Excerpts from the most important news on Ukraine
International Democracy Union: The accusation of high treason against Ukraine’s 5th President Poroshenko appears to be a politically motivated attempt to suppress opposition
17.02.2025
The International Democracy Union expresses deep concern over the recent decision by Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, endorsed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to impose restrictive measures against Petro Poroshenko, the former Ukrainian President, leader of our member party European Solidarity, and the Member of the IDU Honorary Advisory Board.The accusation of high treason against Ukraine’s 5th President—who has steadfastly resisted russian aggression since 2014, secured vital international support for Ukraine, built the modern Armed Forces, brokered the EU-Ukraine Association ...Robotic turret ‘Burya’ goes into mass production
06.02.2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcI3B3lNsAYThe Ukrainian startup Frontline has launched the Burya robotic turret for the Mk 19 40-mm grenade launcher into mass production, mil.in.ua reported.At the moment, Burya is being supplied to several Ukrainian front-line units, including the Da Vinci Wolves battalion, the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, and the 101st Separate Security Brigade of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Along with the supply, service support is provided, and operators are trained on the Burya turret.So far, dozens of Mk ...Pentagon: Trump’s order to suspend foreign aid doesn’t affect military aid programs for Ukraine
24.01.2025
Donald Trump’s executive order on a 90-day pause in international assistance does not affect military aid programs for Ukraine, the Pentagon confirmed to holosameryky.com.“Security assistance to Ukraine is not subject to the restrictions of the recent foreign assistance order, as it applies only to development programs, not military support,” the US Department of Defense said.This means that contracts for the production of weapons for Ukraine under the USAI program, issued by the Biden administration, remain in force. Also, Trump’s specific ...Rutte: putin has no veto and has no vote on whoever would join NATO
24.01.2025
putin has no veto and has no vote on whoever would join NATO in the future, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said during the Ukrainian Breakfast in Davos.“In 2014 we thought that we had a sustainable peace but basically putin was able to continue his quest to get more of Ukraine and he did it in 2022,” Rutte said. For the peace to be sustainable we have to make sure that putin will never ever again try to get a square ...MEPs condemn russia’s systematic falsification of historical arguments to justify its war against Ukraine
23.01.2025
In a resolution adopted on Thursday, MEPs condemn the russian regime’s systematic falsification of historical arguments to justify its illegal war of aggression against Ukraine, europarl.europa.eu reported.The text adopted by Parliament rejects historical claims by the russian regime to undermine Ukraine’s history and national identity as futile attempts to justify its ongoing illegal war. It also condemns russia’s failure to establish accountability for Soviet crimes, and for cracking down on attempts to carry ...Dove of peace made from fragments of damaged church in Kyiv was presented to Cardinal from Vatican
27.12.2024
Ukrainian artist Yama Targonya made a symbolic dove of peace with blue-yellow decoration on fragments of stained glass of the Church of St. Nicholas in Kyiv and presented it to Cardinal Konrad Krajewski from the Vatican, rkc.org.ua reported.The parish priest, Pavlo Vyshkovsky, spoke about the consequences for the church caused by the russian missile strike on the capital. “As we can see, nothing is sacred for our enemy. Last Friday morning became tragic for us, because our church is already ...Stephen Fry reads short Ukrainian story “Miracle in the Darkness”
21.12.2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgEK4QxIww4The English actor and broadcaster Stephen Fry came into the BCC Ukrainecast studio to discuss his visit to Ukraine to see how war is impacting the country’s mental health.To mark Christmas Day, he reads a short Christmas story which touches on some of the challenges Ukrainians face this winter. “Miracle in the Darkness” is a short story from the book ‘Brave Tales’ by Iryna Vyhovska and Victoria Murovana. It was published by ACCA, in association with Suspilne media.You can ...“Make russia small again”. Lithuanian athlete disqualified from the World Championships because of her T-shirt
15.12.2024
Lithuanian athlete Kornelija Dūdaitė was disqualified from the Functional Fitness World Championships in Hungary because of a T-shirt with the slogan ‘Make russia small again’, lrt.lt reported.The athlete noted that her team came to the competition knowing about the participation of russian athletes, who would compete under a neutral flag. “We, as Lithuanian representatives, went to these competitions knowing that russian athletes would participate. We were told that they would compete as neutrals. We have already experienced what such neutral ...russians loot art and use it as a screen for russian crimes – suspilne.media
06.12.2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts_aW9zIiBYThe episode “Art” from the cycle “The Big russian Lies” shows how russian art is used as a screen for russian crimes. How the kremlin orchestra plays Tchaikovsky on the ruins of the bombed-out Mariupol Drama Theater, suspilne.media reported.As in 2014, the russian conductor Valery Gergiev organized a charity concert in Rotterdam in memory of the victims of the MH-17 disaster, which was shot down by russian mercenaries. As in 2015, he is coming with a concert to Palmyra, to ...Polish politicians want to condemn the ideology of Ukraine’s struggle for independence – Viatrovych
04.12.2024
Polish politicians have decided to take a “step toward reconciliation” in response to a statement by Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, writes Volodymyr Viatrovych, former head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance.Yesterday, a draft law was submitted to the Sejm to amend the Law on the Institute of National Remembrance — the Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation and the Criminal Code.The Criminal Code article on punishment for public propaganda of Nazism, communism, fascism, or ...russians engaged in systematic, intentional, and widespread coerced adoption and fostering of children from Ukraine – Yale
04.12.2024
The Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) determined with high confidence that the russian Federation has engaged in the systematic, intentional, and widespread coerced adoption and fostering of children from Ukraine.Yale HRL has identified 314 children who have been subjected to russia’s system of coerced adoption and fostering since russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, including 148 children listed in russia’s child placement databases and 166 children placed directly with citizens of russia. ...Greenpeace on IAEA’s failure to act: Words don’t protect Ukraine’s nuclear plants against russian missile attacks
03.12.2024
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is failing in its role to urgently protect Ukraine’s nuclear plants against russian missile attack, Greenpeace CEE said in reaction to the latest large-scale missile strikes targeting Ukraine’s vulnerable electricity system.In September, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi agreed with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy to expand the Agency’s inspection mission to include electric substations targeted by the russian military. An analysis by Greenpeace in October highlighted the vulnerability of Ukraine’s nuclear plant to ...
