Russia demonstrates total disregard for OSCE principles - Ukraine’s envoy
Russia's decision not to participate in the meeting of OSCE member states to discuss its military activity shows Moscow's total disregard for fundamental OSCE principles.
16 February 2022
Russia's decision not to participate in the meeting of OSCE member states to discuss its military activity shows Moscow's total disregard for fundamental OSCE principles.
A delegation of Lithuanian deputies, led by Vice Speaker of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania Paulius Saudargas, will be on an official visit to Kyiv on February 16-17 to express support for Ukraine.
15 February 2022
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy Luigi Di Maio has started his visit to Ukraine.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said that Russia's recognition of "Donetsk People's Republic" and "Luhansk People's Republic" as independent entities could be a political catastrophe, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.
Russia will bear full responsibility for the destruction of the Minsk agreements and the process of peaceful settlement of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine if it recognizes the illegal formations in certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
The probable recognition by Russia of the independence of the "Donetsk People's Republic" and "Luhansk People's Republic" in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine will mean a further violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, a gross violation of the Minsk agreements and will make it harder to find a political solution to this conflict.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida in a phone conversation discussed the current situation in the region.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand Nanaia Mahuta assured Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba of the readiness to implement a comprehensive package to deter Russia.
The British Embassy continues operating in Kyiv.
While resisting Russia's blackmail and pressure, Ukraine has managed to create a global coalition of partners that share and defend crucial principles.
The issue of Russia recognizing occupation entities in certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions is a step towards the destruction of the Minsk agreements, Mykhailo Podoliak, an adviser to the head of the Ukrainian President's Office, has told Ukrinform.
The foreign ministers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are planning to visit Ukraine in the near future due to concerns over a possible Russian invasion.
The Verkhovna Rada has appealed to the UN, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the PACE, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, governments and parliaments of foreign countries not to recognize the independence of self-proclaimed entities in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Yesterday, for the third time in history, OSCE Secretary General, Helga Schmid, applied tools for early conflict prevention in connection with the escalation near Ukraine's borders.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba and UN Secretary-General António Guterres discussed ways to de-escalate tensions created by Russia.
Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov during an hour-long phone call with his Belarusian counterpart Viktor Khrenin on Sunday agreed on cooperation at the level of military attaches – on February 15 and February 19, the Ukrainian representative will observe a military exercise held in the neighboring country.
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has appealed to the United Nations, the European Parliament, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the BSEC Parliamentary Assembly, governments and parliaments of foreign countries due to the escalation of the security situation around Ukraine.
On February 15, the Verkhovna Rada could adopt a statement as regards the Russian State Duma’s draft resolution on the recognition of the self-proclaimed "DPR/LPR."
All embassies of the EU member states located in Kyiv continue to operate in the Ukrainian capital.
There are currently no grounds for imposing martial law in Ukraine and limiting the media space.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his timely decision to provide financial assistance to Ukraine.
The Government of Canada will provide a C$D500 million (approximately $420 million) loan to Ukraine to support the nation’s economy in the face of the threat of Russian aggression.
14 February 2022
Ukraine is not planning to close its airspace to airlines as there are no grounds for this, Secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov has said.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that President Volodymyr Zelensky had promised to submit draft laws on "special status" and local elections in certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions (CADLR) for discussion.
Germany keeps reconsidering the issue of arms supplies to Ukraine and promises to announce if there are new results.
It is a bit surprising that the Russian government has made the issue of Ukraine's membership in NATO the subject of major political debates, as this issue is not on the agenda right now, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discussed the need to include specific legal guarantees of defense of Ukraine in Europe's security architecture.
Ukraine and Germany share a common vision of a peaceful approach to resolving the armed conflict in Ukraine, and it is expected that in the near future it will be possible to hold further talks and agree on a summit of the leaders of the Normandy Four countries.
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Marshal of the Polish Sejm Tomasz Grodzki will be visiting Ukraine this week.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba thanked for the U.S. macro-financial assistance during a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.