Section: US & Canada
Kyiv solemnly remembers the Holodomor
KYIV – Hundreds of Kyiv residents, including Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and First Lady Maryna Poroshenko, took part in a solemn ceremony to commemorate the Holodomor, or death by forced starvation, on November 26 in Park Slavy (Glory Park). Millions of Ukrainians were starved to death in 1932-1933 on the orders of Soviet dictator Joseph...
Latest Minsk talks fail to reach breakthrough on Ukraine conflict
Talks in Minsk on resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine have ended with the foreign affairs ministers of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany all saying no new breakthroughs were made. German Foreign Affairs Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said the November 29 meeting in the Belarusian capital concluded with negotiators far from reaching a...
Kyiv says Russia has at least 5,000 troops in eastern Ukraine
KYIV – Ukraine’s Defense Ministry has said Russia has between 5,000 and 7,500 regular military troops inside Ukrainian territory, not counting the annexed Ukrainian region of Crimea. Deputy Defense Minister Ihor Dolhov told journalists in Kyiv on November 29 that Russia has 23,000 troops in Crimea, including about 9,000 along the...
On the human rights situation in Crimea
Following is the text of the U.N. Resolution on the Situation of Human Rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol (Ukraine), adopted on November 15 by the General Assembly’s Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian, Cultural). The vote was 73-23, with 76 abstentions. As noted by the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to...
UWC calls for worldwide support of campaign “Condemn Russia’s Crimes in Ukraine and Syria”
The following statement and appeal was issued by the Ukrainian World Congress on November 19. The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) condemns the military actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine and Syria including the ongoing build-up of troops, weaponry and aircraft in this region. Emboldened by some wavering on the part of the international...
Why the past matters for the future
As Americans sit down to their Thanksgiving meals, Ukrainians commemorate the memory of millions who were murdered in 1932-1933. The last Saturday in November is Holodomor Remembrance Day in Ukraine, a time to mark the anniversary of Joseph Stalin’s engineered starvation of the nation. In the West, the date should also be remembered as a...
Initiating a dialogue with the next president of the U.S.
WASHINGTON – The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation (USUF), in partnership with the Friends of Ukraine Network (FOUN), transmitted a set of initial policy recommendations to the Trump-Pence transition team. USUF President Nadia K. McConnell wrote to Vice President-Elect Mike Pence as the head of the transition team: “Support for Ukraine has always been and...
“Ukraine in New York” comes to Columbia University
NEW YORK – Columbia University’s Harriman Institute will be offering a unique course in the spring 2017 semester – “Ukraine in New York” – focusing on the history and development of the Ukrainian community in New York City. Prof. Alexander Motyl of Rutgers University will teach the course, which will be open to both graduate […] …read...
Georgians and Ukrainians to celebrate their independence anniversaries
NEW YORK – Talents of the World, an international concert organization, will celebrate the friendship between two peoples – Georgians and Ukrainians – with a concert dedicated to the 25th anniversaries of independence of the two nations. Ukraine’s and Georgia’s rich cultures are well represented in the concert with several musical...
Russia says Ukraine tried to sabotage Trump campaign by linking Manafort to pro-Kremlin oligarchs
A top Russian official accused Ukraine this week of interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential race amid renewed discussions in Washington involving Moscow’s own election meddling. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters Wednesday that the Ukrainian government attempted to sabotage President-elect Donald...
