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
12 January	World	Dalia Marin: “I don't think we can see the recovery so soon in 2022, as the international organizations expect it” The Ukrainian Week met with Dalia Marin, Professor of International Economics at TUM School of Management, Technical University of Munich to discuss the pandemic impact on the economy, opportunities for Ukraine and challenges of influence of fourth technical revolution
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
25 October, 2021	Breaking news	With Europe's second-worst vaccination rate, Ukraine suffers COVID surge Ukraine's coronavirus infections and deaths reached all-time highs for a second straight day Friday, in a growing challenge for the country with one of Europe's lowest shares of vaccinated people
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
6 October, 2021	Politics	Hatched chickens from Washington meeting How practical are the results of the visit of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to the United States and how is their implementation progressing?
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
21 September, 2021	Breaking news	Ukrainian-American exercise 'Rapid Trident - 2021' starts at Yavoriv military training center On the basis of the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security of the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy
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
7 September, 2021	World	Afghan stress test How events around Afghanistan affected US-British relations and the domestic political situation in the United Kingdom
3 September, 2021	Breaking news	Ukrainian President Zelenskyy visits the White House He is finally getting his White House meeting, two years after his name became central to an investigation that led to former President Trump's first impeachment
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
5 August, 2021	Breaking news	Belarusian NGO chief found hanged in Ukraine The chief of an NGO that provided aid to people fleeing Belarus was found hanged in Kyiv. His friends said he had been followed by "strangers."
30 July, 2021	Breaking news	Fed up with the U.S., Ukraine cuts deals with China and shuts up about the Uyghurs Without explanation, Ukraine took its signature off a statement asking China to let observers into Xinjiang to investigate allegations of persecution of Uyghurs
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
1 July, 2021	Breaking news	Sea Breeze: Ukraine, US Black Sea drills raise tensions with Russia Amid tensions surrounding the British destroyer off the annexed Crimean Peninsula, the Ukraine and the US have launched Black Sea drills with dozens of warships
23 June, 2021	Breaking news	Land reform can make Ukraine an agricultural superpower Long known as "the breadbasket of Europe", Ukraine is already one of the world's top agricultural exporters. Farmland reform may now enable the country to play a central role in the future of global food security
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
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
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
30 May, 2021	Breaking news	Ukraine says Belarus has imposed trade barriers in plane row Belarus, under global pressure after it forced a Ryanair plane carrying an opposition journalist to land in Minsk, is to introduce "discriminatory" trade barriers against a range of goods from Ukraine, a Ukrainian deputy minister said on Friday
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
15 May, 2021	Breaking news	U.S. experts train Ukrainian colleagues to respond to use of weapons of mass destruction The U.S. experts conducted a virtual training exercise with partners from Ukraine on detecting and responding to assassinations involving weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. Department of State said
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
25 April, 2021	History	The path to European self-understanding About historical narratives and memory of Babyn Yar
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
14 April, 2021	World	Living under the shadow of a pandemic Will vaccination successes return the United Kingdom to pre-quarantine?
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
7 March, 2021	World	Premature sedation How the emergence of a new strain has impacted the fight against coronavirus disease in the United Kingdom
6 March, 2021	Breaking news	U.S. sanctions key Ukrainian oligarch The Biden administration sees cleaning up corruption in Ukraine as the best protection against Russian influence
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."
24 February, 2021	Politics	Antidepressants for Kryvyi Rih How civic movements evolve in the city that is a symbol of soviet industrialization of Ukraine
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
12 February, 2021	Breaking news	Ukrainian Navy receives 20 humvees, 84 boats from United States Armoured cars are seen at Kyiv's Boryspil airport on March 25, 2015 during a welcoming ceremony of the first US plane delivery of non-lethal aid, including 10 Humvee vehicles
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."
27 January, 2021	World	Early warning brief Beijing’s blunt message to president-elect Joe Biden
13 December, 2020		Trump’s scorched earth campaign How can Biden undo the damage?
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.
22 November, 2020	Breaking news	Ukrainians to be fined for lack of mask in public places and transport The law provides for a fine for the absence of a mask in the amount of UAH 170 to 255 (6-8 USD)
17 November, 2020	Breaking news	Coronavirus crisis exposes Ukraine’s healthcare failures As Ukraine began 2020, the reform priorities for the country’s healthcare sector appeared to be clear
10 November, 2020	Breaking news	Ukrainian president tests positive for coronavirus Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in June he’d considered infecting himself to show people it’s "not the plague"
4 November, 2020	World	The uprising of elites The US foreign and security policy elite’s revolt against Trump
16 October, 2020	Breaking news	Trump revives false narrative on Biden and Ukraine At a campaign rally in Iowa, President Donald Trump cited an unsubstantiated news report to revive a widely debunked false narrative about Joe Biden’s work in Ukraine on behalf of the Obama administration
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
4 September, 2020	Breaking news	Rada approves state guarantees for loans for businesses for UAH 5 billion Totally, 268 Members of Parliament voted for the adoption of bill No. 3659-d as a whole, with the minimum required 226
21 August, 2020	Breaking news	485 people sick with coronavirus at armed forces, 42 new cases registered on August 19 Press service of the Medical Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has written this on Facebook
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
10 August, 2020	Breaking news	US intelligence leader says Russia using Ukrainian MP Derkach to interfere in 2020 election Derkach has played a leading role in accusing former U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden of corruption in Ukraine, allegations that have not stood up well to scrutiny.
6 August, 2020	Breaking news	Ukrainian law enforcers detain Belarusian citizen wanted by Interpol The detainee is facing deportation
2 August, 2020	Breaking news	Forecast of coronavirus spread in Ukraine growing more pessimistic Ukrainian Deputy Health Minister and Chief Sanitary Doctor Viktor Liashko has said
22 July, 2020	Breaking news	Police detain armed man holding 13 people hostage on bus in Lutsk An assailant, who seized a bus with hostages, lies on the ground after police officers detained him in the city centre of Lutsk, some 400 kilometres west of Kyiv, Ukraine
19 July, 2020	Breaking news	U.S. approves sale of 16 patrol boats to Ukraine This will help the Ukrainian Navy meet current and future threats in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov
16 July, 2020	World	The gathering autumn clouds Perceptions of weakness drive the Kremlin’s hybrid aggression against America and Ukraine to new heights
13 July, 2020	Politics	Ben Hodges: "If Kremlin will move, there would be massive cyberattacks against Ukraine to disrupt communications, command, and control infrastructure" The Ukrainian Week met with General (ret.) Ben Hodges, former commander of United States Army Europe, now a Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) to discuss possible Russian attack on Ukraine, Western answer on such actions, and the problems of the Black Sea region
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
29 June, 2020	Breaking news	Children's camps not to reopen until July 31 The statement comes amid the recent resurgence of COVID-19 incidence
3 June, 2020	Politics	There’s a big “diff”... Putin has forced Ukrainians to make a choice. Will they finally take a stand?
29 May, 2020	Breaking news	Can post-pandemic Ukraine prevent another exodus? As Ukraine progresses through its five phases of relaxing national quarantine measures, the country’s next step will be to address the economic disruption caused by the coronavirus crisis
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