The Ukrainian Weekly (https://www.ukrweekly.com/uwwp/author/mark/page/4/)
KYIV – Ukrainian military Commander-in-Chief Lt. Gen. Ruslan Khomchak this week notified parliament that Russian troops are amassing near the country’s border in the “north, east and south,” including in occupied Crimea.
KYIV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on March 23 signed an order that puts into effect a decision that the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) made 12 days earlier to take over aero-engine maker Motor Sich.
KYIV – Targeting dozens of legal entities and individuals, including members of the country’s former political leadership, Ukraine over the past two weeks imposed a fourth round of sanctions designed to counter Russia’s influence in the country.
KYIV – The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the country’s domestic intelligence agency, on March 12 announced that it is investigating former and current government officials for treason related to the extension of Russia’s lease of its Black Sea Fleet (BSF) in Crimea.
KYIV – The biggest umbrella organization representing Ukrainians worldwide has for the first time in more than 50 years expelled a member group.
KYIV – The U.S. State Department imposed travel bans on Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky and his immediate family on March 5 citing the tycoon’s alleged “involvement in significant corruption.”
KYIV – Ukraine remained in the middle “partly free” category among 195 countries in a yearly freedom ranking, advancing slightly on social progress while placing in the upper one-fifth among global militaries.
KYIV – Ukraine issued a third round of sanctions imposing asset and property freezes on 10 former high-ranking officials in law enforcement, security and the military for violating their oaths during Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea.
KYIV – The seventh anniversary of Russia’s seizure of the Ukrainian territory of Crimea passed on February 27 as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a number of measures and announced the creation of an international platform to free the peninsula and protect the rights of Crimean Tatars.
KYIV – Perhaps Odesa’s most visible pro-Ukrainian, anti-graft activist from the Euro-Maidan era was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison on February 23 by a court in the Black Sea port city.