Ukrainian Weekly Editor    Kremlin attack destroys Trypilska thermal power plant President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has again called on Ukraine’s allies to give the embattled country more air defense systems as Russia struck Ukrainian energy infrastructure targets, including a major power plant south of Kyiv, killing at least...

Ukrainian Weekly Editor    KYIV Ukraine’s parliament, the Ver khov na Rada, has passed a law on military mobilization that will boost the number of its troops, two lawmakers reported, as the country struggles with depleted forces in the face of the more than year old Russian invasion. The law expands the powers of Ukrain...

Ukrainian Weekly Editor    Myron B. Kuropas, a former vice president of the Ukrainian National Asso ciation UNA , long time columnist for The Ukrainian Weekly, special assistant for ethnic affairs in the White House during the administration of President Gerald R. Ford and a legislative assistant for U.S. Sen. Bob Dole,...

Mark Raczkiewycz    Britain’s Cameron snubbed’ during lobbying visit to Washington CHICAGO Following a two week Congressional recess, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson R La. has not budged on moving a bill that previously cleared the Senate and includes over billion in desperately needed military aid for...

Ukrainian Weekly Editor    Every Russian stereotype about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO has been disproven by the alliance’s surge of activity in its th year. Moscow portrays NATO as an aggressive and indecisive institution, rigidly controlled by the United States, and disunited. The meeting of NATO foreign...

Ukrainian Weekly Editor    Vladimir Putin’s latest re election is seemingly pushing opposition forces in Russia to grow more apathetic. According to official data, Putin won more than percent of the vote, securing his hold on power until at least see Eurasia Daily Monitor, March , . Some in Russian society...

Ukrainian Weekly Editor    Attacks over the weekend on the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine have raised the level of concern over the safety of the facility to an even higher level, the head of the United Nation’s nuclear watchdog told his agency’s board of governors on April in Vienna. The most recent attacks ...

Ukrainian Weekly Editor    WASHINGTON The top U.S. general in Europe has warned that Ukraine cannot sustain its fight against Russia alone as a major spending bill languishes in the House of Representatives, blocked by a small number of Republi cans who believe domestic matters should take priority. Gen. Christopher Cavoli...

Ukrainian Weekly Editor    LIVERPOOL, England Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minis ter Dmytro Kuleba announced on April that Ukrainians can begin filing claims for damages they have suffered as a result of Russia’s full scale invasion at a newly established register based in The Hague. Initially, the register will focus on...

Ukrainian Weekly Editor    CLEVELAND The Ukrainian Museum Archives UMA announced it has won a , grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD . The grant came after U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Fiscal Year Transportation HUD Appropriations bill early in March. The grant,...

Ukrainian Weekly Editor    Ukraine listed as bright spot as Kyiv builds up judicial and anti corruption institutions Democratic governance in Central Europe and Central Asia declined for a th consecutive year, according to rights watchdog Freedom House, driven by Moscow’s full scale invasion of Ukraine and Azerbai jan’s ...

Ukrainian Weekly Editor    BRUSSELS Latvia’s foreign affairs minister says a proposal to create a billion euro billion , five year fund for Ukraine would improve coordination among North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO members on providing military aid and send a signal to Moscow that those in the alliance...

Ukrainian Weekly Editor    Promising signing bonuses, plump salaries and coverage of living expenses, the Russian state is encouraging Russian doctors, judges, police officers, social workers, engineers and others to work in Russian occupied parts of Ukraine in what critics call a systematic attempt to Russify regions from...

Ukrainian Weekly Editor    Once again, Russia stands accused of committing war crimes in Ukraine, this time through a systematic effort to Russify Ukrainian regions under its occupation. The strategy involves enticing Russian professionals with lucrative incentives to work in Ukrainian territories, all while flouting...

Support    Ukrainian American Tamara Syby Holovak is the Razom project lead for the Ukraine response initiative and welcome center in the New York City area. She is also the refugee coordinator for Ukrainian Jersey City and the Vice President with Soyuz Ukrainok Branch . Tamara’s Ukrainian family roots in...

Support    Anders Aslund is a Swedish economist, former Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and a preeminent specialist on East European economies. He has been closely involved with Ukraine and its economy since the ’s. He is a prolific author and his book, How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and...

Ukrainian Weekly Editor    Ten years ago, on April , , at least administrative buildings in the Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv regions had come under Russian occupation, following a pattern repeated from Russia’s invasion and annexation of Crimea a month earlier. During a television broadcast on April , Russian...

Ukrainian Weekly Editor    On March , the Russian Orthodox Church ROC adopted an ideological policy document at the World Russian People’s Council that recognizes Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a holy war and a new stage in the national liberation struggle ... against the criminal Kyiv regime and the collective West...

Ukrainian Weekly Editor    March , August , Oksana Zakydalsky nee Witushynsky was a researcher, journalist, editor, educator, dedicated leader and volunteer of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, loving mother and grandmother, a woman of vision and action who raised Ukrainian youth and her own family,...

Ukrainian Weekly Editor    STANFORD, Calif. The Ukrainian Catho lic University Foundation and the Consulate General of Ukraine in San Francisco hosted a networking reception for Ukrainian business leaders participating in the Stanford Ignite Ukraine educational program on March . The program, a joint initiative...

Ukrainian Weekly Editor    NEW YORK In his first visit to New York City, Ukrainian artist Oleksii Shcher bak, , brought his singular artistic vision to Mriya Gallery with his atmospheric solo exhibit, Victims of Grenouille. Organized by Rukh Art Hub, a contemporary Ukrainian art space, Victims of Grenouille is on...

Mark Raczkiewycz    CHICAGO The intricate art of decorating eggs for Easter was practiced during two workshops at the second oldest branch of the Ukrainian American Youth Association CYM on April as part of the scouting group’s series of events to commemorate its th anniversary. Called pysanky, which in...

Ukrainian Weekly Editor    Zelenskyy: more soldiers, equipment needed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelens kyy says Ukraine should prepare significant personnel, including reserves, to disrupt Russia’s latest offensive operations in the war. The situation at the front is difficult, but stabilized at the moment, Mr....

Ukrainian Weekly Editor    Russia has accused International Olym pic Committee IOC President Thomas Bach of involvement in a conspiracy with Ukraine to exclude Moscow’s top athletes from participating in this year’s Paris Summer Games. The allegation was voiced on April by Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson...