Author: The Ukrainian Weekly

Twenty years ago, on October 20, 2003, tensions between Russia and Ukraine spiked after Moscow questioned Ukraine’s sovereignty over the tiny island of Tuzla in the Kerch Strait between Crimea and the Russian Taman Peninsula after Russia began a construction project of a dike to link Tuzla Island with the Russian mainland. Officials of the...

Zelenskyy urges Western unity Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for Western unity and more engagement in solving international crises, drawing a parallel between the unprecedented attack on Israel by Hamas militants and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “The only difference is that Israel has been attacked by a terrorist group while Ukraine was attacked by...

In a horrifying display of violence and disregard for innocent lives, Russia launched a merciless attack that tore through a cafe during a service for a fallen Ukrainian soldier in the village of Hroza, located in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine. The unprovoked assault claimed the lives of more than 50 people – including...

NEW YORK – The Metropolitan Opera has commissioned a new work from Maksim Kolomiiets, a Ukrainian composer and oboist, with a libretto by George Brant. The opera is based on the story of Ukrainian mothers who embarked on an arduous 3,000-mile journey behind enemy lines into Russia to rescue their children who were forcibly taken...

Ukrainian lawmakers, Musk trade barbs A simmering feud between Elon Musk and Ukraine neared a boil on October 2 after the tech billionaire mocked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s continued pleas for wartime assistance from the West, triggering Kyiv to respond with accusations that the entrepreneur had become a tool of Moscow by spreading its “propaganda.”...

After more than 19 months of war, Russia has not been able to defeat Ukraine on the battlefield. It is no secret that the Kremlin, desperate to destroy Ukraine, last winter attacked the country’s energy infrastructure in the hope that doing so would deeply demoralize the Ukrainian population and destroy their will to fight. That...

Thirty-three years ago, on October 3, 1990, the Ukrainian Supreme Soviet (the parliament of Soviet Ukraine) voted in favor of greeting the reunification of Germany. The letter of congratulations was sketched with reminders of Ukraine’s suffering during World War II and subtly raised the issue of reparations. Germany offered the Soviet Union 14 billion Deutsche...

U.S. sanctions drone-procurement network The United States has imposed sanctions on entities in Iran, Hong Kong, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates that the U.S. Treasury Department says comprise a network for the procurement of parts for Iran’s drone program. The network has facilitated shipments and financial transactions in support of a critical component used...

In the wake of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s diplomatic efforts to ensure that Western support for his country does not fray, including his most recent visit to the White House and engagements with U.S. congressional leaders, the urgency of providing advanced military aid to Ukraine has never been more apparent. President Joe Biden’s promise to...

Last year, on September 29, 2022, the U.S. State Department issued a statement attributed to the envoys for Holocaust issues or their equivalent from the governments of Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Romania, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Remembering the massacre by the Nazis of more than...

Neonila C. Sochan (née Merena), one of the founding members of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization’s Pershi Stezhi sorority and the director of the first summer camp held at the Soyuvika Heritage Center in Kerhonkson, N.Y., died on September 3. She was 97. Born into a Ukrainian family in Stawisza, Poland, on May 13, 1926, and...

Bulgarians reach deal on food imports Bulgarian farmers, who have protested for days against food imports from Ukraine, said they are ending their demonstration after reaching an agreement with the government over agricultural imports from neighboring Ukraine. The agreement, reached late on September 19, provides for a temporary ban on the import of sunflower seeds...