Ukrinform

National News Agency of Ukraine
Native name
Українське національне інформаційне агентство
Company typeState enterprise
IndustryNews agency
FoundedMarch 16, 1918
Headquarters8/16, Bohdan Khmelnytskoho,
Kyiv, Ukraine, 01001
Key people
Oleksandr Kharchenko
Revenue16,043,000 hryvnia (2025) Edit this on Wikidata
Total assets19,672,000 hryvnia (2025) Edit this on Wikidata
OwnerMinistry of Culture and Information Policy
Number of employees
6,250 (2025) Edit this on Wikidata
Websiteukrinform.net
uatv.ua/en/

The National News Agency of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Українське національне інформаційне агентство), or Ukrinform (Ukrainian: Укрінформ), is a Ukrainian information and news agency, and international broadcaster owned by the Ukrainian government. It was started in 1918 during the Ukrainian War of Independence as the Bureau of Ukrainian Press (BUP). Its first director was Dmytro Dontsov, when they were named The Ukrainian Telegraph Agency.

Ukrinform represents Ukraine in the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) and the Black Sea Association of National News Agencies (BSANNA).

Ukrinform shares news stories in Ukrainian, Russian, English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese and Polish.

History

Previous logo of Ukrinform

Ukrinform started as the Bureau of Ukrainian Press (BUP) in 1918 and has gone through many reorganizations since then. It was associated with Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) when it was in the Soviet Union.

Corporate headquarters in Kyiv

What it does

Ukrinform talks about policies and life in Ukraine. It also gives information to the country's government. A decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine from February 19, 1997 says they are independent of all political parties and public organizations.

Every day, Ukrinform shares reports in English, German, Ukrainian, Polish, French, Spanish and Japanese. Ukrinform sends information to the media, TV channels, radio stations, official establishments, local governments, foreign embassies, Ukrainian diplomatic missions abroad and foreign media. In March 2022, the Institute of Mass Information said Ukrinform can be trusted.

Television

Logo of FREEДОМ

FREEДОМ (formerly UATV) is a Russian-language television news channel that focuses on the Russo-Ukrainian War. It is broadcasted live on its website, satellite and cable television. It has a YouTube channel in English called UATV English. Before it temporarily closed in January 2020, the channel also broadcasted in English, Ukrainian, Crimean Tatar and Arabic.

References

  1. ↑ Ukrainian National News Agency UKRINFORM celebrates its 90th anniversary, National Radio Company of Ukraine (May 15, 2008)
  2. ↑ On March 1 the national news agency Ukrinform launched Ukraine's first Internet radio service, Government of Ukraine (March 2, 2005)
  3. ↑ "Official website. Contact Us. ("Kyiv" spelling)". Mar 2017.
  4. ↑ "Official website". Archived from the original on 2020-07-21. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  5. 1 2 3 "UA-TV". Ukrinform. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  6. ↑ (in Ukrainian) Українському національному інформаційному агентству «Укрінформ» — 90 років. Вітаємо!, Телекритика (March 17, 2008)
  7. ↑ "Ukrinform marks 100th anniversary of its foundation". ukrinform.net. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Information on Agency". www.ukrinform.net. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  9. ↑ Рада ухвалила закон про іномовлення (in Ukrainian). Ukrinform. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  10. ↑ "ANA signs deal with Ukraine's Ukrinform". Athens-Macedonian News Agency. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  11. ↑ Barsukova, Olena (2025-02-26). "Russian Shahed drone attack kill surgeon and Ukrinform journalist in Kyiv Oblast: colleagues confirm married couple's death". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
  12. ↑ "Ukrinform journalist Tetiana Kulyk killed in Russian drone attack on Kyiv region". Ukrinform. 2025-02-26. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
  13. ↑ "Ukraine: Journalist Tetyana Kulyk Killed in Russian Drone Strike". womeninjournalism.org. Coalition For Women In Journalism. 2025-03-09. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
  14. ↑ (in Ukrainian) Resolution of July 15, 1997 #749, Government of Ukraine (March 2, 2005)
  15. ↑ THROUGH TRUTH AND OBJECTIVITY Archived 2007-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Victor Chamara, Director General Ukrinform on the official website of Ukrinform
  16. ↑ "ІМІ рекомендує читати новини з достовірних джерел. Список медіа". imi.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  17. 1 2 "About us". Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  18. ↑ ""DOM" AND UATV GOT 362 MILLION HRIVNYAS FOR NEXT YEAR". Institute of Mass Information. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  19. ↑ UATV English's channel on YouTube
  20. ↑ Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group. "Ukraine axes English & Crimean Tatar TV to launch risky Russian channel for occupied Donbas and Crimea". Retrieved 2022-03-18.

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