Section: The Ukrainian Weekly (USA)
Ukraine wins non-permanent seat on United Nations Security Council
PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Ukraine on October 15 won its bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. Egypt, Japan, Senegal and Uruguay were also elected to non-permanent seats for 2016-2017. All five countries ran unopposed as representatives of their respective regions. Their terms on the 15-member Security Council begin on...
In Ukraine’s east: Russian hybrid war and Euro-hybrid democracy. Part I
Moscow has instructed the Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” (DPR and LPR) to postpone the local “elections” that were scheduled for October 18 and November 1 in that Russian-controlled territory of Ukraine. Those elections would have been staged separately from Ukraine’s own local elections, which are scheduled to be held...
The road from Donbas to Damascus
When Ukraine and pro-Moscow separatists in Donbas agreed in early October to withdraw armaments from the front lines, the news was greeted with a collective shrug in Russia. Ditto last week when rebel leaders announced they were abandoning plans to hold unsanctioned elections in the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics.”...
Victoria Nuland’s testimony on Ukraine
Following are excerpts of testimony by Victoria Nuland, assistant secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on October 8. The full text of her testimony (as prepared) was provided by the State Department. …This week we celebrate 25 years since Germany’s...
NATO deputies pass ‘Solidarity with Ukraine’ resolution
STAVANGER, Norway – The NATO Parliamentary Assembly on October 12 passed Resolution No. 422 on Solidarity with Ukraine, calling on the Allied governments and parliaments to redouble efforts to help Ukraine at this critical juncture by increasing diplomatic, political, financial, economic, material and expert assistance. “The Assembly urges member...
October 24, 2014
Last year, on October 24, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed confidence in his Ukraine strategy during the Valdai Club discussion in Sochi. But the reality on the ground was a different story. Two days after the meeting in Sochi, Ukraine held its parliamentary elections, voting in a solid pro-Europe majority for the first time […]...
World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations meets in Stockholm
STOCKHOLM – The World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations (WFUWO) held its 2015 annual general meeting in Stockholm, on September 3-5. Over 50 participants, including 20 official delegates from member organizations and guests from 12 countries, including Ukraine and Sweden, took part in reviewing the previous year, discussing...
The situation in Ukraine and challenges for the Ukrainian community in the U.S.
Events at the Maidan, the subsequent invasion and illegal annexation of Crimea, and the unprovoked invasion of eastern Ukraine by the Russian military had a profound impact on both Ukraine and the Ukrainian diaspora. One of the consequences in Ukraine was the extraordinary and totally unexpected surge of a volunteer movement that mobilized a...
Ukraine, Russia agree to remove arms, cancel Donbas elections
KYIV – Meeting at a summit in Paris on October 2, Russia and Ukraine reached verbal agreements towards resolving the war in the Donbas, including withdrawing armaments from the conflict line beginning on October 4 and canceling illegal elections planned in the next few weeks, with plans to hold elections in the occupied territories next […]...
Ukrainian American community welcomes Ukraine’s president and first lady
New York – The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA) hosted a community meeting on Saturday, September 26, with President Petro Poroshenko, of Ukraine, and his wife, Maryna, at the Ukrainian Institute of America (UIA) in New York City during their trip to the United States for the opening of the 70th session of the […] …read more...
