2026 in Ukraine

Events in the year 2026 in Ukraine.

Incumbents

• President: Volodymyr Zelenskyy
• Prime Minister: Yulia Svyrydenko

Ongoing

• Russo-Ukrainian War (2014–present)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022–present)

Events

January

• 5 January –
• Vasyl Malyuk resigns as head of the Security Service of Ukraine.
• President Zelenskyy appoints former Canadian deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland as an economic development adviser.
• 9 January – Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal and Deputy Prime Minister and Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov resign.
• 14 January – President Zelenskyy declares a state of emergency in the Ukrainian energy sector due to Russian attacks and adverse winter conditions.
• 31 January – A technical malfunction affecting power lines running between Ukraine, Romania and Moldova causes extensive power outages in western and central Ukraine, including Kyiv.

February

• 1 February – SpaceX imposes a shutdown of Starlink satellite internet terminals across Ukraine, with exceptions for preapproved terminals by the Ukrainian defense ministry amid evidence that Russian forces were using the service in military operations.
• 2 February – Ukraine designates the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization for its role in crackdown of the 2025–2026 Iranian protests and support for Russia in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
• 6–22 February – Ukraine at the 2026 Winter Olympics
• 15 February – Former energy minister German Galushchenko is arrested while attempting to flee Ukraine aboard a train amid corruption charges against him.
• 18 February – Hungary and Slovakia suspend exports of diesel fuel to Ukraine, citing attacks on the Druzhba pipeline.
• 23 February – Slovakia halts exports of emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine, citing attacks on the Druzhba pipeline.
• 25 February – A suspect in the 2025 murder of politician Andriy Portnov is arrested in Heinsberg, Germany.

March

• 5 March –
• President Zelenskyy says he would prefer not to repair the Druzhba oil pipeline.
• Ukraine accuses Hungary of hostage-taking and theft following the detention of two vans and seven staff of the Ukrainian bank Oschadbank by Hungarian authorities while transiting cash through to Austria.
• 6 March –
• The European Commission rebukes President Zelenskyy over remarks that Hungary interpreted as a threat against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
• Ukraine boycotts the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Italy in protest over Russian athletes being allowed to compete under the Russian flag after the lifting of sanctions imposed over the Russian invasion in 2022.
• 9 March – President Zelenskyy confirms the deployment of interceptor drones and specialists to help protect U.S. military bases in Jordan amid the 2026 Iran war.
• 12 March – Ukraine and Romania sign a strategic partnership agreement in the defense and energy sectors.
• 15 March – Ukraine boycotts the closing ceremony of the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Italy in protest over Russian athletes being allowed to compete under the Russian flag after the lifting of sanctions imposed over the Russian invasion in 2022.
• 19 March – Former MP Lyudmila Marchenko is sentenced to two years' imprisonment by the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine for bribery.
• 21 March – Archbishop Nykodym of Sumy and Okhtyrka (formerly Volodymyr Kobzar) is elected as head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate following the death of Filaret Denysenko on 20 March.

Ongoing

• 2026 Hungarian-Slovak–Ukraine oil dispute (since 27 January)

Holidays

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 8 March – International Women's Day
• 9 March – International Women's Day Holiday
• 12 April – Easter Sunday
• 13 April – Easter Monday
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 8 May – Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in World War II 1939 – 1945
• 31 May – Whitsun
• 1 June – Whit Monday
• 28 June – Constitution Day
• 29 June – Constitution Day Holiday
• 15 July – Statehood Day
• 24 August – Independence Day
• 25 August – Independence Day Holiday
• 1 October – Defenders Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day

Deaths

• 1 January –
• Volodymyr Marchenko, 103, mathematician.
• Lana Chornohorska, 26, soldier.
• 7 January – Ihor Blazhkov, 89, conductor.
• 14 January – Oleksandr Kabanov, 52, deputy (since 2019).
• 16 January – Olena Hrechanina, 90, geneticist.
• 25 January – Orest Salamakha, 34, deputy (since 2019).
• 11 February – Viktor Zaporozhets, 78, Olympic boxer (1968).
• 14 February – Serhiy Petrov, 28, soldier and footballer (Volyn Lutsk, Ahrobiznes Volochysk, Zirka Kropyvnytskyi).
• 16 February – Semen Gluzman, 79, psychiatrist and human rights activist.
• 25 February – Roman Kofman, 89, conductor.
• 1 March – Vyacheslav Klepikov, 76, nuclear physicist.
• 3 March – Valentyna Yeshchenko, 79, political activist, people's deputy (1990–1994).
• 7 March – Rostyslav Chapiuk, 88, politician, MP (1994–1998).
• 9 March – Oleksandr Dovhach, military pilot, Hero of Ukraine (2025).
• 15 March – Andriy Serdyuk, 87, medical scientist, minister of healthcare (1996–1999).
• 20 March – Filaret Denysenko, 97, Eastern Orthodox leader, patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate (since 1995).

References

External links

• Online calendar