2018 in Ukraine
Incumbents
Events
=June=
C14 (Ukrainian group) gained international notoriety after reports it was being involved in violent attacks on Romany camps.[https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-militia-behind-brutal-romany-attacks-getting-state-funds/29290844.html Ukrainian Militia Behind Brutal Romany Attacks Getting State Funds] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203110137/https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-militia-behind-brutal-romany-attacks-getting-state-funds/29290844.html |date=2021-02-03 }}, Radio Free Europe (June 14, 2018)[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44593995 Ukraine Roma camp attack leaves one dead] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129101946/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44593995 |date=2021-01-29 }}, BBC News (24 June 2018)
=November=
=December=
- The Ukrainian Orthodox Church becomes independent.{{Cite web |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/ukraine-to-establish-independent-orthodox-church/4701985.html |title=Ukraine Orthodox Leaders Approve Break With Russian Church |access-date=2018-12-15 |archive-date=2018-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216074233/https://www.voanews.com/a/ukraine-to-establish-independent-orthodox-church/4701985.html |url-status=live }}
Deaths
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- 14 January – Lidiia Hryhorchuk, linguist, linguogeographer, dialectologist, paleographer, art critic, professor and a doctor of philology (b. 1926).{{cite web|last=Sahajdak|first=Iryna|title=Коць-григорчук Лідія Михайлівна|trans-title=Kots-grigorchuk Lydia Mykhaylivna|url=http://ntsh.org/node/629|publisher=Shevchenko Scientific Society|language=uk|date=28 January 2018|access-date=16 March 2022}}
- 18 January – Borys Yukhymovych Steklyar, military officer (b. 1923).{{Cite web|url=http://www.redstar.ru/index.php/nekrolog/item/35792-svetlaya-pamyat|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204023326/http://www.redstar.ru/index.php/nekrolog/item/35792-svetlaya-pamyat|url-status=dead|title=Светлая память|archivedate=February 4, 2018}}
- 27 January – Iryna Horoshko, choreographer and dancer (b. 1953).{{cite encyclopedia|last=Turkevych|first=Vasyl Dmytrovych|title=Матвієнко Ірина Григорівна|trans-title=Matvienko Iryna Grigorivna|url=https://esu.com.ua/article-66868|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine|publisher=NASU Institute of Encyclopaedic Research|location=Kyiv, Ukraine|language=uk|date=December 2018|access-date=13 May 2025}}
- 31 January – Leonid Kadeniuk, pilot and astronaut (b. 1951).{{cite web |script-title=ru:Умер первый космонавт Украины Леонид Каденюк |url= http://gordonua.com/news/society/umer-pervyy-kosmonavt-ukrainy-leonid-kadenyuk-229538.html |website = gordonua.com |language=ru |access-date=2 February 2018 }}
- 10 February – Myroslav Popovych, philosopher (b. 1930)
- 14 February – Pyotr Bochek, military officer (b. 1925)
- 5 March – Mykhaylo Chemberzhi, composer (b. 1944).{{Cite web|url=http://naps.gov.ua/ua/press/releases/1354/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306083252/http://naps.gov.ua/ua/press/releases/1354/|url-status=dead|title=Відійшов у вічність|archivedate=March 6, 2018|website=naps.gov.ua}}
- 28 March – Kateryna Boloshkevich, weaver and statesperson (b. 1939).{{cite web|last=Narovlyansky|first=Alexander|title=Болошкевич Екатерина Ивановна|trans-title=Boloshkevich Ekaterina Ivanovna|url=https://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=21058|publisher={{ill|Homeland heroes|be|Героі краіны (інтэрнэт-сайт)|hy|Երկրի հերոսներ (կայք)|ru|Герои страны}}|language=ru|access-date=29 December 2022}}
- 18 April – Grigory Gamarnik, wrestler (b. 1929).{{Cite web|url=https://donpress.com/news/21-04-2018-skonchalsya-legendarnyy-ukrainskiy-sportsmen|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180424202750/https://donpress.com/news/21-04-2018-skonchalsya-legendarnyy-ukrainskiy-sportsmen|url-status=dead|title=Скончался легендарный украинский спортсмен|archivedate=April 24, 2018|website=DonPress}}
- 2 May – Vadim Mulerman, singer (b. 1938)
- 6 June – Kira Muratova, film director, screenwriter and actress (b. 1934).[http://tass.ru/kultura/5269550 Умерла Кира Муратова] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805123629/http://tass.ru/kultura/5269550 |date=2018-08-05 }} {{in lang|ru}}
- 19 June – Ivan Drach, poet, screenwriter and politician, member of Verkhovna Rada (b. 1936).{{Cite web |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/2483313-ukrainian-poet-ivan-drach-dies-at-81.html |title=Ukrainian poet Ivan Drach dies at 81 |access-date=2018-12-16 |archive-date=2018-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619163150/https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/2483313-ukrainian-poet-ivan-drach-dies-at-81.html |url-status=live }}
- 7 July – Levko Lukyanenko, politician (b. 1928).{{Cite web |url=https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/soviet-dissident-and-ukrainian-politician-levko-lukyanenko-dies-at-89.html |title=Soviet dissident and Ukrainian politician Levko Lukyanenko dies at 89 |date=8 July 2018 |access-date=2018-12-16 |archive-date=2019-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214231956/https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/soviet-dissident-and-ukrainian-politician-levko-lukyanenko-dies-at-89.html |url-status=live }}
- 23 July – Oksana Shachko, artist and human rights activist, co-founder of Femen (b. 1987).{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/oksana-shachko-dead-femen-suicide-cause-of-death-a8461681.html |title=Oksana Shachko death: Femen founder's body discovered in Paris apartment |website=Independent.co.uk |date=24 July 2018 |access-date=2018-12-16 |archive-date=2019-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410113755/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/oksana-shachko-dead-femen-suicide-cause-of-death-a8461681.html |url-status=live }}
- 8 August – Mikhail Shakhov, wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1931).{{Cite web |url=https://ktelegram.com/died-ukrainian-olympic-medalist-mikhail-shakhov-24-channel/15236/ |title=Died Ukrainian Olympic medalist Mikhail Shakhov |access-date=2018-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811133326/https://ktelegram.com/died-ukrainian-olympic-medalist-mikhail-shakhov-24-channel/15236/ |archive-date=2018-08-11 |url-status = usurped}}
- 1 September – Mykola Shytyuk, historian (b. 1953).{{Cite web|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2018/09/2/7190850/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904184500/https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2018/09/2/7190850/|url-status=dead|title=У Миколаєві вбили відомого вченого-дослідника Голодомору - ЗМІ|archivedate=September 4, 2018|website=Українська правда}}
- 14 October – Valeriy Shmarov, politician, Minister of Defence (b. 1945).{{cn|date=November 2022}}
- 4 November – Kateryna Handziuk, politician (b. 1985).{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/world/europe/kateryna-handziuk-dies-ukraine.html |title=Kateryna Handziuk, Ukrainian Activist, Dies from Acid Attack |work=The New York Times |date=5 November 2018 |access-date=2018-12-16 |archive-date=2018-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115202607/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/world/europe/kateryna-handziuk-dies-ukraine.html |url-status=live |last1=Mendel |first1=Iuliia }}
- 25 November – Viktor Kanevskyi, footballer (b. 1936).{{Cite web|url=https://styler.rbc.ua/rus/zhizn/daril-radost-millionam-82-om-godu-zhizni-1543220076.html|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20181129063958/https://styler.rbc.ua/rus/zhizn/daril-radost-millionam-82-om-godu-zhizni-1543220076.html|url-status=dead|title=Умер легендарный украинский футболист - звезда киевского "Динамо"|archivedate=November 29, 2018|website=РБК-Украина}}
- 29 November – Viktor Matviyenko, football player and manager, Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1948).{{Cite web|url=https://dynamo.kiev.ua/articles/313102-ne-stalo-viktora-matvienko|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20181130062947/http://dynamo.kiev.ua/articles/313102-ne-stalo-viktora-matvienko|url-status=dead|title=Не стало Виктора Матвиенко...|date=November 29, 2018|archivedate=November 30, 2018|website=dynamo.kiev.ua}}
- 5 December –
- {{Interlanguage link|Ivan Gereg|ru|Герег, Иван Дмитриевич}}, footballer (b. 1944).{{Cite web|url=https://sport.24tv.ua/ru/ushel_iz_zhizni_legendarnyj_zashhitnik_karpat_ivan_gereg_n1075446|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206003131/https://24tv.ua/ru/ushel_iz_zhizni_legendarnyj_zashhitnik_karpat_ivan_gereg_n1075446|url-status=dead|title=Ушел из жизни легендарный защитник "Карпат" Иван Герег|archivedate=December 6, 2018|website=24 Канал}}
- {{Interlanguage link|Mykola Rushkovskyi|uk|Рушковський Микола Миколайович}}, actor (b. 1925).{{Cite web|url=https://gordonua.com/news/culture/umer-narodnyy-artist-ukrainy-nikolay-rushkovskiy-557731.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205193444/https://gordonua.com/news/culture/umer-narodnyy-artist-ukrainy-nikolay-rushkovskiy-557731.html|url-status=dead|title=Умер народный артист Украины Николай Рушковский|archivedate=December 5, 2018|website=gordonua.com}}
- {{Interlanguage link|Vasyl Zakharchenko|uk|Захарченко Василь Іванович}}, writer (b. 1936).{{Cite web|url=https://ck.ridna.ua/2018/12/05/vidijshov-u-vichnist-vidomyj-cherkaskyj-pysmennyk-vasyl-zaharchenko/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206102221/http://ck.ridna.ua/2018/12/05/vidijshov-u-vichnist-vidomyj-cherkaskyj-pysmennyk-vasyl-zaharchenko/|url-status=dead|title=Відійшов у вічність відомий черкаський письменник Василь Захарченко | Рідна Черкащина|archivedate=December 6, 2018}}
- 6 December –
- Ivan Hladush, police officer and politician, Minister of Internal Affairs (b. 1929).{{Cite web|url=https://fakty.ua/289129-umer-byvshij-ministr-vnutrennih-del-ukrainy|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207124951/https://fakty.ua/289129-umer-byvshij-ministr-vnutrennih-del-ukrainy|url-status=dead|title=Умер бывший министр внутренних дел Украины|archivedate=December 7, 2018|website=fakty.ua}}
- {{Interlanguage link|Mykhailo Yunak|ru|Юнак, Михаил Михайлович}}, sambist, USSR champion (b. 1946).{{Cite web|url=https://styler.rbc.ua/rus/sport1/soboleznovaniya-rodnym-umer-vydayushchiysya-1544123972.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207045529/https://styler.rbc.ua/rus/sport1/soboleznovaniya-rodnym-umer-vydayushchiysya-1544123972.html|url-status=dead|title=Умер выдающийся украинский тренер|archivedate=December 7, 2018|website=РБК-Украина}}
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