2008 in Ukraine
Incumbents
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.{{Cite web |title=news.nabou |url=http://news.nabou.com/cgi-bin/newsframe/437892yks4328903Dnabou2BInews421789994asgw3798etys6787/18A8047A97056E4D9B2CDA039BFF5E58backheadline3DHow2Bdo2BI2Bcut2Ba2Boout3Fnews26o3D0/FrameIt.cgi?Url=http%3A%2F%2Fc.moreover.com%2Fclick%2Fhere.pl%3Fr1746091356n |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114202838/http://news.nabou.com/cgi-bin/newsframe/437892yks4328903Dnabou2BInews421789994asgw3798etys6787/18A8047A97056E4D9B2CDA039BFF5E58backheadline3DHow2Bdo2BI2Bcut2Ba2Boout3Fnews26o3D0/FrameIt.cgi?Url=http%3A%2F%2Fc.moreover.com%2Fclick%2Fhere.pl%3Fr1746091356n |archive-date=2017-11-14 |access-date=2019-04-09}}[http://www.interfax.com.ua/eng/main/3910/ Death toll of Crimean blast reaches 27, says Emergencies Ministry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229010006/http://www.interfax.com.ua/eng/main/3910/|date=2008-12-29}}, Interfax-Ukraine (December 26, 2008)[http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/171480.html Friday Declared Mourning Day In Ukraine For Victims Of Yevpatoria Gas Explosion] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120913213556/http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/171480.html|date=2012-09-13}}, Ukrainian News Agency (December 26, 2008){{Cite web |title=27 dead after Ukrainian apartment blast - CNN.com |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/26/ukraine.explosions.death.toll/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=CNN}}
Deaths
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- 4 September – Alina Vedmid, agronomist and politician (b. 1940).{{cite web|last=Narovlyansky|first=Alexander|title=Ведмидь Алина Петровна|trans-title=Vedmid Alina Petrovna|url=https://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=13645|publisher={{ill|Homeland heroes|be|Героі краіны (інтэрнэт-сайт)|hy|Երկրի հերոսներ (կայք)|ru|Герои страны}}|language=ru|access-date=1 November 2022}}
References
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