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17 May 2023
The heads of state and government of 46 member countries of the Council of Europe have called on Russia to immediately and unconditionally withdraw all its troops from Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova.
China's special envoy Li Hui has paid a visit to Ukraine and met with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejcinovic Buric have discussed in Reykjavik further steps that need to be taken for Ukraine's victory.
European countries should be grateful to Ukraine, not the other way around, considering what the Ukrainian people are currently doing for Europe.
Ukraine is counting on further close cooperation with the United States to strengthen security and Ukraine’s future victory.
There are no legal obstacles to the creation of a Special Tribunal regarding Russia's aggression against Ukraine, only political will is needed.
By launching a brutal war of aggression against Ukraine, Russia refuses to recognise the democratic right of Ukrainians to choose their own future, and it will to be held accountable for crimes committed in Ukraine.
President of Hungary Katalin Novak condemned "Russia's insane decision of attacking Ukraine" and emphasized the need to punish all those involved in war crimes in Ukraine.
Aida Abdrakhmanova, Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Independent Tatarstan for National and Religious Affairs, noted that the referendum on the sovereignty of Tatarstan, held on March 21, 1992, was legitimate, being at the core of the fight for Tatarstan's independence.
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Council of Europe has been a leader in immediately condemning the brutal and unprovoked Russian aggression, and continues to play a leading role in holding the aggressor state accountable as the latter must also compensate for all the damage caused to Ukraine.
British Ambassador Melinda Simmons considers billboards warning against corruption in wartime to be a sign of Ukraine's focus on the future.
The Head of the Armenian Government, Nikol Pashinyan, said his country could not afford to fall under international sanctions due to its cooperation with the Russian Federation.
The Russian Federation has shut down all avenues for negotiations so now there is no other way to liberate Crimea, except a military one.
The European Council is taking the first step towards holding Russian politicians and military personnel who have committed crimes against Ukraine to account.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has made an address at the opening of the 4th Council of Europe summit in Reykjavik.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Department of State would not rule out designating Russia a state sponsor of terrorism for its accused atrocities in Ukraine.
Concrete steps will be taken at the G7 summit in Japan this week to further isolate Russia.
Ukraine has officially joined the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence.
The Russians systematically run influence operations similar to the Baltic Platform in various parts of the world, aimed at the infiltration of their assets, forming a certain public opinion, and influencing political decision-making. Such operations must be disclosed and stopped, and a strategy of "zero contact" is necessary in relations with the Russian Federation.
16 May 2023
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal met with Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced plans to discuss the longer-term security agreements required to support Ukraine when he meets other leaders at the Council of Europe Summit in Iceland.
In the Russian Federation, all processes will start to unfold rapidly once freedom of expression is granted, ultimately leading to a change of regime.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has reminded Georgia, which is expanding direct flights with the Russian Federation, that the world is isolating Russia in order to force them to end their war against Ukraine.
Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska and South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol have discussed the need for air defense systems and equipment for demining.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and a Ukrainian government team arrived in Iceland for a two-day Council of Europe summit.
Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk has met with temporarily displaced Ukrainians in the city of Drammen (Norway).
The United States strongly advocated at the UN for the expansion of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which the Putin regime is using to achieve its goals in the war against Ukraine, holding the starving countries hostage.
Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Olena Kondratyuk, requested the Chairman of the Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Sahiba Gafarova, to organize rehabilitation programs for wounded Ukrainian military personnel and veterans in the country.
Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska met with President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on Tuesday.
15 May 2023
Hungary has blocked the payment of the eighth tranche from the European Peace Facility in the amount of EUR 500 million for weapons that EU member states send to Ukraine.