Russia politicises any social, humanitarian and economic issues and, correspondingly, slows down the coping with various problems. The head of the Ukrainian delegation in the Tripartite Contact Group Leonid Kravchuk stated this. He noted that […]
21.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Over the past year and a half, the number of articles about Ukraine in Crimean media outlets has decreased threefold, according to a study conducted by the Institute of Mass Information (IMI). The study focused […]
21.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
In 2020, the military counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) exposed three spies, 15 enemy agents, 40 members of illegal armed groups and prevented a series of terrorist attacks in the Joint Forces […]
21.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Russian Federation uses the COVID-19 pandemic to intensify the repressive policy in the temporarily occupied Crimea, in particular, the campaign against the Crimean Tatars. The first deputy minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Emine […]
20.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has launched an investigation into the case of a Ukrainian icon, which Serb BiH Presidency Member Milorad Dodik presented to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian […]
19.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Russian Federation prepares to deploy nuclear weapons in the occupied Crimea. This was stated by Minister of Defence of Ukraine Andriy Taran in an interview for Turkish media, the Ministry of Defence press service […]
18.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Conclusively, the complicated and unpredictable 2020 is almost over. The 2021 political season will start in a complex environment. In Russia, the non-multifaceted policy, reliance on individual clans' business interests and the systemic lack of […]
18.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has scheduled a hearing in the case “Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russian Federation” for 15 September 2021, Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine, Commissioner for ECHR Ivan Lishchyna […]
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
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
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 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 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
The U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives have approved the National Defence Authorisation Act for the Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA 2021). The document provides for the allocation of $250 million in security assistance […]
14.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has completed a preliminary investigation into the situation in Ukraine, which concerns war crimes and crimes against humanity in eastern Ukraine and the occupied Crimea. This piece […]
12.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak