Section: The Ukrainian Weekly (USA)
Worldwide conference of Plast Ukrainian Scouting held in Kyiv
KYIV – The Conference of Ukrainian Plast Organizations (known by its Ukrainian-based acronym as KUPO), the body uniting Plast groups worldwide, met in the Ukrainian capital on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the country’s re-establishment of independence. In attendance were more than 100 delegates and guests from Australia,...
Professor from Odesa in Texas on Fulbright
AUSTIN, Texas – Dr. Volodymyr Dubovyk, an associate professor of international relations and director of the Center for International Studies at Odesa National University in Odesa, Ukraine, is spending the 2016-2017 academic year in Austin, Texas, on a Fulbright Scholarship. St. Edward’s University and the University of Texas at Austin...
Two priests celebrate 40th anniversaries
STAMFORD, Conn. – Two Ukrainian American clergymen recently celebrated the 40th anniversaries of their priestly ordinations with celebrations in Kyiv and Rudno, near Lviv. The Very Rev. Mitred Archpriest Roman Mirchuk of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, who currently resides in Mykolayiv, Ukraine, and the Rt. Rev. Mitred...
War reporter’s stories from Ukraine
“In Wartime: Stories From Ukraine,” by Tim Judah, New York: Tim Duggan Books, 2016. ISBN: 978-0451495471. $27 (hardcover) or ISBN: 9780451495495 $13.99 (kindle/e-book) The ongoing disinformation war and military war that Russia has escalated since its 2014 annexation of the Crimean peninsula of Ukraine are the subject of author Tim Judah’s...
Chaplain to Ukraine’s armed forces addresses community in Albany
WATERVLIET, N.Y. – On December 9, the Ukrainian community of the Albany area had the privilege of meeting with Father Ivan Howhera, who described his experiences ministering to the wounded and dying fighters and soldiers on the Maidan and in the Donbas. The assembly was sponsored by the New York State Capital District of the […] …read more...
Belarus and Ukraine face strained relations
On October 21, a regular Kyiv-Minsk flight by a Belavia (Belarusian state carrier) Boeing 737-800 passenger jet was interrupted. At 3:36 p.m., Ukrainian air traffic control demanded that the airliner, which had 136 passengers on board and took off 11 minutes earlier from Kyiv International Airport, immediately return to the Ukrainian capital....
Experts discuss information warfare, Ukraine and Europe
KYIV – European journalism faced a number of challenges that drew its attention away from the events in Ukraine. This includes inadequate funding that results in editors’ inability to assign their reporters, Brexit, and Syria, which supersedes the war in Donbas, as well as the world of social media, where false information is spread beyond...
RFE/RL Crimea journalists win David Burke Award
WASHINGTON – The Broadcasting Board of Governors has recognized the professionalism and courage of the RFE/RL Ukrainian Service’s Crimea desk by presenting it with the 2016 David Burke Distinguished Journalism Award. RFE/RL President Thomas Kent accepted the prize on behalf of the journalists in a ceremony on December 1 presided over by BBG...
Investigative chief alleges Oleksandr Onyshchenko may have spied for Russia
KYIV – The head of investigations in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has charged that Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksandr Onyshchenko may have been spying for Russia. Hryhoriy Ostafiychuk, head of the SBU’s Main Investigative Directorate, told reporters in Kyiv on December 1 that the SBU had obtained evidence that suggests treasonous...
Savchenko’s allegiance questioned after meeting with Kremlin proxies
KYIV – Nadiya Savchenko is a woman of many firsts. She is Ukraine’s first female military aviator and the first servicewoman to have received the nation’s highest honor – the golden star Hero of Ukraine medal. She was also the most trusted politician in Ukraine, according to the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, when Russian...
