Section: The Ukrainian Weekly (USA)
Ukraine’s reshuffled Cabinet of Ministers
Continuing the listing from last week, following are the Cabinet ministers approved on April 14 by the Verkhovna Rada. (The brief profiles were prepared by Kyiv correspondent Zenon Zawada.) Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak, 51: He has served for 18 months, largely responsible for managing finances and personnel rather than developing military...
Verkhovna Rada approves new Cabinet to be led by Volodymyr Groysman
KYIV – Ukraine’s Parliament voted on April 14 to approve a reshuffled Cabinet of Ministers, including its new prime minister, Volodymyr Groysman, the parliamentary chairman who has long been a close political ally to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. The votes put an end to a political crisis that began in mid-February, when the...
Volodymyr Groysman: loyal Poroshenko ally
The man identified by Ukraine’s outgoing prime minister as his successor, Volodymyr Groysman, is a 38-year-old loyalist of President Petro Poroshenko who was thrust onto the national scene after the Euro-Maidan unrest that toppled a government. Mr. Groysman’s meteoric rise from mayoral upstart to speaker of a notoriously obstreperous...
Patriotic volunteers crucial to Ukraine’s fight against Putin
Two sets of volunteers have been crucial in the battle to defeat Vladimir Putin’s imperialism in eastern Ukraine. The first has been Ukrainian patriots who joined volunteer battalions. The second – just as important – has been the civilian volunteers throughout Ukraine who have supplied food, fresh water, uniforms, medical supplies, showers...
Ukraine’s afflicted environment
It’s getting harder every day to write something positive about Ukraine. No matter what the issue, whether it be the environment, trade or agriculture, all the bad news is ultimately connected to the intertwined political, economic and financially corrupt system that has thwarted sensible actions and decisions. When you peel back the...
UNWLA becomes major donor to UCU’s Mental Health Institute
The 90-year history of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America is filled with accomplishments and projects that have often been influenced by evolving events in Ukraine. While uniting generations and immigrations of women of Ukrainian descent throughout the decades, the organization has always made it a priority to help average...
Nadiya Savchenko: a profile in courage
Dear Editor: Former Lt. Nadiya Savchenko, a Ukrainian military pilot imprisoned in Russia on trumped-up charges, has made worldwide headlines protesting her innocence and demanding release. She is a pawn in a nasty piece of Russian bravado that leverages Russian ambitions for hegemony in Eastern Europe against Ukraine’s interest in...
Rochester community vows to present gift to Nadiya Savchenko upon her release
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Ukrainian community of Rochester, N.Y., has a “Free Nadiya Blouse” that it will gift to Nadiya Savchenko upon her release from illegal incarceration in a Russian prison and her return to Ukraine. Above, administrators and staff of the Ukrainian Federal Credit Union (from left), Galyna Dyakiv, Olga Bilokin, Lesia Chwesik,...
Ukrainian pro sports update: soccer
Yarmolenko hoping for English Premier League promotion Andriy Yarmolenko has played the waiting game for many years now. Arguably one of the most talented soccer players of his generation, he joined Dynamo Kyiv in 2007 when the club’s grip on champion trophies began to slip. Perennially the top team playing in the Champions League every […]...
Dutch referendum rejects Ukraine-EU association pact
KYIV – Citizens of the Netherlands rejected their government’s ratification of the Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement in an advisory, non-binding referendum held on April 6, giving the Russian government a symbolic geopolitical victory in its war against the Ukrainian state. About 61.1 percent voted against their government...
