2017 in Ukraine explained

Events from the year 2017 in Ukraine.

Incumbents

• President

Petro Poroshenko

• Prime Minister

Volodymyr Groysman

Events

March

• 23 March –
  • Around 20,000 people are evacuated after explosions at a munition depot near Kharkiv.^[1]
  • Murder of Denis Voronenkov in Kyiv.^[2]

May

• 9–13 May – Eurovision Song Contest 2017

Deaths

• 8 February – Viktor Chanov, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1959)

Notes and References

1. News: Ukraine munitions blasts prompt mass evacuations. 23 March 2017. BBC News. 23 March 2017.
2. Web site: Denis Voronenkov: ex-Russian MP who fled to Ukraine killed in Kiev . . 23 March 2017 . 2017-03-26 . 2019-04-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190413141013/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/23/former-russian-mp-denis-voronenkov-shot-dead-in-kiev . live .