Section: The Ukrainian Weekly (USA)
Dzhemilev denies Russian allegations of Crimean Tatars recruiting fighters for IS
In recent months, a debate arose about the formation of a Muslim Battalion in Ukraine (see Eurasia Daily Monitor, September 5). This was soon followed, in the Russian media, by rumors about the Crimean Tatar leadership’s alleged links with the Islamic State (ISIS). On October 5, the head of the State Committee of the Crimean […] …read...
Ukraine Caucus urges House to investigate downing of MH17
WASHINGTON – House Ukraine Caucus Chairs Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Sander Levin (D-Mich.) and 18 other Ukraine Caucus members, on November 2 sent a bipartisan letter to the chair and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee urging the full committee to hold a hearing investigating the circumstances...
Congress passes bill authorizing lethal military aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON – Congress has passed a defense policy bill that authorizes up to $50 million in lethal military aid for Ukraine and mandates a White House response if Russia is deemed to be violating a key arms control treaty. The White House said hours after the $607 billion bill was passed by the Senate on […] …read more Source: The Ukrainian...
CONFERENCE ADDRESS: U.S. envoy speaks about reform in Ukraine
Excerpted below are remarks by U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt at the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council and Kyiv School of Economics Conference on Legal and Governance Reform, which was held in Kyiv on October 30. …What a difference a year makes. When we gathered here last year, the Kremlin-backed war in the east was in full force. […] …read...
November 21, 2013
Two years ago, on November 21, 2013, the BBC reported that Ukraine had suspended preparations for a trade deal with the European Union. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) quoted Aleksander Kwasniewski, leader of the EU diplomatic mission to Ukraine, as saying that Kyiv would not sign an Association Agreement (AA) with the EU at the […]...
Teaching in time of war
When I arrived in Lviv at the end of August, I expected to see evidence of the war everywhere. Press reports had given me the impression of a country tottering from repeated blows by an overwhelmingly superior enemy. Some friends seemed surprised I was traveling to Ukraine at all. For the first few weeks, the […] …read more Source: The...
STATEMENTS AT THE HOLODOMOR MEMORIAL DEDICATION
Rep. Sander Levin Following is the statement (remarks as prepared) by Rep. Sander Levin. The text was posted on Rep. Levin’s congressional website. Reverend Clergy, Mrs. Poroshenko. It is my honor to join all of you assembled in such large numbers here. Today is a memorable day for keeping memory alive. Today we are lighting […] …read...
Ukraine’s soccer clubs perform in European competitions
PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Ukraine’s soccer clubs – specifically Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv in the UEFA Champions League, and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the UEFA Europa League – continue to climb up the standings. Shkahtar Donetsk, in Group A, is in third place with three points after four matches played. Shakhtar won 3-0 against Malmo (Sweden)...
Minsk process refloats Donetsk-Luhansk election plans
Recasting Russia’s armed proxies as democratic mandate-holders – and tutoring them to look like that on an election’s schedule – is an innovation of the Minsk armistice and ensuing negotiations on the status of the occupied territories in Ukraine’s east. Russia had never seriously attempted to sell this approach to Western...
Designers from Spain, Morocco, Ukraine win OSCE competition on climate change
VIENNA – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on October 14 announced the winners of its visual design contest to help raise awareness about the security risks linked to climate change. Co-sponsored by eYeka, a global community of creative designers, the OSCE competition attracted 125 entries from 22 OSCE participating...
