minister may refer to: * Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric ** Minister (Catholic Church) * Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department) ** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...

(b. 1929). **, sambist, USSR champion (b. 1946).

References

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