There is no question that the Moscow Patriarchate has alienated many Ukrainians because of its support for Kremlin policy, but a Kyiv analyst suggests that its decline in Ukraine and more generally also reflects the dependence its hierarchy has on state power, something it no longer can count on having in Ukraine.

 

“Ukraine continues to insist on the return of control to the State Border Service of all checkpoints,” Mr. Poroshenko’s office said in a statement describing the call. “The Ukrainian president also called on the Russian president to enhance the regime of the state border by Russia, in order to stop the flow of insurgents and mercenaries to Ukraine and the supply of arms and armored vehicles for them.”

 <Photo: An apartment block in the Ukraine city of Slovyansk was damaged after fighting on Sunday

IOC President Thomas Bach. “In my discussions with the Ukrainian Prime Minster and NOC President, we concluded that it would be extremely difficult to pursue the 2022 bid under the current circumstances, but that a future bid would make sense for Ukraine and Ukrainian sport.”

 

<Photo: Sergei Bubka (l) and Thomas Bach (r)

A group of volunteers from the Country Aid Fund “Wings Phoenix,” which supports the Ukrainian soldiers located in the ATO zone, started to restore the museum jet An-26, which used to be an exhibit in the State Aviation Museum.

 

After three months of occupation many Crimeans are rid of their illusions about “magical” life in Russia. 

Ukraine is looking to diversify its sales with customers in China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, Agriculture Minister Ihor Shvayka told a press conference in Kyiv today.

Bo Andersson, the former General Motors purchasing czar who now runs Lada, says tensions in Ukraine aren't necessarily a bad thing for the venerable Russian brand.

The Economic Association agreement signed between Ukraine and the European Union (EU) on Friday will exacerbate Ukraine’s social and economic crisis. Key provisions of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) between Ukraine and the EU involve the elimination of all tariffs and customs duties, the reduction and elimination of industrial subsidies, the elimination of price controls, and measures for the enforcement of intellectual property rights. Under such conditions, Ukrainian businesses will be unable to hold out against better-established Western competitors and will soon be either driven out of the market or bought up.

A suggestion for the establishment of an “international parliamentary liaison group” under the OSCE aegis raises questions as to Russia’s motives.

Pro-Russian separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine on Saturday released a second group of four monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) who had been seized on May 29, a Reuters witness said. 

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