President of the “Borysfen Intel” Center on the Ukrainian Radio
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Day: December 28, 2018
26.12.2018. The martial law was canceled on the territory of 10 regions of Ukraine
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine announced the end of martial law, which lasted for 30 days in regions along the Russian border, the Trans-Dniester section of the Ukrainian-Moldavian border and on the Black Sea and the Azov Sea (Odesa, Mykolayiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhya, Luhansk, Donetsk, Sumy, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Vinnytsya regions).
More >>23.12.2018. Elections to 77 United Territorial Communities took place in 13 regions of Ukraine
Deputies and heads were elected by 77 united territorial communities in 13 regions of Ukraine. The Bloc of Petro Poroshenko and the “Batkivshchyna” Party simultaneously announce their victories at local elections and mutually accused each other of falsifications.
More >>20.12.2018. The Verkhovna Rada passed a law obliging religious organizations whose centers are in the territory of the aggressor country to change the name and mention their belonging to the aggressor country
The Verkhovna Rada adopted a law obliging religious organizations whose centers are in the territory of the aggressor country to change the name and mention their belonging to the aggressor country. The law first of all refers to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, which, within 2 months (sanctions for non-compliance must be introduced much later), should be renamed, if this does not happen, the registration of the UOC-MP will be canceled. In case of changing the name, the UOC-MP will retain all privileges granted by the state, but will not be able to send priests to the chaplaincy service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, the change of the name of the UOC-MP may become one of the factors that will stimulate the transition of parishes from the UOC-MP to the newly formed Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
More >>22.12.2018. The President of Poland Appointed a New Ambassador to Ukraine
President of Poland appointed Bartosz Cichocki as a new Ambassador to Ukraine. The former Ambassador Jan Pieklo made great efforts to strengthen the Ukrainian-Polish relations, but according to Warsaw, he was not tough enough about the historical politics of Kyiv. Bartosz Cichocki, who will be the Republic of Poland’s new Ambassador to Ukraine, previously had served as Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland. He is a supporter of rapprochement with Ukraine, but there is a high probability that his interpretation of the Ukrainian-Polish past history will lead to worsening of bilateral relations.
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