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19 February 2022
On Saturday, February 19, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will pay a visit to Munich (Germany) to participate in the annual security conference and hold scheduled talks.
The situation around Ukraine is very serious as possibilities for resolving the problem through dialogue are being exhausted. NATO and the EU have a common view of the situation: everyone supports Ukraine, and Russia will be faced with painful sanctions should it pursue aggression.
U.S. President Joseph Biden in an update on Ukraine, delivered on February 18, expressed a conviction that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had already made a decision to proceed with military incursion into Ukraine. At the same time, Biden notes it is not too late to return to the negotiating table.
18 February 2022
Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk has called on residents of certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions (ORDLO) to leave for the government-controlled area if possible.
Allegations of the Ukrainian government's alleged intention to launch an offensive in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions are not true, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has said.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has warned Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu against escalating tensions around Ukraine and called on him to withdraw Russian troops from the Ukrainian border to their permanent bases.
During a meeting in Kyiv, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal discussed the strengthening of Ukraine’s defense capabilities with Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland Tomasz Grodzki.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has refuted reports by Russian propaganda about Kyiv allegedly planning to carry out offensive operations or acts of sabotage at chemical plants in eastern Ukraine.
Representatives of Russia refuse to continue discussing the proposals submitted by the Ukrainian delegation in June 2020 on the special order of local self-government in certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions (CADLR) of Ukraine and other issues.
Prime Minister of Italy Mario Draghi will soon pay a visit to Moscow to discuss a possibility of a meeting between President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on February 17 to show unwavering support for an independent Ukraine and "condemn" Russian military aggression toward its neighbor.
The new alliance of Ukraine, Great Britain, and Poland will make an important contribution to strengthening the Baltic-Black Sea area and creating a new geopolitical reality in Europe.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi in a phone conversation discussed ongoing diplomatic and deterrence efforts in response to Russia’s continued military build-up on Ukraine’s border.
17 February 2022
Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and Poland have launched a new trilateral format of cooperation aimed at responding to threats to European security and strengthening economic cooperation between the countries.
The Embassy of the United States of America in Ukraine called Russia's claim of "genocide in Ukraine" reprehensible falsehood.
Ukraine is ready for any format of talks with Russia to achieve peace, but the Russian side, despite public statements, does not show readiness for a real conversation.
NATO needs to be prepared for the security challenges in the Euro-Atlantic area posed by Russia's actions and will continue to provide strong political and practical support to Ukraine and Georgia.
Ukraine's goal is full-fledged membership in NATO, and our country tries to ensure its utmost presence in all formats on this way.
The White House has officially confirmed the planned meeting between U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
Christoph Heusgen, newly elected chairman of the Munich Security Conference, believes that Germany must provide Ukraine with defensive weapons in the current situation, given Russia's escalation.
At a meeting in Brussels, NATO defense ministers acknowledged that Russia's actions pose a serious threat to Euro-Atlantic security, and called on Moscow to withdraw troops from Ukraine's border immediately.
16 February 2022
U.S. intelligence cannot confirm the withdrawal of Russian troops from the Ukrainian border, officially announced in Moscow the day before.
The recognition by Russian President Vladimir Putin of illegal entities in certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions as "independent" would amount to Moscow's wholesale rejection of its commitments under the Minsk agreements, according to a statement made by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Poland cannot imagine the security of the European Union without the security of Ukraine and supports our country's future membership in the EU and NATO.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Zbigniew Rau have agreed to make every effort to ensure the full functioning of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has said.
The so-called “Simferopol District Court” in the temporarily occupied Crimea illegally sentenced a Ukrainian citizen, journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko to six years in a maximum security prison and a fine of RUB 110,000.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he hopes to arrange a trilateral meeting between the presidents of Ukraine, Turkey and Russia in Istanbul or Ankara.
The Kremlin has stated that the recognition of illegal entities, the so-called “LPR/ DPR”, does not correlate with the Minsk agreements, Interfax reports with reference to Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.
Russia is threatening Ukraine with war, and the EU's response to a potential new Russian aggression will be swift and severe.
The foreign ministers of the G7 countries will hold an urgent meeting in Germany this week to discuss the crisis over Ukraine amid mounting fears of a Russian invasion.