To: Refat Chubarov, Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People My dear friend Refat, We met in Riga 33 years ago, during the establishment of the People’s Front and the Singing Revolution. You stood […]
16.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The threats of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and future members of the Crimean Platform are "political bullying" and yet another manifestation of the ongoing marginalisation of Russian foreign policy. The Kremlin continues to use […]
16.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Board of Directors of the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) expelled the Association of Ukrainian Societies in Latvia (AUSL) from its ranks due to the anti-Ukrainian activities. As the press service of the UWC informs, […]
15.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has opened 16,643 criminal proceedings over treason and terrorism since 2014, Chief of SBU Ivan Bakanov announced after the National Security and Defence Council meeting. "Any crime against statehood […]
15.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Servant of the People party initiated the creation of a temporary commission of inquiry (TCI) in the Verkhovna Rada to investigate the possible involvement of senior Ukrainian officials in the leak of information about […]
14.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba called on the Russian Federation to provide the representatives of international organisations with the access to the territory of the occupied Crimea. In particular, the minister mentioned […]
13.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (NSDC) has approved the establishment of the Centre for Countering Disinformation, which will begin its work on 16 March. Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council […]
12.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
On 11 March, the armed formations of the Russian Federation again violated the ceasefire and fired aimed shots on positions of Ukrainian defenders near Novozvanivka in the area of responsibility of the operational and tactical […]
12.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Russian special services conduct purposeful activity against Ukraine in the information sphere and have separate units that work exclusively to stir up the situation in Ukraine. “Against the backdrop of a hybrid war, the scale […]
10.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Almost 40 states have already agreed to take part in the inaugural summit of the Crimean Platform, which will take place on 24 August 2021, on the thirtieth anniversary of Ukraine's independence. A relevant announcement […]
08.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
In the areas of Donbas uncontrolled by the Government of Ukraine, the Russian occupation authorities continue to block the operation of five road corridors through "Shchastia," "Zolote." "Hnutove," "Mayorske" and "Marinka" entry-exit checkpoints. "Due to […]
07.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The European Union is concerned about the fact that the OSCE SMM revealed a modern Russian radar station, 51U6 Kasta-2E1, which is used in the Russian Armed Forces, in the occupied Donbas. “The EU is […]
05.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Ivan Korčok apologised for the Slovak Prime Minister's bad joke about the "promised Zakarpattia" in exchange for a Russian vaccine. "Today, I’ve talked to my […]
04.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The occupation authorities of the so-called "Donetsk People’s Republic" allowed their militants to open "warning" fire on Ukrainian servicepersons and positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As the Ostrov media outlet reports, such instructions […]
03.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) accepted the application lodged by 67-year-old Nina Panfilova from Shakhtarsk town, Donetsk region, who became homeless overnight. Her apartment and all her property were completely destroyed with a […]
03.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
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
President of the European Council Charles Michel has arrived in Ukraine on an official visit as part of his tour to the Eastern Partnership countries. His plane landed at Kharkiv airport, from where the official left […]
02.03.2021 • 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 Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) blocked the operation of a sock puppet farm with a capacity of more than 18,000 accounts, which worked on commission from curators from the aggressor state and some Ukrainian […]
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