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      Ukraine Needs Responsible Public Finances Now
      Nov09

      Ukraine Needs Responsible Public Finances Now

      With increasing surprise, I follow the Ukrainian discussion about public finances. Strangely, some prominent Ukrainians seem to think that taxes and public expenditures have no relationship to one another, arguing that public expenditures should be increased and taxes should be cut. But that is called populism, the disease Ukraine has suffered...

      Justice Sector Is Central Battlefield in Struggle Between Old Ukraine and New Ukraine
      Nov09

      Justice Sector Is Central Battlefield in Struggle Between Old Ukraine and New Ukraine

      Editor’s note: US Ambassador Geoffrey R. Pyatt gave remarks at the “Conference on Legal and Governance Reform,” sponsored by the US-Ukraine Business Council and Kyiv School of Economics on October 30, 2015 in Kyiv. Pyatt’s remarks have been shortened below. The full version is available here.What a difference a year...

      Memorial to Ukrainian Holodomor dedicated in Washington, DC
      Nov08

      Memorial to Ukrainian Holodomor dedicated in Washington, DC

      PHOTO:Memorial to the victims of Holodomor in Washington on the eve of the official opening on November 7 (State Dept./D.A. Peterson) On November 7, 2015 the dedication ceremony of the Ukrainian-Famine Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial commemorating Ukrainians who perished in the Holodomor took place in downtown Washington D.C, US. “Memorial...

      National Security and Defense Council: Militants violate ceasefire in Donetsk and Mariupol sectors
      Nov08

      National Security and Defense Council: Militants violate ceasefire in Donetsk and Mariupol sectors

      Kyiv, November 8, 2015. Over the last day Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered no casualties, neither was any soldier wounded in action. The situation in the Luhansk sector remained calm, but in Donetsk and Mariupol sectors pro-Russian militants violated cease-fire. The militants used small arms and rocket launchers of different systems in the...

      ‘US moves in South China Sea continue’

      The United States will conduct freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea again. ||| Simi Valley, California – The United States will conduct freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea again, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in a speech on Saturday, although he gave no timeline for any such actions....

      ‘US moves in South China Sea will continue’

      The United States will conduct freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea again. ||| Simi Valley, California – The United States will conduct freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea again, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in a speech on Saturday, although he gave no timeline for any such actions....

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants attacked ATO forces in the Mariupol sector
      Nov07

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants attacked ATO forces in the Mariupol sector

      Kyiv, November 7, 2015. Ukrainian Armed Forces incurred no loss in the past 24 hours and no troops were wounded. The Russia-backed militants attacked ATO forces positions using small arms near Shyrokyne in the Mariupol sector. The pro-Russian militant groups used small arms and grenade launchers in the Donetsk sector in the vicinity of Maryinka....

      Russian-led separatist fighters coming across the line of contact to stage attacks on Ukrainian positions – US OSCE
      Nov06

      Russian-led separatist fighters coming across the line of contact to stage attacks on Ukrainian positions – US OSCE

      And #Russia-backed separatists still block humanitarian aid, placing countless lives at risk https://t.co/d04ZLcgm2Q pic.twitter.com/HeOjsy8ye1 — U.S. Mission to OSCE (@usosce) November 6, 2015   Response to Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson in Office in Ukraine Ambassador Martin Sajdik and OSCE Special Monitoring Mission Chief...

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants fire upon residential blocks
      Nov06

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants fire upon residential blocks

      Kyiv, November 6, 2015. Yesterday in the morning for the first time in several months the occupants opened fire upon residential blocks. Two mines were fired from a 82-mm mortar upon Krasnohorivka. It was turbulent on the western outskirts of Donetsk yesterday. Militants are systematically trying to provoke Ukrainian servicemen to open fire....

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants opened fire towards Ukrainian positions from small arms and rocket launchers of different systems
      Nov05

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants opened fire towards Ukrainian positions from small arms and rocket launchers of different systems

      Kyiv, November 5, 2015. Today, the Ukrainian side began withdrawing mortars in Donetsk region. By the end of the week, it is planned to withdraw all mortars located on the boundary line. And on November 10 OSCE staff will begin verification. View map in full size Yesterday militants opened fire towards Ukrainian positions at Novhorodske, near...