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Fri, 28 Jan 2022 19:43:56 +0000
Zelensky Acknowledges threat of Bigger War while Urging Preemptive Sanctions Toward Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated his main messages about Russia’s ongoing menace to further invade the country in a question-and-answer session with foreign journalists at his office on Bankova Street in Kyiv.  Walking into the ch...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 16:43:42 +0000
Putin Criticises West for Ignoring Moscow’s Ukraine Demands
During a Friday phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, Vladimir Putin voiced his displeasure that Moscow’s demands that NATO block Ukraine from joining the alliance had been rejected by the West. According to a readout from the Russian p...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 15:14:47 +0000
Rattled by Russia, Finland and Sweden revisit NATO debate
The threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine has reignited debate in Finland and Sweden over whether they should join NATO to fend off any possible eastern aggression. Fighter jets could be heard carrying out drills above the Finnish capital this week...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 14:08:25 +0000
Macron Speaks To Putin on Ukraine as Paris Urges Restraint
French President Emmanuel Macron held crunch talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Ukraine Friday as Paris said it was up to Moscow to show it was serious about defusing tensions. Macron had announced earlier this week he would hold th...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 13:31:29 +0000
Where Young Poets Are Born
“The First Coffee”, or where young poets are born, is a mainstay event in the cultural calendar of Kyiv, which takes place every Saturday lunchtime in Kupidon bar in downtown Kyiv.  “It’s not enough to just write well. It is nece...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 12:23:43 +0000
Zelensky Insists in Biden Call Russian Attack Not Imminent
US President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke via telephone on Jan. 27, in discussions that at least one unnamed Ukrainian official characterized as heated. While the White House released a readout of the call that made no...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:54:09 +0000
Normandy Format Talks Stutter Back to Life
The revival of Normandy Format talks this week, after a hiatus of over two years, has led to some cautious optimism that a major escalation in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, may not be inevitable. Representatives of Ukraine, Russia, France ...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:50:02 +0000
Ukraine Gets Ready for Beijing 2022 Olympics
Ahead of a future Winter Olympic Games bid, Ukraine has been ramping up its winter sports training and the results are showing – Ukraine will send a record number of athletes to a record number of sports when the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games k...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 08:28:03 +0000
Canadian Defense Minister to Visit Ukraine as Canada Extends Military Training
Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand will soon visit Ukraine following her Liberal government’s announcement that it has extended the Canadian Armed Forces’ (CAF’s) military training mission in Ukraine. At a Jan. 22 news conference in Ottawa w...

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:37:46 +0000
#WeRemember — In Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) and the global Ukrainian communities honor the memory of the 6 million Jewish victims executed and tortured by the Nazi regime, among whom were 1.5 million chi...



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