Kyiv's proposal to disarm all illegal armed groups in the Donbas and take the border with the Russian Federation under the Ukrainian government control before the local elections "differs from the Minsk agreements." Dmitry Peskov, […]
05.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Budapest Memorandum is a political declaration, so it is now almost impossible to get real guarantees under this document. "The Budapest Memorandum is a political declaration and nothing more. It is not an international […]
03.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Any new additional external initiatives for a peaceful settlement of the situation in Donbas do not make sense at the moment, and the second Minsk agreements, dated February 2015, have no alternative. Sergei Lavrov, the […]
27.10.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Over the last year, Ukraine has become very active and is taking the initiative in the work of the TCG on Donbas. Previously, it sometimes seemed that Ukraine was simply reacting to the actions of […]
16.10.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The negotiations of the "Normandy Four" leaders' political advisers are over in Berlin. The seven-hour meeting's main result, according to President of Ukraine Office head Andriy Yermak, was an agreement to continue the "cease-fire" regime […]
13.09.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and the Head of the Office of President Andriy Yermak reacted to the postponement of the meeting of leaders’ advisers of the "Quartet of Normandy.. The official reason for […]
27.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The "Normandy Four" (Ukraine, Germany, France, Russia) foreign ministers meeting can take place in September, German Foreign minister Heiko Maas announced during his visit to Kyiv. At the meeting, the parties plan to discuss, particularly, […]
24.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
A meeting of the counsellors to the "Normandy Four" leaders may take place by the end of this month. The representatives of the Ukraine, Germany, France, and Russia's leaders are likely to meet on 28 […]
21.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ukrainian delegation to the Tripartite Contact Group Head, Leonid Kravchuk suggested to review and discuss the Minsk agreements in the Donbas talks. He made such a statement on the air on the Ukraine 24 […]
03.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Russia Dmytro Kozak has decided to stop talks about Donbas at the level of advisers to the heads of the Normandy format states. According to media […]
31.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The date of the new meeting in the Normandy format can be decided in the nearest future, because all parties do not mind it. This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. "We understand […]
21.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the Minsk agreements and the situation in Donbas during a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. This news is posted on the Chancellor's website. However, the German side did […]
15.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
A settlement to the conflict in eastern Ukraine is a precondition of the EU-Russia strategic relations resumption. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas stated this from the floor of the European Parliament during his presentation of […]
14.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Minsk agreements have to be clarified and made more specific, as they were concluded in 2014-2015, while any diplomatic text leaves a room for an interpretation, French Ambassador to Ukraine Etienne de Poncins stated […]
06.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
A large delegation of Ukrainian high-ranking officials is preparing to give a working visit to Germany on June 2. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine website, the delegation included the President's Office […]
01.06.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine's struggle against Russian aggression continues in all directions, but recently serious changes on the part of Ukraine have become apparent. First of all, it concerns the strengthening of diplomatic pressure and works on foreign […]
24.05.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is ready for a new meeting in the "Normandy format", and the Ukrainian side, unlike Russia, has taken steps to implement the agreements of last December's summit in Paris. This […]
20.05.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba will pay an official visit to Germany on June 2 for talks on Donbas. This was reported by the publication "European Pravda", citing its own sources. […]
19.05.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ukrainian authorities are counting on the help of the UK and the USA, whose leaders have signed the Budapest Memorandum. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied […]
18.05.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
As a result of the Russian military aggression against Ukraine, the area contaminated with mines and explosives is 7,000 square km in the territory of Donbas controlled by Kyiv. Another 14 thousand square km - […]
16.05.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
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