Excerpts from the most important news on Ukraine
PACE will hold urgent debates regarding the situation in the Sea of Azov
21.01.2019
On Thursday, January 24, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will hold urgent debates regarding the situation in the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait, Ukrinform reports.The head of Ukraine’s delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), MP Volodymyr Ariev, reported this on his Facebook page.“Urgent debates in PACE with a resolution regarding the situation in the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait will be held in Strasbourg on Thursday morning. ...russian TV claims “Nazi-loving Ukrainians” are running Canada’s government
19.01.2019
Canada’s caught in a rhetorical crossfire in the conflict between russia and Ukraine, CBC reports.One of the kremlin’s most prominent propagandists has aired a segment with the incredible claiming that Nazi-loving Ukrainians are running Canada’s government and shaping anti-russian policies.russian ships’ access to EU ports may be restricted
19.01.2019
Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin says his European Union counterparts will in February and March discuss new sanctions against russia over an attack on Ukrainian navy boats near the Kerch Strait.“There are several ideas I will deliberately not mention. They will be discussed by the EU foreign ministers in February and March. These may be very important decisions,” Klimkin said at a press conference summing up the results of Ukraine’s diplomacy in 2018, according to an UNIAN correspondent. ...Berlin investigates far-right journalist named in Ukraine arson attack
19.01.2019
Berlin prosecutors are investigating a far-right German journalist who was implicated by a defendant in a Polish court of involvement in the firebombing of a Hungarian cultural center in western Ukraine last year.The preliminary investigation into Manuel Ochsenreiter, a vocal supporter of moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine who has been interviewed numerous times in russian state media, is based on “suspicion of serious arson,” a spokesperson for the Berlin prosecutor’s office told RFE/RL on January 18.The existence of the investigation ...Ukraine-Belgium trade grows by 25% in nine months
19.01.2019
Trade between Ukraine and Belgium grew by 25% in the nine months of 2018, to US$992,7 million, UNIAN reports.Ukrainian exports to Belgium in the said period increased by 37,4%, to US$465,9 million, the press service of Ukraine’s Economic Development and Trade Ministry said.moscow pursues provocations against autocephaly of Ukrainian church
18.01.2019
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said moscow continues provocations aimed against the autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine: the enemy seeks to incite conflicts on religious grounds, UNIAN reports.“I would like to emphasize there have been provocations on the part of moscow regarding the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Church and, unfortunately, they are continuing now. The enemy goal is to incite conflicts around the transition, make communities stand up against each another, and test our unity, again,” he ...Facebook Removed Suspicious Pages Linked to russia
17.01.2019
Facebook has removed multiple Pages, groups and accounts that engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram.The two operations we found originated in russia, and one was active in a variety of countries while the other was specific to Ukraine. We didn’t find any links between these operations, but they used similar tactics by creating networks of accounts to mislead others about who they were and what they were doing.Facebook deleted 364 Pages and accounts for engaging in ...Polish studio reveals design of Holodomor Museum
17.01.2019
The underground Museum of the Great Famine by Nizio Design International in Kyiv, Ukraine, will be topped by two misaligned green roofs, writes dezeen.com.It will be dedicated to the millions of victims of Holodomor, or the Great Famine – a manmade famine in the former Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933.The 14,000 square metre Museum of the Great Famine, which will be the “largest museum project” in the country, is being designed by Polish studio Nizio Design ...“Javelin effect”: tank attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas ceased
16.01.2019
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that, after the Armed Forces of Ukraine received Javelin anti-tank missiles, tank attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas by the russian occupation forces ceased, UNIAN reports.“I’d like to draw attention to the psychological effect of the provision of Javelins to Ukraine,” the president said as he was addressing representatives of businesses and public in Volyn region.As soon as the russian tankers heard that the Ukrainian military, armed with ...Ukraine signs agreement to purchase Turkish combat UAVs
14.01.2019
An agreement on the purchase of Bayraktar TB2 Turkish combat UAVs for Ukrainian troops has been signed, reports Ukrinform.“As we arranged with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an agreement on the purchase of Bayraktar TB2 Turkish combat UAVs for Ukrainian troops has been signed,” President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko posted on Facebook.As Poroshenko noted, these cutting edge tactical unmanned aerial vehicles, apart ...Ukraine will provide UAH 6.9 billion to support farmers
14.01.2019
The state budget of Ukraine will provide UAH 6.9 billion (about $240 million) in support of the domestic farmers, reports Ukrinform.“The Government introduces the farmers’ support programs so that our agriculture could develop as efficiently as possible. We budget UAH 6.9 billion for such programs,” Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman posted on Facebook.In his opinion, it is necessary to support Ukrainian agrarians as they form a significant part of Ukraine’s GDP.NYT about Dakh Daughters: Darkly seductive and alienating at once
11.01.2019
The Daughters’ performance, is darkly seductive and alienating at once — a powerful expression of the tensions endured by women in conflict zones, and a reminder that identity often means fighting on multiple battle lines, writes The New York Times about band’s GlobalFest performance in New York.The classical instruments appeared — and were sometimes abused — in what was perhaps the most extraordinary show of the evening. Dakh Daughters is born out of Kyiv’s theater scene and features seven women who ...
