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Thursday, 15 April 2021, 01:30
Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba congratulated Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs on the 30th anniversary of restoration of Latvia's independence.
Restrictive measures to combat COVID-19 will remain in force in Ukraine until May 11, as was previously planned, but the country is already preparing for quarantine exit plan.
There will be no plenary meetings of the Verkhovna Rada this week. MPs will meet on May 12, Servant of the People MP Oleksandr Kachura has said.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine intends to extend coronavirus quarantine until May 22.
Ukraine has made progress in policy coordination, introduction of digital technologies in public administration and ministries’ reform, but European experts are ready to continue to help to make quality changes in the field.
The adoption of legislation that would compromise the independence of anticorruption institutions threatens Ukraine's reform trajectory and the support of the international community, G7 ambassadors have said in a statement published on Twitter.
Polish consular institutions in Ukraine will resume issuing work visas on Monday, May 4, the Polish Embassy in Ukraine has reported.
02 May 2020
United States President Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate retired Lieutenant General Keith Dayton to the post of U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.
01 May 2020
The United States condemns Russia's widespread use of punitive psychiatry in the occupied Crimea against people who oppose the occupation.
The foreign ministers of Germany, France, Ukraine and Russia agreed to hold next talks in a month with the aim of preparing conditions for a summit of the Normandy Four leaders.
The United States condemns Russia's militarization of the Crimean peninsula and its interference with navigational freedoms in the adjacent maritime areas.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has called on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to work actively on the release of Ukrainian prisoners held in in the Russian Federation and the occupied Crimea.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal held a meeting with Ambassador of the State of Israel to Ukraine Joel Lion.
30 April 2020
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba has rejected a possibility of direct dialogue with militants in occupied Donbas promoted by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Normandy format ministerial video conference.
The Verkhovna Rada has decided to apply a special procedure for the consideration at second reading of a bill introducing amendments to some legislative acts of Ukraine on improving some mechanisms for the regulation of banking activity (No. 2571-d).
The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Germany, France, and Russia have not discussed the creation of the so-called Consultative Council within the Trilateral Contact Group’s political subgroup during the video conference and listened to Russia’s position on this matter only.
It is high time to shift to the higher gear in Ukraine’s relations with Asia, Ukrainian Foreign Minister believes.
Ukrainian MPs have approved an appeal of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to the parliaments of foreign states and parliamentary assemblies of international organizations to condemn the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.
Obstruction to the normal work of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in eastern Ukraine makes it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to implement the Minsk agreements and decisions of leaders in the Normandy Format.
The Cabinet of Ministers has appointed Vasyl Lozynskyi as first deputy minister for communities and territories development.
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Ihor Zhovkva met with Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine Larisa Galadza on April 29, the president’s press service has reported.
29 April 2020
Verkhovna Rada Chairman Dmytro Razumkov has signed an order to convene an extraordinary plenary meeting of parliament at 13:30 on Thursday, April 30, the Verkhovna Rada's press service has reported.
Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Heidi Grau will participate in a video conference of the foreign ministers of the Normandy format countries on April 30.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba has opened officially Ukraine's chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation, delivering a speech at its first online session.
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Ihor Zhovkva held a phone conversation with State Secretary to Prime Minister of Sweden Karin Wallensteen, the president’s press service has reported.
During Ukraine's chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation, special attention will be paid to the ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine, including militarization in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov regions, the role of armed forces in supporting the fight of national governments against COVID-19, hybrid threats, the activity of private military companies and many other issues.
Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger will visit Donbas after the COVID-19 situation improves.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved perspective plans for the formation of united territorial communities in Kherson, Khmelnytskyi and Luhansk regions.
President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili warns that a possible appointment of Mikheil Saakashvili to a high-level post in the Government of Ukraine will create a decrease in trust between the two countries.
Ukrainian, German, French, Russian foreign ministers will discuss Russian aggression in Donbas on April 30
Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova has held a virtual meeting with ambassadors of the G7 and the EU, the press service of the Office of the Prosecutor General reports.
Ukraine and the United States will jointly counter Russia’s attempts to use the coronavirus pandemic for easing sanctions imposed on it over violating Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed decrees appointing chairmen of four district state administrations.
28 April 2020
A meeting with families of Ukrainians illegally held in Russia-occupied areas of Donbas has been held with the participation of Head of the President's Office Andriy Yermak at the President's Office.
The new leadership of the Ukrainian Health Ministry is focused on the maximum publicity of its work, and this concerns the creation of transparent procedures in the medical procurement system.
The Ukrainian authorities, for the safety of Ukrainian citizens, will not facilitate the organization of charter flights for migrant workers until the situation with the coronavirus pandemic in the world improves, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Lithuanian counterpart Gitanas Nausėda discussed measures to counteract the spread of coronavirus, the situation in Donbas and the preparation for the EU-Ukraine summit.
27 April 2020
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have discussed the coordination of efforts to overcome the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the situation in Donbas.
During its first chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation, Ukraine has planned to hold more than 20 events, focusing on Russian aggression, hybrid war against Ukraine and militarization of occupied Crimea.
Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba underscored in a phone conversation with Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif that black boxes of the UIA plane downed in Iran must be delivered to Ukraine and compensations must be paid to victims’ families.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has dismissed Volodymyr Slonchak as deputy chairman of Kyiv City State Administration due to an attack on a police officer.
The European Union and the United States underscore the need to follow fair, merit-based competitive procedures when appointing the leaders of the tax and customs services of Ukraine not to risk long-term reforms.
Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Refat Chubarov urges participants in the Normandy format video conferencing meeting at the level of foreign ministers scheduled for April 30 to discuss the human rights situation in the occupied Crimea.
Minister for the Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine Oleksiy Chernyshov has met with Belarusian Ambassador to Ukraine Igor Sokol to discuss preparations for the Third Forum of the Regions of Ukraine and Belarus under the auspices of the presidents of both countries, according to the website of the Ukrainian government.
25 April 2020
Canada's Ambassador to Ukraine Larisa Galadza has assured Defense Minister of Ukraine Andriy Taran of comprehensive support for Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty and readiness to continue providing assistance to strengthen Ukraine's defense capability.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has extended the current border crossing restrictions until May 11.
The Government of Ukraine has dismissed Head of the State Customs Service Maksym Nefyodov and Head of the State Tax Service Serhiy Verlanov.
24 April 2020
President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Ivan Osypchuk as head of the SBU Office in Kirovohrad region.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed laws that significantly expedite Russian citizenship process for citizens of post-Soviet countries.
The Normandy format can be expanded, including the participation of the United States, Ambassador William Taylor has said.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Vitaliy Fedoriv as chairman of Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration.
Berlin hopes that a video conference of the foreign ministers of Normandy format countries next week will boost the implementation of the decisions made at the summit in December 2019.
The Embassy of the People's Republic of China has handed 4,000 medical masks over to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky offered him to hold negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) if he takes up the post of deputy prime minister for reform.
Defense Minister of Ukraine Andriy Taran has discussed bilateral cooperation in a telephone conversation with UK Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace.
The decree of the President of the Russian Federation, which deprives Ukrainians of the right to own land in the occupied Crimea, as well as yet another illegal conscription of Crimeans for military service is a gross violation of international law.
23 April 2020
Some 200,000 PCR tests to detect a novel coronavirus will be sent to the regions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
Ukraine is starting clinical trials of a drug that, according to the preliminary findings of scientists and manufacturers, can be very effective in the fight against coronavirus, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
Ukraine is starting clinical trials of a drug that, according to the preliminary findings of scientists and manufacturers, can be very effective in the fight against coronavirus, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.