January •
1 January – • Ukraine halts the transportation of Russian gas supplies through the country, following the expiration of a five-year transit deal. • Ukraine becomes a state party in the
International Criminal Court. •
11 January – Ukraine announces the capture of two North Korean soldiers during fighting in Russia's
Kursk Oblast. •
16 January – Ukraine and the United Kingdom sign a 100-year partnership agreement. •
21 January – Ukraine and Albania sign a 10-year bilateral security agreement.
February •
12 February – • The head of the
Security Service of Ukraine's (SBU) counter-terrorism department is arrested on suspicion of working for Russia since 2018. • US president
Donald Trump announces the beginning of negotiations with Russia to end the war in Ukraine following a
phone call with Russian president
Vladimir Putin. •
13 February – President Zelenskyy imposes sanctions on multiple oligarchs and individuals including former president
Petro Poroshenko,
Viktor Medvedchuk,
Kostyantyn Zhevago,
Ihor Kolomoisky and
Hennadiy Boholyubov on suspicion of "high treason" and assisting a terrorist organization, particularly their role in compromising national security through unfavorable business agreements with Russia. •
28 February – A
diplomatic row breaks out between President Zelenskyy and US President
Donald Trump during their meeting at the
White House, resulting in the failure to sign the
Ukraine–United States Mineral Resources Agreement.
March •
3 March – The United States suspends all military aid to Ukraine. •
5 March – The United States suspends intelligence sharing with Ukraine. •
12 March – After talks between US and Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia, the United States resumes military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine as well as intelligence support. •
13 March – • The
European Court of Human Rights rules that the Ukrainian government failed to prevent and adequately investigate the
2014 Odesa clashes and orders it to pay compensation. • The former leader of the
Right Sector's Odesa branch,
Demyan Hanul, is shot dead in
Odesa. •
16 March – The Ukrainian military confirms its withdrawal from
Sudzha,
Kursk Oblast. •
17 March – President Zelenskyy signs a law allowing the
Armed Forces of Ukraine to operate overseas in times of martial law. •
28 March – Oleksandr Plakhotnik, the former deputy mayor of
Kamianske,
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast is found shot dead in the city.
April •
28 April – Former president
Viktor Yanukovych is convicted and sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment in absentia by a Ukrainian court on charges of inciting the desertion of Ukrainian officials and organizing illegal border crossings to Russia during his escape in 2014. •
30 April – Ukraine signs the
mineral resources agreement with the United States.
May •
1 May – The
Supreme Court of Ukraine rules against religious exemptions from military service during wartime following a case involving a member of the
Jehovah's Witnesses who refused to undergo mobilization. •
8 May – The
Verkhovna Rada ratifies the
mineral resources agreement with the United States. •
9 May – The
Security Service of Ukraine announces the discovery and dismantling of a spy network operated by Hungarian intelligence in
Zakarpattia Oblast, resulting in two arrests. •
12 May – The
International Civil Aviation Organization finds Russia responsible for the downing of
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over
Donetsk Oblast in 2014. •
16 May – Ukraine and Russia hold their
first direct peace negotiations since 2022 in Turkey. •
17 May – Ukraine's
Ziferblat finishes in ninth place at
Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland with the single "
Bird of Pray". •
23–
25 May – Russia and Ukraine conduct the largest prisoner exchange during the
Russo-Ukrainian war that had been agreed upon during the 16 May peace negotiations in Istanbul, resulting in the release of more than 1,000 prisoners on each side.
June •
10 June – The
Desniansky District Court in Kyiv becomes the first court in Ukraine to recognize a
same-sex couple as a family under Ukrainian law after it rules that the relationship between Zoryan Kis, first secretary of the Ukrainian Embassy in Israel, and his partner Tymur Levchuk, constituted a de facto marriage following their wedding in the United States and a case brought against the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs over its refusal to recognize the couple's spousal rights. •
29 June – President Zelenskyy signs a decree withdrawing Ukraine from the
Ottawa Treaty on Landmines.
July •
9 July – • The SBU arrests two Chinese nationals in Kyiv on suspicion of gathering intelligence on the
Neptune missile system. • The
European Court of Human Rights finds Russia responsible for the downing of
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014. •
10 July – An SBU colonel is shot dead by an unidentified gunman in
Holosiivskyi District, Kyiv. Two suspected Russian
FSB agents accused of carrying out the killing are in turn killed in an SBU raid on a safehouse in
Kyiv Oblast on 13 July. •
14 July – President Zelenskyy announces a government reshuffle and nominates
Yulia Svyrydenko as prime minister. Following the announcement, outgoing prime minister
Denys Shmyhal submits his resignation the next day, which the
Verkhovna Rada accepts on 16 July. •
16 July – A cadet opens fire on fellow soldiers at a
Ukrainian Ground Forces training ground in
Chernihiv Oblast, killing two instructors before being arrested. •
17 July – • The Verkhovna Rada confirms
Yulia Svyrydenko as prime minister. • Hungary imposes an entry ban on Ukrainian military officials amid a diplomatic dispute caused by the death of a
dual Hungarian-Ukrainian citizen who died in disputed circumstances following his mobilization into the Ukrainian military. •
22 July – • Protests break out nationwide after President Zelenskyy signs a bill allowing general control of the
National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the
Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP), in the biggest anti-government protest in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion. • The suspected administrator of the cybercrime platform
xss.is is arrested in
Kyiv. • A
Dassault Mirage 2000 fighter jet of the
Ukrainian Air Force crashes in
Volyn Oblast. The pilot ejects safely and is rescued. •
31 July – President Zelenskyy signs a law reinstating the independence of the NABU and SAPO amid threats of a suspension of financial support from the European Union and the
G7 if these agencies were subdued.
August •
4 August – MP
Oleksiy Kuznyetsov and former
Luhansk Oblast governor
Serhii Haidai are arrested on charges related to a corruption scandal involving inflated state contracts for drones and electronic warfare equipment from 2024 to 2025. •
7 August – A gunman is arrested after injuring himself in a shooting at a
McDonald's in
Cherkasy. •
15 August – The telecommunications firm
Kyivstar is listed on
NASDAQ, becoming the first Ukrainian company to be listed on an American stock exchange. •
21 August – A Ukrainian national is arrested in Italy on suspicion of co-masterminding the
Nord Stream pipelines sabotage in 2022. •
26 August – • The Ukrainian military officially acknowledges the entry of Russian forces into
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. • The government revises its travel regulations to allow men aged between 18 and 22 years old to leave Ukraine for the first time since the Russian invasion. •
30 August – Incumbent MP and former
Verkhovna Rada chair
Andriy Parubiy is shot dead in
Lviv.
September •
7 September – The
headquarters of the
Cabinet of Ministers in
Kyiv is set on fire following a Russian strike. •
12 September – Britain's
Prince Harry makes a surprise visit to
Kyiv and visits wounded
Ukrainian soldiers at the
National Museum of the History of Ukraine. •
17 September – The
Verkhovna Rada ratifies a 100-year partnership agreement with the United Kingdom. •
24 September – Ukraine and Syria formally reestablish diplomatic relations that had been severed following the decision of President
Bashar al-Assad's regime to recognize the independence of the
Donetsk and
Luhansk People's Republics in June 2022.
October •
1 October – Nine people are killed in flooding caused by a rainstorm in
Odesa. •
2 October – Ukraine severs diplomatic relations with
Nicaragua in response to the latter's recognition of the
Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts and
Crimea. •
14 October – President Zelenskyy issues a decree stripping the Ukrainian citizenship of
Odesa mayor
Hennadiy Trukhanov amid allegations that he possessed Russian citizenship, effectively removing him from office. •
16 October – President Zelenskyy appoints
Olha Reshetylova to become the first military ombudsman of Ukraine. •
24 October – A bombing at a railway station in
Ovruch kills four people, including the perpetrator, and injures 12 others. •
27 October – A floating crane capsizes at the
Sevastopol Shipyard, killing two people.
November •
6 November – A captured Russian soldier is sentenced by a Ukrainian court to life imprisonment for fatally shooting a surrendering Ukrainian soldier in
Zaporizhzhia Oblast in 2024. •
12 November –
German Galushchenko is suspended as justice minister amid a corruption investigation involving the state nuclear energy firm
Energoatom. He resigns along with energy minister
Svitlana Hrynchuk later that day. •
18 November – Former deputy prime minister
Oleksiy Chernyshov is arrested on charges relating to the
Energoatom scandal. •
23 November – Danylo Yavhusishyn, also known as
Aonishiki Arata, becomes the first Ukrainian to win a professional
sumo tournament, defeating Mongolia's
Hōshōryū Tomokatsu in
Fukuoka, Japan. •
28 November –
Andriy Yermak resigns as President Zelenskyy's
chief of staff following a raid on his apartment by
NABU over his alleged involvement in the
Energoatom scandal.
December •
19 December – The
European Union agrees to a 90 billion euros ($105.5 billion) interest-free loan for Ukraine that would support its financial requirements during 2026-27. •
23 December – Russian-installed authorities in
Crimea declare a blockage of mobile internet access in the region that would last until the end of the
Russo-Ukrainian war. •
31 December – Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least 2 civilians and injured at least 16 others. ==Holidays==