List of events
Events in the year 2018 in Ukraine .
Incumbents
Events
June
C14 (Ukrainian group) gained international notoriety after reports it was being involved in violent attacks on Romany camps.[ 1] [ 2]
November
2018 Kerch Strait incident
December
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church becomes independent.[ 3]
Deaths
Leonid Kadeniuk Kira Muratova Oksana Shachko Valeriy Shmarov Viktor Matviyenko 14 January – Lidiia Hryhorchuk , linguist, linguogeographer, dialectologist, paleographer, art critic, professor and a doctor of philology (b. 1926).[ 4]
18 January – Borys Yukhymovych Steklyar , military officer (b. 1923).[ 5]
31 January – Leonid Kadeniuk , pilot and astronaut (b. 1951).[ 6]
10 February – Myroslav Popovych , philosopher (b. 1930)
14 February – Pyotr Bochek , military officer (b. 1925)
5 March – Mykhaylo Chemberzhi , composer (b. 1944).[ 7]
28 March – Kateryna Boloshkevich , weaver and statesperson (b. 1939).[ 8]
18 April – Grigory Gamarnik , wrestler (b. 1929).[ 9]
2 May – Vadim Mulerman , singer (b. 1938)
6 June – Kira Muratova , film director, screenwriter and actress (b. 1934).[ 10]
19 June – Ivan Drach , poet, screenwriter and politician, member of Verkhovna Rada (b. 1936).[ 11]
7 July – Levko Lukyanenko , politician (b. 1928).[ 12]
23 July – Oksana Shachko , artist and human rights activist, co-founder of Femen (b. 1987).[ 13]
8 August – Mikhail Shakhov , wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1931).[ 14]
1 September – Mykola Shytyuk , historian (b. 1953).[ 15]
14 October – Valeriy Shmarov , politician, Minister of Defence (b. 1945).[citation needed
4 November – Kateryna Handziuk , politician (b. 1985).[ 16]
25 November – Viktor Kanevskyi , footballer (b. 1936).[ 17]
29 November – Viktor Matviyenko , football player and manager, Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1948).[ 18]
5 December –
6 December –
References
^ Ukrainian Militia Behind Brutal Romany Attacks Getting State Funds Archived 2021-02-03 at the Wayback Machine , Radio Free Europe (June 14, 2018)^ Ukraine Roma camp attack leaves one dead Archived 2021-01-29 at the Wayback Machine , BBC News (24 June 2018)^ "Ukraine Orthodox Leaders Approve Break With Russian Church" . Archived from the original on 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2018-12-15 .^ Sahajdak, Iryna (28 January 2018). "Коць-григорчук Лідія Михайлівна" [Kots-grigorchuk Lydia Mykhaylivna] (in Ukrainian). Shevchenko Scientific Society . Retrieved 16 March 2022 . ^ "Светлая память" . Archived from the original on February 4, 2018.^ Умер первый космонавт Украины Леонид Каденюк gordonua.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2 February 2018 .^ "Відійшов у вічність" . naps.gov.ua . Archived from the original on March 6, 2018.^ Narovlyansky, Alexander. "Болошкевич Екатерина Ивановна" [Boloshkevich Ekaterina Ivanovna] (in Russian). Homeland heroes [be ; hy ; ru ] . Retrieved 29 December 2022 . ^ "Скончался легендарный украинский спортсмен" . DonPress . Archived from the original on April 24, 2018.^ Умерла Кира Муратова Archived 2018-08-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian) ^ "Ukrainian poet Ivan Drach dies at 81" . Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2018-12-16 .^ "Soviet dissident and Ukrainian politician Levko Lukyanenko dies at 89" . 8 July 2018. Archived from the original on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2018-12-16 .^ "Oksana Shachko death: Femen founder's body discovered in Paris apartment" . Independent.co.uk Archived from the original on 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2018-12-16 .^ "Died Ukrainian Olympic medalist Mikhail Shakhov" . Archived from the original on 2018-08-11. Retrieved 2018-12-16 .^ "У Миколаєві вбили відомого вченого-дослідника Голодомору - ЗМІ" . Українська правда . Archived from the original on September 4, 2018.^ Mendel, Iuliia (5 November 2018). "Kateryna Handziuk, Ukrainian Activist, Dies from Acid Attack" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2018-12-16 . ^ "Умер легендарный украинский футболист - звезда киевского "Динамо" . РБК-Украина . Archived from the original on November 29, 2018.^ "Не стало Виктора Матвиенко..." dynamo.kiev.ua . November 29, 2018. Archived from the original on November 30, 2018.^ "Ушел из жизни легендарный защитник "Карпат" Иван Герег" . 24 Канал . Archived from the original on December 6, 2018.^ "Умер народный артист Украины Николай Рушковский" . gordonua.com . Archived from the original on December 5, 2018.^ "Відійшов у вічність відомий черкаський письменник Василь Захарченко | Рідна Черкащина" . Archived from the original on December 6, 2018.^ "Умер бывший министр внутренних дел Украины" . fakty.ua . Archived from the original on December 7, 2018.^ "Умер выдающийся украинский тренер" . РБК-Украина . Archived from the original on December 7, 2018.
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