Chernivtsi Oblast

Police arrest man who shot two officers, hid 11 days

Police in Ukraine's Chernivtsi Oblast have located and arrested a man suspected of opening fire and wounding two police officers during an investigative search at his home on July 28, after which he hid in a forest for 11 days, the National Police of Ukraine reported.

8 August, 10:05 PM

Man shoots, wounds 2 police officers in Chernivtsi Oblast

A 54-year-old man opened fire with a hunting shotgun on police officers conducting an investigation in the village of Yizhivtsi, Chernivtsi Oblast, wounding two officers before fleeing into a nearby forest, the regional police reported on July 28.

28 July, 02:45 PM

Chernihiv Oblast border villages ordered to evacuate

Chernihiv Oblast Defense Council has ordered a mandatory evacuation of 12 villages along the Belarus border beginning July 1, regional governor Viacheslav Chaus announced on Jule 24.

24 June, 08:29 PM

Thirty children plunge as bridge collapses in Western Ukraine village - video

A wooden bridge collapsed in the village of Vyzhenka in Chernivtsi Oblast as 30 children were crossing, six of whom had to be taken to hospital, Suspilne Chernivtsi reported on June 7.

8 June, 01:02 PM

Ukrainian defender missing nearly one year located in hospital

A Ukrainian defender from Chernivtsi Oblast, Ruslan Mykhailiuk, who had been listed as missing since May 2025, was located receiving treatment in a hospital in Sumy Oblast, the Zastavna Town Council reported on March 20.

20 March, 11:30 PM

Moldova asks EU for help with Dniester River contamination from Russian attack

Moldova has asked the European Union to help deal with contamination of the Dniester River after a Russian strike on a Ukrainian HPP caused a transformer oil spill, the Moldovan government said on March 13.

13 March, 11:05 PM

Russian attack contaminates Dniester River; pollution reaches Moldova

A Russian attack on the Dniester Hydroelectric Power Plant in Chernivtsi Oblast caused a leak of transformer oil into the Dniester River, Ukrainian authorities said on March 12.

13 March, 02:33 AM

Russian drones hit critical infrastructure in Chernihiv Oblast

A heat supply facility was damaged in an overnight Russian drone attack on the Semenivska community in Ukraine’s Chernihiv Oblast, regional Governor Vyacheslav Chaus reported on Telegram on March 2.

2 March, 11:18 AM

Russian strike hits Chernihiv Oblast railway, cancels trains

Russian forces struck railway infrastructure in Ukraine’s Chernihiv Oblast overnight into Feb. 8, forcing the cancellation of some train services, Ukrainian Railways reported on Telegram.

8 February, 04:41 PM

Blackouts in Kyiv, Chernihiv oblasts after Russian attack

After a series of Russian air strikes targeting energy infrastructure, parts of Kyiv and Chernihiv oblasts are in blackout, Ukraine’s Energy Ministry said in a statement on Oct. 1.

1 October 2025, 09:47 PM

Earthquakes shakes Ukraine’s Chernivtsi Oblast again

An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.3 on the Richter scale was recorded in Ukraine’s western Chernivtsi Oblast in the morning, the Main Center for Special Control reported on July 29.

29 July 2025, 10:32 AM

Earthquake shakes western Ukraine

An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.6 on the Richter scale was recorded in Ukraine’s western Chernivtsi Oblast on July 13, the Main Center for Special Control reported the following day.

14 July 2025, 10:54 AM

Russia launches drone attacks on Western Ukraine: buildings and vehicles damaged

The Russian forces launched Shahed drone attack against Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi oblasts overnight, the local governors Svitlana Onyshchuk and Ruslan Zaparanyuk reported on May 23.

23 May 2025, 09:58 AM

Man attempted to cross into Moldova suspended in sunflower oil

Ukrainian border guards detained a man who was attempting to cross into Moldova hiding in a tanker truck, half-submerged in sunflower seed oil, State Border Guard Service reported on April 18.

19 April 2025, 02:08 AM

Authorities launch probe into sudden death at Chernivtsi military office

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man at Chernivtsi Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center, National Police wrote on Feb. 7.

7 February 2025, 02:45 PM

Man arrested for arson at humanitarian aid center in Chernivtsi

Chernivtsi Police have detained a 26-year-old man suspected of arson at the humanitarian aid center of the international organization Remar S.O.S., the officers wrote on their website on Dec. 11.

11 December 2024, 03:15 PM

Romania investigates presidential candidate for ties with Russian intelligence

Romania's Foreign Intelligence Service is requesting Ukraine and Moldova to declassify documents related to presidential candidate George Simion, seeking evidence of Simion's alleged meetings with Russian intelligence officers.

14 November 2024, 11:42 PM

All Russian drones targeting Kyiv neutralized on approach, authorities say

All enemy attack drones launched overnight from Russia's Kursk Oblast towards Kyiv were intercepted in the suburbs of the Ukrainian capital, the city's military administration reported early on Aug. 26.

26 August 2024, 07:27 AM

McDonald's opens its first restaurant in Ukraine in 2024

McDonald's Ukraine company, developing a chain of McDonald's fast-food restaurants in Ukraine, opened its first restaurant in Chernivtsi on July 1, the company's press service reported.

1 July 2024, 02:28 PM

Russians shoot dead civilian driver delivering food to border villages in Ukraine’s Chernihiv Oblast, officials report

A 33-year-old man was shot dead in a Russian attack on a civilian car near the border in the Novhorod-Siverskyi district of Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv Oblast, regional governor Vyacheslav Chaus and the national police reported on Telegram April 13.

13 April 2024, 03:17 PM

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