On January 12, Ukraine celebrates Ukrainian Political Prisoner Day, initiated in 1975 by Vyacheslav Chornovil. This day honors Ukrainians who suffered for their beliefs, particularly during the repressions of 1972 and the ongoing Russian aggression.
Due to night shelling, over 60 Ukrzaliznytsia trains are running with delays. Among them are international and long-distance trains; railway workers are eliminating the damage.
On January 10, Ukrzaliznytsia is reducing the delay time for 14 trains caused by weather conditions. Return journeys will depart with smaller deviations from the schedule.
Due to bad weather, Ukrzaliznytsia will dispatch a number of trains with delays. The departure time of some services has been changed from 30 minutes to 4 hours.
Ukrzaliznytsia reports a delay of 42 trains, including 18 long-distance and 24 suburban, due to icing of the overhead contact system. The longest delays affect trains Lviv — Dnipro and Przemyśl — Kharkiv.
On January 1, Ukraine celebrated the 117th anniversary of the birth of OUN leader Stepan Bandera. Ceremonies took place in cities in the west, south and east of the country.
Uzhhorod has become the most expensive city in Ukraine in terms of the average cost of apartment rental, surpassing Kyiv and Lviv. The average rental price in Uzhhorod is 21,300 hryvnias per month, which is 12% more.
The court remanded three 18-year-old residents of Ivano-Frankivsk in custody in the case of a fatal fight near a nightclub. One suspect was taken into custody without bail, and the other two were placed under round-the-clock house arrest.
Attackers who inflicted bodily harm on folk ensemble artists to be tried in Lviv region.
Svitlana Onyshchuk, head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Military Administration, appealed to law enforcement agencies to check the operation of entertainment venues. This happened after the death of an 18-year-old boy as a result of a fight near one of the venues in Ivano-Frankivsk.
Passenger trains are temporarily running on alternative routes, bypassing Korosten in Zhytomyr region. This will extend travel time for 14 routes, but passengers will get home before Christmas Eve.
Ukrzaliznytsia is assigning 16 additional trains, attaching carriages, and increasing the frequency of regular services for the Christmas and New Year holidays. Priority is given to the Carpathian direction to ensure recreation and rehabilitation for military personnel and families with children.
In the Zhytomyr region, a freight train derailed, damaging the track and causing an emergency situation with passenger train No. 45/46 Kharkiv – Uzhhorod. The driver and assistant driver of the freight train, as well as one female passenger, were injured.
A transnational network of fraudulent call centers operating in Kyiv, Dnipro, and Ivano-Frankivsk has been liquidated in Ukraine. The perpetrators defrauded EU citizens of over 50 million hryvnias using "vishing" and other schemes.
In Ivano-Frankivsk, a symbolic amulet Christmas tree was installed, the base of which is pixel fabric, symbolizing the resilience of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Its decoration combines Ukrainian patterns and colorful embroidery, as well as white and blue beads as an amulet.
Starting December 3, the "Ukrzaliznytsia" application allows users to book up to four trips totaling 3000 kilometers as part of the "3000 km across Ukraine" program, which is available to frontline communities. Free tickets are offered on 24 designated routes in open-plan carriages, compartments, regional trains, and Intercity 2nd class.
The accused pleaded not guilty, despite Russian accusations of cooperating with Ukrainian special services.
Starting December 14, 2024, Ukrzaliznytsia is introducing a new train schedule for 2025-2026, which includes 11 new routes (8 international, 3 domestic) and hourly train service between Kyiv and Lviv. Among the domestic updates are the Kramatorsk-Chop, Kryvyi Rih-Ivano-Frankivsk trains, and the extended Kharkiv-Uzhhorod route.
Changes in schedules and restrictions on suburban train services are due to repair works next month.
In Ivano-Frankivsk region, prosecutors exposed a corruption scheme in a unit of the State Labor Service, where officials received at least 235 thousand hryvnias in bribes. Four suspects, including heads of the department, have already been notified of suspicion.
An analysis by OLX Real Estate showed that the most expensive houses in Ukraine are sold in villages in the Kyiv region, particularly in the village of Plyuty, where the median price is UAH 47. 5 million. Kyiv remains the leader among regional centers with a median price of UAH 9.6 million, while the lowest prices are recorded in Chernihiv (UAH 1 million).
In Ukraine, in the first 10 months of 2023, construction began on 187 new residential complexes, which is 9% more than last year. Real estate sales are open for 2149 projects, but the number of commissioned apartments decreased by 9%.
Lviv has the most expensive housing on the primary and secondary markets, while Kyiv ranks second. The highest rental prices for housing are recorded in Uzhhorod.
In Ukraine, driving an electric scooter and bicycle while intoxicated is equated to driving a car while intoxicated. The fine is 17,000 hryvnias and deprivation of driving rights, even for teenagers.
Due to a Russian attack on the Poltava region, railway infrastructure has been damaged, and there is no electricity supply or contact network on several sections. This has led to significant delays for a number of long-distance trains and suburban services in the Poltava and Kharkiv regions.
A large-scale fire broke out in a hotel in the village of Polianytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk region; about 70 people were evacuated. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties.
An explosion of a charging station occurred in an office building in Ivano-Frankivsk, causing a fire over an area of 20 m². Two people were injured, 40 were evacuated, and the fire was extinguished.
As a result of the night shelling on October 31, railway facilities and rolling stock of Ukrzaliznytsia in Sumy and Kharkiv regions were damaged. Train No. 228/227 Husarivka – Ivano-Frankivsk is running on an altered route, and train No. 779/780 Sumy – Kyiv departed on schedule with substitute carriages.
After a massive Russian attack, a critical infrastructure facility was damaged in Prykarpattia, and two households sustained minor damage. In Ladyzhyn, Vinnytsia Oblast, the attack caused disruptions to electricity, water, and heating.
As a result of enemy strikes on energy infrastructure in several regions of Ukraine, power supply problems arose. The mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk warned of possible power outages, and Ukrzaliznytsia reported train delays in Mykolaiv region.
