Month: June 28, 2019 11:58 am

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – As has become tradition during the annual Ukrainian Cultural Festival at Soyuzivka Heritage Center, this year scheduled for July 12-14, the Ukrainian National Foundation is holding a fund-raising gala banquet on Friday evening.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Ukraine’s under-20 men’s team put on a showcase final with its 3-1 come-from-behind win against South Korea…...

NIEUWEGEIN, The Netherlands – The Public Prosecution Service of the Netherlands will prosecute four suspects for bringing down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 passengers and crew.
This decision was made on the basis of the investigation conducted by the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), consisting of law enforcement agencies from Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, Ukraine and the Netherlands. The announcement was made on June 19 in Nieuwegein following a meeting with surviving relatives of the victims who died in the plane crash.

WASHINGTON – The Ukrainian National Credit Union Association (UNCUA) held its 38th annual meeting and spring conference on June 6-8, in Washington. 
Thirty participants representing 12 Ukrainian American credit unions in the U.S. gathered to lobby their legislators on Capitol Hill, attend presentations on current topics of interest to credit union leaders and elect a new board of directors.

Pentagon plans $250 M to aid Ukraine

The U.S. Department of Defense says it plans to provide $250 million to enhance Ukraine’s military capabilities as the nation continues to battle Russia-backed separatists in its eastern regions. The latest tranche of assistance will strengthen Ukraine’s naval and ground forces through additional training and provision of weapons, the Pentagon said in a statement on June 18. The list of weapons includes sniper rifles, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, counterartillery radars and night-vision equipment among other items, the statement said.

Two long-term natural gas contracts between Russia and Ukraine are set to expire in December. And as this deadline approaches, the two sides are preparing for necessary renegotiations.
Kyiv needs to avoid a repetition of January 2009 when, due to the absence of contracts, Russia stopped pumping supplies into Ukrainian pipelines and parts of Europe were left without gas. Having run out of time and under pressure not only from Moscow, but also the European Union, Kyiv then had to accept the Russian conditions and sign long-term gas purchase and transit contracts detrimental to its economy.

Termination of the trumped-up charges brought against Meduza journalist Ivan Golunov on June 6 was greeted as a triumph by…...

Sanctions against Moscow for its violation of international law in Ukraine are important and worth maintaining as a statement of what the West stands for, even if they won’t change the policy of a dictator unlikely to be swayed by the impact they have on his people and may even allow him for a time at least to mobilize them on an anti-Western basis.

… Russia obstructs the work of your monitors, impeding the [OSCE Observer] mission’s ability to obtain an accurate assessment of…...

OTTAWA – Canada’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development on June 13 passed a motion introduced by Member of Parliament Borys Wrzesnewskyj (Etobicoke Center) to recognize the 1944 deportations of the Crimean Tatars by Stalin as genocide.
Despite the efforts of several Conservative MPs to filibuster the motion in the Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr. Wrzesnewskyj’s perseverance paid off and the motion passed unanimously.

The Ukrainian Federation of America is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit charitable organization founded in 1991 and registered in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and in Ukraine. The UFA develops, implements and supports programs that preserve Ukrainian culture and heritage, strengthen communities and improve the quality of life of those in need.
Rep. Fitzpatrick dedicated his entire professional life to serving and protecting others. As a special agent of the FBI, he focused on fighting corruption and supporting global counterterrorism efforts.

Nearly 400 congressmen, administration officials, members of the Ukrainian National Association and its Supreme Assembly, as well as local Ukrainian community activists on May 22, 1985, attended a reception at the Russell Senate Office Building celebrating the centennial of Ukrainian settlement in the United States. The reception was sponsored by the Ukrainian National Association in cooperation with the Ukrainian American Caucus (UAC), The Washington Group, the Ukrainian Association of the Washington Metropolitan Area and the local chapter of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America.