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27 September 2021
Romania has introduced a 14-day quarantine regime for all foreign nationals not vaccinated against COVID-19, stateless persons arriving from third countries, except for the EU and Switzerland, the Ukrainian Embassy in Romania has said.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has postponed the meeting of the Joint Ukrainian-Hungarian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation due to the signing by Hungary of a new long-term contract with Russia’s Gazprom for gas supply bypassing Ukraine.
Ukraine considered the option of severing diplomatic relations with Russia but no other state agreed to take over the functions of protecting Ukrainians in Russia.
The Ukrainian Embassy in the Netherlands is working with Dutch law enforcement officers to find out the circumstances surrounding the detention of a Ukrainian citizen, the captain of a sailing yacht, on suspicion of smuggling illegal migrants, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko has told Ukrinform.
The new German Government will ensure that Ukraine remains a gas transit country and Russia adheres to the commitments it made during the negotiations on the completion of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olga Stefanishyna will make a working visit to Brussels on September 27-28 as part of preparations for the Ukraine-EU summit, according to the website of the Ukrainian government.
Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk has said he is confident that Berlin will continue to support Kyiv after the elections to Germany's federal parliament, the Bundestag.
Unblocking the access of European buyers to purchasing Russian and Central Asian gas on the eastern border of Ukraine and independently booking transit facilities is a legally mandatory prerequisite for the certification of Nord Stream 2.
Ukraine has come a long way and made tremendous progress over the past three decades, but today the country faces two key challenges, according to Steven Pifer, former deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs and former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi had a phone call with Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
The autumn session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is starting in Strasbourg on September 27, set to last until September 30, in a partly virtual mode.
Ukraine has been working systemically with all major political forces operating in Germany and is now counting on the build-up of a coalition that would be favorable for the further development of Ukrainian-German relations.
25 September 2021
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) Gianni Buquicchio have held a phone conversation at Buquicchio's initiative, the Ukrainian president's press service has reported.
The United States will continue to work to hold Russia accountable for its aggression against Ukraine, according to U.S. Chargé d'Affaires Kristina Kvien.
Ukraine and the United States will strengthen cooperation in various spheres, including defense, according to U.S. Chargé d'Affaires Kristina Kvien.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has explained why Ukraine's rhetoric at the current session of the UN General Assembly has become harsher.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has emphasized the importance of bilateral talks held by President Volodymyr Zelensky in New York with the leaders of Britain and Turkey, as well as with the European Commission president and the NATO secretary general.
24 September 2021
The European Commission welcomes the European Court of Auditors' attention to the problem of corruption in Ukraine and the effectiveness of EU assistance in overcoming it, according to European Commission spokesperson Ana Pisonero.
According to an Ukrinform correspondent, the EU said this in a statement on "Russia's Ongoing Aggression against Ukraine and Illegal Occupation of Crimea," which was read out at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council.
The Cabinet of Ministers has envisaged UAH 41 billion for subsidies in the draft state budget for 2022, but if this sum is not enough, the government will ask the Verkhovna Rada to amend the main financial document in order to allocate additional funds.
Ukraine has called on the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to pay attention to restrictions on freedom of movement across the administrative border with Crimea.
Germany will immediately shut down the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline if Russia does not adhere to geopolitical guarantees in relation to Ukraine.
The Russian occupation authorities in Ukrainian Crimea continue to punish Ukrainian citizens who renounce Russian passports imposed on them.
The involvement of Ukrainian citizens living in the temporarily occupied Crimea and Donbas in the State Duma elections is a violation of Russia’s OSCE commitments and calls into question the legitimacy of these elections.
A plane carrying 96 Ukrainians, as well as other countries’ citizens, including students, evacuated from Afghanistan at Vatican’s request, arrived in Kyiv.
23 September 2021
Almost 81% of Ukrainians consider that the armed conflict with Russia is ongoing in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and 54% are convinced that Ukraine must not make any compromises to stop the conflict.
The Russian Federation, as an occupying power, must stop violating international humanitarian law, international law, and human rights in Crimea.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked the Verkhovna Rada for passing the law on oligarchs and assured that Ukraine is open to big business, but not to oligarchic influence on officials, politicians and the media.
The Verkhovna Rada has adopted Law No. 5599 "On the prevention of threats to national security associated with the excessive influence of persons who have significant economic or political weight in public life (oligarchs)."
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has thanked Japanese Ambassador to Ukraine Takashi Kurai, who is ending his diplomatic functions, for strengthening cooperation between the two countries, according to a statement posted on the website of the Ukrainian government.