Month: May 25, 2018 9:54 am

PHILADELPHIA – Sunday afternoon, June 10, will be a memorable milestone in the history of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in…...

KYIV – Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) officers and prosecutors raided at least two Russian government-controlled media outlets on May 15 and detained one bureau chief in Kyiv on suspicion of high treason. 

Local RIA Novosti head Kyrylo Vyshinsky was taken a day later to a pre-trial detention center in Kherson, 340 miles south of Kyiv, where he will face a hearing on whether he will be jailed, placed under house arrest or released on bail. Since most of his alleged anti-Ukrainian activities were based in Crimea, jurisdiction falls under the Crimean Prosecutor’s Office, which moved to Kherson after Russia illegally annexed the peninsula in March 2014.

SYRACUSE, N. Y. – Syracuse University on Sunday, May 13, awarded an honorary doctorate to Bishop Borys Gudziak, the president of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv and bishop of the Eparchy of St. Volodymyr the Great in Paris, in recognition of his “vision of freedom and love of humanity” and for his courageous leadership in defying tyranny and standing with his students during the Revolution of Dignity in 2014.  

Russian President Vladimir Putin has opened the country’s newly built bridge to the annexed Crimean peninsula, driving a truck across…...

Vladimir Putin started his fourth term as Russia’s president by promising ambitious new social programs (Kremlin.ru, May 7). He may…...

25-year-old Hennady Lymeshko has become the latest Ukrainian to receive a long sentence in Russian-occupied Crimea on highly implausible “sabotage”…...

Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, who opposed Moscow’s takeover of Crimea and is now in prison in Russia, has started a…...

“The United States condemns Russia’s construction and partial opening of the Kerch Strait bridge between Russia and occupied Crimea, which was done without the permission of the government of Ukraine. Crimea is part of Ukraine. Russia’s construction of the bridge serves as a reminder of Russia’s ongoing willingness to flout international law.
“The bridge represents not only an attempt by Russia to solidify its unlawful seizure and its occupation of Crimea, but also impedes navigation by limiting the size of ships that can transit the Kerch Strait, the only path to reach Ukraine’s territorial waters in the Sea of Azov. We call on Russia not to impede this shipping.
“The United States has sanctioned numerous individuals and entities involved in this project. These and our other Crimea-related sanctions will remain in place until Russia returns control of the peninsula to Ukraine.
“We once again reaffirm our commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and recall the international community’s expression of that commitment in U.N. General Assembly Resolution 68/262.”
– Press statement by Heather Nauert, spokesperson for the U.S. State Department, released on May 15.

“Russia threatens allies and partners both militarily, as seen through its invasions of Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine in 2014, and through an aggressive campaign to undermine Western democratic institutions. In light of Russia’s unacceptable actions, NATO is more indispensable than ever. As NATO allies agree, the use of military-grade nerve agent developed by Russia on U.K. territory was a reckless action that put the lives of innocent civilians at risk.
“The United States has made abundantly clear that NATO should not return to business as usual with Russia until Moscow shows a clear change in its actions and complies with international law. ...
“The United States is unwavering in our support for NATO’s open-door policy as well, and our commitment that any Euro-Atlantic country that wishes to join the alliance and meets the requirements may do so. We will continue to work with aspirants bilaterally and through NATO structures to help them meet those standards. ...
“So there was discussion today about Ukraine, Ukraine’s potential entry to be a NATO partner, that there’s much work to do along the way to achieve that. I think that I’m always careful to describe consensus when there were lots of differing voices about how to approach it and what the right action set ought to be to achieve it, but I think there – I think there was a large group who are hopeful that the Ukrainians will begin to take the actions that would put them in a place where they could, in fact, be an aspirant to become a NATO member.”
– U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaking after the NATO foreign affairs ministers’ meeting on April 27 in Brussels, as cited in the Ukrainian Canadian Congress Daily Briefing.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Noted artist Andrij Maday passed away on March 18, surrounded by family. He was 64. Mr. Maday…...

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The New Jersey District Committee of the Ukrainian National Association held its 2018 annual meeting here at…

NEW HAVEN, Conn – On Palm Sunday, March 25, Ukrainian National Association Branch 414 held its 15th annual Easter egg…