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Former Ukrainian president praises Poland as 'New Leader of Europe'
Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has warned his country’s European neighbors that the current conflict in Ukraine “is knocking on everyone’s door” and has praised Poland for showing real leadership throughout the ongoing crisis.
“Few in Europe could say for whom the bell tolls,” Yushchenko claimed in an interview with Polish commercial news channel TVN24. It always tolls for...
Protesters topple Lenin monument in Kiev, smash to pieces with hammers
Masked anti-government protesters toppled the monument to Vladimir Lenin in Kiev on Sunday pulling him down with steel ropes, and smashing the granite figure with sledgehammers. A huge crowd queued to get a piece of the statue.
A group of protesters singing the national hymn of Ukraine then hoisted the national flag on the vacant pedestal, as the passing cars were honking in support of the act and...
Ukraine being dragged into NATO again
New attempts have been taken recently to drag Ukraine into NATO. Vyacheslav Kirilenko, a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada (the Parliament of Ukraine) with the faction “Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense” (OU-PSD), an ally of Viktor Yushchenko, introduced a bill abolishing the non-aligned status of the country for the sake of accession to NATO.
According to Kirilenko’s proposal,...
Ukrainian president refused to light Hanukkah candle
According to the deputy head of presidential administration, Viktor Yanukovych, “does not choose his faith according to what it can give him later”.
In days of celebrating the Jewish Hanukkah, Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych has refused to attend a synagogue religious ceremony and light the Hanukkah candles. As the deputy head of Presidential Administration of Ukraine, Anna Herman,...