The Ukrainian Week

23 March	World	Russia says Kyiv ‘changing mind’ in peace talks as Putin warned against chemical weapons German chancellor Olaf Scholz says Putin’s comments on US biological weapons seemed like an ‘implicit threat’
18 March	World	Survey says 86.6% of Russians support the armed invasion of Russia in other European countries 86.6% of Russians tolerate and support the potential assault on the territory of the European Union, including: Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and others as evidenced by the results of the sociological survey conducted by “Active Group”
12 March	Breaking news	Shaky footage in Ukraine shows this is a tale of two ways of waging war: stealth versus brute force Ukrainian troops with anti-tank weapons set ambushes, while their enemy slowly encircles cities to besiege them
3 March	Breaking news	In just a week, Ukrainian refugee exodus exceeds 1 million Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced more than a million people to flee their homeland in just a week
1 March	Breaking news	Ukraine conflict: Russia bombs Kharkiv's Freedom Square and opera house Russian missiles and rockets have hit the cultural heart of Ukraine's second largest city in what officials said was a deadly and "cruel" attack
22 February	Breaking news	Putin orders troops to breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine Russian President recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent on Monday and ordered the Russian army to launch what Moscow called a peacekeeping operation into the area
17 February	Breaking news	Biden warns Russia is set to invade Ukraine within days US president speaks as Kyiv and Moscow blame each other for shelling in eastern Donbas region
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
10 February	Breaking news	Ukraine tensions: Russia begins military drills with Belarus NATO says the joint drills mark Russia's biggest deployment to ex-Soviet Belarus since the Cold War
9 February		The enemy on the brink What is known about the concentration of Russian troops
7 February	Breaking news	Russia has enough troops ready to take Kyiv, says former Ukraine defence chief White House believes Moscow has amassed at least 70% of firepower needed for mid-February invasion
31 January	Breaking news	Ukraine crisis live: face-off expected at UN security council meeting Washington to address ‘Russian aggression’, which Moscow dismisses as ‘PR stunt’ and more
27 January	Breaking news	Blinken announces US has delivered written responses to Russia over Ukraine crisis The United States has given Moscow its written response aimed at deterring a Russian invasion of Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced
24 January	Breaking news	UK withdrawing some embassy staff from Kyiv The UK has begun to withdraw staff from the British embassy in Ukraine amid warnings of a Russian invasion
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
17 January	Breaking news	Former Ukraine president lands in Kyiv to face treason case Prosecutor claims Petro Poroshenko was involved in financing of Russian-backed separatists in 2014-15
14 January	Breaking news	Russia and West at impasse as Ukraine urges reversal of troop buildup In a third round of diplomacy on Eastern European security this week, Kremlin officials sounded an increasingly pessimistic note, though they did not close the door on future talks
10 January	Breaking news	No concessions, no breakthroughs: Russia, U.S. cast pall on Ukraine talks Russia said on Sunday it would not make concessions under U.S. pressure and warned that this week's talks on the Ukraine crisis might end early, while Washington said no breakthroughs were expected and progress depended on de-escalation from Moscow
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
27 December, 2021	Breaking news	Ukraine crisis: how Putin feeds off anger over Nato’s eastward expansion Russian president’s attention-seeking diplomatic demands speak to long-held grievances
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
20 December, 2021	Breaking news	'A four-week window': Biden aims to learn from Obama's mistakes with quick moves to deter Putin from invading Ukraine When the US intelligence community first picked up signs in the fall that Russia could be preparing a new attack on Ukraine, President Joe Biden directed his administration to act - and fast.
8 December, 2021	Breaking news	Biden warns Putin of 'strong measures' amid Ukraine invasion fears The US says it is preparing "robust responses" over fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, after President Biden's rare talks with Vladimir Putin
4 December, 2021	Breaking news	Russia positions more forces, supply lines as fears rise of potential Ukraine invasion Would Putin get away with invading Ukraine again?
26 November, 2021	Breaking news	Russia's military build-up near Ukraine is different this time, say experts Tensions have been rising again along the Russian-Ukrainian border, with Kyiv and Washington raising the alarm at what they say is an unusual build-up of Russian troops
22 November, 2021	Breaking news	Russia slams Western 'hysteria' over Ukraine The Kremlin said it was "not exactly polite" of the US to accuse Russia of unusual military activity near Ukraine after Washington brought in American soldiers from overseas
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
1 November, 2021	Breaking news	Russia moves more troops to Ukraine’s borders, raises concerns in Europe, US The buildup of Russian troops on the country’s border with Ukraine over the past week has raised concerns among officials in the U.S. and Europe
28 October, 2021	Breaking news	Ukraine uses Turkish drone against Russia-backed separatists for first time Ukrainian government forces have used a Turkish-supplied armed drone for the first time against Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, in a development condemned by the Kremlin
11 October, 2021	Breaking news	Russian mercenaries violate ceasefire in eastern Ukraine ten times Over the past day, October 10, ten ceasefire violations by Russian-occupation troops were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) in eastern Ukraine
28 September, 2021	World	Time to make a choice Two major European countries, Germany and Russia, are electing a new parliament this month, yet only one of these elections will have an impact on Ukraine
16 September, 2021	Breaking news	Russia-occupation forces in Donbas fire at Schastia, head of local military-civil administration wounded The press service of the community adds that law enforcement agencies are currently working at the scene
13 September, 2021	Breaking news	Two Ukraine soldiers die in clashes with separatists The Ukrainian army is locked in a conflict with breakaway fighters in Donetsk and Lugansk that erupted after Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula in 2014
11 August, 2021	Breaking news	Reintegration Ministry drafts sanctions package against persecutors of Ukrainian Orthodox Church Another sanctions package against persons persecuting the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in the occupied Crimea
27 July, 2021	World	Creative Diplomacy: How an NGO Reinvents Russia in Brussels This is not the first year that PICREADI has been involved in “creative diplomacy.”
6 July, 2021	Breaking news	Six ceasefire violations recorded in JFO area. Ukrainian soldier killed Over the past day, six ceasefire violations by the armed formations of the Russian Federation were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation area in eastern Ukraine
14 June, 2021	World	A plea for Navalny Should we trust the main Russian opposition?
11 June, 2021	Breaking news	UEFA demands Ukraine make changes to 'political' jersey UEFA HAS DEMANDED that Ukraine make changes to their jersey for Euro 2020 to remove a “political” slogan that sparked protests from Russia
3 June, 2021	Breaking news	Ukrainian President says Russian troops remain near Ukraine Ukraine’s president is claiming that Russia has maintained a massive military presence near his country’s borders
24 May, 2021	Breaking news	Ukraine extends sanctions in connection with Russian aggression Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy extended sanctions against companies and politicians blamed by Kyiv for involvement in Russian aggression against Ukraine
10 May, 2021	Breaking news	Russia-led forces hand detainees lists over to Ukraine The Ukrainian side shared its lists in the winter
4 May, 2021	Breaking news	Lithuania to contribute to de-occupation of Ukrainian territories Vilnius will never recognize Russia’s occupation of part of Ukraine’s territory and will make efforts to de-occupy these territories
27 April, 2021	World	Takashi Kurai: "The matter of Crimea is not only of local nature, not only of Ukraine alone, but a matter of regional or even global security" The Ukrainian Week met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine Takashi KURAI to discuss the cooperation between our countries, areas for further economic development and the importance of the Crimean matter
24 April, 2021	Breaking news	Putin withdraws troops but Russo-Ukrainian War continues Russian Defense Minister Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced on April 22 that Russian troops would begin pulling back from positions close to the Ukrainian border and returning to their bases
24 April, 2021	Economics	Motor Sich and Russian influence Why Russia is interested in the transferring of "Motor Sich" to Chinese business
19 April, 2021	Breaking news	Russia, Ukraine expel diplomats as tensions soar Russia on Saturday said it would expel a Ukrainian diplomat, prompting an immediate pledge of retaliation from Kyiv, further escalating tensions over Moscow's troop build-up on Ukraine's eastern flank.
14 April, 2021	Breaking news	Biden warns Putin on Russian troop buildup near Ukraine He called on Russia to "deescalate tensions," the White House said in a summary of the conversation
9 April, 2021	Breaking news	Ukrainian president visits eastern frontline as tensions rise with Russia Volodymyr Zelenskiy's visit came after reports of increased clashes with separatist forces and rising tensions with Russia.
3 April, 2021	Breaking news	Russia massing troops on border, Ukraine warns Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday accused Moscow of building up troops on his country's border as the United States warned Russia against "intimidating" Ukraine
27 March, 2021	Breaking news	Four Ukrainian soldiers killed, two wounded amid enemy shelling in Donbas Near the village of Shumy, Toretsk City Council of Donetsk region on Friday
22 March, 2021	Breaking news	Russian-backed rebels deploys tanks near demarcation line in eastern Ukraine Pro-Russian separatists have deployed more troops near the demarcation line defined in the Minsk agreement in eastern Ukraine
16 March, 2021	Politics	Barracks in place of a resort How Russia is turning occupied Crimea into a military base
2 March, 2021	Breaking news	US sending patrol boats, equipment to Ukraine The Pentagon appears to be making good on Washington's pledge to help Ukraine stand up to what the United States has described as "Russian aggression."
13 February, 2021	World	COVID-19: An opportunity for China, a setback for Russia What changes in the policy of the two countries can be caused by the coronavirus pandemic
8 February, 2021	Breaking news	Ukraine bans Kremlin-linked TV channels Kremlin-linked Ukrainian TV channels ZIK, NewsOne, and 112 were forced off the air by sanctions on February 2. President Zelenskyy said the move was justified by the need to "fight against the danger of Russian aggression in the information arena."
8 December, 2020	Breaking news	Ukrainian former professional soccer player gets 12 years in prison in Moscow on espionage charges The Moscow City Court on December 7 found Vasyl Vasylenko guilty of spying and sentenced him the same day.
14 September, 2020	Breaking news	Ukraine to provide new evidence on Ilovaisk tragedy to the Hague Ukraine also cites facts that may indicate the control of the aggressor country over the occupied territory
7 September, 2020	Breaking news	Russian-controlled forces breach truce in Donbas, Ukrainian soldier killed The ceasefire regime had lasted for 42 days
14 August, 2020	Breaking news	Over 64% believe Ukrainian language should be only national in country This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted jointly by the Socis Center and the Razumkov Center
16 July, 2020	World	The gathering autumn clouds Perceptions of weakness drive the Kremlin’s hybrid aggression against America and Ukraine to new heights
6 July, 2020	Breaking news	Ukraine's Navy preparing for Russia's attempts to break through from Crimea to Kherson region Thus, Russians will try to let water from the Dnipro flow into the North Crimean Canal
3 June, 2020	Politics	There’s a big “diff”... Putin has forced Ukrainians to make a choice. Will they finally take a stand?
27 May, 2020	Breaking news	Ukraine in UN urges Russia to give up "logic of war" in Donbas Ukraine has also recalled Russia must implement its obligations under the Minsk Agreements
24 May, 2020	Breaking news	Ukrainian police detain far-right activists for hooliganism against pro-Russia party HQ Seventeen members of a far-right group have been detained for attacking the headquarters of Ukraine’s largest pro-Russia political party in Kyiv
22 May, 2020	Breaking news	Ukraine to submit evidence against Russia in case of seizure of Ukrainian sailors to ITLOS Ukraine's memorandum in the case of the seizure of Ukrainian sailors and ships in the Black Sea in November 2018 has been signed and will be submitted to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on Friday, May 22
3 May, 2020	World	The Kremlin’s lawfare targets the Bering Strait The global outreach of Russia’s manipulation of international and domestic law
17 April, 2020	Society	A thriving ruin Despite many official pronouncements, industry in the liberated Donbas is in its death throes
7 April, 2020	Breaking news	Ukrainian espionage incident highlights ongoing Russian naval shortcomings Russian-Ukrainian relations, increasingly tense since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, plummeted to a new low after Russia’s forcible absorption of the Crimean Peninsula in March 2014 and subsequent invasion of Donbas
2 April, 2020	Society	From perfidy to repression What crimes Russia has committed during the occupation of Crimea and is still committing on the peninsula
19 March, 2020	Society	Grace of the empire What is Ukraine’s place in the rhetoric of Russian media and how to decipher their hidden messages?
14 March, 2020	World	The battle of the narratives Western media often repeats propaganda from Russia. Why is this?
11 March, 2020	Politics	New Moscowphiles at the door How disappointment in Volodymyr Zelenskiy will help pro-Russian forces and how they are evolving
7 March, 2020	Society	The march of dis-integration The self-proclaimed republics in occupied Donbas are changing their rhetoric about returning to Ukraine and are more actively imposing the attributes of a statelet...
6 March, 2020	Politics	The potential winter unfreezing of the Donbas The strategic winners and losers at Normandy
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?
18 February, 2020	Breaking news	Ukrainian Foreign Ministry demands Russia release 4 fishermen detained in Sea of Azov The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian chargé d’affaires ad interim in Kyiv on Monday and expressed protest over the detention of four Ukrainian fishermen
18 February, 2020		Vladimir Putin, master of lawfare Surviving at the helm of Russia while making its international crimes legal
12 February, 2020	World	Kari Liuhto: “Half of all Russian foreign investments landed in offshores” During the 3rd Lviv Security Forum The Ukrainian Week met with Kari Liuhto, professor and director of the Pan-European Institute at Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku (Finland) to discuss Russian economic war against Europe, toxic investments and nature of Russian oligarchs
29 January, 2020	Breaking news	Moscow furious after Ukraine leader points out Soviet collusion with Nazis As Zelensky mentions pact that carved up Poland and started World War II, Putin’s spokesperson claims that is ‘erroneous and offensive’
17 January, 2020	World	Özgür Ünlühisarcıklı: “I think the US-Turkey relationships as we have known it is already dead” During the 3rd Lviv Security Forum, the director of German Marshall Fund's office in Ankara discussed the current state of relations between Turkey, USA, and Russia and perspectives of Ukraine-Turkey dialogue
13 January, 2020	Society	The high cost of exchange What can Ukraine offer for the release of the remaining prisoners
9 January, 2020	World	Stagnation 2.0 What the Russian authorities can do to preserve the current regime
29 December, 2019	Breaking news	Ukraine and pro-Russians expected to swap prisoners Ukraine president says exchange should take place on Sunday but details of the planned swap are scarce
28 December, 2019	World	Robert Brinkley: “Ukraine should ensure that Western countries are aware which prisoners are being held by Russia” During the 29th Economic Forum in Krynica-Zdrój (Poland) The Ukrainian Week talked with Robert Brinkley, Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Ukraine Forum, Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House about perspectives of Ukrainian relations with West and Russia
26 December, 2019	Breaking news	Ukraine opens probe into Russian train on new bridge to Crimea Ukrainian officials have opened a criminal investigation after a passenger train from Russia arrived in Crimea via a new Russian-built bridge, arguing that the train illegally carried people across the Ukrainian border
24 December, 2019	World	The state of turbulence in the Middle East As American hegemony wanes, America’s regional alliances unravel
20 December, 2019	Breaking news	Russia and Ukraine agree to gas transit deal Russian and Ukrainian representatives have met in Berlin for "very intense negotiations" on the current 10-year gas agreement due to expire in two weeks. However, the terms of the deal are not yet clear
13 December, 2019	Breaking news	EU prolongs economic sanctions against Russia over Ukraine for another six months The EU confirms its support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity
8 December, 2019	Politics	Gird thy loins – Plan В What kinds of security eventualities is Ukraine prepared for?
30 November, 2019	Breaking news	Ukrainian journalist painted to ‘keep alive’ in Russian jail A Ukrainian journalist convicted in Russia of spying and jailed for three years has described how he created paintings of cathedrals, lighthouses and soothing landscapes as a form of psychological therapy during his imprisonment
30 November, 2019	Politics	The concealed markers of sovereignty What criteria should be used to evaluate strategies for the reintegration of the Donbas
19 November, 2019	Breaking news	Russia returns Ukrainian boats seized off Crimea Russia has returned three navy boats to Ukraine almost a year after they were seized in the Black Sea off the Crimean Peninsula, officials say
11 November, 2019	Breaking news	In Poland, Ukrainian Donbas war Veteran faces extradition to Russia A court hearing in Poland on whether to extradite a Ukrainian veteran of the ongoing Donbas conflict and member of a Ukrainian nationalist group is expected to begin by Nov. 12
9 November, 2019	Breaking news	Russian-backed rebels begin Donbas village withdrawal Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed rebels began withdrawing from a village in the disputed Donbas region on Saturday, one of a series of measures that could pave the way for a summit between Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany
2 November, 2019	Politics	Following a foreign script In international relations, Ukraine keeps reacting to foreign initiatives rather than coming up with its own
2 November, 2019	Breaking news	Ukraine announces completion of withdrawal of forces and weapons near Zolote in Donbas OSCE monitors used drones to verify the disengagement
31 October, 2019	Breaking news	White House blocked effort to condemn Russia for seizing Ukraine ships State department aide makes revelation in testimony, while Russia envoy nominee John Sullivan grilled at confirmation hearing
27 October, 2019	Politics	A strategy for political hostages What was overlooked during the return of Ukraine’s kidnapped sailors and political hostages from Russia
26 October, 2019	Politics	Exchange rate About Ukraine’s prisoners who left jail early and ended up in Moscow
2 October, 2019	Breaking news	Ukraine conflict: Anger as Zelensky agrees vote deal in east Hundreds of Ukrainians have protested after President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had backed an agreement that would bring elections to territory controlled by Russian-backed separatists.