Excerpts from the most important news on Ukraine
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs: There is a plan if russia decides to invade Ukraine
08.12.2021
New sanctions against russia, in the event of its further aggression against Ukraine, will be extremely significant and isolating for russia. US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland said on Tuesday, December 7, testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on US policy toward russia, ukrinform.net reported.“The intent is to make clear that the initial sanctions in response to further aggressive moves in Ukraine will extremely significant and isolating for russia and for russian business and for ...#UkrainiansWillResist hashtag spreads across Ukrainian social media. There will be no “peace” on putin’s terms
06.12.2021
Ukrainians will resist the russian aggressor. There will be no “peace” on the terms of the russian Federation. #UkrainiansWillResist hashtag is spreading across Ukrainian social media.“No one will force Ukrainians to accept the kremlin’s ultimatum. There will be no “peace” on russia’s terms. Even if the West will strike a deal with putin and Zelensky’s government capitulates – #Ukrainians will resist the russian occupiers! – #Ukrainians will resist the russian invaders!russia, welcome to hell!,” the messages reads.Any assurances that Ukraine will not join NATO will mark end of Alliance and Europe – Poroshenko
05.12.2021
russia cannot be given any guarantees that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will not expand to the east, as this will be the end of NATO and a free Europe, the fifth Ukrainian President and the leader of the European Solidarity party Petro Poroshenko said on the Italian TV channel Sky TG24.“russia simply cannot be given any legal guarantees against NATO enlargement, because that would be the end of it. Agreeing to such a proposal would be the end ...putin talks about Ukraine non-stop because russia has no history of its own – Snyder
02.12.2021
A kind of essay written by putin, in which he set out his vision of the history of Ukraine, Belarus and russia, historically speaking, is entirely without merit, said renowned historian and professor at Yale University Timothy Snyder.“When I read it as a historian, the feeling I have is the same feeling I have when, for example, at a cocktail party I’m forced to speak to someone who has a very strong conviction about something in the past but doesn’t ...Share of NPLs in Ukraine banking sector decreased to 32.7%
01.12.2021
As of November 1, the share of non-performing loans (NPL) in the Ukrainian banking sector decreased to 32.7% against 33.3% on October 1, the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) wrote in a Telegram post.Since the start of the year, the share of NPLs decreased by 8.4 percentage points (UAH 58.2 billion in absolute terms) and took place in banks of all groups.In March 2021, the NBU began to publish monthly statistics on the distribution of NPLs ...Ukraine secures USD 700m from IMF, SBA extended
24.11.2021
At a meeting to review the ongoing Stand-By Arrangement with Ukraine, the IMF Executive Board decided to extend the program and allocate a tranche of about USD 700m.“The completion of the review allows the authorities to draw the equivalent of about USD 699m (SDR 500m), bringing total disbursements under the current SBA to about USD 2.8bn (SDR 2bn)” the IMF said in a statement.The Board also approved an extension of the Stand-By Arrangement to end-June 2022 and a rephasing of ...russia increases pressure on activists, lawyers, and journalists in occupied Crimea
15.11.2021
Mass arrests of activists, increased pressure on defense attorneys, and detention of journalists on the job – this is how the Crimean Solidarity non-profit describes the actions of the occupied Crimea’s security forces over the past month.That’s according to Crimean Solidarity’s report posted on Facebook with reference to civic journalist Zidan Adzhikelyamov, ukrinform.net reports.“This month we observed the flagrant behavior on the part of the security forces, who were detaining people who arrived at the courts … OMON pushed the activists ...Ukraine and Canada to build space launch complex in Nova Scotia
06.11.2021
The space agencies of Ukraine and Canada signed a joint statement on partnership and cooperation in the space sector.“On November 18, in Halifax, the space agencies of Ukraine and Canada signed a joint statement of partnership, and on November 19, celebrations were held to mark the laying of the “first stone” of the launchpad for the Ukrainian and Canadian projects to create a space launch complex,”, the press service of the Ukrainian Embassy in Canada reported.The project provides for the ...Bayraktar UAV production will be launched in short term
03.11.2021
Bayraktar TB2Bayraktar UAV production will be launched in the short term – it is a matter of months, not years. That’s according to Ukraine’s Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey, Vasyl Bodnar, who spoke with RFE/RL’s Ukrainian bureau, Ukrinform reported.“In fact, this is probably a matter of months, not years. And work is already underway to allocate the appropriate land plot to begin substantive operations on the construction of this maintenance and repair center. Also, on a parallel track, the work ...Forced assimilation. russian authorities restrict rights of Ukrainians in every possible way
02.11.2021
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expresses its strong protest over the ongoing crackdown by the russian authorities on the rights of the Ukrainian minority in russia.“As part of russia’s deliberate state policy of forced assimilation during 2011-2020 the Federal National-Cultural Autonomy of Ukrainians of russia were banned as well as the Association of Ukrainians of russia and the Omsk Regional NGO «Siberian Center of Ukrainian Culture «Gray Wedge». Besides, the World Congress of Ukrainians was labeled as an ...Cimpress acquires Depositphotos for USD 85m
28.10.2021
Ukraine-founded royalty-free content marketplace Depositphotos has become a part of Cimpress.Cimpress’ subsidiary VistaPrint bought Depositphotos for USD 85m, Depositphotos CEO Vadim Nekhai said in a Facebook post.As a result of the deal, Depositphotos and Crello, which will change its name to VistaCreate, will have significantly more resources that will be invested in the development of technologies, products, promotion in the markets of North America and Europe.Ukraine in talks with Britain to buy missiles
23.10.2021
Ukraine is in discussions with Britain to acquire missiles, amid concerns that russia is planning to occupy more territory, thetimes.co.uk reported.Britain considers providing Ukraine with missiles for aircraft and surface-to-surface missiles for patrol boats. The surface-to-surface maritime Brimstone missiles were designed to hit “swarms” of targets simultaneously and can be deployed on vessels that the Ukrainian navy is currently using.
