2008 in Ukraine
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Events in the year 2008 in Ukraine.
Incumbents
Governors
- Cherkasy Oblast: Oleksandr Cherevko (NSNU / YeC)
- Chernihiv Oblast: Volodymyr Khomenko (Independent / YeC ally)
- Chernivtsi Oblast: Volodymyr Kulish (NSNU / YeC)
- Dnipropetrovsk Oblast: Viktor Bondar (Independent / YeC)
- Donetsk Oblast: Volodymyr Logvynenko (Independent / Party of Regions ally)
- Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast: Mykola Paliychuk (NSNU / YeC)
- Kharkiv Oblast: Arsen Avakov (NSNU)
- Heron Oblast: Borys Silenkov (NSNU / YeC)
- Khmelnytskyi Oblast: Ivan Havrychuk (NSNU)
- Kirovohrad Oblast: Vasyl Motsnyi (Independent / Party of Regions ally)
- Kyiv Oblast: Vira Ulyanchenko (NSNU)
- Luhansk Oblast: Oleksandr Antypov (Party of Regions)
- Lviv Oblast: Petro Oliynyk (until February 20, NSNU), Valeriy Piatak (Acting, February 20–June 4), Mykola Kmit (starting June 4, Independent / YeC ally)
- Mykolaiv Oblast: Oleksiy Harkusha (NP)
- Odesa Oblast: Mykola Serdiuk (NSNU / YeC)
- Poltava Oblast: Valeriy Asadchev (UNP)
- Rivne Oblast: Viktor Matchuk (NSNU / YeC)
- Sumy Oblast: Pavlo Kachur (until April 7, NSNU), Mykola Lavryk (starting April 7, Independent / YeC ally)
- Ternopil Oblast: Yuriy Chyzhmar (Independent / YeC)
- Vinnytsia Oblast: Oleksandr Dombrovskyi (NSNU / YeC)
- Volyn Oblast: Mykola Romanyuk (Independent / YeC ally)
- Zakarpattia Oblast: Oleh Havashi (Independent / YeC)
- Zaporizhzhia Oblast: Valeriy Cherkaska (Acting, until May 30, Independent), Oleksandr Starukh (starting May 30, NSNU / YeC)
- Zhytomyr Oblast: Yuriy Zabela (Independent / YeC ally)
Events
- September – December – 2008 Ukrainian political crisis.
- 24 December – An explosion in an apartment block in Yevpatoria kills 27 people, leading President Viktor Yushchenko to declare December 26 a day of national mourning.[1][2][3][4]
Deaths
- 4 September – Alina Vedmid, agronomist and politician (b. 1940).[5]
References
- ^ "news.nabou". Archived from the original on 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^ Death toll of Crimean blast reaches 27, says Emergencies Ministry Archived 2008-12-29 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (December 26, 2008)
- ^ Friday Declared Mourning Day In Ukraine For Victims Of Yevpatoria Gas Explosion Deprecated link archived 2012-09-13 at archive.today, Ukrainian News Agency (December 26, 2008)
- ^ "27 dead after Ukrainian apartment blast - CNN.com". CNN. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
- ^ Narovlyansky, Alexander. "Ведмидь Алина Петровна" [Vedmid Alina Petrovna] (in Russian). Homeland heroes. Retrieved 1 November 2022.