What to do while in Ukraine

The elected President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, His Beatitude Metropolitan Epiphanius , meet at the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv. "Metropolitan Epiphanius congratulated the newly elected President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and wished wisdom, strength and inspiration in the responsible service of the Ukrainian people"

Ukrainian player "Man City" Alexander Zinchenko signed a contract with Puma. He reported this in his Instagram, writing: “I am glad to be part of Puma”. In the comments from the official account of Puma replied: "Welcome to the family." Puma is the official sponsor of Man City . View this post on Instagram @pumafootball ✅ Excited to be part A post shared by Oleksandr Zinchenko (@zinchenko_96) on Apr 25, 2019 at 11:30am PDT

Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated Volodymyr Zelensky on his election as President of Ukraine. About this on Saturday reported the agency Xinhua . In a congratulatory telegram sent to Zelensky on Wednesday, April 24, Xi Jinping noted "success in the development of bilateral relations between countries since the establishment of diplomatic ties." The PRC Chairman also emphasized the importance of strengthening ties with Ukraine and said that Beijing is ready to work with Kyiv in order to raise mutually beneficial cooperation to a higher level in the interests of the peoples of the two countries. On April 22, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Gen Shuang, commenting on the results of the presidential elections in Ukraine, said that China respects the choice of Ukrainians and intends to continue to build relations with it for the implementation of projects in a number of areas.

Ukrainian boxer Viktor Postol (30-2, 12 KOs) went through a weigh-in procedure before a fight with Mohammed Mimun (21-2, 2 KOs). Victor Postol - 63.05 kg. (139.5 pounds) Mohamed Mimun - 62.8 kg. (138.5 pounds) Note that the winner of the battle will be able to fight for the status of the official contender for the WBC title in super lightweight. Recall that this fight will take place on the undercard of the fight for the titles of world champion in IBO and WBA Regular versions between Robert Easter (21-1; 14 KOs) and Rances Barthelemy (27-1, 14 KOs). They also underwent a weighing procedure and showed the following weight: Robert Easter - 60.33 kg. (133.75 pounds) Rances Barthelemy - 61.24 (135 lbs) The beginning of the broadcast of the evening of boxing at 5.30 in Kiev on April 28.

the Klitschko brothers on Wednesday attended the match of the 25th morning of the UPL between Dynamo and Shakhtar (0: 0).   And if Vitaly expressed his impressions immediately after the match, Vladimir shared his emotions later. “Together with Vitaly, I had a great time at the NSC Olimpiyskiy , where the Dynamo vs Shakhtar match took place. Glory to goalkeeper Denis Boyko for a great save. By the way, I never thought that the goalkeeper could be as high as my sparring partners, "wrote Vladimir on Twitter and added a photo with the goalkeeper of Kiev.

At the World Cup stage in bullet shooting in Beijing (China), Petriv took sixth place and became the third Ukrainian shooter after Elena Kostevich and Pavel Korostylev, who managed to win a license for the Olympics. Petriv in 2008 became the Olympic champion in speed shooting from a 25-meter distance. In the finals, the 44-year-old Ukrainian scored 0.7 points ahead of Ralph Schumann and beat the Olympic record (780.2 points). Earlier, Elena Kostevich and Oleg Omelchuk broke the world record for bullet shooting.  

Popular Ukrainian singer Svetlana Loboda was the victim of unfair organizer of the tour in the Baltic States. According to her, the tour organizer sold all the tickets and disappeared in an unknown direction, so Loboda is forced to perform in front of the audience absolutely free. Two concerts took place in Riga and Tallinn, and in Vilnius the concert was frustrated, because the organizer did not pay for the venue, light or sound. The singer admitted that she was even ready to sing on the street without equipment, but the city administration forbade it. A concert scheduled for April 27 in Klaipeda is also canceled. Now the artist with her team is trying to save a concert in Kaliningrad. Loboda hopes that the scammer will incur a well-deserved criminal punishment. View this post on Instagram Дорогие друзья, у меня для вас сегодня не очень хорошие новости. Как вы знаете, последние дни мы находились в туре по Прибалтике,...

Cultural life in Kiev rages every second. Options to join the beautiful more than enough. As part of the special project “Where in Kyiv”, the Kyiv Authority edition suggests finding out where to look at pictures in the capital of Ukraine without spending a penny. The galleries contain paintings by talented artists. Often, novice artists exhibit their work in free galleries, but there are some in the collection where you can look at works by popular artists for free.   Voloshyn Gallery   The gallery specializes in “contemporary art” and demonstrates a wide range of various media of contemporary art, holds personal and group exhibitions. The gallery promotes the integration of Ukrainian art into world cultural processes, represents artists at international art fairs and in art projects in Europe and the USA. Voloshyn Gallery seeks to discover exceptional phenomena, with a focus on early-stage artists and artists who have already found their exp...

Volodymyr Zelensky are looking for a teacher of the Ukrainian language. The winner of the second round of the presidential election, Volodymyr Zelensky knows the Ukrainian language and communicates freely. This was told by the future "first lady" of the country Olena Zelenska. According to her, since her husband has been constantly in stress for a long time, it is difficult for him to communicate in Ukrainian and quickly get words as "in the usual environment." Now Volodymyr Zelensky is trying to deepen his knowledge.      "We are looking for a teacher who would help him to speed up," said Olena Zelenska.

Discovered  money was in circulation for nearly five centuries.   An unexpected find was waiting for archaeologists in Kiev Podol, when local residents organized a planting of fruit trees. Artifacts were found on the corner of Kozhemyatskaya and Voznesenskyy descent. It turned out that the find of two dozen coins, several buckles, brooches and numerous ceramics remains of historically very valuable. “The found Roman coins are denarii of the first centuries of our era. They were at a depth of 30 centimeters - below this level is modern concrete! And cultural layers in this place start from a depth of one and a half meters, ”said Vyacheslav Baranov, a researcher at the Institute of Archeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.   According to the archaeologist Nikita Sidko, in addition to the coins, fibulas and fragments of ceramics are also of interest.  

Ukraine continues to supply modern domestic anti-tank complexes to Saudi Arabia. So, this year the Arab country has already received 140 new Ukrainian TRTs ("Scythian" and "Corsair" and 840 guided missiles to them). A ccording to the data provided by ImportGenius (tracking export-import operations) subsidiary, Ukrspetsexport subsidiary, the State Enterprise "Specialized Foreign Trade Firm" Progress "(SJSC" PROGRES "), for the first two months of this year sent shipments to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through Nicholas Seaport, four batches of anti-tank guided systems and rockets manufactured by the Kyiv State Design Bureau "Luch" , which is part of the State Enterprise "Ukroboronprom".   In total January-February 2019, Saudi Arabia supplied 60 130-mm "Scythian" (with thermal cameras Eye Lr S produced by the Turkish company Aselsan), 80 light-weigh...

Turkish airline Pegasus from June 13, 2019 opens a new flight on the route Kyiv-Bodrum.   From Bodrum, the planes will fly at 23:55 on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays and from Kiev (on June 14) at 03:05 - on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. Flight Duration - 2 hours 30 minutes. The price of air tickets for the flight Kiev-Bodrum starts at $ 119 on both sides. In the cheapest fare, only hand luggage is included in the price. Pegasus Airlines is a Turkish low-cost airline, founded in 1990 in Istanbul with hubs at several airports in Turkey.

Drohobych factory of automobile cranes (DAK) in February 2019 resumed production and is already preparing its own special equipment for testing in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the moment, the enterprise attaches to the tests of the KTA-25 truck on the military chassis of KrAZ 63221. The special machine is already painted in military color and has passed the stage of factory tests.   The KTA-25 truck crane is one of the most popular products of the company. It can be installed on a large number of truck models of different manufacturers such as MAZ, KrAZ, KamAZ, MAN, Tatra and others. Truck characteristics of the crane: Maximum lifting capacity useful, t 25.0 Departures at max. lifting capacity, m 3,2 Departures, m 2.4-18.4 Max cargo moment, kN. 800.0 Hook lifting height max., / With extension, m 21,5 / 30,0 Depth of lowering the hook max., M 13.0 (up to 12.5t) Number of sections of the arrow, piece 3 Length of the arrow, m / with ...

I n the Malaysian Langkawi exhibition LIMA-2019 , Ukraine again demonstrated an An-148-300MP model. This modification of the aircraft is designed to fulfill the tasks of maritime patrol, intelligence, as well as annihilation of potential violators and opponents. And in the last act, he adds two anti-ship missiles to the aid. Actually, this aircraft is already a long time ago. But, if we deal with the aircraft itself with the related equipment, such as SLAR side detection radars, sensors in the infrared and ultraviolet ranges, the target detection system and also electronic intelligence systems, similarly from the PCR now is much better.

Ukraine has mastered the production of its own anti-ship missile system Neptune, designed to control and protect the maritime borders.   The mobile rocket complex LCD-360MTS is intended to damage the surface and ground objects of the enemy at a distance of up to 300 km. The unified launch unit USU-360 is based on a self-propelled chassis 8x8 - KrAZ-7634NE , carrying 27 tons. The launching unit is designed for placing, temporary storage, transportation, preparation for launching and launching of the R-360 missiles. The special gear chassis is equipped with a powerful 460-horsepower engine and an automatic gearbox with a maximum torque of 2500 N / m.   Together with the transmission of the passage type such aggregation allows to realize high traction-dynamic characteristics of the car. Compact scheme KrAZ-7634NE - "cabin in front of the engine", mounting length of the frame 8080 mm, external minimum overall radius of rotation - 14 m. The first and s...

The main event of which will be the first defense of the title of international champion WBO lightweight champion Ukrainian Denis Berinchik (10-0, 7 KOs) and Japanese Nihito Arakawa will resist him (32-6-2 , 18 KO). The battle itself will take place on April 20 at the Kiev Sports Palace. Both fighters fit into the weight limits, and Denis was a little lighter than his rival. Scales under Berinchik showed 608 kg, the weight of the Japanese was 61 kg.

Belgian investor in the Korosten district of Zhytomyr region Upgrade Energy is building a solar power plant with a capacity of 25-30 MW. Passes the National Industrial Portal with a message to the press service of the Zhytomyr Regional State Administration. In February, the construction of the first stage of the Irshanskaya SES LLC, which in the Korostensky rayon, with a capacity of 5.9 MW, began. The company has already installed about 18 thousand individual photovoltaic modules and about 6.5 thousand piles, and now the assembly of tables and FEM is ongoing, - told the RSA. Also, at the moment the construction of a solar power plant in the village of Chopovichi Malinsky district is under way. The project is being implemented on the basis of a memorandum with GESS.

A new vehicle based on the BTR-3 was developed by the Kiev Armored Plant . It is reported by the press service of the state c oncern " Ukroboronprom ". The heart of the BTR-3KSH is the latest automated battle management system, which combines all information about the location of units, targets and fire weapons transmitted via secure digital communications. This information may come from the commanders of departments, individual combat vehicles, crews, advanced gunners, UAVs, counter-battery radars, other combatants and observation means. The automated combat control system displays a complete picture of tactical computers and allows you to quickly transfer combat missions and monitor their implementation.  

Ukrainian WBA and WBO lightweight champ Vasily Lomachenko sent Anthony Kroll to heavy knockout and retained his titles. The fight took place on Saturday early in the morning Kiev time in Los Angeles and ended in the fourth round, although it could be stopped in the third. The referee in the end of the third round after a series of punches Lomachenko decided not to stop the fight by technical knockout, but only to count the knockdown.  

Izmail Shipbuilding Plant   Dunaysudonoservice  carries out the construction of a series of dry cargo barges for a new project commissioned by Grain-Transshipement Ltd. (Mykolaiv ).   The gravel-bulkhead works are now underway. In addition, last week, the company was preparing for the installation of bulk sections of the Grain-4 barges. Earlier, the director of "Grain-Transshipement" LLC Alexander Grigorenko told the portal "Ports of Ukraine" about the plans of the company to build a series of eight barges for the transportation of grain cargoes along the river. Ltd. "Grain transshipment," provides a full range of services for maritime and river transport, including - and forwarding agency services, freight services, the organization of ships, road and rail transportation segment in general, oversized, bulk and other goods. The company operates 10 vessels (tugboats and barges). The company in 2018 increased the transportatio...

The Ukrainian airline SkyUp Airlines received the sixth aircraft - Boeing 737-700 with an onboard number UR-SQE. The aircraft landed at Boryspil Airport on Tuesday, April 9. The airplane is notable for being branded in the colors of FC Shakhtar, for which the players will be used. Painting took place in the American city of Roswell at Dean Baldwin Painting.

The American historic Channel History Channel made a video review of the modern Ukrainian tank " Oplot-M ". It is worth noting that during the filming, the version of the BM "Oplot" tank was used to participate in the tests for the Pakistani army. There, this tank for several years (from 2015 to 2018) competed with the Chinese tank VT-4 (MBT-3000). On the video of the shooting group History Channel you can see exclusive frames of firing BM "Oplot" for a distance of about a mile (1650 meters) on the target and overcoming all kinds of obstacles (cars burning a barricade). Recall that BM "Oplot" is a modern Ukrainian main battle tank (OBT), developed by the Kharkiv Design Bureau of Machine-Building. In May 2009, the tank was adopted by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The domestic tank participated in tenders for the Army of Thailand (where the German Leopard 2 and Russian T-90 defeated) and Pakistan. It differs from similar analogues...

The Ministry of Infrastructure intends to attract Chinese investors to produce electric buses in Ukraine. The Ministry of Infrastructure intends to launch the production of electric buses in Ukraine in cooperation with Chinese manufacturers. This was during the briefing on "Development of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. Game trends and agenda in Ukraine for 2019 ", said the head of the department Volodymyr Omelyan.   According to the minister, the Chinese manufacturers have no problems with sales, on the contrary, they are not able to provide demand for electric buses. According to the minister, Ukraine may be interested in Chinese partners due to the presence of specialists in the automotive and IT industry. After short investigation  it could be one of below six Chinese manufacturers: - BYD electric bus factories in Changsha and Dalian in China and Lancaster USA - Jiangsu Alfa Bus company, [17] Jiangsu, China , delivered in Italy by Rama...