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==Incumbents== |
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*[[President of Ukraine|President]]: [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] |
*[[President of Ukraine|President]]: [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] |
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*[[Prime Minister of Ukraine|Prime Minister]]: [[Oleksiy Honcharuk]] ( |
*[[Prime Minister of Ukraine|Prime Minister]]: [[Oleksiy Honcharuk]] (until March), [[Denys Shmygal]] (from March) |
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==Events== |
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*Planned: [[Ukrainian Census (2020)]] (the last census was conducted in 2001).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/10/10/7228684/ |title=Всеукраїнський перепис населення заплановано на кінець 2020-го |website = pravda.com.ua |language=uk |accessdate=3 January 2020}}</ref> |
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*8 January – [[Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752]], a scheduled international passenger flight from [[Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport|Tehran]] to [[Boryspil International Airport|Kiev]], was [[List of airliner shootdown incidents|shot down]] shortly after takeoff from [[Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport]] by the Iranian [[Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp]], killing all 176 passengers and crew onboard.<ref>{{cite news|date=10 January 2020|title=Iran Says It Unintentionally Shot Down Ukrainian Airliner|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/world/middleeast/missile-iran-plane-crash.html|url-status=live|accessdate=10 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111072451/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/world/middleeast/missile-iran-plane-crash.html|archive-date=11 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph">{{Cite news|last1=Oliphant|first1=Roland|last2=Mendick|first2=Robert|last3=Nicholls|first3=Dominic|date=8 January 2020|title=Iran plane crash: All 176 passengers killed as Ukraine Boeing 737 crashes near Tehran|newspaper=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01/08/iran-plane-crash-170-passengers-feared-dead-ukraine-boeing-737/|url-status=live|accessdate=8 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108054218/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01/08/iran-plane-crash-170-passengers-feared-dead-ukraine-boeing-737/|archive-date=8 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="reuters-7-jan2">{{cite web|date=8 January 2020|title=Ukrainian airplane with 180 aboard crashes in Iran: Fars|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/ukrainian-airplane-with-180-aboard-crashes-in-iran-fars-idUSKBN1Z70EL|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108035747/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/ukrainian-airplane-with-180-aboard-crashes-in-iran-fars-idUSKBN1Z70EL|archive-date=8 January 2020|accessdate=8 January 2020|publisher=Reuters}}</ref> |
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* 8 & 15 February – [[Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020|Ukraine was originally planned to participate]] in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2020]], after a year break, but the contest was cancelled.<ref name="allocation">{{cite web|last=Groot|first=Evert|date=28 January 2020|title=Which country performs in which Eurovision 2020 Semi-Final|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/host-city-insignia-exchange-semi-final-allocation-draw-2020|accessdate=28 January 2020|website=eurovision.tv|publisher=European Broadcasting Union}}</ref><ref name="cancellation statement">{{cite web|date=18 March 2020|title=Official EBU statement & FAQ on Eurovision 2020 cancellation|url=https://eurovision.tv/official-ebu-statement-and-faq-eurovision-song-contest-2020-cancellation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318142008/https://eurovision.tv/official-ebu-statement-and-faq-eurovision-song-contest-2020-cancellation|archive-date=18 March 2020|access-date=18 March 2020|website=[[Eurovision.tv]]}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | *18 February – [[War in Donbass|Russian-backed separatists]] launched an attack near [[Krymske, Novoaidar Raion]], [[Luhansk Oblast]], attempting to overrun an entrenched Ukrainian position. The attack, the first of it's kind in two years, killed one [[Ukrainian Ground Forces|Ukrainian soldier]] and injured four others.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kramer|first=Andrew E.|last2=Varenikova|first2=Maria|date=February 18, 2020|title=To Make a Diplomatic Point, Ukraine Rebels Open Fire|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/world/europe/ukraine-russia-assault.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200218173832/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/world/europe/ukraine-russia-assault.html|archive-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref> |
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*April 6 – [[2020 Chernobyl Exclusion Zone wildfires|A series of wildfires]] began burning inside [[Ukraine]]'s [[Chernobyl Exclusion Zone]]. The fires were largely extinguished within two weeks and at least one suspect was arrested in connection with the event.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Roth|first=Andrew|date=April 5, 2020|title='Bad news': radiation 16 times above normal after forest fire near Chernobyl|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/06/bad-news-radiation-spikes-16-times-above-normal-after-forest-fire-near-chernobyl|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Chernobyl: Ukraine crews extinguish forest fires in exclusion zone.|url=https://www.dw.com/en/chernobyl-ukraine-crews-extinguish-forest-fires-in-exclusion-zone/a-53125643|}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Forest Fire Around Chernobyl Plant Put Out, Ukraine Says.|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-04-14/forest-fire-around-defunct-chernobyl-nuclear-plant-put-out-ukraine-government-says|}}</ref> |
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* 21 July – A hostage situation took place in [[Lutsk]], [[Volyn Oblast]] when Maksym Kryvosh seized a BAZ A079 bus and barricaded himself and 13 passengers inside at the Teatralna Square. The crisis was eventually resolved with the release of the hostages and Kryvosh's arrest.<ref>{{Cite web|title=В МВД рассказали о захватчике автобуса в Луцке|url=https://korrespondent.net/ukraine/4254407-v-mvd-rasskazaly-o-zakhvatchyke-avtobusa-v-lutske|website=korrespondent.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2 July 2020|title=Ukraine gunman holds 20 hostages on bus|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53483585|access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=У луцького терориста були спільники в інших містах України|url=https://ua.interfax.com.ua/news/general/676139.html|website=Інтерфакс-Україна}}</ref> |
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=== Predicted and scheduled events === |
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| ⚫ | *18 February – Russian-backed separatists launched an attack near [[Krymske, Novoaidar Raion]], [[Luhansk Oblast]], attempting to overrun an entrenched Ukrainian position |
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* 10 November – 23 December The 2020 Ukrainian Census, the first census in the country in over a decade, will be conducted by the [[State Statistics Service of Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Всеукраїнський перепис населення заплановано на кінець 2020-го|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/10/10/7228684/|accessdate=3 January 2020|website=pravda.com.ua|language=uk}}</ref> |
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* [[2020 Chernobyl Exclusion Zone wildfires]] |
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* [[Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020]] |
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* [[Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752]] |
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* 21 July - [[Lutsk hostage crisis]] |
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==Deaths== |
==Deaths== |
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===January=== |
===January=== |
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*1 January – [[Aleksandr Manachinsky]], swimmer (b. 1958).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sq.com.ua/rus/news/novosti/03.01.2020/umer_izvestnyy_harkovskiy_sportsmen/ |title=Умер известный харьковский спортсмен |website = sq.com.ua |language=ru |accessdate=3 January 2020}}</ref> |
*1 January – [[Aleksandr Manachinsky]], swimmer (b. 1958).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sq.com.ua/rus/news/novosti/03.01.2020/umer_izvestnyy_harkovskiy_sportsmen/ |title=Умер известный харьковский спортсмен |website = sq.com.ua |language=ru |accessdate=3 January 2020}}</ref> |
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*30 January – [[Vitaliy Boiko]], lawyer and diplomat (b. 1937)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.gordonua.com/news/politics/umer-byvshiy-predsedatel-verhovnogo-suda-eks-ministr-yusticii-ukrainy-boyko-1484909.html|title=Умер бывший председатель Верховного Суда, экс-министр юстиции Украины Бойко|language=ru|date=January 30, 2020|trans-title=The former chairman of the Supreme Court, ex-Minister of Justice of Ukraine Boyko died}}</ref> |
*30 January – [[Vitaliy Boiko]], lawyer and diplomat (b. 1937).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.gordonua.com/news/politics/umer-byvshiy-predsedatel-verhovnogo-suda-eks-ministr-yusticii-ukrainy-boyko-1484909.html|title=Умер бывший председатель Верховного Суда, экс-министр юстиции Украины Бойко|language=ru|date=January 30, 2020|trans-title=The former chairman of the Supreme Court, ex-Minister of Justice of Ukraine Boyko died}}</ref> |
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===February=== |
===February=== |
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*3 February – [[Valentyna Shevchenko (politician)|Valentyna Shevchenko]], politician (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.unn.com.ua/ru/news/1850002-pomerla-golova-kolishnoyi-prezidiyi-vr-ursr|title=Умерла председатель бывшего президиума ВС УССР|trans-title=The chairman of the former presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR died|language=ru|date=3 February 2020|accessdate=7 March 2020}}</ref> |
*3 February – [[Valentyna Shevchenko (politician)|Valentyna Shevchenko]], politician (b. 1935).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.unn.com.ua/ru/news/1850002-pomerla-golova-kolishnoyi-prezidiyi-vr-ursr|title=Умерла председатель бывшего президиума ВС УССР|trans-title=The chairman of the former presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR died|language=ru|date=3 February 2020|accessdate=7 March 2020}}</ref> |
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*4 February – [[Volodymyr Inozemtsev]], triple jumper (b. 1964)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://glavcom.ua/sport/news/pomer-rekordsmen-ukrajini-z-legkoji-atletiki-657380.html|title=Помер рекордсмен України з легкої атлетики|language=uk|trans-title=Ukraine's track and field athlete has died|date=4 February 2020|accessdate=7 March 2020}}</ref> |
*4 February – [[Volodymyr Inozemtsev]], triple jumper (b. 1964).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://glavcom.ua/sport/news/pomer-rekordsmen-ukrajini-z-legkoji-atletiki-657380.html|title=Помер рекордсмен України з легкої атлетики|language=uk|trans-title=Ukraine's track and field athlete has died|date=4 February 2020|accessdate=7 March 2020}}</ref> |
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*15 February – [[Mykola Bondar]], figure skater (b. 1990)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://24tv.ua/sport/ru/v_kitae_vnezapno_umer_29_letnij_ukrainskij_figurist_nikolaj_bondar_n1282564|title=В Китае внезапно умер 29-летний украинский фигурист Николай Бондарь|language=uk|trans-title=In China, 29-year-old Ukrainian skater Mykola Bondar suddenly died|date=15 February 2020|accessdate=7 March 2020}}</ref> |
*15 February – [[Mykola Bondar]], figure skater (b. 1990).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://24tv.ua/sport/ru/v_kitae_vnezapno_umer_29_letnij_ukrainskij_figurist_nikolaj_bondar_n1282564|title=В Китае внезапно умер 29-летний украинский фигурист Николай Бондарь|language=uk|trans-title=In China, 29-year-old Ukrainian skater Mykola Bondar suddenly died|date=15 February 2020|accessdate=7 March 2020}}</ref> |
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*28 February – [[Gennady Kuzmin]], chess player (b. 1946)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ruchess.ru/news/all/ushel_iz_zhizni_gennadiy_kuzmin/|title=Ушел из жизни Геннадий Павлович Кузьмин|date=28 February 2020|accessdate=7 March 2020|trans-title=Gennady Pavlovich Kuzmin passed away|language=ru}}</ref> |
*28 February – [[Gennady Kuzmin]], chess player (b. 1946).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ruchess.ru/news/all/ushel_iz_zhizni_gennadiy_kuzmin/|title=Ушел из жизни Геннадий Павлович Кузьмин|date=28 February 2020|accessdate=7 March 2020|trans-title=Gennady Pavlovich Kuzmin passed away|language=ru}}</ref> |
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===March=== |
===March=== |
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*6 March – [[Stanislav Bogdanovich]], chess player (b. 1993)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://scroll.in/field/955322/ukrainian-gm-stanislav-bogdanovich-and-his-girlfriend-found-dead-in-moscow-report|title=Ukrainian GM Stanislav Bogdanovich and his girlfriend found dead in Moscow: Report|date=6 March 2020|accessdate=7 March 2020}}</ref> |
*6 March – [[Stanislav Bogdanovich]], chess player (b. 1993).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://scroll.in/field/955322/ukrainian-gm-stanislav-bogdanovich-and-his-girlfriend-found-dead-in-moscow-report|title=Ukrainian GM Stanislav Bogdanovich and his girlfriend found dead in Moscow: Report|date=6 March 2020|accessdate=7 March 2020}}</ref> |
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===July=== |
===July=== |
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Events in the year 2020 in Ukraine.
Incumbents
- President: Volodymyr Zelensky
- Prime Minister: Oleksiy Honcharuk (until March), Denys Shmygal (from March)
Events
Ongoing – War in Donbass
- 8 January – Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, a scheduled international passenger flight from Tehran to Kiev, was shot down shortly after takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp, killing all 176 passengers and crew onboard.[1][2][3]
- 8 & 15 February – Ukraine was originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, after a year break, but the contest was cancelled.[4][5]
- 18 February – Russian-backed separatists launched an attack near Krymske, Novoaidar Raion, Luhansk Oblast, attempting to overrun an entrenched Ukrainian position. The attack, the first of it's kind in two years, killed one Ukrainian soldier and injured four others.[6]
- April 6 – A series of wildfires began burning inside Ukraine's Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The fires were largely extinguished within two weeks and at least one suspect was arrested in connection with the event.[7][8][9]
- 21 July – A hostage situation took place in Lutsk, Volyn Oblast when Maksym Kryvosh seized a BAZ A079 bus and barricaded himself and 13 passengers inside at the Teatralna Square. The crisis was eventually resolved with the release of the hostages and Kryvosh's arrest.[10][11][12]
Predicted and scheduled events
- 10 November – 23 December The 2020 Ukrainian Census, the first census in the country in over a decade, will be conducted by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.[13]
Deaths
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January
- 1 January – Aleksandr Manachinsky, swimmer (b. 1958).[14]
- 30 January – Vitaliy Boiko, lawyer and diplomat (b. 1937).[15]
February
- 3 February – Valentyna Shevchenko, politician (b. 1935).[16]
- 4 February – Volodymyr Inozemtsev, triple jumper (b. 1964).[17]
- 15 February – Mykola Bondar, figure skater (b. 1990).[18]
- 28 February – Gennady Kuzmin, chess player (b. 1946).[19]
March
- 6 March – Stanislav Bogdanovich, chess player (b. 1993).[20]
July
- 30 July – Oksana Voronina, actress (b. 1967).[21]
References
- ^ "Iran Says It Unintentionally Shot Down Ukrainian Airliner". The New York Times. 10 January 2020. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ Oliphant, Roland; Mendick, Robert; Nicholls, Dominic (8 January 2020). "Iran plane crash: All 176 passengers killed as Ukraine Boeing 737 crashes near Tehran". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Ukrainian airplane with 180 aboard crashes in Iran: Fars". Reuters. 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ Groot, Evert (28 January 2020). "Which country performs in which Eurovision 2020 Semi-Final". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Official EBU statement & FAQ on Eurovision 2020 cancellation". Eurovision.tv. 18 March 2020. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ Kramer, Andrew E.; Varenikova, Maria (February 18, 2020). "To Make a Diplomatic Point, Ukraine Rebels Open Fire". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 18, 2020.
- ^ Roth, Andrew (April 5, 2020). "'Bad news': radiation 16 times above normal after forest fire near Chernobyl" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Chernobyl: Ukraine crews extinguish forest fires in exclusion zone".
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "Forest Fire Around Chernobyl Plant Put Out, Ukraine Says".
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "В МВД рассказали о захватчике автобуса в Луцке". korrespondent.net.
- ^ "Ukraine gunman holds 20 hostages on bus". BBC News. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ "У луцького терориста були спільники в інших містах України". Інтерфакс-Україна.
- ^ "Всеукраїнський перепис населення заплановано на кінець 2020-го". pravda.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Умер известный харьковский спортсмен". sq.com.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Умер бывший председатель Верховного Суда, экс-министр юстиции Украины Бойко" [The former chairman of the Supreme Court, ex-Minister of Justice of Ukraine Boyko died] (in Russian). January 30, 2020.
- ^ "Умерла председатель бывшего президиума ВС УССР" [The chairman of the former presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR died] (in Russian). 3 February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Помер рекордсмен України з легкої атлетики" [Ukraine's track and field athlete has died] (in Ukrainian). 4 February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "В Китае внезапно умер 29-летний украинский фигурист Николай Бондарь" [In China, 29-year-old Ukrainian skater Mykola Bondar suddenly died] (in Ukrainian). 15 February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Ушел из жизни Геннадий Павлович Кузьмин" [Gennady Pavlovich Kuzmin passed away] (in Russian). 28 February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Ukrainian GM Stanislav Bogdanovich and his girlfriend found dead in Moscow: Report". 6 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ Померла актриса театру імені Лесі Українки (in Ukrainian)
