Author: Roman Tymotsko

ROME, Italy – The European Commis­sion on November 8 announced it was recommending opening negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union. At a briefing in Brussels, European Com­mission President Ursula von der Leyen said that Ukraine has implemented more than 90 percent of the E.U.’s recommendations given to the country and had previously been...

LVIV – A two-day summit focused on bringing a peaceful end to Russia’s war on Ukraine was held in Malta on October 28-29 with representatives from 65 countries participating in the talks. The summit follows two similar previous meetings that were held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Copenhagen, Denmark. The most recent meeting took place...

Says Russian Federation is a ‘de facto dictatorship’ LVIV – The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) unanimously adopted a resolution calling on member states to “recognize Vladimir Putin as illegitimate after the end of his current presidential term and to cease all contacts with him, except for humanitarian and peaceful ones.” The...

LVIV – As concerns grow of war escalating in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, several of Ukraine’s allies have loaned air defense systems to the war-ravaged country as winter approaches and officials prepare for renewed Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, said Yuriy Ihnat, a spokesman for the country’s Air Force. “We already have...

LVIV – Following a large-scale attack by Hamas on Israel that prompted the country’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to declare that his country is in a state of war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a surprise visit to Brussels urged world leaders to stand by Israel’s side. Mr. Zelenskyy’s call came on October 11 amid...

LVIV – Josep Borrell, the European Union’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, led a delegation of senior diplomats on a surprise visit to Kyiv on October 2 in order to demonstrate the bloc’s “clear commitment” to Ukraine, he said. While it was the first time that foreign affairs ministers from the union’s...

LVIV – Ukraine’s Armed Forces successfully conducted a missile strike on the Russian Black Sea Fleet headquarters in temporarily occupied Sevastopol on September 22. The attack, code named “Crab Trap,” killed 34 Russian officers, including the fleet commander, according to Ukrainian officials. Mykola Oleshchuk, commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, posted a video of the...

WARSAW, Poland – Boas Kragtwijk, an ultramarathon runner from the Nether­lands, ran from his homeland to Ukraine in 50 days to show people in Western Europe that the war in Ukraine is closer to them than it might seem. In completing the run, Mr. Kragtwijk sought to collect as many donations as possible for the...

As Zelenskyy unveils national digital education app VILNIUS, Lithuania – The second wartime school year started on September 1 for more than 3,700,000 Ukrainian children. Most of them are studying in Ukraine – either in person or in a hybrid format – despite Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine that has targeted civilian infrastructure throughout the...

LVIV – Ukraine’s main Independence Day celebrations took place on St. Sophia Square in Kyiv with the participation of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, high-level foreign guests and the military. The August 24 event was also attended by government officials, military commanders, leaders of religious denominations and various diplomats. The second Independence Day celebrations to be held...

LVIV – Ukraine is developing a multi-level approach to the protection of its energy facilities for winter and has completed 80 percent of planned repairs to the country’s main power grids as high-voltage substations have been restored to pre-war levels, according to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. In the fall of 2022, Russia began regularly shelling...

LVIV – On the morning of August 6, workers who had earlier removed a Soviet-era hammer-and-sickle from one of the tallest statues in Europe replaced it with the Ukrainian coat of arms. Kyiv’s Motherland Monument now features a massive trident on the statue’s 43-foot-tall, 26-foot-wide shield, and officials are working to rename the entire edifice...