Events in the year 2020 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 ...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, ; russian: Владимир Александрович Зеленский, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelenskyy, (born 25 January 1978; also transliterated as Zelensky or Zelenskiy) is a Ukrainian politicia ...

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 ...

Oleksiy Honcharuk Oleksiy Valeriyovych Honcharuk ( uk, Олексі́й Вале́рійович Гончару́к, ; born 7 July 1984) is a Ukrainian politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 29 August 2019 to 4 March 2020 following a landsl ...

(until 4 March), Denys Shmygal (from 4 March)

Events

Ongoing –

War in Donbass War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular ...

January

*8 January –

Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 (PS752/AUI752) was a scheduled international civilian passenger flight from Tehran to Kyiv, operated by Ukraine International Airlines. On 8January 2020, the Boeing 737-800 flying the route was shot dow ...

, a scheduled international passenger flight from

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

, was shot down shortly after takeoff from

Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport Imam Khomeini International Airport is the primary international airport of Tehran, the capital city of Iran, located southwest of Tehran, near the localities of Robat Karim and Eslamshahr and spread over an area of of land. Along with Mehraba ...

by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp, killing all 176 passengers and crew on board.

February

* 8 & 15 February – Ukraine was originally planned to participate in the

Eurovision Song Contest 2020 The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was planned to be the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It would have taken place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, following the country's victory at the with the song "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence. The con ...

, after a year break, but the contest was cancelled. *18 February – Russian-backed separatists launched an attack near

Krymske, Novoaidar Raion Krymske ( uk, Кримське; russian: link=no, Крымское) is a village in Shchastia Raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at about 50 km NW from the centre of Luhansk city. The village is situated on the right b ...

Luhansk Oblast Luhansk Oblast ( uk, Луга́нська о́бласть, translit=Luhanska oblast; russian: Луганская область, translit=Luganskaya oblast; also referred to as Luhanshchyna, uk, Луга́нщина) is the easternmost oblast ...

, attempting to overrun an entrenched Ukrainian position. The attack, the first of its kind in two years, killed one Ukrainian soldier and injured four others.

April

*6 April – A series of wildfires began burning inside

Chernobyl Exclusion Zone The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, Belarusian: Хона адчужэння Чарнобыльскай АЭС, ''Zona adčužennia Čarnobyĺskaj AES'', russian: Зона отчуждения Чернобыльской АЭС ...

. The fires were largely extinguished within two weeks and at least one suspect was arrested in connection with the event.

July

* 21 July – A hostage situation took place in

Lutsk Lutsk ( uk, Луцьк, translit=Lutsk}, ; pl, Łuck ; yi, לוצק, Lutzk) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast (province) and the administrative center of the surrounding Luts ...

Volyn Oblast Volyn Oblast ( uk, Воли́нська о́бласть, translit=Volýnsʹka óblastʹ; also referred to as Volyn or Lodomeria) is an oblast (province) in northwestern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is Lutsk. Kovel is the westernmost town an ...

when Maksym Kryvosh seized a BAZ A079 bus and barricaded himself and 13 passengers inside at the Teatralna Square. The crisis was eventually resolved with the release of the hostages and Kryvosh's arrest.

December

* 17 December – Mayor

Hennadiy Kernes Hennadiy Adolfovych Kernesrussian: Генна́дий Адо́льфович Ке́рнес, translit=Gennady Adolfovich Kernes (27 June 1959 – 17 December 2020) was a Ukrainian politician who was the Mayor of Kharkiv from 2010 until his deat ...

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...

after contracting the virus in September. * 24 December – The country surpasses one million cases of COVID-19.

Deaths

January

*1 January –

Aleksandr Manachinsky Aleksandr Fyodorovich Manachinsky (russian: Александр Федорович Маначинский, uk, Олександр Федорович Маначинський; 2 September 1958 – 1 January 2020) was a Ukrainian swimmer. He compe ...

, swimmer (b. 1958). *30 January –

Vitaliy Boiko Vitaliy Boiko (30 September 1937 – 30 January 2020

, lawyer and diplomat (b. 1937).

February

*3 February – Valentyna Shevchenko, politician (b. 1935). *4 February –

Volodymyr Inozemtsev Volodymyr Inozemtsev ( ua, Володимир Іноземцев; 25 May 1964 – 4 February 2020) was a triple jumper from Ukraine. Career He set the current Ukrainian record in the event (17.90 m) on 20 June 1990 at a meet in Bratislava. He fin ...

, triple jumper (b. 1964). *15 February –

Mykola Bondar Mykola (Nikolai) Serhiyovych Bondar ( uk, Микола Сергійович Бондарь;22 May 1990 – 15 February 2020) was a Ukrainian competitive figure skater. He competed in the final segment at two World Junior Figure Skating Championsh ...

, figure skater (b. 1990). *28 February –

Gennady Kuzmin Gennady Pavlovich Kuzmin (, ; January 19, 1946 – February 28, 2020) was a Ukrainian chess player and trainer. He reached his peak strength in the early to mid-1970s and in 1973, was awarded the title of International Grandmaster by FIDE, the ...

, chess player (b. 1946).

March

*6 March – Stanislav Bogdanovich, chess player (b. 1993).

April

* 27 April – Pavlyna Shapovalenko, milking machine operator (b. 1949).

June

* 16 June – Lyudmyla Lyatetska, paediatrician (b. 1941).

July

*30 July – Oksana Voronina, actress (b. 1967).

December

* 29 December – Yevheniia Kucherenko, pedagogue (b. 1922).

References

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