What to do while in Ukraine

At a military airport Boryspil held a demonstration flight of military transport aircraft An-26 Fenix . The plane which in 2005 was in storage repaired  thanks to the volunteers of the public association " Wings of the Phoenix" workers Ukrainian aircraft repair facilities and military aviators of  the 15 Transport Aviation Brigade of the Air Force of Ukraine (t. Boryspol). Aircraft An-26  after a full restoration and repair given the name "Fenix"  made ​​three circles in the sky over a military airfield and successfully landed on the runway. Transport Aircraft in this color ("Pixel camouflage") does not have any country in the world, An 26 over the Airport Boryspil  Old photo of An 26 in storage:

Ukraine - Dominican Republic 72:62 The first half of the match ended with a draw 27-27. But in the third quarter  Ukrainian basketball team has gone a  lead which was reflected in the final result of the match - 72-62 in favor of the team from Eastern Europe. Most points in the match in the team of Ukraine scored Jeter (16 points) and Gladyr (12).

Results of Europa league 2014-215  Group stage draw Monaco - Friday 29 August 2014 13.00 CET Group J Dynamo kiev Steaua(ROU) Rioo-Ave(POR) AaB Olborg(DEN) Group F Internazionale (ITA) Dnipro(UKR) St-Etienne(FRA) Qarabag(AZE) Group L Metalist (UKR) Trabzonsport(TUR) Legia(POL) Lokeren(BEL)

Four missiles hit the training base of  Donetsk "Shakhtar"  on 27 and 28 August.  CEO Sergei Palkin Donetsk club wrote on his page on the social network Facebook .  https://www.facebook.com/Palkin.Sergey/posts/704920539576687 He said the missiles hit the base last night and tonight.

On August 14 the National Council of  Television and Radio Broadcasting in Ukraine issued  license "UNIAN TB" for satellite broadcasting Ukraine Today  channel. The programs will come  in English. After a few months will be added tracks in other languages. To work in the Ukraine Today channel involved foreign journalists who have worked for a long time in Ukraine. To watch online Ukraine Today channel please follow the link:  http://uatoday.tv/

Tha anthem of Ukraine at Arena Lviv. Okean Elzy concert.

In the historic center of Brussels celebrated the Independence Day of Ukraine. The very symbol of the city Sunday morning - Manneken Pis was dressed in Ukrainian folk costume. White shirt with blue trousers boy puts on August 24 for seven years in a row - after it happened in 2007, his suit is stored in a museum named after him in a room with more than 900 other costumes. For schedule, in what and when dressed up in bronze sculptures 61 cm. Look at the galeria of costume : http://www.manneken-pis.be/galerie/ Ukrainians began to be come after the twelfth. The first came with friends - Ukrainian who came from Germany, Ukraine's ambassador in Belgium and the representative of Ukraine in NATO Igor Dolgov. "This is a historic day - was born the new Ukrainian nation. Under the the yellow-blue flag  our guys die in ATO , this color has become a symbol of support for Ukraine here in Europe," - he said. Eventually the crowd became yellow and blue colors - embroidery, ribbo

Anthony Joshua and  Wladimir Klitschko On the photo: Emmanuel Nvudu, Anthony Joshua, Wladimir Klitschko, Dorsett Barnwell, Malik Scott and Kevin Johnson World Champion  IBF, WBO and WBA (Super) heavyweight champion 38-year-old Wladimir Klitschko continues to prepare for the scheduled on September 6 in Hamburg (Germany) fight with mandatory challenger for the IBF title 33-year-old Bulgarian Kubrat Pullev .

In the Holy Dormition Cathedral of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra took place  the enthronement of the newly elected head of the UOC-MP metropolitan Onufriya. At the enthronement were representatives of all of the Local Orthodox Churches. The enthronement was attended by 12 of the 15 Orthodox churches in the world.

Olga Saladukha became the best in the triple jump at the European Championships 2014. Girl from Ukrainian Donetsk showed the result of 14.73 m. Yesterday the first gold medal  for  Ukrainian team in high jump brought  Bogdan Bondarenko .

State Concern "Ukroboronprom" completes the modernization of multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), "Grad" commissioned by Ukrainian military department. In the nearest future the artillery and rocket forces  of the armed forces of Ukraine will receive MLRS "Grad" upgraded to "Bastion-1" and "Bastion-2" at the facilities of SE "Shepetovsky repair factory" . Modernization significantly improves the tactical-technical characteristics of weapons:  "Bastion-1" is equipped with navigation systems GLONASS / GPS that will allow the MLRS systems work good with  intelligence and  even hitting small targets. The modified version of the BM-21 "Bastion" allowed to use the new ammunition thus firing range up to 40 km.

FC "Shakhtar"  and  Nike  ( an American  multinational corporation  that is engaged in the design and sport equipment)  will present the new away T-shirt for the next season - 2014- 2015 year. . "Shakhtar" decided that their home stadium will be the   "Arena Lviv" . Why the choice fell on the stadium? First of all FC "Shakhtar" comes from security issues. After the war in Donetsk the club starts look for new stadium, focused exclusively on the list of cities in which UEFA  permits to play the  European Cup matches. It is considered that the "Arena Lviv"  a great modern stadium.  The arena perfectly completed  the task at Euro 2012. The Champions League games is not far and  "Shakhtar" will play home games at the  "Arena Lviv" . More about Lviv:  http://nlru.blogspot.com/p/host-city-lviv.html

David Remnick in Charlie Rose show, editor of the New Yorker on his recent article about Vladimir Putin: The Imperial Putin.

25 year old Ukrainian Eugene Khitrov (72 kg) in the first round  knocked out 33 year old American Willie Fortune. The fight took place 8.08 in Pittsburgh (USA).

On 2-nd of August controversial American boxer Shannon Briggs quarreled with Wladimir Klitschko. 38-year-old Ukrainian athlete had dinner at an Italian restaurant in Miami Florida the intruder - 42-year-old Shannon Briggs sat down beside him at the table without any invitation and  began to eat from his plate and starts to insults Ukrainian.  Wladimir Klitschko poured  a glass of water on the head of unrestrained American . The was no fight but the Shannon Briggs turned over table where lunched Ukrainian and cut  the hand and feet because of broken dishes. American boxer said that his aggressive behavior was sincere. He said that Vladimir - fake champion. I call him "Vladi-pie" because he fights with unknown pies. People are tired of his constant grabs in style of mixed martial arts. "