Dec. 1 1991: The Ukrainian people confirm the Proclamation of Ukrainian Independence during a referendum. Leonid Kravchuk is elected president of Ukraine.
Dec. 2 2004: The European Parliament adopts a resolution calling for the annulment of the results of the second round of presidential elections in Ukraine.
Dec. 3 1932: The Council of People’s Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR bans the sale of meat and cattle in all regions of Ukraine that have failed to meet the delivery quotas.
Dec. 4 1925: The first issue of the all-Ukrainian newspaper Komsomolets Ukrainy is published in Kharkiv (Molod’ Ukrainy from 1943).
Dec. 5 2004: The presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko says in an interview with The Daily Telegraph that his family is in hiding because it faces danger.
Dec. 6 Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
1991: Ukraine signs an agreement on neighborly relations and cooperation with Hungary.
Dec. 7 1934: The USSR Council of People’s Commissars resolves to abolish rationed issue of bread, flour, and cereals.
