Ukraine

To help implement a contact tracing programme for COVID-19 in Ukraine, WHO has been providing support, equipment and staff training to the state-run Chernivtsi Oblast Center for Disease Control and Prevention (OCDC) of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and Odessa OCDC, in a pilot project that could soon be…

TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images Ukraine's Elina Svitolina became the first Olympic women's tennis player to clinch a berth in the singles semifinals Wednesday afternoon, defeating Italy's Camila Giorgi in straight sets (6-4, 6-4) in just over 90 minutes. The first of the day's four quarterfinal matchups saw the No.…

There are still a few days left for July to end, but Samsung has already started releasing the August 2021 Android security patch for its smartphones, with the Galaxy A52 (SM-A525F) being the first in line to get it. Samsung Galaxy A52 The new firmware that brings the August 2021…

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has dismissed the head of the armed forces, Ruslan Khomchak, his spokesman said at a briefing on Tuesday, citing tensions between the armed forces and the defence ministry. Khomchak will be moved to a post on the national security and defence council. He…

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Helicopters provided air support, armoured personnel carriers rolled through fields, and soldiers fired at enemy targets on Tuesday as part of a large military exercise hosted by Ukraine and also involving the United States, Poland and Lithuania. The drills, called Three Swords-2021, will involve more than…

MOSCOW, July 27 (Reuters) - Russian online retailer Wildberries said on Tuesday it expected no negative impact from sanctions Ukraine had imposed on the company last week but said the move would harm Ukrainian entrepreneurs using its platform. Privately-owned Wildberries, Russia's e-commerce market leader, offers about 4 million products from…

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Friday announced the closure of 15 nongovernmental organizations, part of a sweeping crackdown on independent media and civil society activists that includes shutting dozens of NGOs. The groups ordered to close include the Human Constanta human rights center, the Names charity organization, BelSetka…

WASHINGTON — The White House said Wednesday it invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet President Joe Biden next month, but the visit will come later than Kyiv had hoped, reinforcing a perception in Ukraine that a country pressured by the last U.S. president is also getting less than favored…

Russia's ambassador to the U.S. has said that ties between Moscow and Washington, D.C. started to sour about a decade ago and that the U.S. continues to wield Ukraine as a political tool to pressure the Kremlin. In a TV interview, Anatoly Antonov also criticized the Biden administration's approach to…