The French President urged Ukraine and Russia to implement the Minsk agreement. During his meeting with President Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron stressed that implementing the Minsk agreement is the only way to achieve sustainable peace in eastern Ukraine. Therefore, ... #EmmanuelMacron #kyiv #Zelenskyy
UK sanctions will take effect the moment Putin invades Ukraine. Sanctions against Russia will take effect automatically, as soon as the invasion of Ukraine begins, and they will make it possible to fight against Russia’s commercial interests purposefully, st... #BorisJohnson #Zelenskyy
Highlights of Volodymyr Zelensky’s meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev The Ukrainian and Azerbaijani presidents discussed several future collaborations and signed several bilateral documents. Ukraine and Azerbaijan agreed to intensify cooperation in the field of internat... #Azerbaijan #IlhamAliyev #Zelenskyy
Zelensky has signed into law the localization in mechanical engineering. President Volodymyr Zelensky has just signed a law requiring the presence of a Ukrainian component in the public procurement of engineering products. According to the co-author of the law Dmytro Kysyl... #MechanicalEngeneeringLaw #ProductionInUkraine #Zelenskyy
Zelensky had a third telephone call with Biden. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky had a third recent telephone conversation with U.S. President Joseph Biden, which lasted more than an hour and a half. The key topic of the talks was the situat... #JoeBiden #Zelenskyy
President Zelensky said that he is ready to meet Putin in any format. Zelensky stated that he was prepared to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in any format. The Ukrainian President admits the possibility of having a personal meeting with Russian Preside... #NormandyFourSUmmit #Putin #Zelenskyy
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, visited Brussels to participate in the Eastern Partnership summit. He met with: the French President, Emmanuel Macron; the German Chancellor, Olaf Sholz; and the head of the European Council, Charles Michael. The leaders coordinated their positions on the implementat... #Brussels #OlafScholz #Zelenskyy
A New Economic passport for Ukrainians by December 10 was announced by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. “By December 10 this year, for the first time in the history of our independence, I am introducing a bill on the economic passport of Ukrainians”, said the Pr... #EconomicPassport #Zelenskyy
The Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, met with members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine. The meeting was attended by AMCHAM members which include the management of large international companies, some of which are one of the largest investors in our country’s economy, and Ukrainian c... #AmChamUkraine #AndyHunder #Zelenskyy
Zelensky introduced a bill on the admission of foreigners to multinational studies, announced rada.gov.ua. President Volodymyr Zelensky also submitted a draft law to the Parliament of Ukraine for consideration, the draft law number №6359 on the admission of units of the armed forces ... #Zelenskyy
The Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, has announced the establishment of a new state airline Ukrainian National Airlines (UNA) . The new carrier will start flights in 2022 from two domestic and 14 international destinations. By 2026 the new airline will operate domestic flights to 8 destinations, and 7,000 flights a year. Med... #NewAirlines #UkraineNationalAirlines #Zelenskyy
A new stage of judicial reform by President Zelensky. The President welcomed the current composition of the Ethics Council, which is designed to establish a candidate’s compliance for a member of the High Council of Justice with professional ethics... #JudicalReform #ReformsinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Ukrainian President Zelensky has signed the law on bringing NABU status in line with the Constitution, reported Interfax. Zelensky signed the law on amendments to specific laws of Ukraine on bringing the status of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine in line with the requirements of the Const... #NABU #NationalAntiCorruptionBureau #Zelenskyy
The OGHC privatization adviser appealed to the government for additional guarantees to protect investors. 29 potential investors, 16 of them external, were interested in the asset and signed a confidentiality agreement. Most of them refused to participate in the auction due to the lack of time allocated f... #BigPrivatizationUkraine #PrivatizationUkraine #Zelenskyy
The prospects for a meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin are not clear. It is difficult for Zelensky and Putin to build a dialogue with each other. The Russian leader has been speaking with the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and the French President, Emmanuel Macron ab... #Putin #Zelenskyy
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit the UK at the end of October. The plan is to have a strategic dialogue meeting during the visit. The visit was announced by the Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, during a recent interview. #GreatBritain #Zelenskyy
Zelensky, Macron, and Merkel will discuss preparations for Normandy Four summit . Zelensky made the announcement on his Twitter account. Saying that the conversation was focused on the intensification of negotiations to end the war in the Donbas region, and agreeing on coordinate... #AngelaMerkel #EmmanuelMacron #NormandyFourSUmmit #Putin #Zelenskyy
New oligarch law has serious flaws. The main goal of the law on oligarchs is to take away the media from private business, said economist Anders Aslund. “It looks like the main goal of this law is to remove the media from the so-c... #andersaslund #OligarchLaw #Zelenskyy
Zelensky met with the President of Germany. The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, met with German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier. He thanked Germany for supporting Ukraine at the highest level. “It is very important to see German Pr... #BabynYar #FrankWalterSteinmeier #Germany #Zelenskyy
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has signed the law on the reform of the military-industrial firm, Ukroboronprom. This included the completion of the long and difficult process of drafting a new legislative framework for the development of the Ukrainian defense industry, announced its General Director, Yuriy Husy... #ReformsinUkraine #ukroboronprom #Zelenskyy
Zelensky changes the composition of the National Investment Council (Ukrinform). The National Investment Council now includes the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Dutch company VEON Ltd, Gennady Gazin; the Chief Representative of the Polish State Oil and Gas ... #NationalInvestmentCouncil #OleksandrKubrakov #Zelenskyy
During his recent visit to New York, Zelensky met with Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the UK to discuss strategic partnerships. The parties assessed the first results of the implementation of the Agreement on Political Cooperation, Free Trade and Strategic Partnership between Ukraine and the United Kingdom.” There was an... #BorisJohnson #Zelenskyy
Volodymyr Zelensky met with the President of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly. Zelensky stressed the importance of approving at the plenary session two General Assembly resolutions that Ukraine and its partners plan to submit: “The human rights situation in the temporarily... #UNGeneralAssembly #Zelenskyy
In New York, Zelensky also met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. He thanked the Secretary-General for NATO’s continued support for Ukraine, noting the importance of its representative’s participation in the Crimea Platform Summit that was recently held in Kyi... #JensStoltenberg #NATO #Zelenskyy
During his brief visit to New York, Volodymyr Zelensky took time to meet business leaders including the President of Microsoft. At the meeting, the President discussed the implementation of digitalization and prospects for the development of the national IT market. A market that offers favorable tax and legal regimes for IT co... #Microsoft #Zelenskyy
At the UN General Assembly, President Zelensky will discuss how UN can help to liberate Ukrainian territories. “We must not only speak but also demand appropriate action. We are looking for solutions in Donbas and Crimea, at all sites. Yes, the UN is one of the main sites and we should not miss this oppo... #UNGeneralAssembly #Zelenskyy
President Zelensky to take part in 76th Session of United Nations General Assembly. He arrives in the U.S today. Apart from his address to the General Assembly, he will hold bilateral meetings, in particular with leaders of other states and representatives of international institutio... #UNGeneralAssembly #Zelenskyy
Yesterday a judicial reform meeting was held at the President’s Office. Sources in the Council of Judges told Interfax-Ukraine that President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said “I will not allow the blocking of the main reform of the country, which I promised to the... #JudicalReformUkraine #Zelenskyy
COVID showed international unity so far exists on Facebook only said Volodymyr Zelenskyy “The world can overcome COVID-19, but we do not get herd immunity, as everything is decided at the individual level. The world speaks about unity for the sake of solving the i... #Covid19Unity #YesConference2021 #Zelenskyy
The President of Ukraine strongly believes, Ukraine deserves to host the Olympic Games. Zelensky announced that “in Ukraine, programs are being implemented that will create the necessary sports infrastructure”. We have started the Healthy Ukraine program. I am proud of this program. It p... #OlympicGamesinUkraine #Zelenskyy
President Volodymyr Zelensky concluded his working visit to the US in California with numerous meetings aimed at promoting cooperation and investment in Ukraine. He met Apple CEO Tim Cook, with founders of startups, employees of large Silicon Valley-based companies from Ukraine, a... #California #Zelenskyy
Key agreements signed during President Zelensky’s US visit recapitulated. Summarizing the takeaways, the President’s official website notes that important documents were signed by Ukroboronprom, the Agrarian Policy Ministry, the Health Ministry as well as a bilateral MOU on... #Washington #WhiteHouse #Zelenskyy
President Zelensky’s other meetings in Washington. On September 1 the President met with representatives of US business circles, US think tanks, and journalists. At the meeting, he presented Ukraine’s Transformation Plan, which aims to attract a... #Washington #Zelenskyy
Main takeaways. On September 1 the two presidents finally had the opportunity to meet, clear the air and establish a personal relationship. It appears that mutual trust and confidence have been restored and bilateral... #JoeBiden #USUkraine #Zelenskyy
US-Ukrainian Strategic Defense Framework agreement signed on August 31 in the presence of the President Zelensky. It defines a new stage of cooperation between Ukraine and the US in the field of defense and security. It reaffirms the unwavering support of th... #DefenseUkraine #USsupportsUkraine #Zelenskyy
President Zelensky is in Washington on a working visit at the invitation of U.S. President Joe Biden which will last until 5 September. The Ukrainian side hopes to conclude agreements in the defense, energy, space, and trade sectors and... #JoeBiden #Washington #Zelenskyy
The Biden-Zelensky summit has been postponed by a day to September 1st due to the US president’s preoccupation with overseeing responses to the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan and Hurricane Ida which has just hit Louisiana. “This visit will affirm the United S... #JoeBiden #ZelenskiyinWashington #Zelenskyy
Media note concerns and expectations surrounding Biden-Zelenskiy summit. Typically, The Financial Times writes “Afghanistan withdrawal heightens Zelensky’s fears of dwindling support from Washington,” and that the Ukrainian president “will be desperate for military and eco... #AndyHunder #JoeBiden #WhiteHouse #Zelenskyy
Attention focused on the Biden-Zelenskiy meeting. President Zelenskiy is beginning a long-awaited official visit to the US and is due to meet President Joe Biden in Washington on September 1. There is much riding on their meeting. For Kyiv, security ... #JoeBiden #ZelenskiyinWashington #Zelenskyy
On the eve of Zelenskiy’s visit, Biden makes a symbolic gesture. Despite being preoccupied with the crisis in Afghanistan and the Covid 19 pandemic at home, on August 27 President Biden designated an additional $60 million for Ukraine’s defense needs. #DefenseUkraine #JoeBiden #Zelenskyy
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel made a brief working visit to Kyiv on August 22. She had met with the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow on August 20. Considering the virtual completion of the controversial Russo-German Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, t... #AngelaMerkel #Zelenskyy
Enduring differences between Kyiv and Berlin on the implications of the scheme were highlighted during their joint press conference. Zelenskiy continued to insist that Nord Stream 2 is a political weapon which Russia will use against Ukraine and Europe. Merkel denied this and in... #AngelaMerkel #Germany #nordstream2 #Zelenskyy
Zelenskiy told Merket that Ukraine’s transition to green energy is desirable but requires “too much money and time.” Ukraine wants to prepare for the future, but it has first to deal with pressing issues and potential threats, he explained. #AngelaMerkel #Zelenskyy
‘Big Privatization’ starts this month with the goal of raising almost half a billion dollars for the Treasury by the end of this year, Prime Minister Shmygal writes on Telegram. This would be more than five times the $83 million raised last year. Shmygal instructed the Economy Ministry and the State Property Fund to draw up by the en... #BigPrivatization #BigPrivatizationUkraine #Zelenskyy
President Zelenskiy signed a law last week allowing the National Bank of Ukraine to issue a digital currency , the e-hryvnia. The central bank “will also be able to set up a regulatory sandbox to test new services, technologies and tools in the payments sector,” reports Bitcoin.com. “The platform will allow ... #DigitalCurrencyUkraine #digitalukraine #Zelenskyy
Yesterday, Derek Chollet, the adviser to the US Secretary of State, met with Prime Minister Shmyhal and Foreign Minister Kuleba in Kyiv, but not with President Zelenskiy. At the end of the day, the White House announced that President Zelenskiy’s long-awaited visit to the White House will take place August 30. White House Press Secreta... #DerekChollet #Zelenskyy
President Zelenskiy’s White House visit now is to be in August, before Ukraine’s 30th Independence Day celebrations, on Aug. 24. Concorde Capital’s James Hydzik writes: “The delay stems from Washington’s ongoing concerns over the replacement of the head of Naftoga... #WhiteHouse #Zelenskyy
In response to Putin’s proclamations of “brotherhood” between ‘Big Russia’ and ‘Little Russia,” President Zelenskiy said the brotherly relationship is more like the relationship between Cain and Abel , the fratricidal brothers in the Bible. If Ukrainians and Russians are truly “one people” he said, the blue and gold flag of Ukraine would be flying over the Kremlin. Noting the length of the essay, ... #Putin #RussiaUkraine #Zelenskyy
Last night, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Germany wants Ukraine to remain a transit country for Russian gas to the EU. “We guarantee that Ukraine will maintain its status as a gas transit country, even if construction of Nord Stream 2 is completed,” Merkel said in Berlin at a joint press conference with President Zele... #AngelaMerkel #GasTransitUkraine #Zelenskyy
President Zelenskiy will dine in Berlin tonight with German Chancellor Angela Merkel – a final attempt to argue Ukraine’s case on Nord Stream 2 before she meets on Thursday with President Biden in Washington. A few days later, Zelenskiy will also meet Biden in Washington. He is expect... #AngelaMerkel #nordstream2 #Zelenskyy
