Iryna Romaliiska is an anchor and multimedia journalist for Current Time TV.
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has warned that a large number of people are getting very sick and the capacity of hospitals is more than 80 percent full, as the Ukrainian capital implements tough new restrictions to stem a surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths attributed to low vaccination rates.
Seven years after its 2014 annexation by Russia, Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula that once thrived on tourism, is struggling to find adequate drinking water. Ukraine, which formerly supplied most of Crimea’s potable water, refused to continue those supplies once Russia took over the peninsula.
A strike committee leader at a major Belarusian chemical factory says workers are wary of publicly voicing their support and joining the opposition's national strike demanding that Alyaksandr Lukashenka step down amid threats of firings and other harassment by the state.
Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Ruslan Ryaboshapka has confirmed to Current Time that the prosecutor who led investigations into Burisma will be fired. Burisma is the Ukrainian energy company at the center of an impeachment inquiry into the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump. The president faces allegations that he withheld U.S. military aid to Ukraine in a bid to prompt Kyiv to investigate the activities of ex-Burisma board member Hunter Biden and his father, presidential candidate Joe Biden.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin told Current Time on July 15 that grounds exist to expect that the 24 Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia during a November 2018 clash off the coast of Crimea will soon return to Ukraine.
Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (2005-2010) discusses with Current Time's Iryna Romaliiska what he believes should be the top policy concerns for Ukraine’s next president, assesses the chances for peace with Russia, and explains why he has no regrets about his time in office.
Ukraine's first president, Leonid Kravchuk, discusses with Current Time's Iryna Romaliiska how he views Russian policies, ways to resolve the Ukrainian-Russian conflict, and his preferences in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential elections.
