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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXVIII No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2020 $2.00 First case of COVID-19 Shmyhal replaces Honcharuk is confirmed in Ukraine as Ukraine’s prime minister by Roman Tymotsko February 29, the man had symptoms of acute respiratory illness. As the informa- New Cabinet approved by Rada KYIV – On March 3, Deputy Minister of tion sheet suggests, he contacted his doctor. Health Viktor Liashko reported that the According to the algorithms, since during first case of the new coronavirus had been the past 14 days he had traveled to Italy, the confirmed in Ukraine. The patient was hos- doctor decided to hospitalize the patient. pitalized on February 29 after returning Transportation was carried out by a special from Italy, where he reportedly was infect- medical team. The symptoms the man has ed. Testing by the Public Health Center are fever and dry cough. The patient’s state showed a positive result. All exposed per- is stable, without complications,” Mr. sons are under surveillance by epidemiolo- Liashko reported at the briefing. gists, and samples were sent to the World The deputy minister also provided infor- Health Organization (WHO). mation on the health of the patient’s wife: Ukraine became the 73rd country where she did not have any symptoms of acute COVID-19 was confirmed. Ministry of respiratory illnesses, but was self-isolated at Health authorities reassured the public that home as a preventive measure, in accor- the situation is under control. dance with WHO recommendations. When Ukraine’s first coronavirus patient was the home address of the family was leaked to returning home by plane from Italy to the the media, the couple’s neighbors protested town of Suceava, Romania, and then contin- near their apartment building. They urged ued by car to Chernivtsi, a regional center local authorities to take the coronavirus Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in the west of the country, with his wife on patient’s wife into observation so that they Denys Shmyhal speaks for the first time as the new prime minister of Ukraine on February 26. The couple underwent tem- wouldn’t live in the same building with her. March 4 in the Verkhovna Rada. perature screening at the border, and they At the briefing, Mr. Liashko also urged didn’t have any symptoms of acute respira- the public not to buy medical face masks by Roman Tymotsko Honcharuk was appointed on August 29, tory disease, according to Deputy Minister from pharmacies: “You should only use 2019. Because Mr. Honcharuk’s team had a of Health Liashko. masks if you have signs of an acute viral ill- KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada – gathered year of immunity dating from the appoint- “The system has proved its efficiency. ness, or if you are a doctor who works with at an extraordinary plenary session con- ment, the Parliament could not dismiss the While crossing the border, he had had no patients. Masks can create a false sense of vened by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy government without their acquiescence. signs of acute respiratory disease. The hus- safety... They won’t provide any benefit to on March 4 – voted to accept the resigna- That is why the prime minister wrote a let- band and his wife decided to self-isolate, you if you are healthy.” tion of Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk. ter of resignation. according to the care and safety info they The youngest leader of a Ukrainian gov- had received,” Mr. Liashko said. “On (Continued on page 3) ernment in modern history, 35-year-old Mr. (Continued on page 16)

Oleh Sentsov brings his soft-spoken courage to Canada by Christopher Guly A month later, a Russian court sentenced Special to The Ukrainian Weekly him to 20 years’ imprisonment. Last September, Mr. Sentsov was released as OTTAWA – Most film directors prefer to part of a prisoner exchange between tell their stories through their cinematic Russia and Ukraine after spending four creations and would much rather be years in prison – half of that term in behind the camera than in front of it. But a Russia’s northernmost prison in the west- real-time drama, filled with tragedy, con- ern Siberian region where, in 2018, he flict and a relatively happy ending, made went on a 145-day hunger strike. Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov the Some of the trauma of the time is cap- unwitting subject of what has become the tured by Russian filmmaker Askold Kurov greatest story of his life, thus far. in a 2017 documentary titled, “The Trial: Arrested at his home in Symferopol, The State of Russia vs. Oleg Sentsov,” which Crimea, in May 2014, Mr. Sentsov – who was screened at the Human Rights Watch three years earlier had released his first fea- Film Festival in Toronto on February 3. The ture-length film, “Gamer,” shot at a real com- 43-year-old defendant in that proceeding puter-game tournament – was charged, in was present, and he participated in a ques- part, with plotting a terrorist attack against tion-and-answer session with the audience railway bridges, power lines and public in which he has unofficially become the monuments, and was accused of being a prosecution against Russia. radical right-wing extremist. During his July He outlined his case during his trial in 2015 trial, speaking from the prisoner’s UCC which he declared that he did not recog- box, behind bars, Mr. Sentsov claimed the At a dinner with Ukrainian community leaders on February 2 in Toronto (from left) nize Russia’s annexation of Crimea or the charges against him were “fabricated and are: Ukrainian Canadian Congress Vice-President Olesia Luciw-Andryjowycz; UCC Russian military occupation of land he con- political,” based on claims from “two sus- National President Alexandra Chyczij; Ukrainian World Congress Vice-President siders to be Ukrainian territory. pects whose testimony was obtained Anna Kisil; Oleh Sentsov; UWC President Paul Grod; UWC Vice-President Zenon through torture.” Poticzny; and Mariia Kupriianova, UWC executive director. (Continued on page 9) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2020 No. 10

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Baltics call for unified European ‘frontline’ U.S. to Russia: hand over MH17 evidence (RFE/RL, with reporting by Mike Eckel) With their trial set to start in a few days, TV channel for occupied territories against Russian disinformation the United States has called on Russia to hand over suspects in the 2014 downing of Ukraine’s Culture Ministry has unveiled a [on media] is based on safeguarding the by Olevs Nikers Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17), a disas- new television channel that has started principle of freedom of expression. Russia Eurasia Daily Monitor ter that cost the lives of all 298 people on broadcasting in Russia-occupied Crimea board. “It is long past time for Russia to and parts of the easternmost Donetsk and In light of the three Baltic states’ and argued (Lsm.lv, April 16, 2018). comply, to reveal what it knows and to turn Luhansk regions that the government in is using it illegally,” Ms. Lībiņa-Egnere other Central and Eastern European coun- In the past, the NEPLP suspended the over those individuals who have been indi- Kyiv doesn’t control. Called Dom (Home), the channel started the pilot broadcast on tries’ continued struggle against Russian channel Rossiia RTR (RTR Planeta) several cated in these cases,” U.S. Deputy Assistant March 1, said Yulia Ostrovska, the acting disinformation, Latvian President Egils times: first in the spring of 2014 for three Secretary of State for European and CEO of public broadcaster UATV. During the Levits emphasized that international law months and then, in the spring of 2016, for Eurasian Affairs Christopher Robinson said presentation in Kyiv, she noted that “54 per- needs to be improved to promote cyberse- six months. Six months is the longest peri- in an interview with RFE/RL during a visit cent of people in the occupied territories curity and limit sovereign countries’ vul- od of time that national authorities of an to Prague on March 2. Russian citizens Igor don’t have access to Ukrainian television nerabilities to information warfare EU member country are allowed to sus- Girkin, Oleg Pulatov and Sergei Dubinsky, channels, and 43 percent can’t access (President.lv, February 14). Speaking at this pend a “toxic” broadcast. Even during the and Ukrainian national Leonid Kharchenko Ukrainian websites.” One of the channel’s year’s Munich Security Conference suspension, many of those Russian broad- have been charged by Dutch prosecutors goals is the “de-occupation of conscious- (February 13-16), Mr. Levits not only casters’ official websites and YouTube with shooting down the Boeing 777 with a ness” of Ukrainians, Ms. Ostrovska added. It described the struggle of Russia’s neigh- channels would continue to offer unlimited Russian-made Buk missile as it flew over was in reference to Russia’s takeover of bors to deal with Kremlin-backed disinfor- and free streams of their programs (such as territory held by Russia-backed militants in Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula in early 2014 mation campaigns, but he also highlighted Rossia 1, Rossia RTR, Rossiia 24, NTV, Ren eastern Ukraine. The men are unlikely to be and subsequent support of pro-Moscow obstacles to a credible defense, such as TV and TVC), both live and pre-recorded. present at their first hearing scheduled for militants in eastern Ukraine in a conflict European Union regulations that make it Currently, the Latvian regulatory frame- March 9 at a high-security courthouse near that has killed more than 13,000 people. difficult for member states to ban or block work has no right to monitor or block any Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. The men However, the channel might not be available TV channels for “only” broadcasting false website for disseminating “fake news” con- are all believed to be hiding in Russia, to residents of Crimea and parts of eastern information. tent (Delfi.lv, April 5, 2018). which does not extradite its citizens, or in Ukraine due to electronic warfare methods, Last November, the Latvian National Article III of the European Union separatist-controlled territory in Ukraine. A Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP) Audiovisual Media Services Directive said Mykyta Poturayev, a member of fifth suspect, Volodymyr Tsemakh, was Parliament who took part in delivering the suspended the broadcast licenses of nine among 35 prisoners sent to Moscow from Russian TV channels in Latvia. The suspen- Egnere) provides that retransmission may presentation. The channel will get its con- Kyiv in the September 7, 2019, swap of 70 tent from the existing major Ukrainian TV sion is based on the fact that the nine chan- be(alluded restricted to above by an byEU Latvian member MP state Lībiņa- gov- people captured during the conflict in east- nels belong to a holding connected to Yuri ernment only if the broadcast incites networks, including about 15 percent from ern Ukraine. The Dutch-led Joint the studio that brought current President Kovalchuk, who is sanctioned by the EU for hatred based on race, sex, religion or Investigation Team (JIT) has concluded that Volodymyr Zelenskyy fame as an actor and his role in undermining the territorial nationality, or in order to protect the physi- Russia’s 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade comedian. As such, it will be available to dig- integrity of Ukraine. (La.lv, November 20, cal, mental and moral state of minors. Lying had transported the Buk in 2014 to and ital, not analog, TV owners. Anchors on the 2019). and propaganda – as long as they are not from Ukraine. Mr. Robinson said the array channels will speak both Ukrainian, the News of the Russian television outlet fueled by explicit hatred – cannot not be of public information available indicates state language, and Russian, the predomi- bans highlighted the massive presence of restricted. that the MH17 downing happened in an nant language spoken in eastern Ukraine Russian information in the media space of Lithuania, which recently announced a area under Russian control. Russia denies and Crimea. News also will be delivered in Latvia and other Baltic countries. And ban on Rossiia RTR, has been waiting for involvement in the incident. “This is anoth- the Ukrainian and Russian languages and while experts argue that the license sus- several years on the European Commission er case where Russia engages in aggres- cover national and regional news. Mr. pensions will mainly affect niche channel to deliver its opinion on whether this move sion, Russia fails to reveal the truth, it puts Poturayev said the editorial policy of Dom with low numbers of viewers, the list of was legal. The case is frequently cited as an out disinformation and lies, and tries to dis- will not be to repeat Russian propaganda affected outlets also includes Dom Kino and example of the bureaucratic difficulties of tort the truth,” Mr. Robinson said. “I think messages. “Nobody on this channel will talk one of the oldest Russian channels, undertaking such defensive actions by EU Russia has behaved reprehensibly in this about ‘rebels,’ ‘civil war,’ and will not call Peterburg–5 Kanal. According to data from member states. Estonia, on the other hand, issue.” The JIT had pleaded with Ukrainian Russian tanks ‘pink unicorns’ who came Kantar TNS, these two channels together holds a quite liberal attitude on this issue President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to keep Mr. with love, from Russia with love,” he said. account for 3.7 percent of total viewing and does not seek to restrict such propa- Tsemakh in Ukrainian custody. Russian The combined 2020 budget for the channel time by Latvian audiences (Lsm.lv, ganda programs in any way (Delfi.lv, April President Vladimir Putin reportedly insist- and state-run Ukrinform news agency is November 20, 2019). Despite the bans, sev- 5, 2018). ed that Mr. Tsemakh be included in the 257 million hrv ($10 million U.S.). Among eral private telecommunications compa- exchange, or the swap would be called off. the consultants employed at the channel are nies in Latvia have promised to provide NEPLP, agrees that the three Baltic states MH17 took off from Amsterdam for Kuala people from the 112 Ukrayina channel, a TV other Russian content to their customers. haveIvars taken Āboliņš, divergent who approaches chairs the to Latvian dealing Lumpur on July 17, 2014. About two-thirds In total, around 50 Russian TV channels are with Russian disinformation broadcasts. of the passengers were Dutch nationals. (Continued on page 14) broadcast throughout the Baltics (Nra.lv, Yet, this does not mean that the situation November 24, 2019). may not eventually reach a “critical mass.” Ukrainian political film director Oleh He stressed, “However, we must seek a Sentsov, who in 2015 was sentenced by political solution and raise this issue at the he krainian eekly FOUNDED 1933 Russia to 20 years in prison on the false EU level. In the case of the [2017] poison- T U W charge of terrorism, was released in ing of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, the EU coun- An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., September and checked into the Vaivari tries were able to unite their political posi- a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. rehabilitation center outside Riga, Latvia. tions, which shows that unity is also possi- Yearly subscription rate: $90; for UNA members — $80. 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Why do they not just ban them?” Internet service provider Lattelecom (Tet) P.O. Box 280 Mr. Sentsov asked rhetorically (Sargs.lv, should not carry Russian channels domes- Parsippany, NJ 07054 e-mail: [email protected] December 31, 2019). tically (Lsm.lv, April 16, 2018). So far, how- Blocking a TV channel from broadcast- ever, Latvian politicians have not been able The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com ing to the EU is not easy, however. “There to prevent Tet from pursuing its own busi- are channels that officially are registered in ness interests despite those national secu- The Ukrainian Weekly, March 8, 2020, No. 10, Vol. LXXXVIII the United Kingdom or in France. Russia is rity concerns. While the chair of the Copyright © 2020 The Ukrainian Weekly very clever in its use of European Union Supervisory Board at Tet, Gatis Kokins, regulations. As a result, we are effectively agrees that Russian propaganda is harmful not dealing with a Russian propaganda to Latvia, two years ago he argued, “Purely channel but rather with a Swedish or from a commercial standpoint, of course, ADMINISTRATION OF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY AND SVOBODA British one or someone else’s,” noted Inese that would be an absolutely unacceptable Walter Honcharyk, administrator (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 decision [to remove Russian channels], and and advertising manager fax: (973) 644-9510 e-mail: [email protected] National Security Committee in the Latvian it is clear that the company as a commercial Parliament.Lībiņa-Egnere, “This, the of chairpersoncourse, complicates of the Subscription Department (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 e-mail: [email protected] our work because this single [EU] directive (Continued on page 17) No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2020 3

NEWS ANALYSIS The role of snipers in the Donbas trench war by Vera Zimmerman from the presence of Russian professional infantry sniper or marksman, and barely ment of a Ukrainian sniper can cost about 1 Eurasia Daily Monitor snipers in the rear (Milnavigator, July 21, had any professional snipers that met million hrv ($40,000 U.S.) – an astronomi- 2019). North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) cal figure for a country with a struggling In the positional war in Ukraine’s east- Russian snipers take shots under the standards. The designated marksmen were economy. Much of what snipers need, such ern region of the Donbas, where enemy cover of heavy indirect fire, luring mainly found in Ukraine’s special forces as night vision devices, camouflage, range- trenches are often only 100 meters away Ukrainians with a hail of mortars, machine units providing short-range support with finders, ammunition, thermal sights and from each other, snipers have a target-rich guns, rocket-propelled grenades and anti- precision fire. Ukraine had to build its snip- silencers, is provided by volunteers or by environment and play a critical tactical role. tank systems to reveal their positions er program from scratch, bringing in for- the snipers themselves. Still, capability gaps As elsewhere, snipers in the Donbas war (Facebook.com/pressjfo.news, December eign instructors to teach state-of-the-art remain. For instance, to gauge distances, proved to be an effective force multiplier on 22, 2019). And when the hissing of mor- methods (Gazeta.ua, August 3, 2019). Ukrainians often must rely on their maps, the battlefield, able to precisely strike long- tars and artillery subsides, snipers line up Ukrainian snipers in schools like Desna which can be off by 10 to 20 meters range enemy targets, conduct indispens- their targets. In a few cases, the Russian now undergo rigorous selection and train- (Donbas.Realii, December 17, 2019). able reconnaissance of enemy movements snipers even used locals as human shields ing, which greatly improved their ability to Throughout the war, Russian snipers and positions, as well as demoralize enemy to cover their positions (TSN, January 31, strike long-range targets. Today Ukrainian have held the advantage, while Ukraine has troops. 2020). snipers can successfully operate at 2,500 had to be creative to catch up. Although Ukrainian military casualties from snip- Ukrainian commanders face a tough meters. both began fighting with the same Soviet er attacks have been on the rise for months. choice: fire back and alert an enemy sniper; Despite progress made, Ukrainian snip- sniper rifle, the Dragunov (SVD-63), the According to estimates, about a third of or show restraint and encourage the enemy ers are underfunded. Ukrainian sniper Russian SVDs had new barrels and PSO-3 Ukrainian soldiers fall to enemy sniper fire. to come closer. For shelter, Ukrainians dig instructors admit that they can barely scopes, and fired new high-quality rounds. Ukrainian military intelligence and volun- deeper trenches and buttress their fortifi- afford 1,000 bullets to train each sniper. For Ukrainians, on the other hand, wielded teers have been tracing the presence of cations. For repelling enemy snipers, comparison, it takes a sniper from the Soviet-era SVDs with worn-out barrels and both Russian professional snipers and their Ukraine trains and deploys its counter- United States about 10,000 rounds to mas- old scopes, and were using up the last low- proxies (Tyzhden.ua, July 25, 2019). The sniper teams (Spetskor, April 9, 2019). ter the tradecraft (Donbas.Realii, December quality SVD sniper rounds and then switch- latter are trained in Russian military camps At the onset of the war, unlike Russia’s 2, 2019). Overall, a U.S. sniper with a two- ing to machine gun rounds. To address to defend the militants’ forward line and battle-tested snipers, Ukraine’s Armed year contract costs the United States Army play a propaganda role to deflect attention Forces had no clear distinction between an about $1 million. By contrast, the equip- (Continued on page 4)

tizer should cover the entire surface of the transferred to a hotel,” Ukraine’s Foreign First case... hands. Do not touch your eyes, nose or Affairs Ministry said about a woman who mouth with dirty hands and avoid close had tested positive for the coronavirus on (Continued from page 1) contact with sick people. Ventilate and the Diamond Princess cruise ship off the Mr. Liashko also updated information humidify rooms, disinfect surfaces. In order coast of Japan. “The Ukrainian Embassy in about the group under observation in Novi to help your body cope with any illnesses, Japan is providing our compatriot with the Sanzhary: “All those who are in quarantine, always eat well-balanced food, drink plenty necessary assistance,” the ministry’s press as shown by testing, are healthy. No symp- of water, do sports and get enough sleep. service said. As reported earlier, four citi- toms of acute respiratory disease have “If you see an attempt to suggest a fake zens of Ukraine – crew members of the been diagnosed so far. This Thursday, cure, ignore this person,” she recommend- Diamond Princess – had fallen ill with the March 5, the observation period will be ed. “Information hygiene also is an impor- coronavirus and were hospitalized. The over, and all of them will return home.” tant aspect of combating the coronavirus. Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed that the At another briefing on March 4, Deputy The more people know about the true three other citizens of Ukraine are continu- Minister Liashko said six more people in means of protection, the sooner we will ing their treatment in medical institutions; Ukraine were being tested for coronavirus overcome the disease.” the date of their discharge is still unknown. and have been isolated. Ukrainians are undergoing treatment for As of March 3, a total of 90,937 laborato- Ukraine’s Health Minister Zoryana the coronavirus also beyond Ukraine. “On ry-confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reg- Skaletska, who is still in Novi Sanzhary, February 27, one Ukrainian female citizen istered worldwide, of which 3,117 cases wrote on her Facebook page that beginning Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine was discharged from the hospital and were fatal and 48,017 were recoveries. on Friday, February 28, coronavirus diag- nosing training started across Ukraine. Deputy Health Minister Viktor Liashko confirms the first COVID-19 case in “Doctors, rescuers, police, local authorities Ukraine on March 3. are taking part in the training. The Public Quotable notes Health Center of the Ministry of Health of Ulana Suprun warned the public about Ukraine, with the support of the World online fakes that only increase panic in “…the U.S. continues to be a strong supporter of Ukraine in the Ukraine conflict Health Organization, organized and is con- society. “Along with the news of the first that is going on there, the ongoing conflict. The U.S. Mission and the OSCE is fully ducting a two-day training session for epi- case of a coronavirus in Ukraine, there was engaged in that. There is a special monitoring mission there that is on the ground in demiologists and virologists. More than 70 a noticeable increase in advertisements eastern Ukraine. There is a Normandy Four process that President Zelenskyy has experts from all over Ukraine participated,” and ‘helpful’ tips on how to protect yourself reactivated for the purpose of trying to bring some type of resolution to that conflict. wrote Minister Skaletska. “The purpose of in commentaries under posts,” Dr. Suprun Look, the United States is the fiercest defender of Ukraine, and we believe that – we the training is to develop a COVID-19 out- wrote on Facebook. “Persons who make believe that we would like to see Ukraine continue to move closer to and to be coop- break response mechanism. The medical money from the sale of questionable items erative with the European Union and also to work cooperatively and be closer to the system is completely ready for the corona- that allegedly protect or even cure all prob- NATO alliance. virus. We have about 12,000 beds in infec- able and unbelievable illnesses tend to “I’d remind you of Secretary Pompeo’s Crimea Declaration, which once again tious disease hospitals, 2,000 infectious intensify against the background of peo- restates that the United States is committed to Crimea being a part of Ukraine. We disease doctors, and 5,000 skilled health- ple’s concerns. Please do not believe fakes are supportive of Ukraine’s borders within their internationally recognized borders, care workers. We must all be united in the and manipulations. Coronavirus, like any and we continue – the U.S. Mission continues to speak on that every week in Vienna. fight against the coronavirus,” she posted. other virus, is not prevented and is not You can take a look at our statements usually on the webpage, the U.S.-OSCE Mission Ms. Skaletska, who is spending her last treated with various dietary supplements, web page. We also translate that into Russian and speak directly within our state- days as the country’s health minister while onion-garlic broths, cumin oil and homeop- ments – recently the statements we have made speak directly to the Russian people, in Novi Sanzhary, also commented on the athy. That is, the whole arsenal of drugs which once again echoes exactly what I opened this press conference with: We want news of the first confirmed coronavirus that are usually sold for the treatment of flu to speak directly to the people of Russia that want a more positive country and want case in Ukraine. “The process of isolation and colds, and now are sold under the a more democratic – a more democratic process and system. and treatment of a man who was diagnosed guise of protection from the new coronavi- “I would point out that this is a grim sixth anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine with coronavirus in Chernivtsi has been rus,” warned Dr. Suprun. or an attempt to – an attempt to annex Crimea. Everybody here is aware that the done according to all our approved algo- “Means whose effectiveness has not OSCE is – grew out of the Final Act in the Helsinki Accords of 1975. That sets down a rithms. Now we can say that the risk of been proven by any scientific research will set of rules of behavior within Europe for the purpose of trying to avoid war and con- spreading the disease from this person to not simply take your money, but are also flict in Europe. The Russians have violated that by their invasion of eastern Ukraine the territory of Ukraine is minimal,” she dangerous because they create the illusion and by their attempt, purported attempt, to conquer or to take over Crimea. underlined. “The World Health Organization of protection and distract from the essen- “I would point out the dreadful situation in Crimea. There are reports that the has handed us 30 test systems, each of tial things that help,” commented Dr. Tatar indigenous population there is subject to a great deal of pressure – arrest, which can do 100 tests. At the Ministry of Suprun, who also shared recommendations incarceration, reports of torture. And also the independent media is being blocked Health level, we communicate daily with approved by the international health-care and imposed upon in Crimea as well. These are all violations of the principles of the WHO experts. We have an agreement: if community. Those are: Wash your hands Final Act in the Helsinki Accords, which OSCE purports to stand for. …” necessary, Ukraine will receive even more thoroughly with soap and water for at least – The U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, test systems,” reported Ms. Skaletska. 20-30 seconds. When there is no water or James Gilmore, speaking at a press briefing in Washington on March 2. In the meantime, ex-Minister of Health soap nearby, use hand sanitizer. The sani- 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2020 No. 10 Architect Larysa Kurylas speaks about the making of the Holodomor Memorial

by Yaro Bihun Congress Committee of America and the Embassy of Ukraine, the U.S. Congress WASHINGTON – The University of passed a bill, which President George W. Maryland School of Architecture, Planning Bush signed in 2006, authorizing the gov- and Preservation began a five-month exhibi- ernment of Ukraine to “establish a memori- tion and associated events focusing on the al to victims of the Ukrainian Famine- process of creating a public U.S. memorial Genocide of 1932-1933 on federal land in and, in particular, the work of one of its prom- the District of Columbia.” inent graduates: the designer, architect and The location selected is on a small trian- sculptor of the National Holodomor Memorial gular lot on Massachusetts Avenue, North in our nation’s capital – Larysa Kurylas. Capital Street and F Street NW. It is near The Holodomor was Stalin’s infamous Union Station, a short walking distance Famine-Genocide that killed at least 4 mil- from the U.S. Capitol building and the lion Ukrainians in 1932-1933. Victims of Communism Memorial, and two The exhibit opened at the architecture miles south along Massachusetts Avenue school’s Kibel Gallery on February 12 with from the Taras Shevchenko monument. a presentation session featuring Ms. Ironically, just behind the Holodomor Kurylas, and statements by Volodymyr Memorial along F Street, there are two pop- Yaro Bihun Yelchenko, the ambassador to the United ular restaurants: the Dubliner Restaurant Larysa Kurylas speaks at the University of Maryland School of Architecture, States from Ukraine, which financed the and Pub and the Irish Times Pub, which has Planning and Preservation on February 12. construction of this memorial; and a sign above its entrance stating: “Give me fortable proximity … of the Dubliner four sheaves of wheat that he had dried and Metropolitan-Archbishop Borys Gudziak, your thirsty, your famished, your befuddled Restaurant and the Irish Times Pub and – bundled. leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in masses.” more philosophically and theoretically – It took 17 bronze castings to create the the United States. As Ms. Kurylas pointed out, when how would one actually convey the idea of wheat field. And finally, on August 4, 2015, Beginning her presentation that after- Ukraine achieved its independence in 1991 a deliberate famine in built form?” many months after the site preparation noon, Ms. Kurylas noted that she asked the after the break-up of the Soviet Union, its And when the Ukrainian Ministry of began, and only two months before the organizer of the exhibit what she should first Holodomor memorial in Kyiv was built Culture and Tourism announced its five- scheduled dedication ceremony, the five- focus on and was told “to focus on what I in 1993 on St. Michael’s Square. In the week international “blitz competition” for ton sculpture traveled down I-95, was was best qualified to answer, that is, what United States, the building of the first the design of the Memorial, “as a Ukrainian craned off the truck and bolted into the made the design of the Holodomor memorial began in the 1950s at the church American architect with this important proj- memorial site. Memorial what it is.” of the Ukrainian Orthodox cemetery in ect happening in my backyard, I felt duty- Ms. Kurylas recalled the historic event And the artistic design, as most visitors South Bound Brook, N.J. bound to participate,” Ms. Kurylas related. on that November 7, 2015, overcast grey see it, is that of a field of wheat appearing “So, I asked myself, what form would a What do Americans know about Ukraine, day, when 5,000 Ukrainian Americans gath- wholesome on the left side of the monu- memorial take,” Ms. Kurylas continued, that she asked herself, and she answered: “If ered on Columbus Circle in front of Union ment and gradually disappearing as it pro- is “dedicated to the victims of a secret fam- they know anything, it is that Ukraine was Station to dedicate the nearby Holodomor ceeds to the other end. ine deliberately created in Ukraine, but the ‘Breadbasket of Europe,’ a fact that was Memorial. Ukraine’s First Lady Maryna Growing up as a daughter of post-World built in Washington, D.C., 80 years later on taught in schools across America.” That is Poroshenko, whose husband, Petro War II immigrant parents, “my Ukrainian a small triangular site next to two restau- why the main sculpture of the memorial is Poroshenko, was elected president after the and American worlds happily existed side- rants?” the “Field of Wheat.” Euro-Maidan revolution in 2013, attended by-side,” Ms. Kurylas said. “Never – in a mil- Chosen to be the artistic designer of the She characterized that depiction of the the dedication. lion years – did I think that I would be memorial, Ms. Kurylas said, “I began to wheat as “dynamic”: “It changes from high In the conclusion of her presentation, involved in a project that would overlap the wonder how one might actually memorial- relief on the left edge to deep negative relief Ms. Kurylas noted that not all who visit the ‘ethnic’ Ukrainian and the ‘professional’ ize the Holodomor. Three challenges struck on the right, reflecting the transition from a Holodomor Memorial today “understand American sides of my life so meaningfully.” me immediately: resolving the geometry of record harvest to a horrible deficit.” the symbolism of the abstract void in the With the support of the Ukrainian the triangular lot, mitigating the uncom- And, as it disappears on the right side, structure, as representing the nature of the the words “Holodomor 1932-1933” Famine and the tragic loss of life.” emerge, as does a short paragraph explain- “Nevertheless, almost everyone has ing that term and the basic facts about found some meaning in the Holodomor Stalin’s genocide. Memorial, so I feel that it has met the most The sculpture of the wheat is made of basic and important requirement of memo- bronze. It faces Massachusetts Avenue; rials,” she said. behind the rear of the memorial along F Another gallery talk with Ms. Kurylas, Street, a number of Redbud trees help representatives of Hartman-Cox Architects, block the view of the two restaurants. Forrester Construction and a co-sculptor The Ukrainian Embassy hired Hartman- from Laran Bronze Foundry was scheduled Cox Architects to handle the construction. for March 2. Columnist and historian Anne An interesting personal part of Ms. Applebaum, the author of “Red Famine: Kurylas’s story concerned getting some Stalin’s War on Ukraine,” will deliver a key- harvested wheat in July 2012, which could note address and participate in a panel dis- no longer be done in the United States. But cussion with experts on other historic mass she remembered that her mother’s relative famines on April 1. had a wheat farm in Canada, where they Also in April, a screening is planned of harvested their wheat the “old-fashioned the new film “Mr. Jones” about the Welsh way – by hand.” Journalist Gareth Jones’s successful secret Chritine Syzonenko So she and her mother drove three days attempt to report on the Holodomor in The Holodomor Memorial designed by Larysa Kurylas that was unveiled in there (and three days back) to Uncle Mike Ukraine while reporting from the Soviet Washington in 2015. Kaminsky’s farm in Manitoba to pick up Union.

rifles like the ORSIS T-5000 and the large long-range Savage, Barrett and Canadian Ukrainian snipers have made significant The role... caliber OSV and ASVK that fire three times PGW LRT-3 are also now used by Ukrainian advances in training and new weapons pro- farther than the SVD (Donbas.Realii, snipers. However, despite their long-range curement. Adding sniper teams to each bat- (Continued from page 3) December 25, 2017). and hard-hitting capabilities, experts say talion, not just special forces, delivered an these shortcomings, Ukrainian volunteers To be effective against Russian rifles that in the trench war, Ukrainian snipers immediate force multiplier. Yet, Ukraine helped upgrade the SVDs with new silenc- requires more powerful weapons than the need smaller caliber rifles like UR-10, VPR- may still take another 10 years to fully real- ers, sights and bipods, but the old barrels old SVD. Ukrainian forces are abandoning 308, Galatz, or McMillan. Given their lighter ize its sniper potential. Poor funding, army still impair accuracy (Donbas.Realii, their Soviet legacy weapons in favor of weight and usability, they are more effec- bureaucracy and ammunition shortages November 25, 2019). Western and Ukrainian designs. Volunteers tive and allow better mobility (Depo.ua, preclude Ukrainian snipers from reaching As the war progressed, the dynamics of and private companies procured hundreds August 14, 2018). their potential today. With proper resourc- the battlefield demanded new long-range of carbine hunting rifles and NATO round While replacing the SVD will still take a es, Ukrainian snipers will be more capable effective weapons. The SVD is unsuitable as rifles. The UR-10, manufactured by a couple of years, the ammunition to counter of hindering Russian advancement and it is designed for suppressive fire at up to Ukrainian company, Zbroyar, has a range of Russian powerful bolt-action rifles is need- forcing Moscow to pay a higher price for its 800 meters. Both sides continue to test 1,200 meters and is designed to replace the ed today. With some volunteer supplies of aggression. new rifles and rounds, seeking an edge. SVD (Expres, December 7, 2019). Its high- NATO’s commercial version .308 Win­ Although the SVD is still the main weapon er-quality optics and .308 caliber rounds chester and .338 Lapua Magnum rounds, The article above is reprinted from used by local proxies at the forward line of improve precision, while a newer PBS the ammunition is short of what is needed Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from defense, Russian professional snipers at the silencer better camouflages the fire for bolt-action rifles in training and in the its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, middle and rear lines use bolt-action sniper (Ukrainian military TV, May 27, 2019). The field (Donbas.Realii, December 2, 2019). www.jamestown.org. No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2020 5

Ukrainian Canadian community honors Roman Waschuk and Oksana Smerechuk

Ukrainian Canadian Congress you to all the honored guests, generous sponsors and donors, and everyone attend- TORONTO – The Ukrainian Canadian ing for making this memorable evening a Congress (UCC) honored Roman Waschuk, wonderful success.” former Canadian ambassador to Ukraine, The evening’s program featured greet- and his spouse, Oksana Smerechuk, for ings from Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin their contributions to public service and Trudeau, and an address by Chrystia Canada-Ukraine relations at a special trib- Freeland, deputy prime minister of Canada. ute gala in Toronto on February 1. Also part of the evening: a superb perfor- Due to the generosity of sponsors and mance of the Huron Christmas Carol “Iesus supporters, $100,000 was raised to sup- Ahattonnia” by the St. Nicholas Ukrainian port the Roman Waschuk and Oksana Catholic Church Choir, and moving and poi- Smerechuk Fund, within the UCC gnant tributes by close friends Velida Kent Charitable & Educational Trust, which and Christopher Shapardanov. funds the UCC Parliamentary Internship Karim Morcos and Sofiya Yusypovych Program, as well as the UCC Community were skillful masters of ceremonies for the Development Fund that supports impor- evening. But the highlight of the evening tant community programming initiatives. was Mr. Waschuk’s and Ms. Smerechuk’s “Ambassador Waschuk and Ms. response to the accolades they received. Smerechuk have dedicated their lives to Mr. Waschuk was presented the UCC public service. They are an example for Taras Shevchenko Medal for his outstand- UCC future generations of Ukrainian Canadian ing contribution to public service. The Former Ambassador Roman Waschuk and his wife, Oksana Smerechuk, at a gala youth to emulate, and the UCC Internship Shevchenko Medal is the highest form of held in their honor. Program will provide our youth with recognition granted by the UCC. opportunities to start their careers,” stated The Ukrainian Canadian community opment in Ukraine as well as Canadian to Ukraine, Mr. Waschuk worked to bring Alexandra Chyczij, national president of the also paid tribute to Canadian police officers Armed Forces personnel participating in Canada-Ukraine relations to a new level at UCC. “On behalf of our community, I thank who have been providing training to Operation UNIFIER, Canada’s training mis- a time of increased interest in Ukraine. Roman and Oksana for kindly agreeing to Ukraine’s police forces as part of Canada’s sion in Ukraine. With his depth of knowledge of Ukraine, he support the UCC’s programming. Thank support for security and democratic devel- As Canada’s longest-serving ambassador was a leader among diplomats in Kyiv and fully developed the Canadian presence in Ukraine. Ambassador Waschuk practiced diplomacy with integrity, openness, sinceri- ty, accessibility and optimism, the UCC pointed out. He was able to articulate the need for a strong Canada-Ukraine relation- ship both with government officials, in the media and the general public. As successful public service and effective diplomacy are always the result of team- work, the UCC also honored Ms. Smerechuk, Ambassador Waschuk’s wife, who was president of the Ambassadors’ Spouses Club of Kyiv. Together, their com- mitment to community and public service, and their boundless energy provided Canada with a powerful voice in Kyiv, the UCC noted. A special thank you was expressed to Mykola Swarnyk the Tribute Gala Organizing Committee, Roman Waschuk and Oksana Smerechuk with representatives of Canadian police training missions in Ukraine and representa- chaired by Olya Grod, for their hard work tives of Operation UNIFIER, Canada’s military training mission in Ukraine. and dedication. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2020 No. 10

INEWS AND VIEWS The Ukrainian Weekly “A specific disorder of the mind” “In my native Donetsk, someone “There is no Ukraine. There is Ukrainian-ness. That is, a specific disorder of the mind. A passion for ethnography that has surprisingly been driven to extremes. Such is being savagely tortured right now” local lore full of blood. A mess instead of statehood. Borshch, Bandera and bandura. by Halya Coynash Until Russian and Russian-armed mili- But there is no nation. There is the brochure titled ‘Independent Ukraine,’ but there Kharkiv Human Rights Protection tants seized control of Izolyatsia in June is no Ukraine. The only question is whether Ukraine doesn’t exist any longer or Group 2014, it was a former factory complex that doesn’t yet exist.” was used as a vibrant art and cultural cen- Those were the words of Vladislav Surkov, the Kremlin ideologue and former aide There has been strong reaction from ter. The militants are reported to have to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview for a Russian media outlet many distinguished public figures to the immediately put a sniper in place and called Actual Comments. Significantly, this man who was often called the “grey cardi- outrageous “12-Step Plan on Ukraine” pub- turned it into a secret prison of the so- nal of the Kremlin,” was Mr. Putin’s point man on Ukraine until he was dismissed on lished on the eve of the 2020 Munich called “DPR ministry of state security.” The February 18. The seven-year period during which he oversaw policy regarding Security Conference. Perhaps the most Media Initiative for Human Rights quotes a Ukraine was marked by Russia’s occupation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula and its compelling and poignant, however, was Donetsk woman as saying that everybody invasion of the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk – Russia’s war on given by Stanislav Aseyev, a Donetsk writer knows there is such a secret prison, howev- Ukraine that has killed 13,000, wounded and maimed untold numbers of Ukraine’s and journalist freed in the last exchange of er nobody dares say it aloud. Even if a per- people, and displaced 1.5 million. It was also during this period that the concept of a prisoners after the 31 months he was held son’s relative has ended up there, they refer “Novorossiya,” encompassing Ukraine’s southern and eastern lands, was promoted. in the self-proclaimed “Donetsk people’s to Izolyatsia as “the place where people dis- Mr. Surkov’s words should not surprise anyone who has been following Ukraine- republic.” Almost all of that time, he was appear.” Russia relations. Over and over and over again, Russian leaders have denied that held in Izolyatsia, the former art center The reasons are clear, since this is a pris- Ukraine is a separate country, that Ukrainians are a separate nation, that Ukraine’s turned into a secret prison where Russian on which those who were held there have history is its own. (Indeed, such a position dates back to tsarist times.) and Russian-controlled militants torture called a real concentration camp, where the In 2008, President Putin told U.S. President George W. Bush: “Ukraine is not even with impunity. militants use beatings, electric shocks, as He writes: a state. What is Ukraine? Part of its territories are in Eastern Europe, but the greater well as all types of psychological torture. “In 2012 my native city Donetsk greeted part is a gift from us.” In 2014, Mr. Putin said “the Russian and Ukrainian peoples are Over the last five years, several hundred the European Football Championship with practically one single people,” and he has repeatedly made that outrageous claim. people may have been imprisoned in a new airport, a new railway station and Russians and Ukrainians, he reiterated most recently, are “one and the same.” In an Izolyatsia, with this figure including both stadium. Now, in 2020, there is none of that interview with TASS, he stated that Russia and Ukraine should unite. “Some like militants and civilian hostages suspected of dividing Ukraine and Russia,” he told TASS. “Since any integration of Russia and in Donetsk. “There is, however, something else. Right “spying.” Mr. Aseyev has pointed out that Ukraine, along with their capacities and competitive advantages, would spell the the militants do not separate the prisoners emergence of a rival – a global rival for both Europe and the world.” in the center of the city there is a special ‘ministry of state security’ prison called – according to whether they are “their own In Mr. Surkov’s aforementioned interview, the former behind-the-scenes machina- people” or outsiders, “and in that sense, it’s tor said: “Strangely enough, I’m an Ukroptimist. That is, I think that Ukraine doesn’t Izolyatsia. It was there that I spent 28 months of my captivity, and it is specifically like 1937 there,” he adds. From his account, yet exist. But over time, it will come into existence. ‘The ‘khokhly’ [a derogatory term it is clear that, as in the worst year of the for Ukrainians] are stubborn guys, they will do this. However, what kind of Ukraine it that place which gives a very clear under- standing of what we are dealing with when Soviet Terror, you can be a so-called “DPR will be, in what borders it will exist, and maybe even how many ‘Ukraines’ will appear minister” one day, and a prisoner in are open questions. And one way or another, Russia will have to participate in resolv- we speak of our war today. This is not just about Russian aggression when the Izolyatsia the next. ing these issues.” He added threateningly that the only effective method in Russia’s It must be said that the forms of torture relations with Ukraine is “coercion by force into fraternal relations” – a method that Russian Federation looks at this country like a desirable country residence. It’s now that former hostages mention are those he said “has historically proven effectiveness in the policy towards Ukraine.” which the Russian FSB are known to have Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer was on the mark when he tweet- about whether you are a human at all.” He cites two examples. One an elderly used against many Ukrainian political pris- ed on February 26: “With Surkov as Putin’s main advisor on #Ukraine, little wonder oners, and to which hostages held in the so- that Kremlin policy over past 6 years has done more than anything else to forge woman hostage, who was forced to crawl under the bunk because she had dared go called “Luhansk people’s republic” have Ukrainian national identity, push Ukraine away from #Russia and toward West, and also been subjected. The level of sadism, as broaden Ukrainian public support for joining NATO.” up to a window that was ever so slightly open. The other – a grown man forced to well as the horrific conditions and forced However, at the same time it must be underscored that statements like those of bark like a dog just because one of the mili- labor are presumably worse, since the mili- Mr. Surkov, who has been replaced, and President Putin, who intends to remain in tants felt like demanding that. tants are clearly eager to conceal all infor- power indefinitely, do not bode well. As Taras Kuzio wrote last month on the Atlantic He continues: mation about this prison in the center of Council’s UkraineAlert blog: “Putin’s plans for lifelong rule look particularly ominous “I am not saying this to get sympathy. I Donetsk. when viewed from Ukraine, which faces the prospect of perpetual imperial aggres- don’t need sympathy. It’s those who are still The publicity and campaign for Mr. sion at the hands of an adversary who views much of modern Ukraine as historically in Izolyatsia that need sympathy. I’m telling Aseyev’s release meant that the militants Russian and continues to ask fundamental questions about the country’s right to you this so that when we engage in negotia- needed to at least ensure his physical sur- exist. For Ukrainians, Putin forever means war without end.” tions with the Russian Federation about vival. Judging by the account of another for- this territory, we clearly understand that mer hostage, this was not always the case. we are not just talking about the border or Stanislav Pechonkin was seized in economics, although that is also very January 2017, and sentenced to 10 years’ Turning the pages back... important. imprisonment at the beginning of 2019 for March “We are talking about freedom in the “spying.” He was released as part of the highest sense of the word, which cannot be December 29, 2019, prisoner exchange. Twenty years ago, on March 9, 2000, 11 young adults (aged up for bargaining. And when some of our The beatings and other forms of torture 19 to 24) who forcibly occupied the Communist Party headquar- Western colleagues do not understand this began before Mr. Pechonkin was taken to 9 ters in Kyiv surrendered after a 13-hour stand-off with Internal because they feel safe thanks to the thou- Izolyatsia. He recounts, for example, how Affairs Ministry police. The protesters issued a series of 2000 sands of graves of my compatriots, we he was beaten and interrogated for 10 days demands, including a ban on the Communist Party of Ukraine, Ukrainians do not have the right to forget. in the “police station.” On one occasion, this and threatened to immolate themselves in the building if their After all, every minute, right now, while I’m was by so-called “DPR anti-terrorist offi- demands were not met. speaking in this room in such amazing cers,” including a former Ukrainian police After the stand-off, none of the demands were met and the protesters were escorted to company, right now in the center of my detective, Vitaly Kolesnikov. He was inter- police vehicles after they voluntarily left the building. However, a member of the group Donetsk somebody is being savagely and rogated and beaten, and then heard the said that its occupation had succeeded in bringing attention to the group’s cause. inhumanly tortured,” he states. words: “Put the kettle on.” They poured The protesters were charged with forcible occupation of a building and assault with There are no grounds for seeing any- boiling water onto his head, which, he inflictment of bodily injury, which carried a maximum of eight years’ imprisonment. thing figurative in Mr. Aseyev’s words about believes, caused second-degree burns, and Among the protesters were six students of the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Izolyatsia. Although the DPR militants have then threw him into a cell without any Academy and Kyiv State University, as well as a young high school teacher, with all being never admitted to having this prison, and medical help. Instead he was told to “think.” members of a political organization known as Independent Ukraine. Four of the protesters prevent international observers from see- were members of the National Rukh of Ukraine Party. It was after this that he was taken, with a ing any hostages believed to be held there, Their demands included the lustration of government bodies of former and current bag over his head, to Izolyatsia and placed Mr. Aseyev is not the only person to have Communist Party members, the complete reorganization of state law enforcement bodies, in a tiny cell for two days. Although he had testified to the horrific, and sometimes official recognition for veterans of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and the Organization of admitted to providing information for fatal, methods of torture used there. As Ukrainian Nationalists as World War II veterans with the right to all benefits associated Ukraine’s SBU [Security Service], the mili- reported, one of the militants, Roman with such status, and the immediate payment of wage and pension arrears. tants’ lie detector said he was not telling Lyahin, is currently on trial in Ukraine for Inspired by the nationalist Mykola Mikhnovsky, the protesters unfurled a 20-meter the truth, and they began “working on him,” his key role in the seizure of Izolyatsia. banner from the building that read, “A single, united, free and independent Ukraine from with this including beatings while he was There is little sign of progress in the trial, the Carpathian Mountains to the Caucasus.” In preparation for the stand-off, the protesters held against the wall, with his arms and and former hostages have from the outset poured nearly 120 liters of gasoline on the floors of the building. legs stretched out, and electric shocks. In expressed concern that Mr. Lyahin could Serving as negotiators were: Hennadii Udovenko, leader of the National Rukh of his case, the militants only attached the reach a deal with the prosecutor and/or be (Continued on page 7) released as part of a prisoner exchange. (Continued on page 17) No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2020 7

IN THE PRESS FROM FAR AND WIDE Endless imperial aggression by Marco Levytsky Putin forever: Ukraine faces the pros- ing of the early post-Soviet years. … pect of endless imperial aggression” by …Putin’s other great borrowing from the Taras Kuzio, UkraineAlert blog, Atlantic tsarist era is his broad interpretation of Council, February 13 (https://atlanticcoun- Russian nationality, with Ukrainians and cil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putin-forever- Belarusians also seen as part of the three- The ugly face of Russian propaganda ukraine-faces-the-prospect-of-endless-impe- branch Russian people. In his public state- One of the most consistent falsehoods rial-aggression/): ments, Putin has repeatedly stressed his that Russian propaganda levels at Ukrainian personal belief that Russians and Ukrainians nationalists is that they are “fascists” and Vladimir Putin’s plans to change the are “one people.” … “Nazi collaborators” who were responsible Russian Constitution are not yet finalized, Ukrainian society may have passed the for the murder of Jews during the but few doubt that his true intention is to ultimate statehood test in 2014, but the Holocaust. While there were individuals remain in power indefinitely. … country looks set to remain a target of involved in crimes against humanity among Putin’s plans for lifelong rule look partic- Kremlin hostility and hybrid aggression for Ukrainians, the proportion is not any bigger ularly ominous when viewed from Ukraine, many years to come. Putin’s embrace of than that of any other European nation – in which faces the prospect of perpetual tsarist imperialism and his desire to remain fact it is smaller than most. As for the num- imperial aggression at the hands of an Russia’s national leader mean there is little ber of people listed as “Righteous Among adversary who views much of modern chance of a sustainable peace in Ukraine. Nations,” the title bestowed by Israel on Ukraine as historically Russian and contin- On the contrary, Ukraine’s centrality to those who saved Jews during the Holocaust, ues to ask fundamental questions about the Putin’s understanding of Russian identity Ukraine ranks fourth behind Poland, the country’s right to exist. For Ukrainians, and national interests makes it difficult to Netherlands and France. Putin forever means war without end. imagine a settlement that would leave both But Moscow does not care about any Putin’s imperial ideology is not simply parties satisfied. … such details, instead tarring anybody and the revival of 200-year-old doctrines. His Vladimir Putin is now the uncrowned tsar everybody who opposed the totalitarian brand of imperialism is hybrid in nature, of Russia. His reign is likely to last for as long Soviet Union in the past, and its successor incorporating elements from both the as he lives. Given that he is currently 67 years regime, the Russian Federation, in the pres- Soviet and tsarist eras. During his first year old and in good health, the Putin era could ent with the brush of fascism. The objective in power, Putin made his revanchist inten- extend into the future for decades to come. is twofold: first, to drive wedges between tions clear by reinstating the Soviet nation- This means Russian aggression against the Ukrainian and Jewish communities; al anthem. This set the tone for further Ukraine will also continue indefinitely, serv- and second, to rationalize its own contin- Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex efforts to rehabilitate the Communist peri- ing to destabilize the wider geopolitical envi- ued aggression against Ukraine. In this The defaced bust of Roman Shukhevych in Edmonton. (Photo taken the morning od and draw a line under the soul-search- ronment until it is decisively confronted. campaign Moscow often relies on various proxies and surrogates. after the act of vandalism). The Ukrainian community in Canada, Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists particularly in Edmonton, Alberta, has been (OUN), who were shot by the Nazis in July subjected to a number of such false accusa- 1944. While two of the three crosses still PACE’s winter session tions in the media lately. So much so that remain at the Jewish cemetery, both parties “PACE risks becoming a watchdog Russian aggression against Ukraine. … the Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Alberta are working to correct this. Provincial Council has set up a special com- with no bite,” by Oleksiy Goncharenko, The Ukrainian PACE delegation will do The writer also ignored the fact that the mittee to respond to such charges. UkraineAlert blog, Atlantic Council, January everything in its power to ensure that the mainstream organization of Jews in First came a grossly distorted report 27 (https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ current resolution proposing to complicate Ukraine, the Association of Jewish Organi­ titled “Canadian officials honor Nazi collab- ukrainealert/pace-risks-becoming-a-watch- existing sanctions mechanisms is amended zations and Communities of Ukraine, issued orators in Ukraine, angering Jewish dog-with-no-bite/): to become more realistic. The Council of a statement in which they expressed “full groups,” published in the National Post, Europe must be able to effectively defend confidence in and support of the Ukrainian The winter session of the Parliamentary flagship of Canada’s largest newspaper Jewish Encounter, the Kyiv City Jewish human rights and European values chain – PostMedia. The article by David Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) throughout Europe, as well as respond to Community and Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich in got under way on January 27 in Strasbourg. Pugliese, who has quite a reputation for their efforts to memorialize Nazi victims challenges and crises that arise within the writing anti-Ukrainian drivel, was subse- The agenda includes a controversial resolu- organization. This means taking the inter- and organize the mourning ceremony in tion that would significantly complicate the quently reprinted in a number of other Sambir.” ests of all members into account rather PostMedia papers. Using very selective body’s future ability to apply sanctions. than becoming an instrument for the politi- Two months later, on the eve of this With the scandal still simmering over an snippets of information, Mr. Pugliese quot- year’s Holodomor commemoration, a cal agendas of individual states. ed Eduard Dolinsky, director-general of the unrepentant Russia’s return to PACE in Unless PACE offers equal rights and a University of Alberta assistant lecturer summer 2019, opponents say the move Ukrainian Jewish Committee, to back up wrote a Facebook post in which he went far level playing field to all its members, it his contention that Jewish groups are sup- could further undermine the legitimacy of risks becoming a parody of itself and mak- beyond the usual refuge of contemporary an organization dedicated to upholding posedly angered by the ceremony. The genocide deniers, who claim the Holodomor ing a mockery of its stated mission to Ukrainian Jewish Committee is a marginal human rights, democracy and the rule of defend human rights and democracy was really a crop failure and not a genocide law across Europe. The Ukrainian delega- group and not representative of Ukraine’s equally across all Europe. against Ukrainians because members of tion, which is returning to PACE following Jewish community at large. Its president, other nationalities died as well, and denied an autumn 2019 boycott, is leading calls to Oleksandr Feldman, is a member of that there even was a famine. Instead, he block the new sanctions regulations. Parliament for the pro-Russian Our Land said, it is a “myth” created by “Hitlerite …Ukraine sees these efforts to revise Turning... party that was created as a refuge for for- Nazis,” part of an “even larger myth that mil- sanctions procedures as a continuation of mer members of the Party of Regions lions died in the Soviet Union.” He added the steps that caused a crisis within PACE (Continued from page 6) headed by Viktor Yanukovych. Mr. Dolinsky that that “in Canada, former Nazi collabora- himself is a contributor to the separatist last year. In the summer of 2019, the Ukraine Party, and Oleksander Chornovo­ tors and their spawn have long led the website, Nova Rossiya Today Russian delegation returned to PACE lenko, head of the party in Kyiv, as well as phony Holodomor campaign.” Although the What Mr. Pugliese conveniently ignored despite the fact that Moscow had not ful- Mykhailo Ratushnyi (Congress of Ukrainian Ukrainian Canadian Students’ Union, the was the fact that the ceremony of sanctifica- filled any of the conditions set when sanc- Nationalists) and Oleksander Yemets Ukrainian Canadian Congress and many tion in Sambir of the future “Remember” tions were first imposed in 2014 over (Reforms and Order Party). other Ukrainian community organizations Memorial Complex to victims of World War The Communist Party of Ukraine, led by as well as members of the community at II in Ukraine (which was held a month Petro Symonenko, said the occupation was large, called upon the university to censure before his report) was organized by the Kyiv LETTER TO THE EDITOR “an organized effort by the government.” and fire Dougall MacDonald, it did not. “As a City Jewish Committee and the Toronto- The CPU also accused Mr. Udovenko and private citizen, Mr. MacDonald has the right based Ukrainian Jewish Encounter. It was other organized political parties of involve- to express his opinion, and others have the attended by the primate of the Ukrainian ment. right to critique or debate that opinion,” said A thank-you Greek-Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav; Mr. Udovenko stated: “The National Deputy Provost Wendy Rodgers. Many in the the primate of the Orthodox Church of to letter writer Rukh of Ukraine is being condemned Ukrainian community wondered whether Ukraine, Metropolitan Epiphaniy; and the because it took part in negotiations with the result would have been different had he Dear Editor: chief rabbi of Ukraine, Yaakov Dov Bleich. [the students]. Meanwhile the Communists written a similar comment on the Holocaust. The ceremony was held to seal the com- I write to voice agreement with Andriy in Ukraine are not being held accountable Late last year, the Edmonton Jewish News promise achieved earlier to move three Melnyk, M.D., whose letter in The Ukrainian at all for those crimes they perpetrated attacked the Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex crosses from the territory of the Jewish Weekly (April 14, “Trump deserves credit against the Ukrainian nation.” for having a monument to the Ukrainian for helping Ukraine”) contained interesting cemetery and to erect a monument to 17 Insurgent Army (UPA) Commander-in-Chief Source: “Youths who seized Communist information. Thank you, Dr. Melnyk. young Ukrainians, members of the Roman Shukhevych, who they claimed was Party HQ surrender after 13-hour stand-off active in the genocide of Jews. When the Vadim Kapustiansky with militia,” by Roman Woronowycz, The Marco Levytsky may be contacted at Covington, Ky. Ukrainian Weekly, March 19, 2000. [email protected]. 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Russian-engineered aggression meant to destabilize Oleh Sentsov... Ukraine.” Mr. Grod, who is on a list of 13 Canadians, among them (Continued from page 1) Deputy Prime Minister Freeland, barred from entering Mr. Sentsov amplified his position while in Canada in an Russia, described Mr. Sentsov as an “intellectually deep interview with The Canadian Press in which he told report- person” and recalled when he first met him at the 16th er Mike Blanchfield that he feels responsible for “continu- annual Yalta European Strategy (YES) meeting in Kyiv last ous Russian aggression,” which is why, he said, “I can’t September. stop.” “He was the surprise speaker, and in fact spoke before As he wrote while incarcerated, “if we are supposed to the president of Ukraine, who when he got up to speak, become nails in the coffin of a tyrant, I’d like to be one of said that he wanted to yield his time to somebody who is those nails,” vowed Mr. Sentsov. “Just know that this partic- very important to the Ukrainian people and introduced ular one won’t bend.” Oleh Sentsov,” said Mr. Grod, who was left with an impres- While in Canada, he hammered home his belief that con- sion similar to that of Prof. Packer. tinued global pressure on Russia will convince the coun- “He’s a pretty monotone speaker and not a very dynam- try’s citizens to drive Vladimir Putin from power because, ic orator. He’s not your Anthony Robbins-type of speaker, as Mr. Sentsov told Mr. Blanchfield, the Russian president but he delivered a very powerful statement,” Mr. Grod “only understands the language of force.” remembered. “He brought out this jar, and it was painted The filmmaker-turned-political activist’s message blue and yellow, and he said he took it everywhere, when received support on Parliament Hill, where Mr. Sentsov he was transferred from prison to prison, and it was his met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime symbol of hope. He presented this jar to [President Minister Chrystia Freeland, a Ukrainian Canadian, who as Volodymyr] Zelenskyy and said, ‘This is what kept me alive foreign affairs minister had issued a statement in which in Russian prisons and despite the fact the guards con- she welcomed the release on September 7, 2019, of Mr. stantly took it away from me, I want you to have this so you Sentsov and 34 other political prisoners held by Russia. remember what we the Ukrainians have gone through as a UCC As Mr. Blanchfield reported, at the start of the February 4 result of Russia’s aggression.’” sit-down between Mr. Trudeau and Mr. Sentsov, the prime Alexandra Chyczij, national president of the Ukrainian Mr. Grod said Mr. Sentsov presents himself as a “pro- Canadian Congress, presenting Oleh Sentsov a memo- minister praised his 6-foot-4, ethnic-Russian Ukrainian Ukrainian, pro-civil society, pro-human rights individual rable gift (pysanka gift coin) on behalf of the Ukrainian guest for his “strong voice” and “commitment to sharing community. who is not beholden to any political interests.” [his] story in a way that advances the cause of a strong And while he might have used his words sparingly in Ukraine.” on what he meant when he called for people to act with Canada, they packed considerable meaning. During his time in Canada, from February 2 to 5, Mr. courage in his closing remarks before he was sentenced at “He’s in favor of an inclusive, not uni-national Ukraine,” Sentsov attended an event organized by the League of his trial.” explained Prof. Packer, who in 2018 was named the inau- Ukrainian Canadians in Toronto, and participated in a com- Mr. Sentsov, casually dressed in a sweater and jeans, gural Neuberger-Jesin Professor of International Conflict munity meeting in Ottawa co-hosted by three Members of didn’t elaborate. Resolution at the University of Ottawa and in 1995-2004 Parliament – including two of Ukrainian descent, Liberal “Oleh is a very straight-speaking guy and not a man of served first as senior legal advisor and then the first direc- Yvan Baker and Conservative James Bezan – and the many words – but his words are direct,” said Prof. Packer. tor of the Office of the Organization for Security and Ukrainian Canadian Congress’s Ottawa branch. “So when Dominique asked him about what it means to be Cooperation in Europe’s High Commissioner on National He spoke of the plight of the more than 90 Ukrainians – courageous, Oleh didn’t know how else to describe it. It Minorities. many of them Crimean Tatars – jailed in Crimea and seems self-evident to him: you speak out and do the right “I worked a lot in Crimea, and I don’t see how you could Russia, along with the hundreds of Ukrainians imprisoned thing.” be otherwise. Aside from Crimean Tatars, you’ve had in the besieged eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and In the documentary about the trial, Mr. Sentsov tells the Armenians, Bulgarians and Greeks in Crimea historically Luhansk. court that “the greatest sin on earth is cowardice.” for thousands of years.” But Mr. Sentsov is not loquacious, as his Canadian hosts “I don’t know what the point of having principles is if “I’m not sure people grasped what he was saying. But discovered. you aren’t prepared to suffer or even to die for them,” he he’s really anti-authoritarian – and a proud Ukrainian in “He is reserved and soft-spoken,” said John Packer, an says. the civic sense of the word,” said Prof. Packer. associate professor of law and director of the Human As Ukrainian World Congress President Paul Grod “Oleh is a person of an uncommon courage – but he is Rights Research and Education Center at the University of explained, Mr. Sentsov’s North American visit was a matter also reminding us of the necessity of it,” added Prof. Packer, Ottawa. Along with the Chair of Ukrainian Studies, the cen- of “taking his story to the road.” harkening back to the words of 18th-century Irish philoso- ter presented what was billed as “A Conversation with Oleh “He has a very powerful story. He’s an ethnic Russian, pher and British parliamentarian Edmund Burke who said Sentsov” on February 5. Dominique Arel, who holds the who grew up in Crimea, who stood up for the Maidan – the that “the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for Ukrainian Studies Chair, had the task of trying to elicit a Revolution of Dignity – and stood up for the cause of the good men to do nothing.” dialogue with the filmmaker who relied on Russian-to- Ukrainian people and stood up to Russian tyranny when Mr. Sentsov, said Prof. Packer, is “a flesh-and-blood English translation during his appearance. they invaded Crimea, and paid the political price of being example of a good man doing something by standing up “He responded to questions with one word or a shrug of imprisoned for a long time,” said Mr. Grod, former presi- and speaking the truth. And he does it without fanfare – the shoulders,” said Prof. Packer in an interview. “You’ve dent of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress. “He wants to just walking the talk – and not even talking much, which is got this major figure that we’re all on the edge of our seats make sure that the world is aware of the current situation very impressive in its simplicity and clarity.” to hear, and Dominique asked him three times to comment in Ukraine – that it’s not a separatist movement, but a “The world needs people like him.”

THE DISTRICT COMMITTEE OF UNA BRANCHES THE DISTRICT COMMITTEE OF UNA BRANCHES OF THE NEW ENGLAND DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA, PA announces that its announces that its Annual District Committee Meeting Annual District Committee Meeting will be held on will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2020, at 2:00 pm Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 6 p.m. in the lower hall of the Ukrainian National Home of Hartford, Inc, 961 Wethersfi eld Avenue, Hartford, CT 06114 at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center 700 N Cedar Rd., Jenkintown, Pennsylvania 19046 Obligated to attend the organizing meeting are District Committee Offi cers, Convention Delegates Obligated to attend the organizing meeting and two delegates from the following Branches: are District Committee Offi cers, Convention Delegates and two delegates from the following Branches: 59, 67, 206, 238, 241, 253, 254, 277, 387, 414 10, 83, 153, 162, 163, 173, 247, 362, 397, 501 All UNA members are welcome as guests at the meeting All UNA members are welcome as guests at the meeting MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: Yuriy Symczyk - UNA National Secretary MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: Gloria Horbaty - UNA Advisor Members of the UNA General Assembly DISTRICT COMMITTEE DISTRICT COMMITTEE Myron Kolinsky, District Chairman Christine D. Melnyk, Vice Chairwoman Maria Luba Walchuk, Chairperson Bohdan Doboszczak, Secretary Roksolana Luciw, Secretary Gloria Horbaty, Treasurer 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2020 No. 10 No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2020 11

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Palatine holds memorial evening in honor of “Nebesna Sotnia”

by Maria Korkatsch-Groszko PALATINE, Ill. – The Ukrainian community of Chicago and Illinois suburbs gathered at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Palatine on February 8 to commemorate the “Heavenly Hundred” (“Nebesna Sotnia”) heroes that per- ished at the onset of the Euro-Maidan Revolution or Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine in 2014. The event was Initiated by the Organization for Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine, Branch 31 (Roman Holowka, president); in cooperation with the School of Ukrainian Studies (Iryna Tsenglevych, director) at the Ukrainian American Youth Association, Dmytro Vitovsky Branch; American Ukrainian Youth Association, Dmytro Vitovsky Branch (Myron Wasiunec, president); and the Women’s Association for Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine, Olena Pchilka Branch (Nadiya Hnatyuk, president). Ukrainian American Veterans Post 32, under the direc- tion of Commander Maj. Peter Bencak, posted colors. Yevhen Pavlyk Representatives of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of The choir of the American Ukrainian Youth Association of Palatine, Ill. America–Illinois Division, Suburban Council of Ukrainian Voters, St. Joseph the Betrothed Ukrainian Catholic Church, The panakhyda (memorial service) was officiated by lar Ukrainian civilians from the many walks of life, joined by Genocide Famine Foundation-U.S.A. Inc., St. Andrew Ukrainian Catholic Bishop Venedykt Aleksiychuk of St. Georgians and Belarusians, who made a decision that this Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, Immaculate Conception Nicholas Eparchy; participating clergy were the: Very Rev. was the time not to back away in fear, but, rather to move for- Ukrainian Catholic Church, and Branch 8 of the Victor Poliarny (pastor) and the Rev. Mykhailo Leschyshyn, ward against the force of Russian domination of Ukraine and Organization for Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral; the Rev. toward an independent, sovereign and democratic society… honored the defenders of Ukraine with their attendance at Mykhailo Kuzma (pastor), the Rev. Yaroslav Mendyuk and They were martyrs for Ukraine and all Ukrainians… He who this important solemn observance. In addition, Oleh the Rev. Andrij Kuzniak, Immaculate Conception Ukrainian dies in battle, forever lives in our hearts.” Ivakhniuk, former member of a volunteer battalion in the Byzantine Catholic Church. The responses were sung by Remarks were delivered by Ukraine’s Consul Andrij Donbas, was acknowledged for his service. He is being the St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral Choir under Danyluk; Ihor Diaczun, President of UCCA-Illinois; Bohdan sponsored by St. Joseph the Betrothed Ukrainian Catholic the direction of Taras Rudenko. Yurynets of ODFFU Branch 31; and Rostyslav Saciuk of Church for his 29th surgery and rehabilitation under the Bishop Venedykt, in his brief remarks, stated: “These hun- auspices of Revived Soldiers Ukraine. dred were not military trained individuals, these were regu- (Continued on page 17)

Ukrainian Student Club at Syracuse U. marks day of the Heavenly Hundred The diversity of Maidan participants is Congress committee of America. Accredited reflected in this academic year’s Ukrainian by the university the following year, the Club members from Ukraine and Romania: club initiated numerous events with vari- Lin Nguen, Yuliia Popyk, Dima Kuchirka ous guest speakers, among them professors and Sami Al-Abed from Kyiv; Zhanna from Kyiv Mohyla Academy and Ukraine’s Lotkina from Kharkiv; Arsen Khanin from Ambassador to the U.S., Yuri Shcherbak. Mr. Ternopil; and Taras Colopelnic from Lisnyczyj noted: “I think, most importantly, Sighetu Marmatiei, Romania. we brought a bond between students that Syracuse University brings thousands of still lasts today.” international students to campus every Mr. Lisnyczyj’s thoughts ring true, for year. According Prof. Patricia Burak, the 26 years later on a visible snowy knoll, Ukrainian Club’s faculty advisor, “Students the significance of the Heavenly Hundred from Ukraine have traditionally sought out was made known thanks to the efforts of each other, and the Ukrainian student club students from the Ukrainian Club of provides a locus for these interests.” Syracuse U. The Ukrainian Club was originally founded in the fall of 1994 by Gregory Lida Hvozda Buniak is president of the Lisnyczyj, who is now the vice-president of Syracuse branch of the Ukrainian Congress the Syracuse branch of the Ukrainian Committee of America.

Lida Hvozda Buniak The Ukrainian Club of Syracuse University at the screening of the documentary “Winter on Fire” (from left): Taras Colopelnic, Arsen Khanin, Linh Nguyen Phan Bao, Pat Burak (faculty adviser), Yuliia Popyk, Sami Al Abed (president) and Dmytro Kuchirka.

by Lida Hvozda Buniak the European Union (EU) by the pro-Rus- sian president of Ukraine at that time, SYRACUSE, N.Y. – On February 20, the Viktor Yanukovych. Day of the Heavenly Hundred, the February 20, 2014, was the most violent Ukrainian Club of Syracuse University day of the confrontation between civilians planted 100 Ukrainian flags with informa- and the Berkut, when protesters en route tional placards on university grounds to to Ukraine’s Parliament fell victims to a commemorate the sixth anniversary of the shootout on Instytutska Street by barricad- fallen Euro-Maidan activists who lost their ed riflemen. lives at the hands of the Berkut special The members of the Ukrainian Club of (riot) police force. These heroes of the Syracuse University also marked Heavenly Euro-Maidan are now known worldwide as Hundred Day by showing the award-win- the Heavenly Hundred. ning 2015 documentary “Winter on Fire,” The Euro-Maidan, or Revolution of which tells the compelling story of the Dignity, began as a student protest at 93-day civic movement that ousted Independence Square in the fall of 2013. President Yanuko vych. The film depicts the Taras Colopelnic Throughout the winter of 2014, hundreds extraordinary courage and determination of One hundred Ukrainian flags were placed in remembrance of the Heavenly Hundred on the knoll between the Student Center (behind construction on the left) and the and thousands continued to gather in this a diverse yet united populace that included Newhouse School of Public Communication, on the main pedestrian pathway to the public square to protest the abrupt cancel- Russian speakers, Ukrainian speakers, campus. The majestic building in the background is the original building erected on lation of an Association Agreement with Muslims, Christians and Jews. the Syracuse University campus in 1870, the Hall of Languages. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2020 No. 10

SPORTSSHORTS by Matthew SOCCER height of 1.93 meters as part of the World Austria. The event, with 83 countries Dubasrepre- mean more confidence, which translates Athletics Indoor Tour. This season, sented, had 545 competitors. into a stronger comfort level and greater Shakhtar advances to Round of 16 Mahuchikh’s jump included 2.02 meters in productivity. Shakhtar Donetsk advances to the UEFA Karlsruhe, Germany. Long jumper Maryna KARATE Europa League Round of 16 against Bekh-Romanchuk won gold in Glasgow on Terliuha wins gold in Dubai WRESTLING Wolfsburg, Germany, with matches sched- February 15 and Lievin, France, on Novikov wins gold at European championships uled for March 12 (Germany) and 19 February 19, both times jumping 6.90 Anzhelika Terliuha (55 kg) won gold at (Ukraine), following the draw in Nyon, meters. She had her best jump this season the Premier League in Dubai on February Semen Novikov (87 kg) won gold in the Switzerland, on February 28. Shakhtar won in Torino, Italy, (6.96 meters). 15. With the win, Terliuha qualifies for a Greco-Roman final against Victor Lawrence against Benfica in the Round of 32, having spot at the Summer Tokyo Olympic Games. of Hungary at the European Wrestling Four medals for Ukraine in Karslruhe won 2-1 in the first-leg on February 20, and During the tournament, she won against Championships on February 10-16 in Rome. tied 3-3 with the Portuguese club on Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk won gold in competitors from Chile, China, Poland, Ukraine won 13 medals – two gold, three sil- February 27. A goal aggregate of 5-4 the women’s long jump (6.92 meters) at the Turkey and Egypt. ver and eight bronze. Lunur Temirov (63 kg) and Mykola Kuchmii (63 kg) won bronze Shakhtar earned its spot in the next round. IAAF Indoor Meeting in Karlsruhe, Terliuha wins silver in Paris Germany, on January 31 through February medals in Greco-Roman, and Erik YOUTH OLYMPICS 2. High jumpers Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Anzhelika Terliuha won silver in the girls Arushanian (65 kg) and Vasyl Mykhailov (79 kg) won bronze in freestyle. In women’s Four medals at Youth Olympics Yuliya Levchenko won gold and silver, 55-kg kumite division at the Karate1 respectively, in the women’s high jump Premier League championship in Paris. freestyle, Yuliya Tkach (62 kg) won gold; Ukraine’s junior hockey teams won gold (2.02 meters and 1.99 meters). In the men’s Terliuha won the semifinal against Hulmira Solomiia Vynnyk (55 kg) and Alina Akobiia and silver at the third Winter Youth long jump, Vladyslav Mazur won silver Ussenova, and in the final she lost against (55 kg) won silver medals; and Anhelina Olympic Games on January 9-22 in (7.84 meters). Anna Chernyshovyi of Russia. Terliuha was Lysak (59 kg), Iryna Koliadenko (65 kg), Alla Lausanne, Switzerland. The 3x3 boys’ Cherkasova (68 kg) and Alina Berezhna (72 Mahuchikh sets record at U-20 meet named athlete of the month for January by “green” team won gold, and the “red” team the National Olympic Committee of kg) won bronze. Ukraine’s women’s team won silver. Volodymyr Troshkin was named Yaroslava Mahuchikh won gold in high Ukraine, and her coach also received the finished in second place in the team stand- player of the tournament and Denis Pasko jump at the U-20 Demianiuk Memorial on same recognition in the coach’s category. ings with 155 points. was named vice-champion. Green won January 18 in Lviv. Her third attempted against red in the final 10-4. Ukraine’s fig- jump of 2.01 meters, set a world U-20 POWERLIFTING SKYDIVING ure skaters Sofiia Nesterova and Artem record. In the men’s high jump, Oleh Ukraine medals at World Cup Ukrainians set record in group jump Darenskyi won bronze medals in National Doroshchuk won gold with 2.21 meters. Olympic Committee mixed pairs skating Dmytro Chumack (109 kg) won gold at Four Ukrainian skydivers Illya Balashov (Team Vision, 18 points), finishing in sev- JUDO the World Cup of weightlifting in Rome on (Kharkiv), Maryna Mchedleshvili (Kyiv), Oleksandr Pieliekhov (Kharkiv) and enth place overall. Freestyle skier Orest January 31 through February 2. He lifted a One silver, three bronze int Warsaw Yaroslav Shtyker (Kharkiv) set a new Kovalenko won bronze in the big air com- total of 405 kg, (180 kg in the snatch, and record in group parachute acrobatics on petition, with a final score of 179.5 points. Karo Manrandian (66 kg) won silver at 225 kg in the clean and jerk). Iryna Dekha the European Judo Open in Warsaw on won gold in the women’s 76-kg division February 13-14 by the International DEAFLYMPICS February 29 through March 1. In the final, with 106 kg in the snatch and 130 kg in the Aviation Federation. The record-setting Maradian lost against Carmine Maria Di jump had 130 parachutists from 28 coun- Ukraine third in medal standings clean and jerk. Silver medalists were Loreto of Italy, and in the semifinal, the Kamila Konotop (55 kg; 90 kg in the snatch tries in a new “large format in group para- Ukraine finished in third place in the Ukrainian won against Thomas Macrez of and 106 kg in the clean and jerk) and chute acrobatics in free fall.” medal standings with 11 medals (four gold, France. Artem Bubyr (81 kg), Anton Anastasiya Lysenko (87 kg; 124 kg in the four silver and three bronze) at the 2019 Savytskiy (100 kg) and Anna Surova (52 snatch and 142 kg in the clean and jerk). BALLROOM DANCING Winter Deaflympics on December 12-21 in kg) won bronze medals. The tournament Ukraine pairs win gold and silver in Lviv Valtellina-Valchiavenna, Italy. The competi- attracted 407 athletes from 40 countries; CURLING Serhiy Yefremov and Viktoriya Antoniuk tion included events in Alpine skiing, snow- and Ukraine was represented by 42 male Ukraine opens its first curling rink won gold in the Latin-American program board, cross-country skiing, ice hockey, and seven female athletes. and Andriy Zinchenko and Kateryna chess and curling. Dmytro Mazhaiev and The National Olympic Committee of Nhabali wins silver in Dusseldorf Baisarova won silver in the European pro- Andriy Andriyishyn won gold (13:24.0 sec- Ukraine and its president, Serhiy Bubka, gram at the European Championship of onds) and silver (13:24.1 seconds), respec- Quedjau Nhabali (90 kg) won silver at officially opened the first specialized curl- Sports Dancing in Lviv on February 14-17. tively, in the men’s individual 5-kilometer the Grand Slam in Dusseldorf, Germany, on ing arena in Ukraine on February 5 in Kyiv. Based on the Ukrainian team members’ cross-country skiing race. Mazhaiev also February 21-23. In the final, the Ukrainian Also participating in the ribbon-cutting cer- performance, it is expected that they will won gold in the men’s 10-kilometer cross- won against Davlat Bobonov of Uzbekistan emony was Oleksiy Perevezetsev, president advance to world competitions and higher country skiing race (26:37.9 seconds) and in just under one minute (0.59 seconds). of the Ukrainian Curling Federation, who is levels of competition. Yelizaveta Nopriienko won bronze in the Ukraine was represented by six athletes a member of the NOC executive committee. women’s 5-kilometer cross-country skiing (four men, two women) at the tournament Mr. Bubka said the rink will solve several SPORTS MINISTRY race (15:47.4 seconds). Mazhaiev won gold that attracted 659 athletes from 115 coun- issues at once: Ukrainian athletes will have (39:10.8 seconds) in the men’s 6.6-kilome- tries. good training conditions, the country will Levchuk to head new State Sports Agency be able to host prestigious curling tourna- ter pursuit and Rusian Denysenko (39:56.8 Tsurkan wins silver at cadet European Cup President of the Ukrainian Karate seconds) won bronze in the same event. In ments, and average citizens will have an Federation Serhiy Levchuk was appointed Igor Tsurkan (66 kg) won silver at the the women’s 3.3-kilometer pursuit and opportunity to try their hand at the sport. head of the State Sports Agency. The State Cadet European Judo Cup in Follonica, Italy, Nopriienko won bronze (26:02.0 seconds). Mr. Bubka also ceremoniously threw the Sports Agency will implement policies of Ukraine, represented by Anastasiia Lavryk on February 7-9. Tsurkan lost the final first stone to inaugurate the rink. Mr. the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, and Volodymyr Pyshniak, won silver in the against Nikolai Tsvetkov of Russia, but won Perevezentsev thanked the NOC of Ukraine including preparation for the Olympic and team sprint free (17:21.0 seconds). Pavlo the semifinal against Maxime Glatier of for its support and assistance in making Paralympic Games, sports reform, con- Mandziuk won silver in the men’s sprint France. The tournament attracted 485 ath- this arena available to Ukraine’s athletes. struction of modern sports infrastructure letes from 25 countries. classic (2:44.50 seconds). Ukraine’s wom- BASKETBALL and others. en’s chess team won gold and Tatiana Bilodid wins Grand Slam in Paris Baklanova won silver in the women’s blitz Mykhailiuk a rising star in Detroit BIATHLON Daria Bilodid (48 kg) won gold against chess tournament. Ukraine’s men’s curling Wakana Koga of Japan in the final at the In a season filled with many losses (play- Gold, silver and bronze in Belarus team stayed alive until it lost 6-8 against Grand Slam in Paris. Georgii Zantaraia (66 ers lost to injury and games lost without South Korea in the 14th round; the wom- Valj Semerenko, Yuliia Dzhima, Artem kg) won bronze against Bogdan Iadov of those players), the trade for Sviatoslav en’s team lost 6-11 against Canada in the Pryma and Dmytro Pidruchniy won gold in Ukraine in the third-place match. Ukraine Mykhailiuk by Detroit has emerged as a sixth round. Snowboarders competed in the mixed relay (1:11:32.1 seconds) at the was represented by 11 athletes (six men clear win. On track to be one of the Pistons’ the giant slalom, but did not medal. European Championships in Minsk- and five women). The tournament attract- core pieces as far as shooting accuracy, cre- Raubichi, Belarus, on February 26-27. ed 680 athletes from 115 countries. ating plays off the dribble and running pick Olena Pidhrushna won silver in the wom- SNOOKER and rolls, the very coachable Ukrainian was Khachatrian wins silver in Sofia en’s super sprint final (16:34.6 seconds), Boyko wins silver medal at Worlds named to the World Team for the NBA’s All- and Pidrruchniy won bronze in the men’s Yulian Boyko won silver at the world Hevorh Khachatrian (73 kg) won silver Star weekend Rising Stars Challenge. super sprint final (14:13.3 seconds). snooker championships (WSF Open) in in the European Judo Open in Sofia, Through games of February 5, the second- Anastasiya Merkushyna and Ruslan Malta on January 4-17. In the semifinal, Bulgaria, on January 31 through February year pro has seen action in 46 games with a Tkalenko won bronze in the single mixed Boyko won 4-1 against Ross Miur of 2. The Ukrainian won the semifinal against 43.3 percent field goal percentage, 42.5 relay (47:24.0 seconds). Scotland, and in the final, Boyko lost 3-5 Mickael Dubois of France, but lost the final percent three-point percentage, 85.2 per- against Ashleigh Hahilli of England. against Salvador Cases Roca of Spain. cent at free throw and 8.9 points per game. SHOOTING In January, when he saw more playing time ATHLETICS Khammo wins bronze in Tel-Aviv due to the team’s injuries, he averaged Second-place in standings at Euros Yakiv Khammo (+100 kg) won bronze at 13-plus points in 29 minutes per game. Ukraine finished in second place in the Two golds at World Athletics Indoor Tour the Grand Prix Tel Aviv 2020 on January Mykhailiuk is a different player these days medal standings (seven gold, five silver and High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh won 24-26. In the bronze medal match, than he was even a couple of months ago, gold on February 15 in Glasgow with a Khammo defeated Stephan Hegyi of mostly at the defensive end. More minutes (Continued on page 13) No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2020 13

Timashov off waivers from Toronto on ty-net marker with under a minute left. He cut his penalty minutes from 105 in his SportsShorts February 24 and finally got him in their line- Florida’s fourth line, comprising Ukrainians rookie year to 61 the following year and up the following Saturday. Timashov had Pysyk and Jayce Hawryluk plus Denis now is at 34 in the 2019-2020 season. In 29 (Continued from page 12) remained in Toronto because of immigra- Malgin, came up big with Pysyk spending a games this season, Tkachuk has tallied 15 five bronze medals) with a total of 17 at the tion issues and was able to make his debut lot of time in front of the opposition’s net. goals and 23 assists, and tied for the team European Shooting Championship in Ottawa on February 29, a 4-3 Detroit loss. United as a line for the first time all season, lead in points with 38. The Red Wings are intrigued by what the 10-meter (rifle, pistol and running target) the trio brought a ton of energy to the ice Makar sets franchise scoring record on February 23 through March 2 in Ukrainian forward, 23, could add to their while combining for four points, five hits Wroclaw, Poland. The event is hosted by line-up. In 39 games with the Leafs, and three takeaways. Enjoying a spike in his Cale Makar, in his 40th game of the 2019- the European Shooting Confederation. Timashov had four goals, five assists (nine offensive numbers since the transition from 2020 season, broke the franchise record for Gold medalists were Galina Avramenko points) and a +1 rating. He is a 5-foot-10, defense to forward, Pysyk set a career high goals scored by a rookie defenseman when (women’s 10-meter running target mixed), 192-pound left wing who played on the in goals with seven (four as a forward). The he recorded his 11th of the season, breaking Hlib Kihitov (junior men’s 10-meter air pis- fourth line. He will get a bigger opportunity 28-year-old dual threat had scored nine a 2-2 tie for the Colorado Avalanche and tol), Kristina Hilevych (junior women’s in Detroit, where his skills could have room points (5G, 4A) in his last 11 games. helping the club to a 5-3 win over the St. 10-meter running target), Marharyta to flourish. He had 49 points (14 goals) in Louis Blues on January 18. The 21-year-old Pateryn back on Wild defense Tarkanii (junior women’s 10-meter run- 72 games for the AHL Marlies last season, moved past John-Michael Liles (10 goals in ning target mixed), Viktoriya Rybovalova, then added 10 points (four goals) in 13 After undergoing bilateral core muscle 79 games in the 2003-2004 season) for the Avramenko and Valentyna Honcharova playoff games. He is strong on his skates, repair surgery on October 1, 2019, Greg first in goals by a rookie defenseman in (women’s 10-meter running target), Denys brings physicality, but also has good hands Pateryn’s season finally got going on Avalanche/Quebec Nordiques history. The Babliuk, Danylo Danilenko, Andrii Drachuk and can create plays. Timashov wanted out January 12 in a 4-1 loss to Vancouver. Avalanche have 34 matches remaining in (junior men’s 10-meter running target), of Toronto with the lack of playing time and Pateryn suffered through a couple of set- the season. Makar tied the record against and Babliuk, Danilenko, Drachuk (junior opportunities, so a fresh start with Detroit backs in his return from surgery, which had the Detroit Redwings on January 20 to tie men’s 10-meter running target). Silver may kick start his production. He is a an initial timeline of six weeks. He was the franchise record (Bruce Bell’s 37 points medalists included Oleh Tsarkov (10-meter restricted free agent this summer who will forced to watch the first 44 games of 2019- in 1984-1985), and Makar was eight points air rifle), Rybovalova (10-meter running get a long look in Detroit where roster spots 2020, feeling frustrated while itching to take shy of breaking Bell’s franchise record for target mixed), Babliuk (junior men’s are available for the taking. advantage of his opportunity to get back on most assists by a first-year blueliner (31 10-meter running target mixed), Bellows scores in NHL debut the ice. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound veteran of assists, 1984-1985). Avramenko, Rybovalova, Honcharova 248 NHL games is a classic defensive defen- U-20 team wins bronze (women’s team 10-meter running target), When he realized he was putting too seman with the size and willingness to and Avramenko and Ihor Kizyma (mixed much pressure on himself and was able to engage in combat in front of the net. His Ukraine’s U-20 men’s team won bronze team 10-meter running target). Bronze alter his mindset entering his second pro return to the line-up saw him receive 12.5 in the International Ice Hockey Federation medalists were: Rybovalova (women’s year, Kieffer Bellows went back to moving minutes of ice time with four hits, one Division 1, Group B world championships 10-meter running target), Babliuk (junior his feet, utilizing his deft puck awareness blocked shot and an even plus/minus. in Kyiv on December 18. Ukraine won 7-3 men’s 10-meter running target), Marharyta and winning battles in small places. against Estonia, won 2-1 against Italy on Tkachuk plays in All-Star Game Tarkanii (junior women’s 10-meter run- Bridgeport’s leading scorer (16 goals, 24 December 17, lost 1-3 against France on ning target), Anastasiia Zhuchenko (junior points) received a call-up from the parent Matthew Tkachuk of the Calgary Flames December 15, won 3-0 against Poland on women’s 10-meter running target mixed) New York Islanders and debuted on was the team’s lone representative at the December 14 and lost 1-5 against Hungary and Rybovalova-Danilenko (mixed team February 4. He proceeded to tally his first 2020 NHL All-Star Game in St. Louis on on December 12. Artur Ohandzhanian was 10-meter running target). NHL point on a secondary assist on Derick January 25. This was Tkachuk’s first time awarded the best goalkeeper of the tourna- Brassard’s game-tying goal in the second playing in the All-Star Game, and it was rec- ment with a 90.98 percentage of saves per FREESTYLE SKIING period. Kieffer logged some nine minutes of ognition of his evolution from notorious game average, allowing an average of 2.37 Mokhnatska wins gold in Almaty ice time on 13 shifts while playing on pest to complete player. In his fourth sea- goals per game. Ukraine finished with a Brassard’s third forward line. In his second son with Calgary, he was named an alter- record of 3-2 after five matches played, Nadia Mokhnoatska won gold in free- game, Bellows recorded the first two goals nate captain at the start of the 2018-2019 with 14 goals for and 12 against. Hungary style skiing at the FIS Freestyle Skiing of his NHL career – including the game-win- season, and showed how a few years’ expe- advanced to Division 1, Group A, and Italy World Cup in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on ner – to propel his Islanders to a 5-3 win rience in the league has refined his skill set. was relegated to the lower division. February 27-28. This was Mokhnatska’s over the Los Angeles Kings on February 6. first medal in her freestyle pro career. His first was a second-period shot off a pass HOCKEY from Anthony Beauvillier to bring the Isles to within a goal (3-2), his second when Hawryluk joins Ottawa Senators Kings goalie Jonathan Quick got caught too The Ottawa Senators claimed forward far out of the net. At an odd angle to the Jayce Hawryluk off waivers from the right of the goal, the rookie threw it on net Florida Panthers on February 17. The and the puck trickled in as the decisive 24-year-old had one goal and two assists in marker. The Islanders offense was in need 15 games with the Panthers this season. In of a boost and the club believes the 21-year- six games with the AHL’s Springfield old Bellows’ scoring capability can provide a Thunderbirds he tallied one assist. necessary jolt as the team makes its playoff Senators G.M. Pierre Dorion described the push. Two goals and three points in his first young Ukrainian as “a highly competitive two NHL games was a most solid start. two-way forward whose addition we’re Pelech lost for rest of the season looking forward to seeing in our line-up. He’s an energetic, puck-pursuit-type player The New York Islanders lost the services who should mesh well with our current of stalwart defenseman Adam Pelech for at roster.” In his first six games with his new least the remainder of the regular season club, Jayce notched three assists. when he suffered an Achilles’ tendon injury during pre-game warm-ups on January 2. Injury forces Brodziak to retire The Ukrainian was seeing regular duty on His body of work was extremely impres- the team’s top defense pairing with Ryan sive as a seventh-round draft pick playing Pulock. Prognosis for recovery was approx- over 900 NHL games until a damaged piece imately four months, which could mean no of that body told Kyle Brodziak it was time availability until a potential third playoff to retire. A disc degeneration caused him to round. Pelech, 25, had one goal and nine fail his camp physical and step away from points in 38 games this season. the game at age 35. He hurt his back at an Pysyk steps up with hat-trick Edmonton Oilers morning skate on April 1, 2019, when shooting pucks. The back Coming into the game against Toronto never recovered, not even with a summer on February 3 Florida Panther Mark Pysyk of rest. Brodziak will be paid his $1.15 mil- had scored three goals as a defenseman. lion salary in 2019-2020, which eases the Shifted to forward because of injuries, pain for his wife and three children. Pysyk scored twice in the third period to Edmonton put him on injured reserve, then complete the first hat trick of his NHL long-term injury status for salary cap rea- career and help the Panthers to a 5-3 victo- sons. He skated in his first NHL game on ry. He opened the scoring by taking a pass October 15, 2005, in Calgary and played his from Mike Matheson and sending a quick final NHL game on March 30, 2019. In one-timer past Frederik Andersen from in 2005-2019 he totaled 917 games, 129 close for a 1-0 lead in the first period. Down goals, 167 assists, 296 points and 462 pen- 3-1 after three consecutive Maple Leafs’ tal- alty minutes. In 57 playoff games he added lies, Florida came back with three goals in a 5-17-22-16. row of its own, starting with a second Pysyk goal at 2:20 of the third period. Mike Red Wings select Timashov Hoffman had the game-winner at 10:13 and The Detroit Red Wings claimed Dmytro Pysyk finished off his hat trick with an emp- 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2020 No. 10

September 2019, Russia and Ukraine each nel” of diplomacy in Ukraine that was questioning looked like an attempt by NEWSBRIEFS exchanged 35 prisoners. In December aimed, in part, at promoting Mr. Trump’s President Zelenskyy’s team to distract 2019, Ukraine turned over 124 prisoners to domestic political interests. “Shady inter- attention away from the country’s social (Continued from page 2) the Russian-backed rebels in exchange for ests the world over have learned how little problems. Mr. Poroshenko’s lawyer, Ilya network affiliated with pro-Russian lawmak- 76 Ukrainians they held. (RFE/RL) it takes to remove an American ambassa- Novikov, said later in a televised interview er Viktor Medvedchuk, whose daughter’s dor who does not give them what they to Pryamiy television that his client was Marie Yovanovitch signs book deal godfather is Russian President Vladimir want,” the 61-year-old Ms. Yovanovitch told questioned for six hours. The DBR had Putin, according to the deputy head of the Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine the inquiry. Mr. Trump denied any wrong- asked prosecutors to be allowed to forcibly Presidential Office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, who Marie Yovanovitch, who played a key role in doing and was acquitted in a historic bring Mr. Poroshenko in for questioning, but also took part in the presentation. (RFE/RL’s the House of Representatives hearings on Senate impeachment trial. Ms. Yovanovitch the former president arrived on his own. Mr. Ukrainian Service, with reporting by the impeachment of President Donald was appointed U.S. ambassador to Kyiv in Poroshenko, who is currently a national Ukrayinska Pravda and Hromadske) Trump last November, has signed a deal to 2016 by President Barack Obama. (RFE/ deputy in the Verkhovna Rada, was ques- write a book about her career. Houghton RL, based on reporting by AP) Prisoner swap may be held in March tioned as a witness several times last year in Mifflin Harcourt told the Associated Press cases looking into several other investiga- One soldier killed, four wounded President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief news agency on February 21 that it had tions launched after he failed to win a sec- of staff, Andriy Yermak, said Moscow and struck a deal with Ms. Yovanovitch to pub- One Ukrainian soldier was killed and ond term as president. The DBR said on Kyiv intend to carry out another prisoner lish her planned memoir. The book, cur- four were wounded during an artillery January 20 that it was looking into 13 possi- swap later this month. Mr. Yermak made rently untitled, will focus on her long diplo- attack on March 3 in the eastern part of the ble cases where Mr. Poroshenko or his asso- the comments on March 1 following a matic career, in which she served in places country, where a conflict with Russia- ciates were implicated. (RFE/RL) meeting in Minsk with Dmitry Kozak, such as Kyiv and Mogadishu, Somalia. It is backed militants is in its sixth year. Semena removed from “terrorist” list Russia’s chief negotiator to peace talks in expected to be published in early 2021. Ukraine’s military reported that mortar eastern Ukraine, according to a statement Ambassador Yovanovitch was abruptly rockets were fired on Ukrainian positions RFE/RL contributor Mykola Semena – a posted on the Ukrainian president’s web- recalled from Kyiv in May 2019 following and high-caliber machine guns were also journalist who was convicted of separatism site. Mr. Zelenskyy has made ending the an intense campaign to oust her that was used. Fifteen Ukrainian service members in Ukraine’s Russia-occupied Crimea region coordinated by Mr. Trump’s personal attor- nearly six-year war in eastern Ukraine that were killed in January-February of this year before a court there expunged his criminal ney, Rudy Giuliani. After her recall follow- has killed more than 13,000 people a prior- and more than 13,000 people have been record – has been removed from Russia’s ity since coming to power in May. President ing a 33-year career in the foreign service, killed in the conflict since March 2014. The list of “terrorists and extremists.” The news Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Ms. Yovanovitch retired from the State war in Ukraine has uprooted more than 1.5 was reported on February 27 by Graty, a Putin agreed in December 2019 to a cease- Department in January. In November 2019, million people from their homes in the Ukrainian non-profit that receives funding fire in eastern Ukraine and additional Ms. Yovanovitch testified before the House easternmost regions of Donetsk and from the Czech People in Need foundation swaps of prisoners. Mr. Zelenskyy has impeachment inquiry into President Luhansk. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) to monitor judicial and law enforcement already overseen two prisoner exchanges Trump’s actions with Ukraine, accusing Mr. issues. Mr. Semena, 69, is listed in the sec- during his first nine months in office. In Giuliani of organizing an “irregular chan- Poroshenko: Opposition being persecuted tion of individuals who have been Former Ukrainian President Petro “removed” from the list on the website of Poroshenko has called on his successor, the Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to stop “persecuting” Service. Rights groups in Ukraine say that, the opposition and instead carry out his in its current form, the terrorist and presidential duties. Speaking before he was extremist list is an additional method of TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 questioned at the State Bureau of pressuring people Russia deems objection- or e-mail [email protected] Investigation (DBR) on February 28, Mr. able because, contrary to the principle of Poroshenko told his supporters that a judge presumption of innocence, it allows author- of Kyiv’s Shevchenko district court had ities to impose sanctions before court deci- SERVICES PROFESSIONALS ruled to close the case he was summoned to sions are made. The Crimean journalist is be questioned about, as there were no ele- currently seeking medical care in Kyiv for a МАРІЯ ДРИЧ ments of crime found. Mr. Poroshenko also heart condition and damaged spine. In Ліцензований Продавець compared Mr. Zelenskyy with former 2017, Mr. Semena was convicted of separat- Страхування Життя Russia-friendly President Viktor ism and handed a two-and-a-half-year sus- МАRІA DRICH Yanukovych, who was toppled in deadly pended sentence together with a ban from Licensed Life Insurance Agent anti-government protests in February 2014. “public activity” for three years. On January Ukrainian National Assn., Inc. Mr. Poroshenko was summoned for ques- 14, a court in Crimea’s capital, Symferopol, 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054 tioning as a witness in a case about alleged ruled to prematurely terminate Mr; Tel.: 973-292-9800 ext. 3035 interference into court activities. Semena’s sentence period and expunge his e-mail: [email protected] “Volodymyr Oleksandrovych [Zelenskyy], criminal record. The journalist has said he do your job as president. 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Melnychuk is from Ukraine’s west-central NEWSBRIEFS region of Vinnytsia. He said in his Facebook post that he was detained for unknown (Continued from page 14) reasons. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by Former Aidar member detained by Greece Hromadske and Ukrayinska Pravda) More U.S. Javelins for Ukraine A Ukrainian who founded and led a vol- With great sorrow we announce the passing of unteer battalion in eastern Ukraine has The U.S. Defense Department has signed been detained by Greek authorities while a new contract for the production of Javelin crossing over from Bulgaria on March 2 anti-tank missile systems for partner coun- Bohdan Korzeniowski with his pregnant wife and 9-year-old child. tries, including Ukraine, Ukrinform report- on November 2, 2019 in Southampton, PA, Serhiy Melnychuk, 48, posted a video on ed on March 3. The U.S. Army contract is at the age of 77. Facebook from the alleged detention center dated February 28, is worth more than $18 He was the son of Alexander and Irena (née Glowa) in Greece, saying that his arrest was based million, and was awarded to Raytheon and born December 19, 1941 in Jaroslaw, Ukraine. on a notice requested from Russia through Lockheed Martin, with work to be per- Interpol, the world’s international police formed in Arizona. The category of the Parastas services took place on November 7, 2019. force. A search through Interpol didn’t award is for “guided missile and space The Funeral Liturgy was held on November 8, 2019 at the reveal Mr. Melnychuk’s name as a wanted vehicle manufacturing.” It has an estimated Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church person but not all notices are made public. completion date of June 25, 2020. The ben- in Melrose Park, PA, followed by interment at St. Mary’s In early 2014, Mr. Melnychuk established eficiary countries listed as part of the Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery, Elkins Park, PA. and led the Aidar Battalion, which was award include Georgia, Ukraine, Australia, composed mostly of natives of the eastern- Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Indonesia, Remaining in deep sorrow: most Luhansk region. Aidar fought Ireland, Jordan, Lithuania, New Zealand, wife - Ksenia (née Fedoriw) Russian-backed militants that year and Norway, Oman, Qatar, Turkey and United children - Katria with George Kowal took part in liberating towns and cities in Arab Emirates. The State Department in the industrial region. Before it was incorpo- Luka with Christina October approved the sale of $39.2 million Pawlo with Elizabeth rated into the armed forces in September in military equipment to Ukraine, including Matej with Karen 2014, Mr. Melnychuk and the battalion he a second batch of Javelins, the world’s most led faced allegations of human rights abus- effective anti-tank missiles, to help Kyiv in grandchildren - Maya, Roman, Zoriana, Joseph, Nadia, Lily and Ava es, looting and marauding in the early its ongoing six-year war against Russia- sister - Maria with Dr. Yurij Boszko with daughters phases of the war in which more than backed separatists. The deal reportedly Ariadna, Alexandra Offermann, Natalia 13,000 people have been killed. He was included 150 Javelin missiles and 10 launch and grandchildren Alyssa and Ashton voted into Parliament in 2014 with the units, adding to the 210 missiles and 37 Radical Party, then headed by Oleh launchers that Ukraine bought from the families in US, Ireland, Sweden and Ukraine: Lyashko, whose political movement has no United States in 2018. (RFE/RL, based on Korzeniowski, Antoniak, Rudakewych, Blackwell, Fedoriw, Moch, Pylyp, Jaremko seats in the current legislature. Mr. reporting by Ukrinform) Bohdan was a three-decade employee of the City of Philadelphia, the Deputy Director of Aviation of the Philadelphia International and Northeast airports. He was a founding member of the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center With deep sadness in Jenkintown, PA and helped found the Ukrainian Federation of America we announce that our beloved (UFA), a non-profit humanitarian organization, which he led for ten years as mother, grandmother and aunt its first president. Bohdan was an active member of PLAST Ukrainian Scouting Organization’s “Lisovi Chorty” and the Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of America. Alexandria Morawsky He was preceded in death by his infant brother Roman and parents, (née Gnyp) Alexander and Irena. Bohdan was born in Jaroslaw, Ukraine on December 19, 1941. During World was welcomed into the arms of Our Lord War II the family was forced to flee their homeland and eventually settled in after a prolonged illness Australia, where Bohdan spent his formative years. After a decade in Australia, on February 21, 2020 at the age of 83. the family reunited with Alexander’s siblings in Philadelphia and Bohdan Alexandria was born in Ukraine in 1936. graduated as a member of the 213th class of Central High School. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Drexel University in 1966 and A Divine Liturgy was held at St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in began his career with the City of Philadelphia in the Water Department. Campbell Hall, New York on Tuesday, February 25. Alexandria was laid to As the long-time Deputy Director of Aviation, Bohdan was responsible rest next to her husband Teo l and her sister-in-law Mary Garbachewsky for airport operations, planning, security and maintenance, and oversaw (née Morawsky) at the Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery in the expansion of the PHL International Terminal. During his tenure he was Campbell Hall, New York. often seen interviewed on television during snowstorms, bomb threats, and taxi strikes. In 1991, Bohdan was instrumental in organizing the UFA Remaining in deep sorrow: humanitarian relief flight of medical equipment for Ukraine on “Mriya”, an daughter - Sonia with husband Paul Haley of Richmond, Virginia; Antonov 225, the world’s largest cargo plane. grandsons - Dr. Erik Haley of Richmond, Virginia and Alexander Bohdan was an active volunteer and deeply committed individual who Haley of Atlanta, Georgia; provided critical leadership to the cause of freedom and peace for the people of Ukraine and to the well-being of the Ukrainian diaspora in the daughter - Natalie with husband Paul Mudge of Citta di Castello, United States. He played a critical role in the efforts to create awareness and Italy; develop support for Ukraine in the US Congress - an effort that resulted in daughter: - Lesia with husband Roman Kruchowy of Hillsborough, the formation of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus and major advocacy New Jersey; for Ukraine. sisters-in-law - Carol Gnyp and Stefania Pokora; In February 2019, Bohdan was awarded The Alexander B. Chernyk Medal by the Ukrainian Federation of America, where he joined such distinguished many nieces and nephews with their families. leaders as former Congressmen Jim Gerlach and Mike Fitzpatrick and Ambassador Taylor, reflecting the esteem, gratitude and respect given him Alexandria was preceded in death by her parents Mykyta and Helena by the Ukrainian community. (née Huntlacht), sister Millie Pochtar, brothers Mykola and Andrew, and An avid bowler with The Men of St. Matthew, Bohdan was a dedicated cherished husband Teo l. family man who enjoyed fishing, camping, cooking, gardening, reading In lieu of owers, the family suggests a donation to the following: science fiction and model train building. He preserved his Ukrainian heritage and traditions and hosted many family events, serving his versions St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, of Ukrainian cuisine. He was a dedicated volunteer and member of the 141 Sarah Wells Trail, Campbell Hall, NY 10916 Annunciation BVM Ukrainian Catholic Church in Melrose Park, PA. Eternal memory! Donations in Bohdan’s memory can be made to the following: Вічная пам’ять! • Annunciation BVM Ukrainian Catholic Church 1206 Valley Road, Melrose Park, PA 19027 • Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center 700 Cedar Road, Jenkintown, PA 19046 DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS • Ukrainian Federation of America 700 Cedar Road, Jenkintown, PA 19046 Death announcements should be sent to the Advertising Department by e-mail to [email protected] or by fax to 973-644-9510. • Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, Philadelphia Branch 700 Cedar Road, Jenkintown, PA 19046 Deadline: Tuesday noon before the newspaper’s date of issue. For further information call 973-292-9800, ext. 3040. May his memory be eternal! 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2020 No. 10

Because on the day we dive into the warm reforms in all spheres. The course of done for this purpose: in each region, there Shmyhal... bath of illusions, the whole country will Ukraine is not a mistake. But some mis- are defined medical institutions that are sink,” the president said. According to Mr. takes were made during the course.” ready for admission of potential patients; (Continued from page 1) Zelenskyy, the government did not provide He noted that he was not ashamed of family doctors and others have been Soon after the vote to accept Mr. Honcha­ tools to stimulate domestic production and Prime Minister Honcharuk’s government, briefed; there are 12,000 beds in infectious ruk’s resignation (353 voted for, 49 absta­ new production capacity. “Ukraine’s indus- but would like to have a Cabinet of Ministers hospitals and 2,500 isolation rooms. But this ined and nine did not vote), a total of 291 trial glory is gradually becoming a memory. of which he could be proud and that is why is not enough. There should be a compre- lawmakers approved Denys Shmyhal as the We risk speaking about our industrial the current Cabinet should resign. hensive program designed to react to the country’s new prime minister and appointed potential people will soon say: ‘That was a Ukraine’s new prime minister also spread of the coronavirus, and it will the new government (59 were opposed, 46 long time ago, and that was not true,’ ” the addressed the Rada, underscoring that he become the first brick in building a system abstained and nine did not vote). president said. will continue all the undertakings and to protect the population from biological, Prior to the votes, President Zelenskyy “Almost every day, we have protests in reforms of the previous government. climatic and human-made threats. The sec- addressed the Verkhovna Rada. “This [Hon­ various medical institutions. People are However, Mr. Shmyhal noted that many ond is to raise awareness of the people, not cha­ruk’s] government has achievements. afraid of closing hospitals. Doctors are fields of government policy require only about what to do in case of illness, but Those are reduction of inflation, the fight afraid of dismissals. Local authorities are strengthening. He said it is necessary to also about what the state does for the safety against shadow markets, including gam- sometimes not ready to take power. There enhance the economic bloc in the govern- of its citizens. Ukrainians need to know and bling and illegal gas stations. These are the is not enough funding. There are big ques- ment to prevent a financial and budget cri- see that the state is protecting them.” beginning of the privatization of state- tions about tariffs, medical equipment, and sis. “We need to review the 2020 budget, Summing up, Mr. Shmyhal said that owned enterprises that have been looted all a huge question about staffing,” Mr. especially concerning social payments and there are simple things to understand that these years. These are loans to small and Zelenskyy said. “So, the main question is: pensions of ordinary Ukrainians, there are do not require a Ph.D. in economics: that is medium businesses, reducing the role of the Why are we in a hurry? Where are we fly- expenditures that need to be reduced – this the simple desire of Ukrainians to have a state in the economy of our country. But the ing? Doesn’t it seem that with this approach, concerns salaries and bonuses of officials, decent and well-off life. He underlined that truth is that’s not enough for Ukrainians reform is flying into the wall?” including ministers of the new government, “expectations are high, patience is wearing today,” the head of state stressed. The president thanked Ukraine’s inter- members of several supervisory boards thin, and the deadline for reforms was yes- Mr. Zelenskyy noted that the govern- national partners for their support and and other officials,” Mr. Shmyhal explained. terday.” ment of Prime Minister Honcharuk did not assured them: “Our course remains The newly appointed prime minister also The prime minister then submitted the have corruption at the top, but added that unchanged, and our priorities are the same. stressed the importance of the fight against composition of the new Cabinet of Minis­ not stealing is not enough. We all want and do everything every day to the coronavirus outbreak. “The government ters, and the deputies of the Verkhovna “This government knows what to do, but end the war in the Donbas and return all must work in two directions. The first is Rada of Ukraine backed his proposal, as it is not enough to know. And we must not our territories. Because this is our country, medical support for the detection and treat- well as the president’s nominations of the fear the truth, we must admit mistakes. and we will continue to move through ment of the virus. Much has already been ministers of defense and foreign affairs. The following were approved as members of the Shmyhal government: - ister for European and Euro-Atlantic inte- ПЛЕМ’Я ПЛАСТУНОК „ПЕРШІ СТЕЖІ“ gration• Vadym of Ukraine. Prystaiko as deputy prime min влаштовує affairs. •Dmytro(Messrs. PrystaikoKuleba as and minister Kuleba of switched foreign „ДЕННИЙ ТАБІР ПТАШАТ ПРИ ПЛАСТІ“ positions.) для дітей від 4 до 6 років, які володіють (розуміють і розмовляють) українською мовою replacing Andriy Zahorodniuk. • Andrii Taran as minister of defense, Cabinet of Ministers, replacing Dmytro • Дитина мусить мати закінчених 4 роки життя до 31 серпня 2020 р. Вийнятків немає. Dubilet.• Oleh Nemchynov as minister of the • Дитина мусить мати усі приписані щеплення. - • Дитина, яка склала Заяву Вступу до новацтва, не може брати участи в таборaх для Пташат. ister, minister for reintegration of the tem- porarily• Oleksiy occupied Reznikov territories as deputy of prime Ukraine. min Табір відбудеться на Союзівці This position is new. від неділі, 28 червня, до суботи, 4 липня 2020 р. affairs, replacing Oksana Kolyada. У справі кімнат просимо порозуміватися безпосередньо з Адміністрацією Союзівки: •Serhiy Bessarab as minister of veterans SOYUZIVKA, P. O. Box 529, 216 Foordmore Road, Kerhonkson, NY 12446 and sports. This ministry was separated from• Vadym the larger Huttsait Ministry as minister of Culture, of youthYouth (845) 626-5641; www. Soyuzivka.com; Fax: 845-626-4638 and Sports, which was led by Volodymyr • Tаборова оплата: $150.00 ($20.00 незворотні) Borodiansky. • Зголошення і таборову оплату (чек виписаний на Plast – Pershi Stezhi) надсилати до: Ukraine, replacing Zoryana Skaletska. • Ilya Yemets as minister of health of Chrystya Silecky, 312 Kerry Ct, Cranberry Twsp, PA 16066 • Tel.: 636-219-3358 policy, replacing Yulia Sokolovska. • Maryna Lazebna as minister of social • Реченець зголошень: 15 травня 2020 р. • Після реченця зголошень не приймаємо. replacing Oksana Markarova. • Лікарську посвідку НЕ пересилати з анкетою зголошення. Просимо передати при • Ihor Umanskyy, as minister of finance, реєстрації. communities and territories development, a position• Oleksiy previously Chernyshov held by as Mr. minister Shmyhal. for Four ministers remained in their previ- ous positions: КАРТА ЗГОЛОШЕННЯ НА ТАБІР ПТАШАТ-2019 affairs. Ім’я і прізвище дитини ...... • Arsen Avakov as minister of internal- по-українськи і по-англійськи structure. Дата народження ...... • Vladyslav Kryklii as minister of infra Адреса ...... minister,• Denys minister Maliuska of asdigital minister transformation. of justice. Телефон ...... E-mail ...... The• Mykhailo Cabinet Fedorovof Ministers as deputy of Ukraine prime is still incomplete, and Mr. Shmyhal is search- Просимо залучити посвідку дати народження дитини, яку вперше вписуєтe ing for ministers of education, energy, cul- на табір, що відбудеться від 28 червня до 4 липня 2020 р. ture and the agro-industrial complex. The new position of the deputy prime minister Розмір таборової сорочинки дитини: ☐ 6-8, ☐10-12, ☐14-16. of the economy also is vacant. “During these years, we have had a lot ☐ Залучую чек на суму $...... ☐ Резервую кімнату на Союзівці of governments – the technocrats’ govern- ment, the embezzlers’ government, the ...... experienced managers’ government, the ім’я і прізвище матері (подати дівоче прізвище) government of the rescue of the experi- enced managers, and so on. I believe that we will finally have a government for the Завваги ...... people,” President Zelenskyy said in his ...... speech at the Verkhovna Rada. “The previ- ...... ous government did its best, but today ...... Підпис батька або матері Ukrainians need a government that will do the impossible. I hope that the next Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine will do that.” No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2020 17

Ukrainian family history conference returns in April by Justin Houser by Fr. Ivan Kaszczak, Ukrainian Catholic SOMERSET, N.J. – Are you interested in priest• “Fraternal and author. Organizations, 1890-1918,” learning more about your family history but don’t know how to start? Have you American Legacy,” a showing by Roman M. taken a DNA test but don’t know how to Brygider,• Documentary three-time film:Emmy “Our Award-winning Ukrainian interpret the results? Since 2014 the producer/director of documentary films Ukrainian History and Education Center’s that have aired nationally since 1993. Nashi Predky Family History Group has In addition, attendees will participate in been helping Ukrainian Americans and oth- a guided tour of the UHEC exhibit, “Visible ers worldwide learn how to trace their fam- Music: The Art of Yukhym Mykhailiv (1885- ily roots, whether they are just beginning to 1935),” the first significant exhibit in 30 search for their grandparents who immi- years of the work of one of the most origi- grated to North America before World War nal, idiosyncratic and undeservedly I or whether they themselves immigrated obscure Ukrainian artists of the early 20th in the 21st century. century, who met an untimely death in exile Many who begin their search for in the Russian Arctic during the rule of Ukrainian ancestors are surprised to learn Joseph Stalin. that despite the ravages of time, war and Registration for one or both days is now repressive regimes, church, military, land available online at the UHEC website: and tax records detailing the lives of peas- https://www.ukrhec.org/nashi-predky- ants, nobles and everyone in between sur- conference-2020. Questions can be direct- vive for most regions of Ukraine and neigh- ed to the Nashi Predky Family History boring countries as far back as the late 18th Group at [email protected], or by call- century and in many cases even earlier, ing the UHEC at 732-356-0132. making it possible to trace one’s roots back Scene in the village of Yares’ky in the Poltava region (early 20th century), Konstantyn Growing from roots going back to the to the time of the Kozak Hetmanate and the Moshchenko papers, UHEC Archives. 1960s, the UHEC is dedicated to telling the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It is now many-layered stories associated with the easier than ever before to pass on a legacy Cafe,” where attendees can interact with the On Saturday, the following presentations artifacts in its collections, educating of one’s own family story as part of the his- members of the Nashi Predky Committee will be offered: Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians alike about tory of Ukraine. The secret is knowing how and each other in an informal setting to Ukraine and its culture, supporting teach- to find these records and how to use them. receive one-on-one guidance with beginner, and Russian Records on FamilySearch,” by ing and research, and serving as a venue for Many are in fact available online, if one intermediate and advanced family history Joe• Everett,“Finding Family Ukrainian, History, Polish, Local Belarusian History, educational and cultural programs locally knows where to look. questions. Many attendees at past confer- and Microforms Librarian at the Brigham and throughout the world on the Internet. On April 3-4, the Nashi Predky Family ences have discovered distant cousins as a Young University Harold B. Lee Library. History Group will host its sixth annual con- result of networking. For those who are Justin Houser is a board member of the ference at the Ukrainian Cultural Center at interested, an informal workshop on Government and Private Estate Inventories Ukrainian History and Education Center and 135 Davidson Ave., Somerset, NJ 08873. advanced handwritten Cyrillic will also be • “The Genealogical Value of Royal,- co-founder and member of the Nashi Predky Friday evening will feature a “Knowledge offered. gist. Family History Group. of Galicia” by Daniel Bućko, Polish genealo Palatine holds... Seton Hall University to present dialogue on Ukrainian Church (Continued from page 11)

ODFFU 31 and the Suburban Council of Seton Hall University inroads in Eastern Europe right up to the Ukrainian Voters. Russian border. Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, Congressman Sean Casten’s (D-Ill.) letter SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Seton Hall At an accelerated rate in the 20th and who• Thewill presentRev. Dr. “TheIvan Concept:Kaszczak, Freedom pastor of of support expressed the spirit of the eve- University’s Catholic Studies Program will early 21st centuries, the political situation Religion in Ukraine, Russia and the United ning: “Today, we honor those who stood present “Freedom and Dialogue: The of Ukraine and the Ukrainian diaspora have States – A Historical Perspective of the courageously to defend freedom, democra- Trajectory of the Ukrainian Church” on shaped the history and development of this Ukrainian Church and Freedom”; and cy and human rights. We pay tribute to Wednesday March 25, at 1 p.m. in the Church. Will political decisions regarding those who lost their lives during the Chancellor Suite (University Center – lower freedom of religion and the supremacy of from St. Michael College and the University Revolution of Dignity, as well as during level). individual conscience continue to exert a of Toronto,• Anatolii who Babynskyii, will speak aboutresearch “Ukrainian fellow Russia’s invasion and occupation of Crimea After centuries of struggle, the Ukrainian strong influence on the trajectory of the Autocephaly: New Opportunities and and the Donbas. It is important for all of us Church has reached an inflection point. As a Ukrainian Church? Is there reason for opti- Challenges.” in the United States and the rest of the newly recognized autocephalous Orthodox mism about the future of ecumenism as it The event is open to the public; online world to remember the suffering, sacrifice Church, it is poised to push ecumenical dia- pertains to this Church? Will the Church RSVPs are requested at https://events.shu. and courage of Ukrainians who died simply logue to the next level – both locally and continue to grow or will it be stifled by forc- edu/view/event/event_id/7874. For more because they were seeking a brighter globally. As an Eastern Catholic Church, es from the East, i.e. Russia? information, readers may e-mail Gloria future for their country. The best way to legal in Ukraine since 1990, it has made Speakers at the event will be: Aroneo at [email protected]. honor them is to continue to seek a free, fair, united and democratic Ukraine.” Program participants in this very emo- son’s genitals and sends an electric current tional evening were students of the School Baltics call... “In my native...” through it, then in the evening goes home of Ukrainian Studies, children’s choirs, cho- to his wife, has dinner and sleeps with her.” reographic and vocal groups (Iskra and (Continued from page 2) (Continued from page 6) He added, “Sure, for such work we choose a Elehia), the vocal ensemble of St. Joseph entity will never do that” (Delfi.lv, April 18, electrodes to his fingers, but he knows of particular psychological type of person. So the Betrothed Ukrainian Catholic Church 2018). The situation has changed little electrodes having been attached to prison- that they themselves don’t go crazy, and so and the Panchyshyn sisters vocal duo. ers’ toes, to their earlobes (Mr. Pechonkin that they do what we need.” Music coordinators were Olha Dopilko, since then. notes that they did this to Mr. Aseyev), and Maria Kyrychenko, Kalyna Wasiunec, Baltic politicians understand that in Mr. Pechonkin describes what was evi- to a person’s genitals. Virtually nobody can Svitlana and Vita Polyak. Lyuba Halatyma order to generate a more effective response dently “entertainment” for some of these and Rostyslav Saciuk were masters of cere- to Russian disinformation and propaganda endure this, he says, and people sign what is individuals. They would force prisoners to monies for the event. broadcasts, specific EU regulation will first demanded of them. In his case, he had beat one another. According to Mr. The Organization for Defense of Four need to be rewritten. And a united effort by already admitted the real extent to which he Pechonkin, the prisoners learned to simulate Freedoms for Ukraine was formed on October all Central and Eastern European frontline provided information to the SBU, but under pain. They were permanently under total 27, 1946, at a conference of Ukrainian states will be crucial to achieve that goal. In such torture, he invented new details and observation, he adds, with videos in each Americans in New York City under the leader- the meantime, it is up to each sovereign “admitted” anything the militants wanted. cell, so that if you wanted to say anything ship of Yevhen Liakovych, to support the country to strengthen its own national pol- The account both Mr. Aseyev and Mr. important to another prisoner, it had to be in struggle for a free and independent Ukraine. icies toward private and state-owned TV Pechonkin give is horrific also because of a whisper. Sometimes, when drunk, the tor- The name and ideology of ODFFU are based companies where it can. the evident sadism of many of their tortur- turers went too far and killed prisoners. on President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Four ers. One of Mr. Aseyev’s interrogators, a Throughout all of this, the jailers would Freedoms” address before the U.S. Congress The article above is reprinted from man who was present but did not take part constantly repeat that everybody had for- on January 25, 1941, in which he spoke of Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from in the torture, admitted to Mr. Aseyev that gotten the hostages, that nobody needed freedom of speech, freedom of worship, free- its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, “of course, you can’t call a person normal if them. It’s hard to describe all of this, Mr. dom from want and freedom from fear. www.jamestown.org. during the day he attaches a wire to a per- Pechonkin adds, you have to experience it. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2020 No. 10 , ATTENTION Debutante Ball Organizers! April 5. In keeping with our tradition, The Ukrainian Weekly will publish a special section devoted to the Ukrainian community’s debutantes. The 2019 debutante ball section will be published March on 30.

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The ugly face... (Continued from page 7) Youth Unity Complex sent in a reply – not- ing that Shukhevych initially joined the German forces invading the USSR because they we fighting against the Soviets due to the old adage that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, but quickly turned against the Nazis when they too began committing atrocities against the people of Ukraine; that a declassified internal NKVD docu- ment clearly stated that Shukhevych gave an order to Ukrainian troops not to partici- pate in a 1941 pogrom against Jews as it was a German provocation; and that his wife hid and saved a Jewish girl – the paper refused to print it. Instead, vandals dese- crated the monument – the entire bust was covered with red ribbons and the caption “Nazi Scum” was spray-painted on the base of the statue. The matter is under investiga- tion by the Hate Crimes and Violent Extremism Unit of the Edmonton Police. This ongoing campaign is something members of our community in both Canada and the United States have to take very seriously. We must redouble our efforts to ensure the public at large is made aware of the true history of Ukraine and not be deluded by Russian propaganda. No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2020 19

March 10 Presentation by Leah Batstone, “Between Serialism and March 15 Pysanka Workshop, Ukrainian Homestead, New York Suprematism: Nikolai Roslavets’ Modernist Music,” Columbia Lehighton, PA www.ukrhomestead.com University, 212-854-4697 or [email protected] March 15 Taras Shevchenko Concert, featuring bandurist Ostap March 11 Petryshyn Memorial Lecture, a book talk with Larry Wolff, Toronto Stakhiv, Old Mill Toronto, Brule Ballroom, 416-763-7002 Cambridge, MA Harvard University, 617-495-4053 or 647-713-6257

March 12 Presentation by Oleksandr Boron’, “Newly Discovered March 17 Presentation by Michael O’Hanlon, “Beyond NATO: A New Ottawa Facts Concerning the Life and Creative Output of Taras Stanford, CA Security Architecture for Eastern Europe,” Stanford Shevchenko,” League of Ukrainian Canadians, Shevchenko University, www.stanford.edu Scientific Society (Ottawa), Ukrainian Credit Union Limited, 613-288-0206 March 20-22 Wellness Retreat, Soyuzivka Heritage Center, Kerhonkson, NY www.soyuzivka,com or 845-626-5641 March 13 Presentation by Volodymyr Mezentsev, “Baturyn Excavations Toronto in 2018, 2019: Newly Found Coats of Arms of Hetmans March 21, 22, Pysanka workshop, The Ukrainian Museum, Mazepa and Orlyk,” Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, April 4, 5, www.ukrainianmuseum.org or 212-228-0110 St. Vladimir Institute, 416-923-3318 or 416-516-8223 New York

March 14 Wood-carving presentation by Yurij Kostiv, Ukrainian National March 22 Gala event, film screening of “Recovery Room” by Adriana Shrewsbury, NJ Women’s League of America (Branch 98), Monmouth County Calgary, AB Luhovy, and performance of “Heroyam Slava” by the Tryzub Library, [email protected] Ukrainian Dance Ensemble and the Korinya Folk Ensemble, Canada-Ukraine Foundation, Ukrainian Canadian March 14 Tribute dinner honoring Ukrainian Heroines, with special Professional and Business Association, Shevchenko Toronto guest Hanna Hopko, to benefit Ukrainian Women Veterans’ Foundation, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Seton YMCA “ReHub,” King’s Garden Banquet Hall, 647-401-6985 or Theater, www.tryzub.ca or www.recoveryroomthemovie.com 416-316-7079 March 22 Recital, “Ironwood Quartet,” featuring violinist Carissa March 14 Presentation, “Shevchenko as an Artist,” Ukrainian Community Luskville, QC Klopoushak, Pontiac Enchanté, Venturing Hills Farm, North Port, FL Organizations of Southwest Florida, St. Andrew’s Religious 819-455-2574 or [email protected] and Cultural Center, [email protected] March 22, 24, 29 Pysanka Workshop, Ukrainian History and Education March 15 Concert, featuring pianist Julania Osinchuk, Ukrainian National Somerset, NJ Center, [email protected] or 732-356-0132 New York Women’s League of America (Branch 113), The Ukrainian Museum, www.ukrainianmuseum.org or 212-228-0110 March 22 through Art exhibit, “Icons – A Window to Heaven,” by Pavlo April 12 Lopata, Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation Gallery, March 15 Concert, featuring violinist Nazar Pylatyuk, The Washington Toronto 416-766-6802 or www.kumfgallery.com Alexandria, VA Group Cultural Fund, the Lyceum, www.twgcf.org or [email protected] Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events March 15 Presentation by Oleksander Boon’, New Facts – Biography advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Montreal of Works of Taras Shevchenko,” Shevchenko Scientific Society from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors of Canada (Montreal Branch), 514-481-5871 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

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Saturday, March 14 emeritus of art history at The Ohio State NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific University, and Alexander Motyl, professor at Society invites all to a lecture, “Mykola Bytyn­ Rutgers University – Newark. This is an skyi’s Album of Uniforms of the Ukrainian opportunity to meet the artist, Mr. Turovsky, Army and Fleet for the Age of the Liberation and the last chance to see “From Lightness to Struggle 1917-1921: Artistic, Heraldic and Dark.” The exhibition, with nearly 60 large- Historical Aspects,” by Dr. Yuriy Savchuk, a format works from the artist’s collection, researcher at the History Institute of Ukraine, spanning the years 1979 through the pres- National Academy of Science of Ukraine. A ent, closes on Sunday, March 22. Admission Fulbright scholar in 2019-2020 at the (includes gallery access and light reception): Ukrainian Museum and Library of Stamford, $15, members/seniors, $10,students, $5. Conn., Dr. Savchuk is a specialist in heraldic The Ukrainian Museum is located at 222 E. and vexillology fields. The lecture will take Sixth St.; telephone, 212-228-0110; website, place at the society’s building, 63 Fourth Ave. www.ukrainianmuseum.org. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For Sunday, March 22 additional information call 212-254-5130. WHIPPANY, N.J.: A Designer Bag Bingo and SHREWSBURY N.J.: During a program titled Tricky Tray event will be held at the “The Art of Ukrainian Riz’ba,” woodcarving Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New master Yurij Kostiv showcases this unique Jersey at 60 N. Jefferson Road, Whippany, NJ art form through a lecture, demonstration 07981, at 1 p.m. (Doors open at noon.) Enjoy and exhibit of works. The venue is a fun afternoon at our spring fund-raising Monmouth County Library, 1001 Route 35, event. There will be many chances to win Shrewsbury, NJ 07702, at 2 p.m. There will fabulous prizes: Play bingo to win gorgeous be art works for purchase and light refresh- designer bags (Coach, Kate Spade, Tory ments; admission is free. The event is spon- Burch and more), purchase tickets to win sored by Ukrainian National Women’s our sought-after grand prize tricky tray bas- League of America Branch 98. For more kets (cash, TV, theater tickets, to name a few) information call 866-941-8188. and of course, a 50/50 raffle. Delicious refreshments will be available for purchase Saturday, March 21 throughout the afternoon. Event tickets are NEW YORK: At 7 p.m., The Ukrainian $35 per person and will include 10 bingo Museum presents a gallery talk with Vasyl cards; additional cards and tickets will be Makhno, guest curator of the retrospective available for purchase at event. Order event exhibition “From Darkness to Light: The admission tickets in advance at UACCNJ.org; Paintings of Mikhail Turovsky.” Joining the for more information call 973-590-8026. discussion are Myroslava Mudrak, professor (Sorry, no children at this event.)

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