I have always been supportive of a dialogue between the EU, Ukraine and Russia. I was the first president of a European institution on the M
Malosse: “I am not anti-Ukrainian. And I think the Normandy format needs the participation of parliaments.”
Meetings among leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany are not enough to resolve the Ukrainian conflict, that’s why dialogue among parliaments of these four countries can be positive, says the former President of the European Economic and Social Committee Henri Malosse. In an interview with Promote Ukraine, Mr Malosse explained why the Normandy format might have a parliamentary dimension and why he does not care that the initiator of such an idea, the Ukrainian opposition politician Viktor Medvedchuk, is nearly a relative to Vladimir Putin.
Iranians have a different culture. Their leaderships like to keep things under control, says Amanda Paul, a Senior Policy Analyst at the Eur
Iranians never do things quickly, they have a different culture, and their authoritarian leadership likes to keep things under their own control, their consent to allow the investigation of the black boxes also by Ukrainian specialists is already a positive step, says Amanda Paul, a Senior Policy Analyst at the European Policy Centre.
She is an expert in Ukraine, security and conflict resolution in the Black Sea region, Russian foreign policy in the former USSR and EU foreign policy in its Eastern neighbourhood. Ms Paul spoke to Promote Ukraine about the recent tragic event when the Ukrainian plane was shot down in Iran.
The airport tower in Tehran was informed of the shooting down of Ukraine International Flight PS752 in real time
The airport tower in Tehran was informed of the shooting down of Ukraine International Flight PS752 in real time by other pilots approaching and departing the airport. In the published recording it becomes clear that an Iranian pilot witnessed everything from the launch of the missile to the second it hit the Ukrainian airplane. Confirmed by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy
TSN released the intercepted tower communications between the Tehran airport tower and a pilot of an Iranian civilian plane. As said in the Ukrainian report, it serves as evidence for the fact that Iranian airline services did not only hold back the full truth about the reason for the tragedy, but also observed the entire missile launch up until the final moment of the crash.
As the Ukraine Airlines flight PS752 was taking off in the early morning of January 8 of this year, the Iranian Aseman Airlines flight EP3768 was heading to land on Tehran airport. In this very moment the pilot witnesses the missile launch and communicates this information to the Tehran tower. The full recording is about five minutes long and gives full insight into everything the pilot saw.
In the record one can hear the EP3768 pilot saying that he is seeing flares “as if from a missile”. Further on he is describing how the light is flying from the direction of the city and later confirms that he saw the explosion. In the meantime, the tower was trying to reach Ukraine International Airlines PS752 several times, which was left unanswered.
The Ukrainian Tehran-Kyiv flight crashed only moments after taking off from Tehran airport with no survivors.
At first, Iran claimed that technical issues were the reason for the crash. Three days later, on January 11, it was said in an official statement that the plane was taken down by a missile through “human error”.
Ukrainian President Volodymy Zelensky said after the statement that Ukraine wants Iran to fully take on the responsibility for the tragedy, carry out investigations and repatriate the victims’ bodies.
Kostiantyn Yelisieiev: "Ukraine can apply for EU membership in 2023. If it doesn't slow down the pace of integration"
Ukraine’s gradual integration into the EU is ongoing, but in the rapprochement with NATO, Kyiv is not taking advantage of the current opportunities, says the Chairman of the New Solutions Center, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador Kostiantyn Yelisieiev. His name is well-known in the European institutions and to all those who follow Ukraine’s steps towards Europe. Mr. Yelisieiev, a career diplomat with 30 years of experience, has been the Deputy Representative of Ukraine to the EU, and between 2010-2015 was Ukraine’s representative to the EU. Until May 2019 Mr. Yelisieiev was Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine. In an interview with Promote Ukraine, Kostiantyn Yelisieiev shared his thoughts on the foreign policy of the new Ukrainian President.
After 5 years of resisting the breach of international law by the Kremlin Western politicians have eventually intensified bringing Russia ba
After 5 years of resisting the breach of international law by the Kremlin, Western politicians have eventually intensified bringing Russia back on the table of their decision-making.
Last week “Interparliamentary dialogue for peace: Ukraine-Russia-Germany-France” took place in Paris. It was initiated by Viktor Medvedchuk but in fact, most probably – by Putin himself as Medvedchuk is only his proxy in Ukraine. This week Russian lawmaker Petr Tolstoy was elected a as vice-president of the PACE despite his anti-Semitic and anti-Western views, and even despite the fact that Russia claims supremacy of internal law over international agreements.
Ukraine: managed to survive, now there is a need to consolidate and multiply the achievements
In 2014, our state experienced an extremely profound crisis: change of government, annexation of the Crimea by the Kremlin, war of Russia in the east of Ukraine, economic decline due to the loss of Donbass coal mines, factories and plants, break in business connections and almost empty treasury.
The Russian propaganda machine affirmed that Ukraine would freeze without Russian gas, its economy would finally collapse and the state would cease its existence.
However, it never happened, and in recent years the situation in the economic and socio-political life of the country started to improve significantly. Ukraine managed to survive and proved to be able to develop its economy.
1,000,000 trees will be planted in Ukraine in 1 day
On January 27, 2020, a press conference was held in Kyiv at the most significant business club that brings together Ukrainian business leaders, ‘CEO Club Ukraine,’ to launch the nationwide ‘Greening Ukraine’ project as part of a global tree planting initiative of 100,000,000 trees.
A former Kremlin political prisoner, Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko visited Brussels for the second time since his release in Septemb
A former Kremlin political prisoner, Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko visited Brussels for the second time since his release in September last year. He met with representatives of European institutions, foundations, Ukrainian diplomats and the diaspora. Roman has an active civic position, he is ready to help in the release of other Ukrainians who are still in Russian prisons due to fabricated cases. In an interview with Promote Ukraine, Roman shared his thoughts on the situation around prisoners and Ukraine nowadays.
