Protests in Belarus have been going on for five months. Many people have been forced to seek political asylum in other countries, and Ukraine is no exception. However, the duration of stay for political refugees […]
18.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
On 17 December, militants violated the ceasefire in Donbas eight times, provoking Ukraine's defenders throughout the day. The enemy used prohibited heavy weapons. As a result, a Ukrainian defender was wounded by a sniper’s bullet, […]
18.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Most European countries have long suffered from a demographic crisis. Among them is Ukraine, which, according to the Countrymeters calculator, will lose 152,881 of its inhabitants this year alone. For many years, the low birth […]
17.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine should always be on the agenda of international partners, and the main foreign policy priority for the state is to establish peace, restore Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders, President […]
17.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Following the resolution against the Russian-occupied Crimea, the Black and Azov Seas militarisation, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a new version of the "Human Rights Situation in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, […]
17.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Not only Armenians but also Russian "peacekeepers" were captured by Azerbaijan troops in the Hadrut district of unrecognised Nagorny-Karabakh. The Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated that. "According to our information, Russian 'peacekeepers' were […]
17.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
EU countries have adopted the third sanctions bundle against the regime of Alexander Lukashenka in Belarus. EU ambassadors unanimously approved visa and property bans for another 29 individuals and, for the first time, for several […]
17.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Iran has not properly investigated the crash of the Ukraine International Airlines aircraft that was shot down by the Iranian military near Tehran in January 2020. Many essential details of this tragedy are still unknown. […]
16.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The priorities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine next year will be launching the Crimean Platform as an element of countering Russian aggression, improving the effectiveness of cooperation with Ukrainian diaspora and engaging […]
16.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Zdorovtsov family from Amvrosiyivka has been helping the Ukrainian army since the beginning of the armed aggression. They were not stopped by intimidation by local militants, broken windows, or threats of physical violence. However, […]
16.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The reform of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) should take into account hybrid threats coming from the Russian Federation and provide the Service with additional mechanisms to counter them, SBU’s Deputy Chief for Reform […]
16.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
As of the end of November, the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) recorded 2,492 ceasefire violations in Donbas, including 988 explosions and 1,369 bursts and shots. Despite the agreement reached at the Trilateral […]
16.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine concluded its first direct foreign economic agreements on military goods, having signed the contracts on technology transfer, production of corvettes, and combat UAVs for the needs of the Armed […]
15.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine during its meeting on Tuesday, 15 December, extended the law on special procedure for local self-government in certain districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions for one year. Lawmakers extended […]
15.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve was added to the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), the reserve’s press service informs. "The Chornobyl Reserve can be proud of a small victory: the Chornobyl Radiation […]
15.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The information note of the UN Monitoring Mission for Human Rights in Ukraine on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on handicapped people in Ukraine reported that only 15% of disabled Ukrainian children get access […]
15.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The draft law "On Media" (№2693d), which restricts freedom of speech in the country, should be withdrawn from the consideration by the Parliament of Ukraine. This is stated in the appeal from journalists, media and […]
15.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The 1st German-Ukrainian Energy Day took place in Kyiv. It was the first public event within the framework of the German-Ukrainian energy partnership, launched by both countries in Berlin this summer. The parties presented the […]
15.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Institute, the International Charitable Foundation ISOLATION and journalist, writer and former political prisoner Stanislav Aseyev, presented the project "Isolyatsia: must speak." The presentation […]
14.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The “Masandra” winery in the Russian-occupied Crimea was purchased by the company "Southern Project." The sale of "Masandra" was announced by Russian media referring to data on the official portal for posting information about the […]
14.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
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