The armed conflicts in the post-Soviet space may have different causes and different durations but almost always they share the same “depth of freezing”. In Transnistria, fighting ceased in 1992. In Abkhazia, South Ossetia or […]
03.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine welcomes the decision of the European Union to apply for the first time a new global human rights sanctions regime against four Russian officials over human rights violations […]
03.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The issue of restoring the sovereignty of Ukraine and returning the territories of Crimea and Donbas temporarily occupied by Russia is as multi-vector as life itself. In addition to a need for the observance of […]
02.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The leadership of the Ukrainian delegation to the Joint Control and Coordination Center (JCCC) sent a note to the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine concerning the provocative actions of Russian […]
01.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Lublin Triangle initiative, which unites Ukraine, Lithuania, and Poland, is very useful and brings Ukraine's European integration closer, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis said in an interview with Radio Liberty. "I […]
28.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The loss of legitimacy is throwing the Russian and Belarusian dictators into each other's arms. This is an alarming circumstance for Ukraine. The 22 February meeting of Alexander Lukashenka and Vladimir Putin in Sochi took […]
26.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has issued a statement dedicated to the seventh anniversary of the beginning of the occupation of Crimea. "26 February has become a symbol of resistance to the occupation, […]
26.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
During a phone conversation, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda discussed steps to jointly oppose the completion of the construction of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. […]
25.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Perhaps, the past six years have been the best period in the history of Ukraine-Japan relations. However, the bilateral cooperation could have been even better if there had not been the Japanese purposeful policy of […]
24.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
On 23 February, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba took part in the high-level segment of the Conference on Disarmament 2021. He assured of Ukraine's readiness to assist in resuming the effective work […]
24.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The foreign ministers of the 27 member states of the European Union made a political decision to impose new sanctions against those responsible for the arrest of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Sanctions will be […]
23.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
On 20 February, this year’s first launch of an Antares medium-class launch vehicle took place at the Wallops Flight Facility (Virginia, USA). The Antares launcher put into orbit a Cygnus cargo spacecraft carrying about 3,700 […]
22.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The United States has imposed sanctions against another 43 Belarusian nationals for rigging the presidential election and violence against peaceful protesters, the press service of the U.S. Department of State reports. "Today, the U.S. Department […]
19.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine initiated a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the situation in the territories occupied by the Russian Federation on 23 February. Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya said […]
18.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
In 2021, Ukraine and NATO will develop additional measures and practical steps to improve the interoperability of armed forces under the Enhanced Opportunities Partnership (EOP) programme, Director of the NATO Information and Documentation Centre in […]
18.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a resolution appealing to the governments and parliaments of foreign states and international organisations to condemn the temporary occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of […]
16.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
On 15 February, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba took part in a conference initiated by Canada, at which 52 states approved the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention in State-to-State Relations. Canada’s initiative brings […]
16.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
A Ukrainian delegation led by President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed memoranda and contracts worth more than USD 3 billion in the United Arab Emirates. According to the press service of the Office of the President, […]
15.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Russian Federation has not been and cannot be a mediator in the conflict it fomented and continues to fuel. All persistent assurances by Russian officials about the alleged "mediating" role of the Russian Federation […]
14.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
At least 3.4 million people in eastern Ukraine are in need of sustained humanitarian assistance due to the war. More than half of those in need are women, and 40 percent are elderly, Under-Secretary-General of […]
12.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak