Sources: BBC
It is reported that Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko is shot dead near his home in Kiev, Ukraine. The day after, the event is revealed by the Ukrainian Security Service to have been staged as part of an operation to catch those who were trying to kill him. 2018-05-29
Ukrainian intelligence officer and head of a special forces unit, Maksym Shapoval, is assassinated in Kiev by car bomb. 2017-06-27
An explosive device is hurled at the United States embassy in Kiev. 2017-06-8
Ukrainian economist and writer Oleksandr Turchynov is voted Speaker of the Parliament, and in that capacity acting President of Ukraine. 2014-02-22
U.S. Senator John McCain joins protesters in Kiev and accuses Moscow of intervening in the internal politics of the country. 2013-12-15
Police in Kiev abandon their posts after a sweep of the protesters ended in violence. 2013-12-11
During the third Sunday of mass protests, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians in Kiev seek the resignation of the government for refusing a deal on closer ties with the European Union. 2013-12-8
Anti-government protesters topple the last surviving statue of Communist leader Vladimir Lenin in central Kiev. 2013-12-8
Gaia Cauchi of Malta, wins the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Kiev, Ukraine, with her song "The Start." 2013-11-30