2018 in Ukraine

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Events in the year 2018 in Ukraine .

Incumbents

• President: Petro Poroshenko
• Prime Minister: Volodymyr Groysman

Events

June

C14 (Ukrainian group) gained international notoriety after reports it was being involved in violent attacks on Romany camps. ^{[1] [2]}

November

2018 Kerch Strait incident

December

• The Ukrainian Orthodox Church becomes independent. ^[3]

Deaths

Leonid Kadeniuk

Kira Muratova

Oksana Shachko

Valeriy Shmarov

Viktor Matviyenko

• 14 January – Lidiia Hryhorchuk, linguist, linguogeographer, dialectologist, paleographer, art critic, professor and a doctor of philology (b. 1926). ^[4]
• 18 January – Borys Yukhymovych Steklyar, military officer (b. 1923). ^[5]
• 31 January – Leonid Kadeniuk, pilot and astronaut (b. 1951). ^[6]
• 10 February – Myroslav Popovych, philosopher (b. 1930)
• 14 February – Pyotr Bochek, military officer (b. 1925)
• 5 March – Mykhaylo Chemberzhi, composer (b. 1944). ^[7]
• 28 March – Kateryna Boloshkevich, weaver and statesperson (b. 1939). ^[8]
• 18 April – Grigory Gamarnik, wrestler (b. 1929). ^[9]
• 2 May – Vadim Mulerman, singer (b. 1938)
• 6 June – Kira Muratova, film director, screenwriter and actress (b. 1934). ^[10]
• 19 June – Ivan Drach, poet, screenwriter and politician, member of Verkhovna Rada (b. 1936). ^[11]
• 7 July – Levko Lukyanenko, politician (b. 1928). ^[12]
• 23 July – Oksana Shachko, artist and human rights activist, co-founder of Femen (b. 1987). ^[13]
• 8 August – Mikhail Shakhov, wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1931). ^[14]
• 1 September – Mykola Shytyuk, historian (b. 1953). ^[15]
• 14 October – Valeriy Shmarov, politician, Minister of Defence (b. 1945).^{[ citation needed ]}
• 4 November – Kateryna Handziuk, politician (b. 1985). ^[16]
• 25 November – Viktor Kanevskyi, footballer (b. 1936). ^[17]
• 29 November – Viktor Matviyenko, football player and manager, Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1948). ^[18]
• 5 December –
  • Ivan Gereg  [ ru ], footballer (b. 1944). ^[19]
  • Mykola Rushkovskyi  [ uk ], actor (b. 1925). ^[20]
  • Vasyl Zakharchenko  [ uk ], writer (b. 1936). ^[21]
• 6 December –
  • Ivan Hladush, police officer and politician, Minister of Internal Affairs (b. 1929). ^[22]
  • Mykhailo Yunak  [ ru ], sambist, USSR champion (b. 1946). ^[23]

References

1. Ukrainian Militia Behind Brutal Romany Attacks Getting State Funds Archived 2021-02-03 at the Wayback Machine , Radio Free Europe (June 14, 2018)
2. Ukraine Roma camp attack leaves one dead Archived 2021-01-29 at the Wayback Machine , BBC News (24 June 2018)
3. "Ukraine Orthodox Leaders Approve Break With Russian Church". Archived from the original on 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
4. Sahajdak, Iryna (28 January 2018). "Коць-григорчук Лідія Михайлівна" [Kots-grigorchuk Lydia Mykhaylivna] (in Ukrainian). Shevchenko Scientific Society . Retrieved 16 March 2022.
5. "Светлая память". Archived from the original on February 4, 2018.
6. Умер первый космонавт Украины Леонид Каденюк. gordonua.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2 February 2018.
7. "Відійшов у вічність". naps.gov.ua. Archived from the original on March 6, 2018.
8. Narovlyansky, Alexander. "Болошкевич Екатерина Ивановна" [Boloshkevich Ekaterina Ivanovna] (in Russian). Homeland heroes  [ be; hy; ru ]. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
9. "Скончался легендарный украинский спортсмен". DonPress. Archived from the original on April 24, 2018.
10. Умерла Кира Муратова Archived 2018-08-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
11. "Ukrainian poet Ivan Drach dies at 81". Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
12. "Soviet dissident and Ukrainian politician Levko Lukyanenko dies at 89". 8 July 2018. Archived from the original on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
13. "Oksana Shachko death: Femen founder's body discovered in Paris apartment". Independent.co.uk . 24 July 2018. Archived from the original on 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
14. "Died Ukrainian Olympic medalist Mikhail Shakhov". Archived from the original on 2018-08-11. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
15. "У Миколаєві вбили відомого вченого-дослідника Голодомору - ЗМІ". Українська правда. Archived from the original on September 4, 2018.
16. Mendel, Iuliia (5 November 2018). "Kateryna Handziuk, Ukrainian Activist, Dies from Acid Attack". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
17. "Умер легендарный украинский футболист - звезда киевского "Динамо"". РБК-Украина. Archived from the original on November 29, 2018.
18. "Не стало Виктора Матвиенко..." dynamo.kiev.ua. November 29, 2018. Archived from the original on November 30, 2018.
19. "Ушел из жизни легендарный защитник "Карпат" Иван Герег". 24 Канал. Archived from the original on December 6, 2018.
20. "Умер народный артист Украины Николай Рушковский". gordonua.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2018.
21. "Відійшов у вічність відомий черкаський письменник Василь Захарченко | Рідна Черкащина". Archived from the original on December 6, 2018.
22. "Умер бывший министр внутренних дел Украины". fakty.ua. Archived from the original on December 7, 2018.
23. "Умер выдающийся украинский тренер". РБК-Украина. Archived from the original on December 7, 2018.