Foreign Minister Klimkin denies allegations of pressure by France and Germany over Ukraine to provide special status to Donbas Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin denies alleged pressure by France and Germany upon Ukraine to pass the bill on local elections and special status for the Donbas. 30 704 88 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine
“No parallel could be made between Catalonia and Donbas. It’s not separatism that we have but real Russian aggression,” - Ukraine's FM Klimkin The developments in Catalonia and the situation in Crimea and the Donbas are beyond any comparison over the Russian aggression against Ukraine. 22 608 86 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas
“Ministers should see front line picture closer. We’re interested in their opinion on how to hold elections in Shyrokyne,” – MP Iryna Herashchenko on Steinmeier and Ayrault’s visit to Donbas. PHOTOS The fact of the visit of foreign ministers of France and Germany in the Donbas is of paramount importance as the European partners must see for themselves that no elections can be held in such conditions. 30 335 84 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine
Ukraine and Russia see Donbas road map logic differently, - Foreign Minister Klimkin The road map offered by Russia has nothing in common with the one proposed by Ukraine. 15 435 84 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine
Ukraine’s FM Klimkin: We actually have no diplomatic ties with Russia In fact, Ukraine has no diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation. Kyiv diplomats communicate with Moscow only on the release of political prisoners and during meetings in the Normandy format. 15 523 83 Ukrainian Politics
Ukraine to prove Russia’s grossest breach of international peace conventions in ICJ, - FM Klimkin Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin believes Ukraine will prove in the U.N. International Court of Justice that Russia violates international conventions, namely the Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and Convention on the Elimination of All Forms Racial Discrimination. 10 936 82 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Occupation of Crimea Ukraine v. Russia in The Hague
Siemens management, German government pledge to prevent making operational turbines Russia smuggled to occupied Crimea, - FM Klimkin German government and management of Siemens Corporation made a pledge to use all available judicial and political means to prevent putting into operation the turbines Russia illegally delivered into occupied Crimea. 23 275 80 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas
"We have no intention to open Pandora's box," – FM Klimkin on dual citizenship The introduction of dual citizenship in Ukraine is "fundamentally unacceptable" under ongoing aggression of the Russian Federation in the Donbas and the occupation of Crimea. 36 185 79 Ukrainian Politics
"No one is going to make backroom deals with Russia," – Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Klimkin Ukraine and Russia have reached no additional secret arrangements under the Minsk agreements aimed at resolving situation in the Donbas. 16 248 78 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine
Klimkin urges UN SC to create tribunal on MH17 downing: "Court would be efficient tool to address this atrocity" Ukraine once again called on the UN Security Council to review the need to establish an international tribunal that would bring to justice those responsible for hitting Malaysian Boeing over eastern Ukraine by a missile. 21 029 78 Previously in trend: Russian terrorists downed MH17
Ukraine’s FM Klimkin says peacekeepers could be deployed in Donbas only after Russians leave it It will take at least 6-10 months to deploy peacekeepers in the Donbas after this issue is agreed upon in the UN. 20 082 77 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine
FM Klimkin: “We’ve got legal tools to force Gazprom pay its debt” Ukraine has legal mechanisms to make the Russian gas giant Gazprom comply with the ruling of the Stockholm Arbitration Tribunal to pay Naftohaz Ukrainy $2.56 billion. 24 938 77 Previously in trend: Gas War
US will not bargain over Ukraine, - Klimkin after meeting with Tillerson The United States made it clear they would not change their position on Russia's aggression in the Donbas in exchange for cooperation with Moscow in other areas. 13 560 70 Ukrainian Politics
Zelenskyi Suggests Klimkin remain Foreign Affairs Minister President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has suggest that Foreign Affairs Minister of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, remain on his post. 11 166 69 Ukrainian Politics
11 Ukrainian political prisoners held in Russian jails, - Foreign Minister Klimkin Foreign Ministry of Ukraine invests equal efforts in liberating all Ukrainians detained in Russia, both well-known, like Nadia Savhcnenko and Oleh Sentsov, and ordinary citizens. 5 678 67 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine
Kyiv, Washington discuss new lethal arms supplies to Ukraine, FM Klimkin says The U.S. and Ukraine are in "close discussion" for Washington to supply another batch of lethal weapons to repell attacks by the Russian-led forces in Ukraine's Donbas region. 6 533 66 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine
Ukraine's FM: numerous casualties prevented due to SBU operation involving Babchenko Ukrainian intelligence managed to prevent multiple casualties by uncovering preparations to kill Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko and commit a terrorist attack. 18 316 65 Previously in trend: Staged murder of journalist Babchenko
FM Klimkin on Kremlin's peacekeepers statements: It's an element of political schizophrenia The Kremlin scenario for introduction of peacekeepers in the Donbas is a manipulation with elements of "political schizophrenia." 24 462 65 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine
Ukraine’s FM Klimkin expects provocations at Russian-hosted FIFA World Cup Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin urges Ukrainians to refrain from attending 2018 FIFA World Cup which will be held in Russia saying that provocations will be definitely staged there. 19 199 65 Incidents
Ukraine's FM Klimkin: "This UN GA session really shows how isolated Russia is" Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin deems the start of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly to be successful in terms of world support for the Ukrainian position, as well as evidence of deeper international isolation of Russia. 26 466 63 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Occupation of Crimea
"Kyiv to talk about impossibility of local elections in Donbas," - Poroshenko on coming Normandy Four ministerial meeting The Ukrainian president has stressed the elections in the Donbas will not be possible until Russia withdraws its troops. 8 759 60 Ukrainian Politics
Meeting of German, French, Ukrainian and Russian Foreign Ministers on eastern Ukraine started in Berlin. PHOTO The meeting of Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin, Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany, Jean-Marc Ayrault of France and Sergei Lavrov of Russia has started in Berlin. 13 640 59 Incidents
Ukraine Foreign Ministry not to register Russian monitors for Ukraine presidential elections, - Klimkin Ukraine Foreign Ministry will deny registration to Russian monitors at Ukraine presidential elections and has sent a corresponding request to the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). 4 862 57 Previously in trend: Presidential election 2019
Foreign Minister Klimkin: International tribunal decision thwarts Russia's plans to use Ukrainian POWs as bargaining chips The decision by the United Nations International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ordering Russia to release three ships of the Ukrainian Navy and 24 Ukrainian sailors captured in the Kerch Strait area in November 2018 and allow them to return to Ukraine has disrupted Moscow's plans. 11 852 56 Previously in trend: Azov Sea blockade
“Russia’s stink is all over it. I guess this wasn’t the last attempt to destabilize situation,” - Klimkin on attacks on Hungarians Union office Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin believes that Russia is behind speculations about "anti-Hungarian sentiment" allegedly prevailing among Ukrainians. 16 160 55 Incidents
Ukraine’s FM Klimkin: Whole world except for Russia ready for peacekeeping mission in Donbas More than 15,000-strong peacekeeping force needed to be deployed in the Russian-occupied Donbas. 17 711 54 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine
Klimkin: Putin uses sailors as bargaining chip Putin will fulfill the decision of the UN Tribunal and release 24 Ukrainian sailors soon, but not that simple. 2 579 50 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia
Klimkin: Verdicts of international courts to force Russia into talks on Crimea Klimkin said Ukraine had offered the Russian Federation various formats and platforms for negotiations on Crimea after its annexation. 5 255 50 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea
Poroshenko, Trump to meet "in near future," - Minister Klimkin Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin says a meeting between President Petro Poroshenko and U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to take place soon. 12 996 50 Ukrainian Politics