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Ukraine's Eurovision finalists named; Dnipro fire reported

Summary

A look back at two items from Ukrainian news around 22 and 24 January 2022.

What was happening in Ukrainian public life on 24 January 2022? Among the items that day, the national public broadcaster announced the list of finalists in the selection for the Eurovision Song Contest.

The announcement came from the Національна суспільна телерадіокомпанія, Ukraine's public broadcasting company, and set out who would go forward in the national selection for the contest.

Two days earlier, on 22 January 2022, a fire broke out at the head office of the ATB corporation in the city of Dnipro.

The Dnipro fire and the Eurovision announcement were separate stories, reported on different days, in different parts of Ukrainian life.

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