The Ukrainian Week

14 February	Breaking news	Ukraine insists it still wants NATO membership after confusion it might drop calls for peace with Russia There was uncertainty after Ukraine's UK ambassador said Kyiv was willing to be "flexible" over its ambition to join NATO - one of the reasons Russia has cited for amassing troops at the border
20 January	Breaking news	U.S. approves allied weapons shipments to Ukraine as worries mount Baltic NATO allies Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia can now transfer American-made lethal weapons such as anti-armor and ground-to-air missiles to Ukraine
4 January	Breaking news	Russia ‘very likely’ to invade Ukraine without ‘enormous sanctions’ – Schiff House intelligence chair: invasion might draw Nato closer Sanctions must be ‘at level Russia has never seen’ to deter Putin
23 December, 2021	Breaking news	Russia claims it will begin talks with US and Nato If confirmed, talks would begin a contentious effort to avert a Russian offensive in Ukraine this winter
13 December, 2021	Breaking news	Ukraine blames Germany for ‘blocking’ Nato weapons supply Strategy of ‘not provoking Russia won’t work’, Kyiv defence minister Oleksii Reznikov tells
16 November, 2021	Breaking news	Russia-Ukraine border: Nato warning over military build-up The head of Nato has urged Russia to be transparent about its military plans after an increase in the numbers of troops on its border with Ukraine
11 June, 2021	World	Dr. Phillip Karber: “The best deterrent to Russia is Ukraine as a strong part of the West and member of NATO” The Ukrainian Week met with the head of the US think tank The Potomac Foundation to discuss new US policies, countering authoritarian regimes, and Ukraine's strategic importance to European security
9 April, 2021	World	Lieutenant General Roger L. Cloutier: “We are at the beginning of a long and fruitful journey that will help to build NATO-Ukraine interoperability and capability” The Ukrainian Week met with the Commander of NATO Allied Land Commander to discuss prospects for developing NATO-Ukraine partnerships, training the Armed Forces, and current challenges for the allies
3 January, 2021	Society	Expanding the opportunities NATO-Ukraine relations in 2021
1 December, 2020	Breaking news	Ukraine may get NATO MAP in 2023 if several conditions met According to the expert, it is necessary to develop competent communication with those countries that do not yet want to hear about the MAP for Ukraine so that they want to discuss this issue
27 February, 2020	World	High hopes and (dis)-heartening Outcomes Who’s to party in 2020 – the Euro-Atlantic community, Ukraine and Georgia, or Russia?
20 February, 2020	Politics	New challenges and opportunities In 2020, for the first time in history, Kyiv will host the spring session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
2 January, 2020	Politics	Tacan Ildem: “We have enough ways and means to increase our partnership to strengthen the capacities of Ukraine” During the Third Lviv Security Forum, The Ukrainian Week met with Ambassador Tacan Ildem, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, to discuss symbols and messages between the Alliance and Ukraine and perspectives on bilateral partnership
22 August, 2019	World	Gerard Elzinga: “Ukraine is one of the nations, where we are sharing the most of our information with” During the 2nd Ukrainian Defense Hackathon The Ukrainian Week talked to the Head of Spectrum and C3 Infrastructure Branch at NATO Headquarters C3 Staff on the results of the competition, the details of the main projects of the Alliance for Ukraine and prospects of cooperation with the Ukrainian security and defense sector.
5 June, 2019	Breaking news	Ukraine's new president commits to EU, NATO membership Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy intends to keep Ukraine "on the path of European and Euro-Atlantic integration." He also said he is ready to negotiate with Russia to end the war in Eastern Ukraine
29 March, 2019	Breaking news	Russian Navy escorts NATO ships in Black Sea on way to Ukraine The commander of a NATO maritime group said Dutch, Spanish, Canadian, Turkish, Romanian and Bulgarian frigates entered the Black Sea on Thursday
24 March, 2019	Breaking news	French warship is latest NATO vessel to visit Ukraine A French navy warship has been docked in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa since March 23, making it the second NATO ship to visit Ukraine since the beginning of this year
30 January, 2019	Politics	The keys to NATO What test Ukraine has to pass to get into NATO and what could get in the way
22 January, 2019	Politics	NATO and Ukraine in 2019: building on solid foundations Some issues and the key instrument of Ukraine’s integration with NATO
13 December, 2018	Breaking news	NATO to provide secure comms to Ukrainian Armed Forces by year-end Stoltenberg says the Alliance provides Ukraine with strong political and practical support
29 November, 2018	Breaking news	Ukraine president calls for Nato warships in Sea of Azov Kyiv asks for western presence in sea it shares with Russia, saying Putin is blocking ports
26 November, 2018	World	Where the compass points What proportion of Ukrainians really knows what NATO is and how their attitudes differ from those of their EU neighbors
24 November, 2018	World	Rasa Juknevičienė: “The entire country joins NATO, not just the Defense or Foreign Ministries” During her recent visit to Ukraine, the president of NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly (PA), Rasa Juknevičienė spoke to The Ukrainian Week about the importance of constitutional changes in Ukraine, the prospects that the Alliance will expand again, and various ways to resolve the conflict between Hungary and Ukraine.
20 September, 2018	Breaking news	Ukrainian president pushes ahead with plans to secure NATO membership Petro Poroshenko speaks during his annual state-of-the-nation address in Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018.
12 September, 2018	Breaking news	67% of Ukrainian voters would back NATO membership Two-thirds of Ukrainians who would take part in a referendum on their country joining NATO would vote in favour of the move, according to a poll
12 September, 2018	Society	Michael Street: “NATO looks at improving how defense forces from different nations can work together better” NATO Communications and Information Agency Innovation Manager on NATO Hackathons and the features of the first Ukrainian defense hackathon
7 December, 2017		“We would like try to understand how the experience you have fighting the terrorists in the Donbas area may influence the way NATO does operations” Deputy Chief of Staff of NATO’s Military Partnerships Directorate about the role of the Ukrainian military in the Alliance’s operations, and the interest of Western military in Ukraine’s Anti-Terrorist Operation and Russia’s Zapad 2017 exercise