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21 September 2021
The European Union does not recognize the so-called elections held in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine at the end of last week and takes note of reliable information about numerous and serious violations of the democratic right to expression of will in Russia.
During the 24th International Seapower Symposium, the Commander of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Rear Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa, discussed with other naval leaders common challenges to maritime security.
The United States considers that the State Duma elections contradict Russia's international commitments to the OSCE and human rights and freedoms.
The UN General Assembly is one of the main platforms for Ukraine to protest the occupation of part of the country’s east and the Crimean peninsula.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has laid flowers at the September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived for a working visit to the United States to attend the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
20 September 2021
Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska has given her first English-language interview to Diplomatic Courier as part of President Volodymyr Zelensky's working visit to the United States, the President's Office has reported on Facebook.
The European Union will never recognize the results of the Russian elections in Crimea, which is part of Ukraine, and is concerned about the deliberate actions of the Russian government that handed out Russian passports to Ukrainian citizens in the temporarily occupied territories in the run-up to the Russian State Duma elections.
Nearly 20 Russian Black Sea Fleet warships and other vessels were deployed from their bases in the occupied Sevastopol and Novorossiysk for missile and artillery exercises.
It’s Russia’s wishful thinking when they refer to a few fringe politicians as "international observers" in the elections held the temporarily occupied Crimea.
During his visit to the United States to participate in the UN General Assembly, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with the UN and NATO Secretaries General.
Russia has come up with a new option for blocking the exchange of held persons – by involving in Trilateral Contact Group negotiations, despite Ukraine’s protests, a person convicted for terrorism by a Ukrainian court.
The Servant of the People faction in parliament has proposed including a package of anti-oligarchic bills in the agenda of the Verkhovna Rada this week.
This week, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine intends to adopt a resolution appealing to the international community to recognize as illegitimate the election to the Russian State Duma.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed an order forming a Ukrainian delegation for participation in the 76th session of the UN General Assembly in which he will take part on Monday, September 20.
During his visit to the 76th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, Polish President Andrzej Duda will hold meetings with a number of leaders, including President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.
18 September 2021
Currently, the issuance of passports of the Russian Federation to residents of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine has bogged down.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will arrive in the United States on September 20 to attend the 76th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine launched a system for monitoring oligarchs.
The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine imposed personal restrictive measures against 33 candidates for members of the State Duma of the Russian Federation for involvement in the organization and conduct of elections in the occupied territories of Ukraine.
17 September 2021
The Russian Federation continues to disguise as public rhetoric its unwillingness to fulfill obligations to implement the Minsk agreements and the decisions of the Normandy Four summit.
The Cabinet of Ministers has dismissed Svitlana Fomenko from the post of deputy minister of culture and information policy for European integration.
Russia's closure of the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk is troubling and only demonstrates the need for the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to be present along the entire section of the border between Ukraine and Russia.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine condemns Russia's illegal organization and holding of elections to the Russian State Duma on September 17-19 in the occupied Crimea and the forced involvement of Ukrainians with illegally issued passports in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, according to a statement published on the ministry's website.
The U.S. Congress has proposed to increase military assistance to Ukraine by $50 million.
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde, has expressed regret that, due to Moscow’s stance, the mandate of the Observer Mission at the Russian checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk on the Russian-Ukrainian border, was not extended.
The Office of the President of Ukraine hosted a meeting of senior members of Ukrainian parliament and judicial bodies, diplomats from the Group of Seven and the European Union to discuss the judicial reform in Ukraine.
The United States Department of State has called on Ukraine to implement judicial reform and accelerate the process of forming a High Council of Justice.
The reform of the High Council of Justice is a historic opportunity for Ukraine to create an effective and honest judicial system, G7 ambassadors have said.
16 September 2021
The Field Office of the EU Advisory Mission (EUAM) Ukraine in Lviv is expanding its activities to all seven regions in western Ukraine, including Zakarpattia region, EUAM Head Antti Hartikainen has said.