Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Merkel: The situation with the Minsk Agreements remains complicated
The situation with the regard to the implementation of the Minsk Agreements remains complicated. This was announced by German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a joint press conference with Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas in Tallinn on the 24th of August.
“The situation with the implementation of the Minsk Agreements is extremely complicated. We have not achieved everything that we wanted,” she said, adding that “it's necessary to find a way out together and I hope that with joint efforts, …
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Donetsk People's Republic to open representative office in Czech Republic
The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) reported on the opening of its first representative office in the Czech Republic. According to the DPR Ministry of Foreign Affairs press service, the official opening ceremony for the DPR-representative center in the Czech Republic will take place on September 1.
Earlier, the DPR Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed a Protocol of Intentions to cooperate with public organizations in the Czech Republic and announced the opening of a DPR- …
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Russia files lawsuit against Ukrainian military leadership
The Investigative Committee from the Russian Federation stated that it has filed a lawsuit against the Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Stepan Poltorak, and against other representatives of the Ukrainian military leadership. According to information released on the Russian Agency website, the case concerns the investigation of the use of prohibited means and methods of warfare by Ukrainian security agencies in southeastern Ukraine.
“The Investigative Committee has received sufficient data that …
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OSCE will not send observers to Russian elections in Crimea
The Ukrainian Ambassador to the OSCE, Ihor Prokopchuk, stated in an interview with journalists in Kiev that the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will not send observers to Russian parliamentary elections that will take place in the Crimea, as reported by a correspondent of Ukrayinska Pravda. According to ODIHR, those elections, which are held in the territory of the Russian Federation, don’t concern the Crimea.
“Countries can invite the OSCE Office for …
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New US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch arrives in Kiev
The new Ambassador of the United States to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, has arrived in Kyiv, as reported by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
It is reported that Yovanovitch presented her credentials to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief of Staff of the Ministry, Vadym Prystaiko.
"During the meeting the high level of relations between the countries and the importance of their further development in all sectors in particular, security and economy, were noted. …
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Ukrainian MFA demands that Russian-backed separatists stop attempting to intimidate OSCE
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has demanded that Russian-backed separatists stop trying to intimidate OSCE observers in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainskaya Pravda reported.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine strongly condemns the provocations that are regularly carried out by Russian-controlled fighters against the observers of the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of the OSCE in Ukraine with the aim of preventing effective operations of the mission," a statement posted on the ministry’s …
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Authorities in Crimea intend to distribute the assets of Ukraine state-owned company as salaries
The local authorities of the Russian-occupied Crimea intend to pay wage arrears to employees of the recently liquidated Radio Communication Design Bureau. Until 2014 the company was a part of the Ukraine state-owned enterprise, Ukroboronprom (Ukrainian Defense Industry).
The Governor of Sevastopol, Dmitry Ovsyannikov, said that the salaries could be repaid out of the income from the sale of the company’s property, Krym.Realii reports.
“Please note the number of workers who should get the …
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Klimkin: UN tribunal will consider Ukraine's claim against Russia regarding Crimea
The government of Ukraine will appeal to the UN International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) concerning violations of the relevant UN Convention by the Russian Federation. This was announced by the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, while opening a general meeting of the ambassadors in Kiev.
"In the coming days we are going to submit our case regarding The Russian Federation’s violation of its obligations under the International Convention on the Law of the Sea,” he said. …
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Ukrainian Ambassador to the Council of Europe: Some in PACE want to allow Russia back
In an interview with Europeyska Pravda, Dmytro Kuleba, the representative of Ukraine to the Council of Europe, said that there is "a group of people who want to bring Russia back to the [Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe] chamber at any cost."
The diplomat said that "very difficult and very unconstructive processes are happening in the PACE.” He also emphasized that "Their goal is to return the Russian delegation to the PACE conference hall without its fulfillment of conditions …
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Ukraine prepares draft documents to send UN peacekeepers to the Donbas
Ukraine has drafted documents regarding an official decision to send United Nations (UN) peacekeepers to the Donbas and is looking forward to constructive cooperation with the new UN secretary general, stated Volodymyr Yelchenko, Ukraine’s permanent representative to the UN.
“Everything is ready. We even have draft documents ready for approval – on a UN support office in Ukraine, on a special representative to the secretary general, and on a mediatory mission from the UN secretary general – we …