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Type | Radio network and website |
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Availability | International |
Endowment | Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK |
Owner | BBC |
Key people | Maciek Bernatt-Reschynskyy (Head of Service)[1] |
Launch date | 1992 |
Official website | www.bbc.com/ukrainian |
BBC News Ukrainian (Ukrainian: BBC News Україна) is the Ukrainian service of BBC News which conveys the latest political, social, economical and sport news relevant to Ukraine and the world. It started broadcasts in 1992.[1] Its headquarters are in London, United Kingdom.[1] The first BBC Ukrainian program was aired on 1 June 1992. It featured President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk and UK Prime Minister John Major.[1] It has had an office in Kyiv since 1993 with around ten staff, in 1993 the office was staffed by one correspondent.[2] BBC Ukrainian has a few dozen reporters - both in Ukraine and abroad.[3][4]
From June 2009 BBC Ukrainian aired hourly news broadcasts outside its morning and evening broadcasts.[5] Radio broadcasts ceased on 29 April 2011, leaving only Internet publication.