Ukraine 30 Forum on May 11-13 dedicated to country s security issues 2 min read
From May 11 to May 13, the Ukraine 30 All-Ukrainian Forum will continue its work, its objective will be National Security.
As the organizers of the forum say, Ukraine is a European state that resists armed aggression from Russia; Russia remains a source of long-term systemic threats to Ukraine s national security, world stability and international democratic values. This necessitates the implementation of an effective strategy, which should ensure the cessation of aggression and the restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized state border on the basis of international law. That is why the National Security Strategy of Ukraine is based on three basic principles of state policy: containment; stability; interaction, the organizers said.
Kommersant: If Ukraine is not admitted to NATO, the country may think about returning to the status of a nuclear power – in any case, this statement was made on Thursday by the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, who called the situation around Donbass “catastrophic.” His words caused bewilderment not only in the Russian Federation. Kiev hastened to assure that the current foreign policy of the country does not imply such a scenario.
Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk on Thursday called on NATO partners not only to speak with “nice words”, but also to urgently provide military assistance to the republic.
There is no reason to impose martial law in Ukraine - Razumkov 1 min read
As of today, there is no reason to impose martial law in Ukraine, speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Dmytro Razumkov said. The conditions for the introduction of martial law are clearly defined - this is the approval [at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada] of the presidential decree. But as of today, there are no grounds for the introduction of martial law, the speaker said on the air of Channel 4.
At the same time, he said that if necessary, the parliament is ready to take appropriate measures without delay.
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Before the talks between the presidents of Ukraine and France, Minister of Defense of Ukraine Andriy Taran informed in detail Ambassador of France to Ukraine Etienne de Poncins about a significant aggravation of the situation in the area the Joint Forces Operation (JFO), paying special attention to the significant increase in the recent military presence of the Russian Federation along the border with Ukraine and in the occupied Crimea.
“We cannot afford to underestimate the situation and are fully aware that Russia is capable of planning for Ukraine a repetition of the Georgian scenario of 2008. For this, provocations can be used to accuse the Armed Forces of Ukraine of attacking civilians, especially since there are already more than 400,000 people who were issued Russian passports in the occupied territories,” the press service of the Defense Ministry quoted Taran as saying on April 13.
Thursday, 08 April 2021, 12:27
President Zelensky meets with NATO Military Committee Chairman
08.04.2021 09:38
Ukrinform
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met with NATO Military Committee Chairman Stuart Peach and thanked the Alliance for its attention to Ukraine and support. We are grateful for NATO s serious interest in the situation in Ukraine, the east and the occupied Crimea. We are grateful to our partners for their constant support for our sovereignty and territorial integrity. Unfortunately, we really see complications now in the east of Ukraine, in Donbas. We really see an increase in the number of gunshots, Volodymyr Zelensky said during the meeting on April 7, the press service of the Head of State informs.