Ukrainian News Switch to Kyiv Time Today – Dec 15, 2018 Change Date 3:15 PM EST – Kyiv Patriarchate announces official name of new Ukrainian Orthodox Church – UNIAN.info 2:45 PM EST – Ukraine Forms New Unified Orthodox Church – Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty 2:45 PM EST – U.S. congratulates Ukraine on establishing local Ukrainian Orthodox Church – UNIAN.info 2:00 PM EST – President of Belarus says Ukraine rejected his help in ending the war in the Donbas – UA Wire 2:00 PM EST – Poroshenko: “Sacred day, day of final independence from Russia” – UNIAN.info 1:30 PM EST – Ukraine creates new Orthodox church independent from Russia – Aljazeera English 1:30 PM EST – OSCE SMM’s UAV spots electronic warfare equipment in occupied Donbas – UNIAN.info 1:15 PM EST – Russia prepares to disconnect from the internet – UA Wire 12:45 PM EST – Ukraine Orthodox leaders approve break with Russian church – Fox News 12:30 PM EST – Su-27 plane crashes while landing in Zhytomyr region, pilot dies – UNIAN.info 12:15 PM EST – Ukraine Su-27 fighter crashes, pilot killed – statement – Reuters 12:00 PM EST – European Commission invites Russia and Ukraine to gas negotiations – UA Wire 11:45 AM EST – Ukrainian Orthodox leaders have approved the creation of a unified Church independent of the Moscow Patriarchate – ABC News 11:45 AM EST – The Latest: Ukraine Orthodox OKs break with Russian church – ABC News 11:45 AM EST – EU’s Sefcovic invites Ukraine, Russia for trilateral gas talks to be held in Jan – UNIAN.info 11:00 AM EST – Lavrov claims that Russian agent Butina was tortured in the US – UA Wire 11:00 AM EST – Ukrainian Air Force Pilot Dies In Fighter Jet Crash – Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty 11:00 AM EST – Ukraine’s President names leader of new church in split from Russia – Reuters 11:00 AM EST – Metropolitan Epifaniy elected head of local Ukrainian Orthodox Church – UNIAN.info 10:45 AM EST – Ukrainian Security Service accuses Russia of attempts to interfere in elections – UA Wire 10:45 AM EST – Ukraine splits from Russian Orthodox Church after three centuries – euronews 10:30 AM EST – Trump picks Mulvaney as acting chief of staff – VOA – UNIAN.info 10:00 AM EST – Ukraine not to be canonical territory of Russian church – Poroshenko – UNIAN.info 9:45 AM EST – Ukrainian fighter jet crashes on landing, pilot is killed – ABC News 9:15 AM EST – USA and Canada pledge military support to Ukraine – UA Wire 9:15 AM EST – Vinnytsia diocese of UOC-MP refutes reports about cathedral’s seizure – UNIAN.info 8:30 AM EST – Russian Orthodox Church Calls on UN for Help in Ukraine – Voice of America 8:30 AM EST – Two armed men detained in Kyiv downtown amid unification council – UNIAN.info 8:15 AM EST – Christianity faces one of its biggest splits in centuries this weekend – NBC News 8:00 AM EST – Law on 2019 budget published in parliamentary gazette – UNIAN.info 7:45 AM EST – Unification council taking place at Kyiv’s St. Sophia Cathedral – UNIAN.info 6:30 AM EST – Ukraine to Establish Independent Orthodox Church – Voice of America 6:30 AM EST – Ukraine Asserts Major Russian Military Buildup on Eastern Border – New York Times 6:30 AM EST – Ukraine Orthodox leaders approve break with Russian church – ABC News 6:15 AM EST – Poroshenko arrives at Kyiv’s St. Sophia Square – UNIAN.info 6:00 AM EST – Ukraine riles Moscow as it announces head of new independent Orthodox church – The Guardian 5:45 AM EST – Gas blast in residential building near Kyiv: Two bodies found under rubble – UNIAN.info 5:30 AM EST – Another detained Ukrainian captain calls himself prisoner of war – lawyer – Interfax Ukraine 5:15 AM EST – Deaths will exceed births in Crimea every year through 2035, Russian occupiers say – Euromaidan Press 5:15 AM EST – When Moscow talks of ‘deep integration’ of Belarus, it means annexation, Lukashenka says – Euromaidan Press 4:45 AM EST – Ukraine Orthodox Priests Form Unified Church, Elect Leader – Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty 4:30 AM EST – Ukraine set to establish new church, secure split from Russia – Aljazeera English 4:30 AM EST – NBU strengthens official forex rate to UAH 27.83 to dollar for Dec 17 – UNIAN.info 3:30 AM EST – Unification council to be held at Kyiv’s St. Sophia Cathedral Dec 15 – UNIAN.info 3:15 AM EST – One Ukrainian soldier wounded in Donbas in past day – UNIAN.info 2:15 AM EST – More than 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers trained by Canadian instructors under Operation UNIFIER – UNIAN.info 12:45 AM EST – Ukraine Orthodox priests establish independent Church – BBC News Dec 15, 2018 Dec 14, 2018 Share this:PrintEmailTweet
