2008 in Ukraine

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Events in the year 2008 in Ukraine .

Incumbents

• President: Viktor Yushchenko
• Prime Minister: Yulia Tymoshenko

Events

• September – December – 2008 Ukrainian political crisis.
• 24 December – An explosion in an apartment block in Yevpatoria kills 27 people, leading President Viktor Yushchenko to declare December 26 a day of national mourning. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Deaths

• 4 September – Alina Vedmid, agronomist and politician (b. 1940). ^[5]

References

1. "news.nabou". Archived from the original on 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
2. Death toll of Crimean blast reaches 27, says Emergencies Ministry Archived 2008-12-29 at the Wayback Machine , Interfax-Ukraine (December 26, 2008)
3. Friday Declared Mourning Day In Ukraine For Victims Of Yevpatoria Gas Explosion Archived 2012-09-13 at archive.today , Ukrainian News Agency (December 26, 2008)
4. "27 dead after Ukrainian apartment blast - CNN.com". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
5. Narovlyansky, Alexander. "Ведмидь Алина Петровна" [Vedmid Alina Petrovna] (in Russian). Homeland heroes  [ be; hy; ru ]. Retrieved 1 November 2022.