Ukrinform

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The state agency was established as the Bureau of Ukrainian Press (BUP) in 1918, yet since then it went through a series of reorganizations. During the Soviet period, it was associated with Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS).

• 1918 – Bureau of Ukrainian Press
• 1920 – All-Ukrainian bureau of the Russian Telegraph Agency (UkROSTA)
• 1921 – Radio-Telegraph Agency of Ukraine (RATAU)
• 1990 – Ukrainian National Informational Agency (UKRINFORM)
• 1996 – State Informational Agency of Ukraine (DINAU)
• 2000 – Ukrainian National Informational Agency (UKRINFORM)
• 2015 – Ukrinform became a part of the Multimedia Broadcasting Platform of Ukraine (UA|TV){{Cite web|url=https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-polytics/1927117-inomovlennya-uhvalili-v-drugomu-chitanni.html|script-title=uk:Рада ухвалила закон про іномовлення|agency=Ukrinform|language=uk|access-date=2019-03-03 |date=8 December 2015 }}
• 2018 – Ukrinform signed a co-operation agreement with the Athens–Macedonian News Agency (ANA) providing for an exchange of news items in all categories.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amna.gr/en/article/278520/ANA-signs-deal-with-Ukraines-Ukrinform|title=ANA signs deal with Ukraine's Ukrinform |agency=Athens-Macedonian News Agency|access-date=2019-04-30}}
• 2025-02-25 - Tetiana Kulyk, editor-in-chief of the multimedia department and the host of patriotic Nation of Invincibles project, was killed in a night-time drone attack by Russia on her home{{cite news |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/02/26/7500226/ |title=Russian Shahed drone attack kill surgeon and Ukrinform journalist in Kyiv Oblast: colleagues confirm married couple's death |first=Olena | last=Barsukova |date=2025-02-26|work= Ukrainska Pravda|accessdate=2025-03-18}}{{cite news|url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/3964646-ukrinform-journalist-tetiana-kulyk-killed-in-russian-drone-attack-on-kyiv-region.html|title= Ukrinform journalist Tetiana Kulyk killed in Russian drone attack on Kyiv region |author=|work= Ukrinform |date=2025-02-26|accessdate=2025-03-18}}{{cite web|url=https://www.womeninjournalism.org/alerts/ukraine-journalist-tetyana-kulyk-killed-in-russian-drone-strike |title= Ukraine: Journalist Tetyana Kulyk Killed in Russian Drone Strike|author=|website=womeninjournalism.org |publisher=Coalition For Women In Journalism |date=2025-03-09|accessdate=2025-03-18}}

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Ukrinform's main objectives are the coverage of public policy and public life in Ukraine and providing information to government bodies; according to a Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine from February 19, 1997 the agency carries out its activities independently of political

parties and public organizations.{{in lang|uk}} [http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=749-97-%EF Resolution of July 15, 1997 #749], Government of Ukraine (March 2, 2005)

Per day Ukrinform issues reports in English, German, Ukrainian, Polish, French, Spanish, Japanese. Ukrinform delivers information to the media, TV channels, radio stations, official establishments and local governments, foreign embassies and Ukrainian diplomatic missions abroad and foreign media.[http://web.ukrinform.com/web/default.php?lang=en THROUGH TRUTH AND OBJECTIVITY] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706223609/http://web.ukrinform.com/web/default.php?lang=en |date=2007-07-06 }}, Victor Chamara, Director General Ukrinform on the official website of Ukrinform In March 2022, the Institute of Mass Information recommended Ukrinform as a reliable and trustworthy media outlet.{{Cite web|title=ІМІ рекомендує читати новини з достовірних джерел. Список медіа|url=https://imi.org.ua/news/imi-rekomenduye-chytaty-novyny-z-dostovirnyh-media-spysok-i44370|website=imi.org.ua|accessdate=2022-04-25|language=uk-UA|archive-date=15 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315230132/https://imi.org.ua/news/imi-rekomenduye-chytaty-novyny-z-dostovirnyh-media-spysok-i44370}}

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FREEДОМ (formerly UATV) is a Russian-language television news channel with focus on the Russo-Ukrainian War.{{cite web |url=https://uatv.ua/en/about-us/ |title=About us |website= |publisher= |access-date=8 June 2022}}{{cite news |date=14 December 2021 |title="DOM" AND UATV GOT 362 MILLION HRIVNYAS FOR NEXT YEAR |url=https://imi.org.ua/en/news/dom-and-uatv-got-362-million-hryavnyas-for-next-year-i42866 |work=Institute of Mass Information |access-date=8 June 2022}} It is transmitted live on its website, via satellite, and through cable television operators. It has content in English on YouTube.{{YouTube|channel=UCOmfcmDrWs7iJrXx7V5Cnwg|title=UATV English}} Prior to its temporary closure in January 2020, the channel also broadcast in English, Ukrainian, Crimean Tatar and Arabic.{{cite web |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/info/uatv.html |title=UA-TV |publisher=Ukrinform |access-date=8 June 2022}}{{Cite news |last=Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group |title=Ukraine axes English & Crimean Tatar TV to launch risky Russian channel for occupied Donbas and Crimea |url=https://khpg.org//en/1579377963 |access-date=2022-03-18}}

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• [https://www.ukrinform.net/ Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency (English)]
• [https://www.ukrinform.ua/ Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency (Ukrainian)]
• [http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=749-97-%EF Agency's statute (Statement of the Cabinet of Ministers)]
• {{YouTube|channel=UCOmfcmDrWs7iJrXx7V5Cnwg|title=UATV English}}
• {{Telegram | ukrinform_news }}

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