Events in the year 2018 in Ukraine.
Incumbents President: Petro Poroshenko Prime Minister: Volodymyr Groysman
Governors
Events June C14 (Ukrainian group) gained international notoriety after reports it was being involved in violent attacks on Romany camps.Ukrainian Militia Behind Brutal Romany Attacks Getting State Funds , Radio Free Europe (June 14, 2018)Ukraine Roma camp attack leaves one dead , BBC News (24 June 2018)
November 2018 Kerch Strait incident
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). 27 January – Iryna Horoshko, choreographer and dancer (b. 1953). 31 January – Leonid Kadeniuk, pilot and astronaut (b. 1951). 10 February – Myroslav Popovych, philosopher (b. 1930) 14 February – Pyotr Bochek, military officer (b. 1925) 5 March – Mykhaylo Chemberzhi, composer (b. 1944). 28 March – Kateryna Boloshkevich, weaver and statesperson (b. 1939). 18 April – Grigory Gamarnik, wrestler (b. 1929). 2 May – Vadim Mulerman, singer (b. 1938) 6 June – Kira Muratova, film director, screenwriter and actress (b. 1934).Умерла Кира Муратова 19 June – Ivan Drach, poet, screenwriter and politician, member of Verkhovna Rada (b. 1936). 7 July – Levko Lukyanenko, politician (b. 1928). 23 July – Oksana Shachko, 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, historian (b. 1953). 14 October – Valeriy Shmarov, politician, Minister of Defence (b. 1945). 4 November – Kateryna Handziuk, politician (b. 1985). 25 November – Viktor Kanevskyi, footballer (b. 1936). 29 November – Viktor Matviyenko, 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 (b. 1929). , sambist, USSR champion (b. 1946).
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