Top 5 News Stories 26 May

1. As of 25 May, 21 245 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ukraine. Over the past day, 406 cases of the disease were recorded. In total, 7 234 patients have recovered and 623 have died.

hromadske.ua/posts/koronavirus-v-ukrayini-viyavili-u-ponad-21-tisyachi-lyudej-z-nih-623-pomerli

2. IKEA has stopped accepting new orders in Ukraine. The company says this was done in order to meet the demands of those who have already made their orders and to keep IKEA’s high reputation. 

biz.liga.net/ekonomika/fmcg/novosti/ikea-priostanovila-rabotu-internet-magazina-v-ukraine

3. The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra has resumed its work. Many people at the Lavra have succumbed to COVID-19 after it called on people to ignore quarantine recommendations.  

hromadske.ua/posts/kiyevo-pecherska-lavra-vidkrilasya-pislya-karantinu

4. Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) won’t resume its work until the COVID-19 situation gets better in every oblast. As of right now, the adaptive quarantine cannot be implemented in eight oblasts: Volyn, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zakarpattia, Luhansk, Lviv, Rivne, and Chernivtsi. 

korrespondent.net/ukraine/4232769-nazvano-uslovye-nachala-prodazhy-byletov-na-poezda

5. Ukrainian environmental activists are calling to protect the Horbachykha tract from its destruction, which is a part of a new Kyiv project. This area is the last of the floodplain forest remaining within the Left Bank and is full of rare animals and plants.  

hromadske.ua/posts/ekozahisniki-zaklikayut-stvoriti-zakaznik-na-teritoriyi-kiyivskogo-urochisha-gorbachiha