Zelensky holds classified meeting with top defense, security officials
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine held a classified meeting with chiefs of the country’s defense and security sectors.
Politics
Kuleba to visit Sweden, Czech Republic to talk tougher Russia sanctions
On August 29-31, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba will visit Sweden and the Czech Republic to discuss increasing sanctions pressure on Russia.
Baerbock: Berlin to support Ukraine financially and militarily as long as it takes
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock pledged long-term support in the war against Russia to Ukraine if necessary.
Parties to NPT condemn Russia’s aggression in Ukraine
The parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) strongly condemned the unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and called on the occupiers to withdraw their troops from Ukraine.
FM Kuleba: Russian invaders turn ZNPP into military base, entire continent at risk
The Russian military have turned Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) into a military base, putting the entire continent at risk.
Baerbock: We must assume that Ukraine will need more heavy arms next summer
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Annalena Baerbock, is positive that, if necessary, her country is ready to support Ukraine in repelling Russian invasion for years to come.
Johnson: Time for West to double support for Ukraine, not go wobbly
If Putin is allowed to get away with his atrocities and to change the borders of Europe by force, he will do it again, elsewhere on the periphery of the former Soviet Union.
27 August 2022
Stefanchuk: Issue of Crimea should be raised on global scale
Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk believes that the issue of Crimea should be raised on a global scale.
Danilov: Russia running massive psyop against Ukraine's top leaders, commanders
Russia is conducting a powerful information campaign targeting Ukraine’s authorities, including President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Russia blocks final draft of nuclear disarmament deal
Russia has blocked the final document of the latest review of the UN treaty seen as the cornerstone of nuclear disarmament, which criticized its military seizure of Europe’s largest nuclear plant in Zaporizhia – a move that has raised fears of a nuclear disaster.
French MEP says Russia has become a fascist state
The problem faced by the civilized world is not only about Vladimir Putin and his entourage, but also about Russian society, which has turned into a fascist one as some support the war on Ukraine proactively and some – passively.
Ukraine’s MFA asks to support petition ‘Put Putin on trial’
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine asks to support the petition "Put Putin on trial" on Avaaz platform.
26 August 2022
Ukraine’s independence contradicts Putin’s world view – Podolyak
Russian President Putin wants to restore the Soviet Union and, thus, Ukraine’s independence contradicts his world view.
About 20 streets, squares in 14 countries named in honor of Ukraine
About 20 streets and squares in 14 countries have been renamed or named in honor of Ukraine as a sign of solidarity with the country.
About 20 streets, squares in 14 countries named in honor of Ukraine
About 20 streets and squares in 14 countries have been renamed or named in honor of Ukraine as a sign of solidarity with the country.
After war, Ukraine should become center around which Europe’s security system will be built – Yermak
After the end of the war started by Russia, Ukraine should become not just a member of the European Union, but a center around which a new security system in Europe will be built.
Kuleba calls on French company TotalEnergies to withdraw from Russia
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba has called on the French company TotalEnergies, which is suspected of participating in the supply of jet fuel to the Russian army, to withdraw from the Russian market.
25 August 2022
Russia's plans to bring Europe or Ukraine to their knees this winter will fail, Zelensky says
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine is convinced that the Russian calculation that they will succeed this winter in bringing to its knees Europe, or Ukraine, or other individual countries, will ultimately fail.
Kuleba to Europeans: "We are in the same boat"
Russian President Vladimir Putin attacked Ukraine with missiles and tanks, and European countries – with artificial energy prices, inflation, and propaganda.
Kuleba, Di Maio respond to those criticizing arms supplies to Ukraine
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy Luigi Di Maio and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba commented on the critical statements voiced by some Italian parties and public figures regarding arms supplies to Ukraine and sanctions imposed against Russia.
Zelensky has phone conversation with Biden
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Joe Biden discussed Ukraine's further steps towards defeating Russia and the importance of holding it accountable for war crimes.
President’s Office: Ukraine to fulfill all seven recommendations of European Commission by year-end
Ihor Zhovkva, Deputy Head of the President’s Office, has stated that all necessary seven recommendations, which the European Commission gave to Ukraine, will be fulfilled by the end of the year.
Zelensky meets with Italian foreign minister
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio for supporting Ukraine.
Italian foreign minister visits Irpin
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio arrived in Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Thursday, August 25, and visited the war-torn town of Irpin.
Kuleba names advantages of entry ban on Russian tourists
A visa ban for all Russians travelling to Europe will be the most effective personal sanction against Russia, the first step towards Russians realizing their own guilt for the war waged by Russia against Ukraine, and this will also increase security and reduce crime.
Evidence in Russian war crime cases must be bulletproof - Ukraine’s top prosecutor
The evidence in the criminal cases into the Russian war crimes committed in Ukraine must be convincing in both national and international courts.
Arvydas Anušauskas, Minister of Defense of Lithuania
A NATO brigade in each Baltic state is just a minimum for peacetime
U.S. Department of State: Trial of POWs in Mariupol is a mockery of justice
The U.S. Department of State condemned the intentions of Russian-backed puppet regimes to try Ukrainian prisoners of war in the occupied Mariupol, noting that Moscow is trying to deflect responsibility for the invasion of Ukraine.
24 August 2022
Boris Johnson’s plaque unveiled on Alley of Courage in Kyiv
A plaque with the name of United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been unveiled on the Alley of Courage in the city of Kyiv.