INSIDE: l Ukraine’s role in the race for the White House – page 3 l Researcher receives MacArthur “genius” award – page 4 l Moscow supports radicalism on the right and left – page 6 The Ukrainian Weekly Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association

Vol. LXXXVIII No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY,OCTOBER 18, 2020 $2.00 UNA General Assembly convenes 22nd Ukraine-EU summit 2020 annual meeting virtually marks deepening partnership by Roma Hadzewycz President/CEO Kaczaraj opened the meeting with a prayer and the “Pledge of PARSIPPANY, N.J. – For the first time in Allegiance.” A moment of silence was the 126-year history of this fraternal organi- observed in memory of Peter Serba, secre- zation, the Ukrainian National Association’s tary of UNA Branch 173 for 66 years, who highest governing body between quadrenni- had passed away on September 12. al conventions did not meet in person, con- Following approval of the agenda and vening instead by videoconference and tele- the minutes of the 2019 annual meeting of conference due to continuing restrictions the UNA General Assembly, President/CEO related to the coronavirus pandemic. Kaczaraj presented his report, noting that The UNA General Assembly, which 2020 has been an unusual year due to encompasses executive officers, auditors COVID-19 and assuring General Assembly and advisors, met virtually on Monday and members that the UNA is following the Tuesday, October 5-6, with members sign- guidelines of New Jersey state officials and ing in from their respective locations across the Centers for Disease Control and the United States as well as Canada. Prevention (CDC). General Assembly members plus the “Our Home Office is open for business. editor-in-chief of the UNA’s official publica- But staff is on a staggered work schedule to Presidential Office of Ukraine tions, Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly, ensure social distancing. This helps us President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) in Brussels at the 22nd Ukraine-European submitted written reports in advance of the restrict the number of people in the office Union Summit on October 6 with Charles Michel (center), president of the meeting. at one time. Although we were all working European Council, and Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign Updates on all aspects of the UNA’s activ- remotely at first, our insurance operations affairs and security policy. ity were delivered by the three executive employees have returned to the office. The of the Association Agreement, the continu- operating officers: President/Chief by Roman Tymotsko publications staff continues to work, for the ation of reforms in Ukraine and security Executive Officer Stefan Kaczaraj, Chief most part, remotely,” he explained. “The KYIV – The plenary session of the 22nd issues. As a result of the summit, the part- Operations Officer/National Secretary UNA has weathered many storms and chal- Ukraine-EU Summit took place in Brussels nership between the EU and Ukraine will Yuriy Symczyk and Chief Financial Officer/ lenges in our 126-year history and we will on October 6 with President Volodymyr be deepened in various sectors. Treasurer Roma Lisovich. weather this challenge,” Mr. Kaczaraj added. Zelenskyy of Ukraine, European Council “Your progress is our progress. Your Participating in addition to the operating As regards the financial condition of the President Charles Michel and EU High security is our security,” noted Mr. Borrell. officers were the three other executive offi- UNA, the president/CEO reported that in “Macro-financial assistance is part of this cers: First Vice-President Gerald Tysiak, Representative for Foreign Affairs and 2019 the UNA recorded another increase to Security Policy Josep Borrell participating. partnership. And mobilizing resources to Second Vice-President Eugene Serba and its surplus, which as of December 31, 2019, Director for Canada Ewhen Osidacz. It was the first in-person summit with a fight COVID is also part of our partnership. was $11,287,000 (as compared with European Union partner country since the We have common borders, history, culture Also attending were Auditing Committee $11,021,000 as of December 31, 2018). The members Luba Walchuk and Andrij Skyba beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. surplus has grown further during 2020 to The two sides focused on implementation (Continued on page 14) (George Fedorijczuk was unable to partici- $12,898,000. pate), and Advisors Olya Czerkas, Nicholas Also notable in 2019 was another con- Fil, Gloria Horbaty, Irene Jarosewich, secutive year of net profits. Total net Oksana Koziak, Michael Luciw, Julian income as of December 31, 2019, stood at Pishko, Bohdana Puzyk, Oksana Stanko, $328,000 ($329,000 was recorded the Britain, Ukraine sign partnership deal Lubov Streletsky and Andrij V.R. Szul. prior year). Editor-in-Chief Roma Hadzewycz also par- ticipated. (Continued on page 5) with eye on Russia’s ‘malign influence’

RFE/RL until the end of the year. It is now looking to its post-Brexit future in 2021. Britain and Ukraine have signed a bilat- During their meeting in Downing Street, eral agreement to support Kyiv’s sovereign- Messrs. Johnson and Zelenskyy discussed ty and territorial integrity in the face of “the importance of working together to Russia’s “malign influence,” British Prime counter Russia’s malign influence, both in Minister Boris Johnson’s office says. Ukraine and in the wider region,” according The U.K.-Ukraine Political, Free Trade to the prime minister’s office. and Strategic Partnership Agreement was The statement said Mr. Johnson signed on October 8, the second day of “stressed that reform and rule of law drive Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelens­ economic growth, and reiterated the U.K.’s kyy’s visit to Britain. commitment to Ukraine’s reform program.” The deal “lays the foundation for an In a separate statement, Mr. Johnson intensified bilateral relationship in areas said his country was Ukraine’s “most fer- including trade, defense and political coop- vent supporter.” eration,” Prime Minister Johnson’s “Whether it’s our defense support, stabi- office said in statement. lization efforts, humanitarian assistance or Michael Gold/The Corporate Image It replaces key elements of an existing close cooperation on political issues, our The UNA Executive Committee in a photo taken at the fraternal organization’s 2018 partnership agreement between Ukraine message is clear: we are utterly committed convention (from left): Director for Canada Ewhen Osidacz, First Vice-President and the European Union. to upholding the sovereignty and territorial Gerald Tysiak, CFO/Treasurer Roma Lisovich, President/CEO Stefan Kaczaraj, Britain formally left the bloc in January COO/National Secretary Yuriy Symczyk and Second Vice-President Eugene Serba. but remains bound by most of its rules (Continued on page 14) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2020 No. 42

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Russian disinformation shadows Ukraine reports 5,590 new coronavirus cases Luxembourg on October 12, foreign affairs ministers from the EU’s 27 members reiter- Ukraine has registered 5,590 new coro- ated that Belarus’s August election was “nei- Joint Endeavor 2020 Exercise navirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing ther free nor fair” and threatened to slap the total number of confirmed COVID-19 restrictive measures on Alyaksandr by Yuri Lapaiev cise, working closely with Ukrainian fighter cases to 276,177, it was reported on jets and exchanging information on targets Lukashenka, the country’s autocratic leader, Eurasia Daily Monitor October 14. According to the interactive saying he “lacks any democratic legitimacy.” and air traffic (Facebook.com, September map of the National Security and Defense The Russian Armed Forces’ largest mili- 23). “The [EU] Council strongly condemns the Council of Ukraine, 107 deaths and 2,137 violence employed by the Belarusian author- tary exercise of the year, Kavkaz 2020, was A particularly spectacular element recoveries have been recorded in the coun- held on September 21-23, in the south- involved two CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft ities against peaceful protesters and calls for try over the past 24 hours. In total, 5,229 the release of all arbitrarily detained persons, western part of the country (TASS, from the U.S. 352nd Special Operations patients have died and 118,699 have recov- including political prisoners,” the bloc said in September 20). Although, officially, the Wing (SOW), which took part in the small- ered in Ukraine since the pandemic began. a statement noting the country’s “fraudulent” Kavkaz maneuvers were presented as hav- er, concurrent Fiction Urchin exercise. First, The highest number of new coronavirus presidential election and subsequent “vio- ing nothing to do with Ukraine, some non- the Ospreys joined Ukrainian special opera- cases has been reported in the Kharkiv lent” crackdown on demonstrators protest- Russian experts warned that these massive tions forces in Khmelnytskyi Oblast to con- region (637), Kyiv city (422), Lviv region ing against it and media covering the events. drills could serve as a rehearsal for occupa- duct joint training in drop-outs and roping (345), Dnipropetrovsk region (342) and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the tion of more Ukrainian territory or even as (YouTube, September 22). Then, the U.S. Odesa region (302). (Ukrinform) ministers had given a “political green light” to cover for a large-scale strike. Of Cabinet extends adaptive quarantine prepare a new sanctions package that will particular concern was Ukraine’s include Mr. Lukashenka himself. Earlier this Kherson region, which the Kremlin The showy demonstra- With new coronavirus infections averag- month, the bloc agreed to impose visa bans would need to control to unilateral- tions during the military ing 5,000 a day, the Cabinet met in extraor- and asset freezes on 40 Belarusian officials ly restore the water supply to dinary session on October 13 and decided for their alleged role in the repression of pro- drought-stricken occupied Crimea exercise were designed to to extend the adaptive quarantine through testers and the opposition, as well as fraud (see Eurasia Daily Monitor, May 21, send a strong and clear December 31, reported Ukraine Business during the vote. France and Germany last June 2, 29, August 12; Defence.ua, News. “University students are to vacate week put forward proposals to slap sanc- April 8). message to the Kremlin dormitories, go home and switch to remote tions on Russian individuals believed to be learning for one month. Elementary and Cognizant of the need to demon- that Ukraine’s interna- responsible for the Navalny poisoning and an strate that Ukraine can credibly high schools start their traditional fall break entity involved in the program producing a counter this possible aggression, tional partners are close- early, returning October 30. In Kyiv, gyms nerve agent from the Novichok group. The Kyiv scheduled its own large-scale are to close and restaurants to stop serving sanctions proposal came after the military exercise, Joint Endeavor ly backing Kyiv and are after 10 p.m. With the exception of last Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical night’s Spain-Ukraine football match at 2020, with the active part begin- Weapons (OPCW) on October 6 confirmed ready to stand up to any Kyiv’s Olimpiyskiy Stadium, sporting events ning on September 22. According to the findings of specialized laboratories in are to take place without spectators,” Gen. Oleksiy Taran, the head of the military aggression tar- Germany, France and Sweden that Mr. Ukraine Business News wrote. In Kyiv, there Doctrines and Training Department Navalny was poisoned with the nerve agent geting the latter. are now 2,730 beds in 22 hospitals dedicat- from the Novichok group. Mr. Borrell told of the General Staff of the Ukrainian ed to treating COVID patients, Mayor Vitali Armed Forces (UAF), the strategic reporters that ministers reached a “political Klitschko told reporters. Despite this agreement” to implement restrictive mea- command staff drills involved more than Air Force practiced refueling these military increase, the occupancy rate of COVID beds 12,000 military personnel and some 700 planes in the Black Sea region (Mil.gov.ua, sures advocated by France and Germany is around 70 percent. Nationwide, 66 per- against those linked to the “assassination vehicles (Interfax, September 15). During September 24). Finally, the Ospreys con- cent of 52,000 corona unit beds are occu- attempt” against Mr. Navalny. A technical the exercise, UAF troops were deployed ducted a low-altitude flight above central pied. On October 12, President Volodymyr body will now work on drawing up a list of according to the newly adopted joint (J) Kyiv (YouTube, Facebook.com/352sow, Zelenskyy told Mr. Klitschko to prepare the restrictive measures. (RFE/RL, with report- structure modeled on North Atlantic Treaty September 23). The showy demonstrations Sports Palace for overflow patients. In ing by DPA and Reuters) Organization (NATO) standards. Joint were designed to send a strong and clear response, the mayor said state medical facil- Endeavor 2020 also featured the first use of message to the Kremlin that Ukraine’s ities should open their 11,000 beds in Kyiv MI6 chief warned Zelenskyy about leaks Ukraine’s latest advanced weapons acquisi- international partners are closely backing to city residents. (Ukrainian Canadian The Ukrainian newspaper Dzerkalo tions, including the Ukrainian-developed Kyiv and are ready to stand up to any mili- Congress Daily Briefing) Tyzhnia reported that during his official Vilkha multiple-launch rocket system tary aggression targeting the latter. EU warns of sanctions for Belarus, Russia visit to the United Kingdom, Ukrainian (MLRS) as well as the RK-360MZ Neptun At the same time, Russia stepped up its President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with anti-ship cruise missile complex (Mil.gov. routine disinformation and psychological The European Union has agreed to pre- the head of the U.K.’s Secret Intelligence ua, September 24). Additionally, Ukrainian operations (psy-ops) against the UAF and pare fresh sanctions against Belarus and Service (MI6), Richard Moore. Citing “a Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles its partners. As in previous years, last Russia as the bloc ramps up pressure on its source that deserves trust,” Dzerkalo (UAV) made a successful test airstrike in month’s multinational exercises in Ukraine eastern neighbors over human rights abuses the Mykolaiv region (west of Kherson) were accompanied by several waves of fake and lack of democracy. Meeting in (Continued on page 15) (Defence.ua, September 23). news in the Ukrainian media space that Yet the most interesting part of the drills appear to have originated out of Russia. It may have been the participation of interna- started on September 15, with a video tional partners. More than 200 foreign allegedly showing a Ukrainian fighter jet The Ukrainian Weekly FOUNDED 1933 observers, military consultants and instruc- carrying out dangerous maneuvers. 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NEWS ANALYSIS In the crossfire: Ukraine’s outsized role in the race for the White House

by Todd Prince 30 statement about the legislation. RFE/RL Against that backdrop, however, the optics and the tenor of ties between WASHINGTON – Ukraine’s role in the Washington and Kyiv could potentially dif- U.S. presidential campaign has been more a fer substantially depending on who wins matter of politics than of policy. the U.S. election. The country of 44 million has had an Mr. Trump’s relationship with Kyiv has outsized share of the spotlight in been fraught since his successful presiden- Washington at times – for what many of its tial campaign in 2016. citizens might consider the wrong reasons. Less than three months before the U.S. The impeachment case against President election, Ukraine’s National Anti- Donald Trump, who was charged by the Corruption Bureau announced that it Democratic-led House of Representatives received secret documents indicating that but acquitted by the Republican-controlled Paul Manafort, then Mr. Trump’s campaign Senate in February, centered on the allega- chairman, may have received $12.7 million tion that Mr. Trump “used his official pow- in undisclosed cash payments from the ers to pressure” Ukraine’s government to Moscow-friendly Ukrainian political party “interfere in a United States election for his he had advised. personal political gain.” Mr. Manafort soon stepped down. He President Trump and his Republican was later arrested and sentenced to prison allies, meanwhile, have sought to discredit Presidential Office of Ukraine for money laundering and tax evasion. his opponent in the election, Democratic Party nominee and former Vice-President Presidents Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump at their joint press briefing on No visit September 25, 2019, in New York. Joe Biden, by questioning the propriety of Meanwhile, several Ukrainian lawmak- Mr. Biden’s actions in relation to Ukraine Brookings Institute think tank who was U.S. parts of the Donbas. ers, officials and diplomats, Kyiv’s ambassa- and of his son Hunter Biden’s former posi- ambassador to Kyiv in 2000-2001, said he U.S. congressional leaders have dor to the United States among them, pub- tion on the board of a Kyiv-based natural- is concerned that Mr. Trump could feel he described Ukraine as “ground-zero” in licly expressed concern over Mr. Trump’s gas producer, Burisma. has a freer hand in a second term, in part what they say are the Kremlin’s efforts to statements about Ukraine during the cam- These issues came to the fore briefly because he would be constitutionally undermine democracy in former Soviet paign, including his remark about poten- again in late September, a few weeks before barred from seeking a third one. Union and Eastern Bloc countries, and have tially recognizing Crimea as Russian terri- the November 3 election, with a controver- “If Trump wins, I fear the foreign policies called a well-protected and democratic tory. sial report by Republican senators focusing he may pursue on Ukraine, NATO, and Ukraine vital to U.S. security interests. In June 2017, President Trump appeared on the older and younger Bidens’ activities Russia, when he will not face another The importance of that military aid in to give visiting Ukrainian President Petro in Ukraine and when the two candidates reelection campaign and the Republican the eyes of many in Washington became Poroshenko the cold shoulder, interacting sparred over the same matters in their tele- Party will be entirely in his pocket,” Mr. clear when Mr. Trump was accused in 2019 with him briefly in what the White House vised debate on September 29. Pifer told RFE/RL. of seeking to withhold nearly $400 million described as a “drop-in” after a meeting But despite the heated political battles, Mr. Trump has also expressed strong worth of weapons and other defense items between Mr. Poroshenko and Vice- some analysts say the outcome of the elec- President Mike Pence. tion may have little effect on U.S. policy distrust for Ukraine, according to former as he pressed President Volodymyr advisers, and while he has asserted that he Zelenskyy to investigate Mr. Biden’s activi- Mr. Poroshenko’s successor, President toward Ukraine after the president is inau- Zelenskyy, was initially expected to visit the gurated to a four-year term on January 20. has been tougher on Moscow than Mr. ties in Ukraine – the moves that led to Mr. Obama was, he has sometimes appeared to Trump’s impeachment. Congress, including White House in the summer of 2019, a few These observers said the next adminis- months after the TV comic and political tration – Mr. Trump’s or Mr. Biden’s – is show a preference for Russia. But so far, he its Republican members, immediately has been boxed in by the U.S. Congress on called for the aid to be released. novice won the Ukrainian presidency by a likely to continue to provide Kyiv with mili- landslide in April. tary support, including lethal weapons, to foreign policy. This year, a bipartisan group of senators In 2017, Congress passed a major Russia submitted a bill that would mandate up to Then came the July 25 phone call that help Ukraine amid an ongoing war against ended up at the center of the impeachment Russia-backed separatists in the eastern sanctions bill with overwhelming biparti- $300 million a year in military aid to san support. Ukraine. Mr. Courtney called it a bipartisan case against Mr. Trump: the claim that he region known as the Donbas. pressured Ukraine to investigate his politi- The United States is also likely to push The Countering America’s Adversaries attempt “to hold Trump’s feet to the fire” on Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) legisla- support for Kyiv, and the bill’s sponsors cal rivals, including Mr. Biden, by withhold- the Ukrainian government to implement ing aid approved by Congress and Mr. economic reforms, fight corruption, battle tion codified into law Obama-era sanctions cast it in a similar light. that were imposed on Russia mainly for its “Strong, bipartisan support remains for Zelenskyy’s White House visit until the gov- the influence of billionaire tycoons and ernment in Kyiv made a public announce- reduce reliance on Russia energy, they said, seizure of Crimea and involvement in the our relationship with Ukraine and it’s clear ment of a probe. and to continue to reject Russia’s claim to war in eastern Ukraine, and stipulated that Congress recognizes the strategic value of Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula it occupied congressional approval is required to lift the partnership,” Sen. Chris Murphy, a (Continued on page 4) and seized control over in 2014. them. Democrat from Connecticut, said in a July “The policy will be similar,” John Herbst, The sanctions are aimed to impose high who was U.S. ambassador to Kyiv in 2003- economic costs on Russia to coerce it to 2006 and now heads the Eurasia Center at return Crimea and withdraw from the the Atlantic Council think tank, told RFE/ Donbas, where more than 13,000 people Quotable notes RL. He said that the main difference could have been killed in the conflict since April “On September 10, the United States imposed sanctions on Andrii Derkach and be in the language on Ukraine coming from 2014. It has thus become a cornerstone of other Russian agents for attempting to influence the U.S. electoral process. Derkach the White House. foreign policy toward Russia and, in effect, Mr. Trump’s remarks about Ukraine have toward Ukraine. maintains close connections with the Russian Intelligence Services and has served as sometimes diverged from his administra- “The most important thing to remember an active Russian agent for over a decade, employing manipulation and deceit to tion’s approaches and actions – or signaled is that Congress has driven most of our pol- attempt to influence elections in the United States and elsewhere around the world. a possible change in policy. During the 2016 icy” toward Ukraine and Russia, William Today, we would like to remind individuals and businesses what these sanctions campaign, he said that he would consider Courtney, a regional analyst for the Rand mean. recognizing Crimea as part of Russia and Corporation think tank and a former diplo- “We sometimes receive the question, ‘If I often do business with someone who is that as he understood it, the people of mat and national security official with post- subject to sanction, should I be concerned?’ The answer is yes. Persons who provide Crimea “would rather be with Russia.” ings in Russia and other former Soviet material support to designated individuals and/or entities could themselves become Officials in the Trump administration republics. subject to designation. have checked what critics say is Mr. “By and large, we have had bipartisan “Also, in response to the question, ‘Can sanctions on an individual affect business- Trump’s tendency to favor Russia over support through both [the Obama and es he or she owns?’ The answer is also yes. Entities owned by a blocked person may Ukraine, according to Mr. Herbst. And they Trump] administrations because Congress also be considered blocked persons. steered him to approve sending lethal mili- is concerned about Russia’s imperialist “The property and interests in property of such an entity are blocked regardless of tary aid to Ukraine, something President behaviors,” Mr. Courtney said. whether the entity itself is listed in the annex to an Executive Order or otherwise placed on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List. Barack Obama’s administration refrained “Ground zero” from doing amid concern it could provoke “The United States will remain vigilant in its efforts to uphold the integrity of our more aggression from Moscow. That congressional support has included democracy, and the United States will continue to use all the tools at our disposal to more than $1.5 billion in military aid to counter these activities similar or linked to those of Andrii Derkach or other sanc- Style and substance Ukraine since 2014 – including, under Mr. tioned individuals.” Still, the dynamics could change if Mr. Trump, lethal anti-tank weapons, though – U.S. Embassy in Ukraine spokesperson Daniel Langenkamp, in a message released Trump is reelected, some analysts believe. these are not being used in the conflict with on October 5. Steven Pifer, a senior fellow at the the Russia-backed separatists who hold 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2020 No. 42

Researcher Polina Lishko receives MacArthur “genius” award

by Robert Sanders the Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology of the National UC Berkeley Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, from which she received a Ph.D. in biophysics in 2000. Her thesis was on the regula- BERKELEY, Calif. – Polina Lishko, Ph.D., a Ukrainian- tion of ion channels in neurons, for which she learned born physiologist whose work at the University of patch-clamp techniques, which are used to measure the California, Berkeley, has already led to the development of minute electrical currents in single cells. Ion channels promising new non-hormonal contraceptives for women allow charged particles to enter cells, triggering a huge and could lead to male or unisex contraceptives, has been variety of cellular activities. chosen to receive a 2020 MacArthur “genius” award. Dr. Lishko and her husband, Yuriy Kirichok, Ph.D., whom The award comes with $625,000 in funding over five she met and married in graduate school, subsequently years, which Dr. Lishko, an associate professor of molecular moved to Harvard University for post-doctoral positions. and cell biology, will use to continue her work on reproduc- When Dr. Kirichok was appointed an assistant professor at tive physiology, including how sperm navigate the repro- UC San Francisco in 2006, Dr. Lishko was hired by UCSF as ductive tract and the effects of aging on the female repro- a specialist and, at the same time, collaborated with Dr. ductive system. She was among 21 fellows announced on Kirichok to adapt patch-clamp techniques to work on October 6 by the MacArthur Foundation. human sperm cells, the smallest cells in the body. “In the past several years, I have submitted numerous “Sperm cells, for decades, had been considered the only grant applications, because our lab was in this challenging cells incapable of applying this technique to,” she said, budgetary situation, and when they called initially and told “Sperm cells are the smallest cell in the human organism me I had been awarded a MacArthur fellowship, my first and vigorously motile. Since you need to catch a cell with a reaction was, ‘Well, that is a mistake, I haven’t applied,’” John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation glass pipette, form a tight seal and record electrical currents she laughed. “Of course, you do not apply; somebody nom- Polina Lishko, Ph.D. from the cell, it was considered to be technically impossible.” inates you.” While at Harvard, Dr. Kirichok achieved success with Though bursting with the good news, Dr. Lishko was for women who are delaying starting families until their mouse sperm cells, which are twice as large as human allowed to tell only one person, her husband. Her two chil- late 30s, hoping to rely on technological means, such as in sperm cells. At UCSF, while Dr. Kirichok turned his focus to dren and her lab colleagues were left in the dark. vitro fertilization, to get pregnant. mitochondria – the powerhouses of the cell – Dr. Lishko A UC Berkeley associate professor of molecular and cell “The MacArthur fellowship is a life-changer. continued to focus on the ion channels of human sperm biology, Dr. Lishko studies sperm and ovarian cells to Psychologically, it is a huge boost – not only for me, but for and succeeded in capturing and studying them with the understand the cellular steps that allow sperm to swim the team, as well, because it shows a recognition of the patch-clamp technique. She continued this work after tak- through the reproductive canal to find and fertilize the importance of the field of reproductive physiology,” Dr. ing up a faculty position at UC Berkeley in 2012, and has eggs. By focusing on the ion channels dotting the cell mem- Lishko said. “All the years of being constantly rejected for since successfully studied the sperm of bulls, boars, mon- branes of sperm cells, she has identified several potential federal funding took a little negative toll; I was thinking, keys, rats and horses, all of which are much different from drugs that can interfere with sperm movement and pre- ‘Ok, no one cares.’ ” human sperm. vent fertilization without the use of hormones, which have She also worried that her mentees, seeing her struggle Her research led in 2016 to the discovery of a switch – a side effects in many women. for funding, would decide to get out of the field. Several did. protein receptor on sperm cells – that triggers the power Her discoveries have been licensed by a start- But Dr. Lishko persisted. As she emphasizes to her students kick that sperm use to penetrate and fertilize a human egg. up, YourChoice Therapeutics, that hopes to market a non- when teaching mammalian physiology, reproduction is In 2018, when she found two natural chemicals that block hormonal contraceptive that women could use during essential to the survival of every species. this receptor, she co-founded YourChoice Therapeutics to intercourse and potentially also a contraceptive that would “It is amazing that this award exists. It was a huge sur- develop them into a contraceptive. be used by men. Though she was a co-founder of the com- prise, but also a huge appreciation: The community basi- Last year, in work conducted with Dr. Kirichok, they dis- pany, she has since left the start-up to focus on her UC cally tells you that your work is important,” she said. “That covered a drug that has a different effect on sperm: It Berkeley research. is probably one of the most gratifying things any research- short-circuits the mitochondria and drains away so much Although Dr. Lishko said there is an urgent need for bet- er can experience.” energy that the sperm are no longer able to swim ter contraceptives to prevent unwanted pregnancies with- upstream to the egg. The drug, already approved by the Childhood chemistry out unwanted side effects, she has become increasingly Food and Drug Administration for treating tapeworm and frustrated by her inability to draw federal funding for the Dr. Lishko, 46, grew up in Kyiv, the child of two chemists, considered extremely safe, is also being developed by the work. Much of her research on contraceptives has been both of whom worked at Taras Shevchenko National company as a potential contraceptive. supported by private funds, including a recent Bakar University of Kyiv. “When we give sperm cells this compound, they start to Fellowship through UC Berkeley and the Male “My childhood was spent in chemistry laboratories,” she slow down, and they cannot overcome the viscous mucous Contraceptive Initiative (MCI). She had begun to despair, said. “Of course, I was safely excluded from all the combus- in the reproductive canal,” she said. “It’s like salmon going she said, that few people are interested in how normal tible and toxic chemicals.” upriver, and there’s a huge dam they cannot get through. human reproduction works on the cellular, molecular and Dr. Lishko graduated from the same university with a genetic levels. Such basic research could have implications specialist degree in 1996 and entered graduate school at (Continued on page 14)

power. The pro-Western government that Ukraine believed that Mr. Shokin, who was Johnson is a member of the Senate Ukraine In the crossfire... came to power immediately faced challeng- dismissed in March 2016, had been a signif- Caucus – a group that focuses attention on (Continued from page 3) es from Russia, which seized control of icant obstacle to anti-corruption efforts. ties with Kyiv – and a staunch supporter of Crimea and fomented separatism in east- More broadly, Mr. Trump has suggested the country. Mr. Trump has denied he did anything ern Ukraine, where Moscow backed mili- that Hunter Biden, who was on the Still, some analysts say that even assum- wrong in his dealings with Ukraine and has tants who seized parts of the Donetsk and Burisma board for five years and reported- ing that Mr. Trump does not depart from called the impeachment process a “sham.” Luhansk regions. ly had a salary of $50,000 a month, profited his current Ukraine policy if elected to a Sixteen months after his inauguration, Mr. Biden also assertively pushed the off his father’s name. “He walked away with second term, a White House led by Mr. Mr. Zelenskyy has yet to visit the White new government to carry out the kind of a fortune from Ukraine,” Mr. Trump said in Biden might be more active in pursuing House. Analysts said the bitter backdrop of economic and justice-system reforms that early September. some of the U.S. goals while also soothing the months-long impeachment process, Western countries and liberals say are cru- Mr. Biden has said his son’s work in concerns in Kyiv. which ended with Mr. Trump’s acquittal by cial for Ukraine if it wants to resist Russian Ukraine “may have looked bad” but was not The “tough love” policy of pressing for the Senate in February, could keep relations influence and thrive. “wrong.” In the debate against Mr. Trump economic reforms and a robust fight cool if the president wins a second term. But much as President Trump’s dealings on September 29, he asserted that the accu- against corruption “would happen under “I can’t ever picture Trump going to with Kyiv led to his impeachment, it is Vice- sations had been “totally discredited” and both administrations, but maybe a little Ukraine,” said David Kramer, a former President Biden’s involvement with reiterated that his son did “nothing wrong more vigorous under Biden because he has senior State Department official who is Ukraine, as well as his son’s former seat on at Burisma.” personally been involved with Ukraine,” Mr. Courtney said. now a nonresident fellow at the McCain the board of Burisma, that have been the “Tough love” Institute think-tank. touchstones of Republican criticism and Mr. Kramer said that if Mr. Biden is elect- allegations of impropriety. The report released on September 23 ed, he would be likely to invite President Point man At the heart of those accusations is the by two Republican senators, Ron Johnson Zelenskyy to the White House and also to By contrast, Mr. Biden has been there a claim by backers of Mr. Trump that when of Wisconsin and Chuck Grassley of Iowa, visit Ukraine, which would make him the lot. As vice-president throughout President Vice-President Biden pressured President both committee chairmen, said that first U.S. president to do so since George W. Obama’s two terms in 2009-2017, he visit- Poroshenko to fire then-Prosecutor General Hunter Biden’s position created a “poten- Bush in 2008. ed Ukraine six times – most recently in Viktor Shokin, he did so in order to protect tial conflict of interest” that undermined January 2017, a few days before Mr. Trump Hunter Biden. U.S. policy, but that it was “unclear” wheth- Copyright 2020, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted took office, when he sought to reassure the Mr. Biden denies he had any such er the former vice-president altered U.S. with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ country of continued U.S. support. motive. Mr. Trump and his allies have pro- policy or took any other actions to assist Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Mr. Biden helped oversee U.S. military duced no concrete evidence supporting it, his son. Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see support for Ukraine starting in 2014, when and Mr. Biden’s backers point to the fact Perhaps underscoring how separate the https://www.rferl.org/a/in-the-crossfire- the Maidan protests pushed Moscow- that many Western governments and inter- U.S. political battles over Ukraine appear to ukraine-s-outsized-role-in-the-race-for-the- friendly President Viktor Yanukovych from national institutions calling for reforms in be from U.S. policy on Ukraine, Sen. white-house/30874051.html). No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2020 5

and supporting documents for online/digital use; and UNA General Assembly... development of new payment options, such as credit card (Continued from page 1) charges and electronic fund transfers. The COO noted that a Corporate Manual Committee has Mr. Kaczaraj reported that the UNA had planned to been formed to complete work on this companion docu- return to the annuity market in 2020 with an aggressive ment to the new UNA By-Laws that were approved in sales initiative, but due to the coronavirus this did not January. materialize to the projected level. Nonetheless, sales are Ms. Lisovich, the CFO/treasurer, presented a report she performing better than in 2019, and both life insurance titled “Navigating Performance in a Pandemic” that encom- and annuities sales are up in 2020. passed a financial report for the first six months of 2020 COO/National Secretary Symczyk presented a detailed and an investment analysis through September 30 of this report on sales of UNA life insurance policies and annuities, year. citing a significant uptick in sales of life insurance, both in Noting that this has “truly been a challenging time,” she terms of the number of policies sold and total face values of explained that the UNA, as an essential business, continued insurance coverage. to serve its members during the coronavirus pandemic. He went on to inform General Assembly members about “The UNA was able to respond quickly and efficiently to the the Business Continuity Plan implemented by the UNA in crisis. It had a quick response framework which worked mid-March, when coronavirus restrictions went into effect. well and allowed the UNA to quickly adapt to new work By June, the Home Office was transitioning to reopening, protocols. The technology upgrades that were completed although there were limited hours and/or staggered in January 2020 were crucial to this success,” Ms. Lisovich scheduling. The precautionary measures instituted were observed. Michael Gold/The Corporate Image intended to ensure that all employees stayed safe. Visits to The CFO cited these positives during the period: an the office by members, clients and guests are by appoint- increase in life insurance sales compared to the second Auditor Luba Walchuk, chair of the UNA Auditing Committee, in a photo from 2018. Ms. Walchuk report- ment only in order to ensure social distancing, the COO quarter of 2019, reflecting pandemic fears, as consumers ed on the 2019 and 2020 audits, respectively, of UNA explained. wanted life protection; capital surplus position remained professional service providers and of the UNA Other topics discussed by Mr. Symczyk were: new life strong and increased as the absence of equities in the Publications Endowment Fund. insurance illustration software for both agents and Home UNA’s investment portfolio allowed it to avoid the declines Office staff; agent recruitment; reformatting of applications other insurers experienced; UNA cash flows, liquidity and was reported that the Executive Committee had approved leverage are healthy. the composition of the Nominations Committee, a standing As regards what the UNA can expect in the second half committee called for by the UNA’s recently adopted of 2020, Ms. Lisovich said, “excess mortality claims and By-Laws. The members of that committee are: First Vice- potential investment impairments will remain a focus as President Tysiak, CFO/Treasurer Lisovich, Advisor Puzyk, COVID-19-related cases and deaths may tick back up in and UNA members Roman Hirniak and Nicholas Diakiwsky. the fall and winter.” She noted that the UNA is monitoring Three standing committees of the General Assembly – its general administration expenses very closely “due to Financial, Membership Outreach and Publications – met the unpredictability of consumer behavior during the pan- virtually during the second day of the annual meeting, demic.” either by teleconference or Zoom. Over all, the CFO reported, the UNA is having a good Financial Committee members are: Ms. Lisovich (chair), year with sales, revenue and net profit outperforming and Messrs. Kaczaraj, Tysiak, Serba, Skyba and Luciw. 2019. The Membership Outreach Committee comprises: Mr. All other General Assembly members had an opportuni- Symczyk (chair), Mss. Stanko, Streletsky, Horbaty, Koziak ty to orally add to their reports during the annual meeting, and Walchuk, and Messrs. Luciw and Fil. as did the editor-in-chief of the UNA’s two weekly newspa- The Publications Committee is composed of: Mss. pers. Jarosewich (chair), Hadzewycz, Puzyk, Czerkas and Ms. Hadzewycz noted the deaths of three esteemed for- Horbaty, and Messrs. Serba and Pishko. mer colleagues during 2020: Helen Smindak and Marta All committees discussed their plans going forward and Kolomayets of The Weekly, and Raisa Rudenko of Svoboda worked on separate charters delineating their missions, (who had passed away just a few days before this meeting). purposes, responsibilities and structures, and then report- Reacting to the UNA president’s announcement that she ed back to the full General Assembly. was retiring after working “tirelessly for UNA for the last During the concluding discussion of the annual meeting, 43 years,” Ms. Hadzewycz took advantage of the opportuni- General Assembly members agreed that it would be benefi- Advisor Irene Jarosewich (right), chair of the UNA ty to state: “I thank the Ukrainian National Association and cial to meet more often. As a result, it was decided that the Publications Committee, with Editor-in-Chief Roma all the people I have worked with for giving me this unpar- body should meet semiannually (it is hoped that one of Hadzewycz at the 2018 convention. Ms. Jarosewich led alleled opportunity to serve the Ukrainian community and those meetings would be in person and the other virtual). the committee’s discussions about the vision for the the UNA’s members through the UNA’s two newspapers.” Thus, the next meeting of the UNA General Assembly is UNA’s two newspapers. During the General Assembly’s first day of meetings, it expected to take place in the spring of 2021.

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WINDOW ON EURASIA The Ukrainian Weekly Ukraine and the EU Moscow simultaneously promotes Trump On October 6, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in Brussels for the 22nd Ukraine-EU Summit. Notably, it was the first bilateral summit physically held in and radical left in the U.S., says Kirillova Brussels since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. By all accounts, the sum- by Paul Goble torious. The radical left is marginal and mit can be considered a great success for Ukraine, as it brought the country ever mostly in the streets, but it has the ability to closer to Europe. Four years ago, Russian trolls and com- promote an agenda that Mr. Biden won’t be As noted on the EU website: “The EU and Ukraine leaders reaffirmed their contin- mentators openly supported Donald able to completely avoid. ued commitment to strengthening the political association and economic integra- Trump for president of the United States; That agenda, which includes the isola- tion of Ukraine with the European Union.” European Council President Charles Michel while commentators are less outspoken tionism Mr. Trump also supports and radi- said after the summit that “Today’s physical meeting is a potent symbol – it shows our now given the reaction of Americans to cal social changes that will further divide steadfast commitment to deepening our relationship with Ukraine.” EU High Russian interference in the U.S. elections, and weaken the U.S., is one that the political Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell emphasized: Moscow is still supporting him via its troll technologists in Moscow fully back as well. “Your progress is our progress. Your security is our security. …We have common bor- What makes the Kremlin especially inter- ders, history, culture and values. The Ukrainian people sacrifice a lot for their pros- factories, says the U.S.-based Russia analyst ested in supporting the radical left in the perity, for a better future, and this future is part of our future. You can count on us.” Kseniya Kirillova. U.S. lies elsewhere, Ms. Kirillova continues. During the summit’s concluding press conference, President Zelenskyy com- But at the same time and because it mented: “The foundation of our relations with the European Union is the common serves the Kremlin’s broader purposes, the Strongly influenced by the continuing values that we share and promote: democracy, the rule of law, respect for human analyst says, Moscow is now supporting impact of Soviet ideology that presented rights, gender equality. …Further steps of Ukraine’s active cooperation with the both radicalism on the right, which it sees the U.S. as a citadel of oppression and injus- European Union were outlined. I can assure you that our plans are ambitious and as Mr. Trump’s base, and radicalism on the tice, she says, the Putin elite, like the Soviet unprecedented.” He was referring, of course to Ukraine’s Association Agreement left, which is opposed to him (dsnews.ua/ one out of which it emerged, believes that with the EU, which formally entered into force on September 1, 2017 (though world/tramp-i-levaki-kogo-i-pochemu- this image of the U.S. will help Moscow parts of it were provisionally applied already in 2014). podderzhivaet-kreml-v-amerikanskoy-poli- prove to the world that the U.S. “doesn’t Speaking a few days later in Odesa, where he and the visiting president of tike-01102020-401054). have the right to pretend to the role of Poland, Andrzej Duda, had a joint interview with Ukrainian and Polish news media, In 2016, Moscow supported Mr. Trump, world leader.” Mr. Zelenskyy underscored: “For me, the most important thing is that Ukraine be not expecting him to win but to create To realize this goal, of course, doesn’t not just a member of the EU, but an equal member. I want Ukraine to be invited to problems for Hillary Clinton, whom the require that Mr. Biden be in the Oval Office, the EU. We want to be at this table of negotiations and values at the same level and Kremlin viewed as the likely victor. Now, the analyst says. “On the contrary,” if Mr. with the same status,” He added: “This is important. And we are doing everything to while Mr. Trump remains Moscow’s “pre- Trump wins a second term but is hounded be equal partners.” For his part, President Duda affirmed that “Ukraine has always ferred candidate,” it is also looking beyond by a radical left in the U.S. boosted by been in Europe, and the issue of EU membership is a political issue, and it requires the elections and promoting the radical left. Russian trolls, Moscow can count on those changes and many reforms that need to be carried out in Ukraine. …Ukraine is mov- Not only does that help Mr. Trump on the left in the U.S. to do its work for the ing towards the EU, and we support it on this path, and my visit is proof of that.” because he links Democratic candidate Joe Russians by criticizing Mr. Trump’s social Clearly, Ukraine continues to reclaim its proper place in Europe. The joint state- Biden to it, but it helps Moscow because it policies. ment released following the summit “acknowledged the European aspirations of helps elevate the radical left in ways that Some in Moscow may believe that they Ukraine and welcomed its European choice, as stated in the Association will undermine Mr. Biden if he emerges vic- are playing “a long game,” Ms. Kirillova con- Agreement.” It also reaffirmed the emphasis on maintaining Ukraine’s macro-eco- tinues, and that the radical left is on the rise nomic stability, recognized the substantial progress made in Ukraine’s reform pro- in the U.S. But that seems unlikely, even if cess and expressed the EU’s continuing support of Ukraine in various spheres, Paul Goble is a long-time specialist on that is what the Kremlin, so strongly in the from combatting hybrid threats to implementing the visa-free regime for Ukraine, ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia grip of Soviet ideological propositions, and spoke of “further enhancing economic cooperation and regulatory approxima- who has served in various capacities in the strongly believes and will seek to promote. tion” in numerous fields. U.S. State Department, the Central Understanding that Moscow has good The statement also expressed “unwavering support and commitment to Intelligence Agency and the International reasons for supporting those at both ends Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internation- Broadcasting Bureau, as well as at the Voice of the American political spectrum is criti- ally recognized borders” and “strong condemnation of the clear violation of of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio cal to overcoming the overly simple con- Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity by acts of aggression by the Russian Liberty and the Carnegie Endowment for spiratorial thinking that the Russian armed forces since February 2014,” referring to both the annexation of Crimea and International Peace. The article above is authorities are backing only one side. They the Donbas conflict. In addition, the EU stated its support for “the endeavors of the reprinted with permission from his blog have obvious preferences, but in this case Normandy format, the OSCE, the Trilateral Contact Group and the OSCE Special called “Window on Eurasia” (http://windo- as in all others, they play to win even if they Monitoring Mission to Ukraine,” and “agreed to continue cooperating to address the woneurasia2.blogspot.com/). don’t get what they most want. socio-economic and humanitarian consequences” of the Russian-fomented war in Ukraine’s east. Nor was the downing of MH17 forgotten – the joint statement “called on the Russian Federation to accept its responsibility and to cooperate fully with all efforts to establish accountability” for the passenger jet’s shootdown. ly raped a Lithuanian girl (Deutsche Welle, The October 6 summit, then, was yet another milestone in Ukraine’s inexorable Russian... February 23, 2017), or a purported case of move westward. As has been demonstrated throughout its history and most (Continued from page 2) Lithuanian soldiers claiming to have raped recently during the Revolution of Dignity, Ukraine is Europe. underage girls in the Donbas. Similarly, the Chornobyl tragedy, so any hint of possible spokesperson for the Moscow-backed nuclear contamination or radiation was lia- Luhansk “people’s republic” (LPR) accused ble to spread rapidly and heighten emo- Ukrainian soldiers of attempting the same tions. attacks on schoolgirls in the Donbas Oct. Turning the pages back... At the same time, hackers took down the (StopFake, May 11, 2018). central website of the UNP for nearly the Also on September 23, hackers inserted Twenty-five years ago, on October 23, 1995, Ukraine’s United entire day, prompting a criminal investiga- fake news on the webpage of the local UNP 23 Nations Mission officially opened its new home at 51st Street in tion. On September 25, Deputy Minister of branch in Kherson Oblast (where the final Manhattan, with a host of Ukrainian dignitaries present, includ- Internal Affairs Serhiy Goncharov briefed stage of Joint Endeavor 2020 took place). 1995 ing President Leonid Kuchma. Since Ukraine regained indepen- journalists that police experts were investi- The false story – likewise summarily refut- dence in 1991, it had shared its U.N. facilities and accommoda- gating how the attackers installed the mal- ed – asserted that several U.S. military advi- tions at the former Soviet U.N. Mission building with the Russian ware to take down the National Police’s sors were accidentally killed by a mortar and Belarusian missions for more than four years. website. He added that the UNP under- during the exercise (Facebook.com/kher- Former ambassador of Ukraine to the U.N., Viktor Batiuk, recounted the difficulties for stands what measures should be taken to sonpolice.official, September 23). Ukraine’s U.N. Mission to function in the same building as the Russians, who could not prevent such incidents from happening The simultaneous hacking and seeding accept the idea, let alone the reality, of a free Ukraine. There could be no expectation of again in the future. Furthermore, he under- of multiple UNP websites with false content privacy for delicate or sensitive conversations. lined that the Ukrainian government was novel. And though quickly rebutted, For the official opening, President Kuchma cut a thin blue-and-yellow ribbon strung shared all of the information it had gath- the attacks highlighted the Ukrainian gov- across the building’s entrance before nearly four dozen participants entered the facility. ered in this case with foreign colleagues ernment’s continued vulnerability to cyber Following a presentation of gifts from President Kuchma to Ambassador Anatoliy Zlenko, and partners (Mvs.gov.ua, September 23). operations. The UAF expected such activi- a champagne toast capped off the ceremonies. The ceremonies were brief, but the celebra- The website of the UNP branch in in ties by Moscow, according to General Staff tion continued at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel for an official banquet in honor of Mr. Kuchma. Vinnytsia Oblast was another simultaneous spokesperson Col. Bohdan Senyk (Tyzhden. To simplify the official ceremonies, the new facility and the Ukrainian flag that was to victim of hackers. Its altered Internet page ua, September 24). But as he underlined, fly over it were blessed on Friday, October 20, 1995, in a ceremony that was led by Bishop carried a fabricated report on the arrest of this year, the disinformation campaign had Basil Losten of the Ukrainian Catholic Church and Archbishop Antony of the Ukrainian a U.S. soldier who had allegedly raped a reached an unprecedented level. Orthodox Church of the U.S.A., who were joined by clergy from the respective Churches. Ukrainian schoolgirl (Suspilne.media, The new facility was renovated by UDC Corp., of Clifton, N.J., owned by Myron Kukuruza, September 23). The general outline of this The article above is reprinted from with additional work by architect Bohdan Gerulak, electrical contractor Oleh Samilenko false story has appeared repeatedly before and interior designers Motria Sloniewska and Joseph Gural, among other specialists. Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from in Europe, such as the “Lithuanian Lisa” its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, (Continued on page 16) case, in which German soldiers had alleged- www.jamestown.org. No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2020 7

FROM FAR AND WIDE by Marco Levytsky Ukrainian community offers So what! Canada its COVID expertise I respect the arguments made by The resignation of President Richard Ukrainian Americans on behalf of Joe Biden Nixon, the inability of President Gerald If there is one statistic related to the directors of Ss. Peter and Paul, attributes and Donald Trump. By voicing our opin- Ford to completely heal the nation and the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in its success to its chief administrative offi- ions, we have demonstrated that we are “national malaise” claim of President cer, Dennis Levesque, a retired senior offi- Canada that stands out like a sore thumb, patriotic Americans who love Ukraine. Jimmy Carter nibbled away at the presiden- it is the fact that 81 percent of the deaths cer of the Canadian Armed Forces, who I also want to thank Andrew Fedynsky cy, another crucial aspect of American cul- have occurred in long-term care centers instituted Draconian measures to protect for expanding on my recent column ture. (nursing homes). the seniors in the home. “This included reviewing voting patterns among In 1987 Jesse Jackson led some 500 stu- This is particularly true in long-term segregating our Retirement Home wing Ukrainian Americans over the years. Andy dents around Stanford University shouting, homes run privately on a for-profit basis. (also known as the Bishop Borecky Wing and I are at opposite ends of the American “Ho, ho, ho, Western civ has got to go.” They So bad is the situation in these particular [BBW]) from the independent living apart- political spectrum, but so what. I respect were protesting the inclusion of a Western centers that, last Spring, the military had ment wing, and restricting access to the him. civilization curriculum requirement. One to be called in to deal with the crisis in five first-floor common spaces to BBW resi- I don’t know which candidate would be professor called the requirement “an Toronto homes and on May 26 issued a dents only. Strict measures have been best for Ukraine. Joe Biden loves Ukraine, affront to women and members of minori- scathing report that detailed “horrific” enforced regarding visitation of residents, but so what. He helped his son Hunter gar- ty groups.” The “cancel culture” cult of allegations of insect infestations, aggres- and all employees must work only in our ner big bucks in Ukraine and the Obama/ today is a continuation of that theme. sive resident feeding that caused choking, residence. We have an atmosphere of Biden administration provided little while I believe “defund police” is part of the bleeding infections and residents crying cooperation and professionalism amongst the Ukrainian military needed much. radical goal to destroy our institutions, for help for hours. Ontario Premier Doug the staff, which has allowed all to under- The Trump/Pence administration pro- replace gender with trans, family with Ford called it “the most heart-wrenching stand the importance of following all of the vided lethal weapons to Ukraine, but so commune, racial harmony with “critical report” he’s ever read in his life. COVID-19 precautions so that the virus what. Mr. Trump dislikes Ukrainians and A month earlier, the Canadian Center does not enter the building,” he says. race theory,” and the institutionalization of appears to be romancing Tsar Vladimir for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) issued a John Kopeck, CEO of St. Michael’s “systemic racism” as an integral component (Putin). report which showed that care homes run Health Group (SMHG), which runs the of the “American Way.” On Ukraine, it’s a toss-up between “love on a for-profit basis tend to have lower long-term care center along with several I have been an educator all of my adult me and exploit me” Biden and “hate me staffing levels, more verified complaints, other facilities, says: “We were among the life. A major concern of mine is the teach- and help me” Trump. more transfers to hospitals and higher first sites to implement full screening at ing of American history in our high schools Regardless of who our next president is, rates for both ulcers and morbidity. our entry for all staff and at the same time and colleges. The commonly used text the future of Ukraine will be decided not by “Managerial practices taken from the restricted access to visitors. Staff have today is “A People’s History of the United us but by people in Ukraine. Dumping a business sector are designed for making a been continually re-educated on best prac- States” by Prof. Howard Zinn. Published in seasoned leader like Petro Poroshenko for profit, rather than for providing good care. tice for use of PPE and our housekeeping 1980, his major theme is that Americans These include paying the lowest wages staff have been exemplary in adopting a fly-by-night like Volodymyr Zelenskyy is have little to be proud of. Not only did we possible, and hiring part-time, casual and enhanced cleaning and disinfecting prac- not encouraging behavior. commit genocide of the American Indians, those defined as self-employed in order to tices.” My major concern during the coming but the major goal of our founding fathers avoid paying benefits or providing other “Another area of key importance has election is with America. It seems that we was to preserve white privilege. World War protections. Contracting out services such been to continually monitor the mental have reached another low in the days of II was not fought to preserve freedom. It as cleaning, laundry, food and security can health of our residents and staff. The rec- our republic. To me, Antifa and BLM are was “a war waged by a government whose also increase risk by bringing more people reation department has developed pro- just another insidious incarnation of the chief beneficiary… was a wealthy elite.” into homes on a daily basis,” stated the gramming they can deliver one-on-one to Communist playbook. “The true genius of And now we have the “1619 Project,” report. help keep residents active while following radicalism,” wrote Peter Collier and David described as an ongoing initiative by The While that report focused primarily on distancing guidelines,” he adds. Horowitz, former radicals, “is constant self- New York Times Magazine, that began in the difference between private for-profit Thus, when the government of Canada recreation and re-appearance in new guis- 2019, the 400th anniversary of the begin- centers and ones run publicly, there is a announced its intention to work with the es.” ning of American slavery. It aims to third alternative to which it gave only provinces to develop national standards I lived through the 1960s, when mem- reframe our history by “placing the conse- passing reference – the private non-profit for long-term care, the Ukrainian Canadian bers of the Weather Underground (WU) quences of slavery and contributions of centers run by faith groups and ethnocul- Congress was quick to respond, offering were robbing Brinks currency trucks and black Americans at the very center of the tural communities. That’s where the our community’s expertise. bombing the U.S. Capitol. “Smash monoga- national narrative.” According to Princeton Ukrainian community comes in. In fact, “During the COVID-19 pandemic, the 40 my” and “don’t trust anyone over 30” were professor Matthew Desmond, a major con- one such Ukrainian community nursing Ukrainian long-term care homes across their rallying cries. They declared war on tributor, “If you want to understand the home – the Ivan Franko Long-Term Care Canada have seen better health outcomes “Amerika” and organized “days of rage.” It brutality of American capitalism, you have Home in Etobicoke, Ontario, was singled and higher rates of life satisfaction for started out as protests against the Vietnam to start on the plantation.” out by CBC News last spring as a shining seniors and their families than have com- War with Jane Fonda famously appearing American institutions and culture have example amid others in an area hit very parable for-profit institutions. This is in Hanoi nurturing America’s foe, and went been under attack for decades. Which hard. To date this long-term home has not borne out by evidence-based policy stud- south from there. Like Ms. Fonda, the lead- party do you believe will resist the latest ies of long-term care facilities,” stated Ihor had any outbreaks.1 ers of WU were never held to account for proposals for a “cleansed America”? Michalchyshyn, CEO and executive director A couple of other good examples of their behavior. When it was all over, Bill The Democratic Party of 2020 is not the of UCC National in a September 24 letter to Ukrainian Canadian community-run Ayers, WU mastermind, completed his doc- party of Harry Truman and John F. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. homes that have been without any out- torate in less than a year at Columbia Kennedy. It has changed. So has Joe Biden. I “The UCC is ready to work with the gov- breaks to date are the Ss. Peter and Paul University Teachers College and went on to like Mr. Biden. He has overcome a speech ernment of Canada to identify experts, Ukrainian Seniors Homes in Toronto and teach education courses at the University handicap and weathered many personal stakeholders and practitioners in our com- St. Michael’s Long-Term Care Center in of Illinois. His wife, Bernadine Dohrn, spent tragedies. For much of his political career munity that ensure that the experience of Edmonton. 2 time in prison and later became a law pro- he was pro-life. Today, Mr. Biden, a Roman these long-term care homes is integrated Jaroslaw Grod, chair of the board of fessor at Northwestern University. Catholic, is pro-choice, a hostage, I believe, into the development of national stan- The 1970s are often called the decade of of the radical left. Even if he wanted to dards for all Canadians,” he added. radical feminism. It began in 1963 with the return to his former moderate self, the peo- 1 The Ivan Franko seniors citizens home Whether the government chooses to publication of “The Feminine Mystique” by ple around him won’t let him. in Mississauga, Ontario, which is run by the take the UCC up on its offer remains to be Betty Friedan, continued through the I am not especially fond of Donald same organization did have one outbreak seen. As it is, developing national stan- establishment of the National Association Trump as a person, but so what. He gets which was contained. However, I am writ- dards will not be that easy as health care of Women (NOW) by Ms. Friedan, Bella things done and he is a Republican; the ing about the long-tern center in Etobicoke falls under the jurisdiction of the provinc- Abzug and Gloria Steinem – who believed which has not. I don’t want to confuse the es and each has its own ideas how to pro- GOP has proven to be consistently in con- “women need men like a fish needs a bicy- reader so I have just included the long-tern ceed. However, the record of the Ukrainian cert with my values and beliefs for my cle” – and culminated in the Red Stocking centre, which is accurate. community long-term care homes speaks entire adult life. manifesto that called for the elimination of 2 Again, the statement is accurate for itself. And it clearly shows that the In 2016 I voted for Mr. Trump reluctant- such patriarchal institutions as marriage though there is a qualification. On Ukrainian Canadian community has much ly. Lesia voted enthusiastically. We will vote and the family. “Marriage and the family September 27, Mr. Kopeck reported that more to offer Canadian society at large the same way in 2020. 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Колись відомі слова Президента Рональда Рейґана невдалої спроби імпічменту президента Трампа, його „Зруйнуйте цю стіну” призвели до розпаду Радянського особиста прихильність до України залишається непохитною. Союзу і, зрештою, до появи незалежної України. Проте Зіткнувшись із цією проблемою та іншими серйозними впродовж 29-ти років позиція Білого Дому стосовно України внутрішніми викликами, він продовжує надавати Україні здебільшого була НЕПРАВИЛЬНОЮ. військову допомогу. Зокрема вперше з часів її незалежності У 1991 році у своїй промові, яку назвали „котлета Україна отримала летальну зброю, яку дозволено по-київськи”, Джордж Буш докоряв Україні за її прагнення використовувати на передовій. Він також схвалив продаж до незалежності, називаючи це „формою самовбивчого Україні такої кількості оснащених ракетами вдосконалених націоналізму”. патрульних катерів, яка здатна знищити більшу частину Чорноморського флоту Росії. Будапештський меморандум Біла Клінтона зобов’язав Україну відмовитися від оборонної зброї, зробивши її та Крім того, з метою посилення протиповітряної оборони Європу слабшими супроти їхніх ворогів. Східної Європи він затвердив рішення щодо продажу Польщі ракет, переконав членів НАТО виконувати свої Небажання надати Україні та Грузії членство в НАТО фінансові та військові обов’язки, санкціонував найбільше в призвело до російської окупації 20% території Грузії. історії розгортання американських військових у цьому Коли російський аґресор вторгся до Криму, Білий Дім – із реґіоні світу – розмістив бригаду “Stryker” на морській базі Джо Байденом на посаді віце-президента – вимагав від біля Чорного моря і направив американські війська з українців не захищати власний суверенітет. Німеччини до Польщі. Посилюючи санкції, президент Ця ж адміністрація наклала вето на постачання Україні Трамп також формує коаліцію країн з метою зупинити летальної зброї, яка б зміцнила її обороноздатність, а будівництво газопроводу „Північний потік 2”. водночас і безпеку Європи. Усі ці дії – і прямо, і опосередковано – зміцнюють національну безпеку України. Усі ці рішення виходили із вкоріненого світогляду, який намагався погасити мрії людей, що прагнуть свободи. Ми, українські американці-прихильники Трампа, дякуємо Президентові за його безпрецедентну допомогу Україні і Проте Президент Дональд Трамп розпочав шлях з надією будемо надалі підтримувати його зусилля. Водночас ми зробити все ПРАВИЛЬНО! закли каємо всіх українських американців, а також усіх Незважаючи на недоброзичливців, які, прагнучи амери канських громадян голосувати за другий термін для зруйнувати нашу країну зі середини, використали розмову з Дональда Дж. Трампа на посаді Президента Сполучених українським президентом для фальшивого звинувачення та Штатів. ГОЛОСуй ЗА реСПуБЛІкАНЦІВ Врятуй Америку тА укрАЇНу

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President Ronald Reagan famously said “Tear down this wall” leading to the collapse of the Soviet Union and an eventual independent Ukraine. But, in the twenty nine years since, the White House has been mostly WRONG on Ukraine. In his 1991 “Chicken Kyiv” speech, George H. W. Bush reprimanded Ukraine for its pursuit of independence as “a form of suicidal nationalism.” Bill Clinton’s Budapest Memorandum mandated Ukraine abandon its defensive weapons making it and Europe weaker against its enemies. The failure to provide Ukraine and Georgia with NATO membership resulted in Georgia losing 20% of its territory to Russian occupation. Crimea was invaded and the White House, with Joe Biden as VP, demanded that Ukrainians not defend their own sovereignty. The same administration vetoed lethal aid that would strengthen Ukraine’s defense and the security of Europe. All of these decisions came from an ingrained world view that sought to vanquish the dreams and aspirations people realize with freedom. President Donald Trump has set in motion a path in hopes of make things RIGHT! Despite the fact that those who seek to destroy our country from within used a conversation with the Ukrainian President as the weapon of choice to falsely accuse and unsuccessfully attempt to impeach President Trump, his commitment to Ukraine never wavered. Facing this and other serious domestic challenges, he has continued to keep military training and aid flowing to Ukraine and, for the first time since Ukraine’s independence, delivered and allowed use of US lethal weapons. He also approved the sale of enough advanced missile-equipped patrol boats to destroy much of Russia’s Black Sea fleet. In addition, he has approved missiles for Poland to bolster East Europe’s air defenses, persuaded NATO members to accept their financial and military responsibilities, authorized the largest ever US military deployment in the region by reassigning a US Stryker brigade to a naval base near the Black Sea, moving troops from Germany to Poland and along with sanctions, is forming a coalition of countries to stop the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. All of these actions directly and indirectly enhance Ukraine’s national security. We, Ukrainian Americans for Trump, thank the President for being a staunch ally of Ukraine, will further support these unprecedented efforts and urge all Ukrainian Americans, as well as all American citizens to vote for a second Donald J. Trump term for President of the United States. VoTe RePUblican To saVe aMeRica and UKRaine

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side wins will claim a few seats at the table “Radical socialism” of either administration to help promote Ukrainian interests. An encounter with two Trump haters smear against Biden George Woloshyn by Jaroslaw Martyniuk launching a socialist agenda promoted by Dear Editor: Cross Junction, Va. the extremist wing of the Democratic Party. During the last weekend of the summer, There has been a lot of fearmongering When the radicals get power, events will about “radical socialism” after the my wife Eva and I traveled to Rehoboth move quickly, and before you can blink, the Republican National Convention. Worried About Ukraine Beach, Del., where, by chance, sitting on the U.S.A. would turn into the Socialist States of that voters will hold him accountable for sand next to us was a couple speaking America. All the signs are there: create his dismal performance in response to the and true friends Polish. Since Eva and I speak Polish, we chaos and anarchy, defund the police, deni- COVID-19 pandemic, Donald Trump has struck up a conversation and found much grate free-market capitalism, restrict free tried to smear Joe Biden as a Trojan horse Dear Editor: to talk about – travels in Europe, books and speech through political correctness, cen- culture. Jan and Beata came to the U.S. in sorship and cancel culture. We have seen it who would introduce “radical socialism.” Regarding Orest Deychakiwsky’s col- Is Mr. Biden a socialist because he pro- the early 1980s, became U.S. citizens and all in Poland, in Eastern Europe and the umn about Joe Biden as an outstanding found good employment with the U.S. gov- Soviet Union. tects Social Security and Medicare against friend to Ukraine (August 30), I believe ernment as scientists. Before they came to Jan pointed to another disturbing devel- Mr. Trump’s threatened $538 billion in that, given Mr. Biden’s age, his handlers will the U.S., they lived in Socialist Poland. opment: Where I work, if one does not con- budget cuts? be in charge. Please let us know who his Inevitably the conversation drifted to poli- form with the PC dogma, he is playing with Is he a radical monster because he handlers are and what kind of friends they tics and Donald Trump. In no time, they fire. Even more shocking, he continued, is implemented the American Recovery and will be to Ukraine. made it known how much they loathed him the phenomenon of “anonymous denuncia- Reinvestment Act of 2009 that rescued Crimea was stolen during Mr. Biden’s as a person. Mixing colorful Polish exple- capitalist icons like GM and Chrysler while healthy vice-presidential years. Ukraine tions” I’ve witnessed where I work. If I dare Republican ideologues argued that these begged for help and got blankets instead of tives, they thought he is a vulgar boor express a politically incorrect view on any companies should be allowed to go bank- lethal weapons. Mr. Biden is on record as whose behavior is outlandish, who lacks number of issues such as abortion, same- rupt, even if it meant millions of job losses? threatening Ukraine to fire its top prosecutor the diplomatic skills essential for a presi- sex marriage or gender equality, I risk my Is he a monster for providing 20 million or else funds would be withheld. Mr. Biden’s dent of a superpower. career. This is exactly the way it was in Americans with health insurance under the son Hunter took millions from Ukraine. Then came the bombshell. As much as Communist Poland, the German Democratic Affordable Care Act? Yes, expansion of Mr. Biden and corrupt politicians sold they disliked his personality, they will vote Republic and everywhere where Marxists Medicare might help the U.S. achieve better America’s jobs and got rich in office. for Mr. Trump and explained why: came to power. You had to parrot the party health outcomes like “socialist” Canada or Insanely, they blame a job-creating boss He reversed the Obama/Biden adminis- line; otherwise, you were ostracized and socialist Sweden. Yet these countries are not who has been in office a mere four years. tration’s colossal blunder by placing in marginalized, and only those who have cursed with gulags or tyrannical regimes. Socialists in the past and today tear down Poland anti-missile Patriot defense systems lived under communism are able to recog- Healthy democracy and innovative entre- statues; they want to control speech, and deployed 8,000 U.S. and NATO troops nize what’s coming. preneurship continue to thrive in Canada churches, economies, health care and indus- to NATO’s eastern flank bordering Ukraine, * * * along with a robust social safety net. tries, and blame the resulting disasters on sending Vladimir Putin a powerful message Many Ukrainian Americans undoubtedly Meanwhile, Mr. Trump openly fawns over others. JFK AND MLK would be appalled at as to where the U.S. stood vis-a-vis Russia. share Jan and Beata’s worldview, while oth- the worst breed of socialists – unrepentant what Mr. Biden’s party stands for today. We were also unnerved by the plunder- ers insist on ignoring the obvious. The lat- Stalinists like North Korea’s Kim Jong Un I cannot understand why some ing and vandalism instigated by Antifa and ter judge President Trump by focusing on and Russia’s Vladimir Putin. He admires Mr. Ukrainians support this, knowing what our Black Lives Matter. As our cities were burn- his personality and unusual behavior. Such Putin’s authoritarianism even as Mr. Putin ancestors endured. My parents ran far ing, the Democratic party not only refused one-dimensional assessment of the presi- invests millions of dollars in funding right- away from socialists. No, a Biden presiden- to condemn the riots, their silence in effect dent blinds one to other salient aspects wing extremists in the United States and cy would not be outstanding for Ukraine. encouraged the mayhem. It is also obvious Western Europe while trying to crush dem- that Joe Biden is merely a Trojan horse for (Continued on page 15) ocratic forces in Ukraine and Belarus. Lydia Masnyj, Pharm. D. As long as Mr. Putin’s malignant disin- North Royalton, Ohio formation campaign favors him, Mr. Trump could care less. Christina Kowinko The Democrats Treachery and Trump Stratford, Conn. by Askold S. Lozynskyj “useful idiots” as referred to during the are not our friends Soviet period, or maybe something far Dear Editor: “I like Putin and he likes me” – these worse. They can be friends neither of Please stop exact words were spoken by U.S. President Ukraine, nor of the Ukrainian people. From the viewpoint of history, Ukrainian Donald D. Trump on September 21, at a At the most basic level, an ordinary per- the mudslinging Americans voting Democratic seems meeting with voters in Ohio. This meeting son cannot accept the concept of “liking” absurd. These people are not our friends. was not the first time for such a remark. (and expecting to be liked reciprocally) a Dear Editor: To the Democrats, Russian domination, Such remarks have been heard from Mr. person who has killed several hundred of As November 3 approaches, the invec- keeping Ukrainians in check, was a good Trump since his 2016 election campaign. his own citizens in order to create a pretext tive grows more outrageous. A widely cir- thing. I still remember the anchormen They explain his behavior toward Vladimir for ordering a Chechen massacre in culated Facebook blog charged that Trump sneering when Republican Ronald Reagan Putin and Russia during the past 20 years, Chechnya; a person who repeatedly gives supporters are “traitors” because they sup- talked about the “Captive Nations.” orders to carry out murders against his port a candidate who once said “I like Putin So it’s no surprise that the Obama-Biden even when he was just a businessman try- and Putin likes me.” It makes no difference administration refused Ukraine the weap- ing to build his Trump Tower in Moscow. A opponents both in Russia and on foreign to the author whether Donald Trump actu- ons it needed to defend itself from Russia, deeper analysis of Mr. Trump’s state of soil; a person whose army invaded and ally harmed or helped Ukrainians, or while Donald Trump sent them. Will the mind is probably not necessary. His own occupied the sovereign lands of his neigh- whether he hindered or facilitated Vladimir “Harris-Biden” administration – as Joe sister has said that he thinks only of himself bors; and one who murdered 298 innocent Putin’s designs. Biden called it in a senior moment – take and his personal affairs, and is guided by people in midair. So here are the hard facts: Mr. Trump’s the weapons back? They certainly intend to nothing else. Yet, “I like Putin, and he likes me.” rhetoric concerning Mr. Putin and Ukraine is roll back the energy policies that have crip- For ordinary Americans, this is both a Messrs. Trump and Putin are kindred 100 percent contrary to his actions. He has pled Russia’s economy. Compare how many manifestation, as well as an explanation, of spirits with a toxic attraction. frustrated every Putin move and been square miles of territory Ukraine lost dur- why Mr. Trump stands in solidarity with In 2016, Mr. Trump proudly said, “I tougher on Russia than any president since ing the Obama-Biden administration, com- dictators and assassins. For Ukrainians, could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue Ronald Reagan, and far more supportive of pared to little or nothing lost in the last these types of remarks also hurt, or should and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose Ukraine with military and economic mea- four years. hurt, given that Mr. Trump manifests such any voters.” Even now, he boasts about his sures than Obama/Biden. Mr. Trump point- If “Harris-Biden” win: Ukrainian affinity towards Mr. Putin, Ukraine’s worst imaginary successes, without any regret edly promised that under his presidency Americans are white, which means that, enemy. Frankly, Ukrainians who have at that 200,000 Americans have died as a “Putin is never going into Ukraine... mark it according to the Democrats, all the problems least once heard or seen Mr. Trump’s result of these so-called “successes” that down.” He then ridiculed Joe Biden with his of the Black community are our fault. When speech in which such words were uttered, comment that “they sent Ukraine pillows they come for “slavery reparations,” don’t yet continue to support him, are either (Continued on page 18) while I sent them tank busters.” Mr. Biden, as bother arguing that Ukrainian Americans are President Barack Obama’s point man on descended from serfs, not slave owners. Ukraine, either failed miserably or never The Democrats believe you should be OPINIONS tried very hard to reverse a disastrous policy glad when your child is passed over for The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters to the editor and commentaries on a that cost Ukraine Crimea and huge continu- admission to a university to make room for variety of topics of concern to the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian ing losses in the Donbas. Does anyone who someone with lower grades and test scores saw the vice-presidential debate believe that but the right ethnicity; or when a less-qual- communities, as well as the Ukrainian diaspora. a President Kamala Harris would do better? ified candidate is hired or promoted Opinions expressed by columnists, commentators and letter-writers are their I urge Ukrainians to calm down, take a instead of you. own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of either The Weekly editorial deep breath, and know that the sun will To sum up, the Democrats are not our staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian National Association. rise again after the elections. We should friends. Similarly, paid advertisements do not reflect the opinions of either The remain unified to support our brothers and Taras Wolansky Ukrainian or its publisher. sisters in Ukraine. Hopefully, whichever Kerhonkson, N.Y. No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2020 11

COMMENTARY The prophetic service of our schools by Archbishop Borys Gudziak A new school year has begun. But not for all. You may have read in a September 5 article in The New York Times that this summer throughout the United States some 150 Catholic schools were forced to close. In the New York archdiocese, 20 schools did not open their doors. Their halls are silent, no joyful din of children. In Boston, the archdiocese has had to close nine schools so far, with about two dozen others on a “watch list.” The Catholic school system has been facing overwhelming chal- lenges for decades. Enrollment for the 2019-2020 school year was at 1.7 million, down from 5 million 50 years ago. Many hard-working, lower- and middle-class families sim- ply cannot afford to pay public school taxes and Catholic school tuition. This summer, in many cases financial diffi- culties could not be overcome with COVID-19 becoming the nail in the coffin. Catholic schools in America formed generations of Christians and citizens. They gave a social lift to tens of mil- lions of immigrants, their children and grandchildren. Personally, I am grateful for my educational experience in Catholic elementary and secondary schools and institu- tions of higher learning. I have dedicated most of my adult Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia life to the development of a Catholic university in Ukraine St. George Academy students at the Ukrainian American Youth Association campground in Ellenville, N.Y., for a that has become a model for the country’s system of higher retreat. education. For more than 150 years Catholic schools in the U.S. have some 35 schools. Today they are few – both sisters and One fact that is hardly recognized in our community is been teaching children the most important things: about schools. The remaining six schools in our four eparchies the prophetic witness that our schools demonstrate God, about a good healthy way to live, about reading, writing continue to witness and render impressive service. They regarding one of the most burning issues in American soci- and arithmetic. These schools were the fruit of great gener- teach about God and His way. They are safe and unpreten- ety, namely racism. osity. Seven generations of clergy, religious and parents tious, sincere and welcoming. Our country seems to be hopelessly divided. Catholic sacrificed selflessly to educate children in the faith for life. A school cannot replace what properly should be offered schools offer us hope. This is the case with Ukrainian Pastors and parishes did everything they could to build, by parents. If parents at home don’t make prayer a priority Catholic educational institutions. Let me give three exam- develop, and maintain schools at our parishes. Thanks to in the morning and evening, it is difficult for a Catholic ples I have been privileged to observe personally during the Basilian Sisters, Sisters of Mary Immaculate and school to make it a priority for a child during the day. Yet, my first year of service. Missionary Sisters, the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the our teachers, pastors, school directors and sisters do all United States for decades had a formidable network of that they can to keep the schools open and Catholic. (Continued on page 16) 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2020 No. 42

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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CANDIDATES FOR U.S. PRESIDENT IN OUR UPCOMING ELECTION COULD NOT BE MORE STARK.

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pendence. He also reaffirmed the EU’s Mr. Zelenskyy reported: “We have European internal market. “This is the most Ukraine-EU... unwavering position on the illegal annexa- agreed to develop our trade relations fur- ambitious agreement that the European (Continued from page 1) tion of Crimea and support for the full ther and deepen economic integration Union has with any country,” he pointed implementation of the Minsk agreements. between Ukraine and the European Union. out, while stressing that the EU intends to and values. The Ukrainian people sacrifice Mr. Borrell also underscored the signing of At the same time, our delegation presented deepen cooperation with Ukraine in the a lot for their prosperity, for a better future, a program that should increase Ukraine’s its vision for the renewal of the Association field of IT and “green” energy. and this future is part of our future. You can resilience to disinformation and hybrid Agreement in trade and sectoral coopera- The EU noted notable progress in fulfill- count on us,” he said. threats, as well as contribute to developing tion. The free trade area must correspond ing fundamental reforms in Ukraine over At a press conference following the sum- the county’s civil society. to the realities of today – both the the past year. Among them are the intro- mit, President Zelenskyy noted that many “The foundation of our relations with Ukrainian economy and the economy and duction of the land market, adoption of the discussions had been devoted to resolving the European Union is the common values the legislative field of the European Union.” banking law, reform of the Electoral Code, the Donbas situation and taking steps to that we share and promote: democracy, the “Our discussions focused on the integra- development of decentralization and the implement the Minsk agreements. rule of law, respect for human rights, gen- tion into the EU Digital Single Market, inte- launch of the High Anti-Corruption Court. “European partners complimented our der equality. Our conversation today was gration of energy markets of Ukraine and the Answering questions from the news efforts on the path to peace, as well as thorough, friendly, warm and open. It cov- European Union, cooperation in the imple- media, Mr. Zelenskyy said that he had Ukraine’s active and constructive position ered almost the entire range of the mentation of the European green course,” always considered land reform the most in the Normandy format,” he said. Ukraine-EU agenda,” Mr. Zelenskyy said. Mr. Zelenskyy continued. He also announced difficult to implement, as it could not be The president of Ukraine also empha- “Further steps of Ukraine’s active coopera- the intention to move towards an agreement implemented throughout Ukraine’s inde- sized that he had received assurances that tion with the European Union were out- on an “industrial visa-free regime.” pendence. However, it was anti-corruption European sanctions on Russia would be in lined. I can assure you that our plans are The parties also discussed the reform that turned out to be the most diffi- place until the full restoration of Ukraine’s ambitious and unprecedented.” Agreement on the Common Aviation Area, cult. At the same time, Ukraine’s president sovereignty and territorial integrity. “The Ukraine’s president pointed out that the which has been on the agenda for many stressed that Ukrainian authorities have recent decision on sanctions for the con- current situation with the spread of COVID- years. However, it has not yet been imple- already taken several necessary steps to struction of a railway crossing over the 19 and joint efforts to overcome it were mented – experts predict that talks on this combat corruption. Kerch Bridge proves it,” Mr. Zelenskyy noted. also a topic of discussion at the summit. “I topic will resume in early 2021 or after sta- According to Mr. Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s The annual summit’s participants dis- am grateful to the European Union for the bilization of the COVID-19 situation. Until European Union partners assured him that cussed human rights violations in tempo- critical assistance provided to Ukraine. We then, “free airspace” would not benefit nothing threatens the visa-free regime and rarily occupied Crimea and the EU’s are talking about a direct response to the because of travel restrictions. that Ukraine meets all the necessary crite- involvement in the protection of people suf- pandemic and support for macroeconomic According to Mr. Michel, the Association ria. “As soon as the epidemic situation fering as a result of the Russian occupation stability in our country. We agree that the Agreement is aimed at creating conditions allows, Ukrainians will be able to plan trips and political persecution on the peninsula. coronavirus vaccine should become a com- for the integration of Ukraine into the to Europe again,” he added. “The European Union’s support for the mon and accessible global asset for all Minsk agreements and non-recognition of countries. We hope for further close coop- Russia’s annexation of Crimea and Sevasto­ eration with the EU on this important generation in older women. pol remain unwavering on our part,” said issue,” Mr. Zelenskyy commented. “We are looking at this very interesting European Council President Michel. Mr. Michel stated that the EU remains a Researcher... mechanism – that steroid hormones can “Sanctions in support of this policy were reliable partner of Ukraine and seeks to (Continued from page 4) extended on October 1. We also have specific deepen cooperation as evidenced by the directly influence production of cerebrospi- personal sanctions against those who built amount of assistance provided to the The idea for a human contraceptive is the nal fluid – and we want to understand how, the Kerch Bridge. We call on Russia to take Ukrainian state. Cooperation in combating same: It will go in the female reproductive and whether we can pharmacologically such steps mutually to find a peaceful settle- COVID-19 also is evidence of a partnership tract, where it will affect sperm cells with- facilitate this process to help,” she said. ment that respects Ukraine’s sovereignty between Ukraine and the EU. He added that out killing the sperm and without being She also is an adjunct associate profes- and territorial integrity. We call on Russia to the Association Agreement provides a absorbed by the cells lining the tract.” sor with the Buck’s Center for Reproductive honor its commitments,” Mr. Michel said. framework for collaboration, and the goal Recently, she has begun collaborating Longevity and Equality, which funds The EU High’s foreign policy chief, Mr. is to find conditions for the gradual integra- with researchers at the Buck Institute for research on ovarian aging and its impact on Borrell, assured full support for Ukraine’s tion of Ukraine into the internal European Research on Aging, in Novato, Calif., to women’s health. Dr. Lishko’s goal is to find sovereignty, territorial integrity and inde- market. understand the relationship between aging ways to delay aging of the reproductive sys- ovaries and neurodegenerative diseases, tem in women of child-bearing age. like Alzheimer’s disease. This work was Dr. Lishko admits to being chagrinned at spurred by the finding that girls who have the term “genius” award, which the delayed menarche – the first occurrence of MacArthur Foundation uses to describe the a period – and women with early meno- annual awards. pause have increased risk of these diseases. “All who work in science have very big TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL WALTER HONCHARYK (973) 292-9800 x3040 Because hormones like progesterone and brain potential. It is too arrogant to say we or e-mail [email protected] estrogen, which are produced by the ova- are geniuses; every person is a genius in a ries and plummet at menopause, are certain way,” she said. 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and ground training and exercises in These are not the actions of someone who would merely be the façade for an adminis- An encounter... Ukraine with NATO forces to enhance inte- has it in for Ukraine or is beholden to Russia. tration, fully backed by both houses of gration; reassigned a U.S. Stryker brigade to Though Congress had appropriated funds Congress, with an agenda that would seri- (Continued from page 10) a naval base near the Black Sea, and tight- for Ukraine’s national security, it is improba- ously damage the nation. The corrosive left- which cannot be ignored: (1) his actions as ened expanded sanctions on Russia. Taken ble that all these decisions would or could wing extremism of 2020 would be ascen- regards Ukraine and Russia, and (2) the fact together, all these actions directly or indi- have been made without Mr. Trump’s knowl- dant. Mr. Trump, for all his flaws, could be all that Trump is an obstacle to the socialist rectly enhanced Ukraine’s national security edge and approval. Whereas Mr. Trump that stands between an imperfect democra- agenda radical progressives have in store – acts that the Obama/Biden administration could flatly assert that, under his presidency, cy and the tyranny of the woke left. for the U.S. would never have countenanced for fear of Mr. Putin “is never going into Ukraine… you Once again, we should note the disparity In the words of many experts, no adminis- provoking Mr. Putin. can mark it down,” the Obama/Biden admin- between the words and actions of the two tration since the end of the Cold War has In this context, the often-cited explana- istration cannot escape partial responsibility candidates. While Mr. Trump’s words were been “tougher on Russia” and helpful to tion that Ukraine got lethal weapons for the loss of Crimea, Mr. Putin’s subsequent soft on Russia and dismissive of Ukraine, he Ukraine than the Trump administration. “despite Trump” has been debunked and invasion of the Donbas, and the “mess” and nevertheless pushed back on Russia and From that standpoint, Mr. Biden’s “promise” discredited. Congressional support was lives that it cost. supported Ukraine with his actions. Mr. to give Ukraine lethal weapons is a day late there during the Obama administration, for * * * Biden, on the other hand, kept reassuring and a dollar short. That train has left the sta- the “Support of Ukraine Act” was passed in Lastly, many of the Ukrainian Trump hat- that the U.S. “had Ukraine’s back” but tion. Mr. Trump armed Ukraine with 360 late 2014. Lethal weapons to Ukraine at ers seem to have forgotten why our parents appears to have overlooked Ukraine’s Javelin anti-tank missiles capable of destroy- that time would have made a crucial differ- and grandparents came to America. Did “front”(line). Despite the support of the sec- ing three-quarters of Russian tanks in the ence, but Mr. Obama – fearing provoking they flee from the shackles of Socialism and retaries of defense and state, who urged Donbas and, more recently, the sale of 16 of Mr. Putin – threw Ukraine under the bus Communism only to have a repeat perfor- arming Ukraine and a harder line with America’s most advanced and fastest patrol and vetoed their delivery, as Mr. Biden mance in the United States? Today the spec- Russia, he failed Ukraine. It was a Democrat boats with ordnance capable of destroying sheepishly stood by, and Congress did not ter of Socialism over America is real. The administration that – once again (as was or disabling much of Russia’s Black Sea fleet. even try to override the veto. But when Mr. November elections, therefore, will not be the case frequently in the past) – appeased But that is not all. The Trump administra- Trump signed off on the Javelins, the argu- about Mr. Biden or Mr. Trump; they will be Russia and sacrificed Ukraine. tion pushed European countries to add ment was that he did so because Congress about the future direction of America and $130 billion to NATO’s defense budget, effec- would have overridden his veto. That argu- our way of life. We will be choosing between Jaroslaw Martyniuk is a former diplomat tively reviving the organization. He opposed mentation is blatantly inconsistent; you a free-market democracy that has served and Principal Administrator with the Mr. Putin’s No. 1 project – Nord Stream 2; can’t have it both ways. our nation well for a quarter of a millenni- International Energy Agency/Organization opened up Ukraine’s ability to purchase or In any event, the Trump administration um and something resembling a coercive of Economic Cooperation and Development receive advanced armaments and equip- delivered enough Javelins to make Mr. Putin socialist utopia our families have fled. in Paris and a retired researcher affiliated ment from NATO and other U.S.-allied coun- think twice about infiltrating Ukraine any With Donald Trump, we know what we with Radio Liberty in Munich and tries; allowed large-scale military air, sea further. are getting. Joe Biden, on the other hand, Washington.

However, she said, “You can’t have dialogue boards at state-owned companies to com- tunes of oligarchs, who account for nearly NEWSBRIEFS in a prison cell.” Ms. Tsikhanouskaya ran as bat corruption. Mr. Hochstein joined the all the private-sector gas production and (Continued from page 2) a presidential candidate against Mr. board in December 2017 and oversaw the related services. “Unfortunately, Naftogaz Lukashenka after the jailing of her husband divestiture of the pipeline business into a management’s successful efforts to create a Tyzhnia reported that from the Ukrainian by Belarusian authorities eliminated the separate company as required by European new corporate culture, transparent mecha- side, only Mr. Zelenskyy and Security possibility of his running in the election. legislation. Since the start of reforms in nisms and an adherence to international Service of Ukraine (SBU) Chief Ivan She said she was allowed on October 10 to 2014 and aided by domestic price increas- standards, was resisted at every step of the Bakanov were present. The newspaper have her first phone call in four months es, Naftogaz has turned into one of the way. The company has been forced to reported that among the topics discussed with her jailed husband, video blogger nation’s most profitable companies and spend endless amounts of time combating was “Zelenskyy’s circle, both official and Syarhey Tsikhanouski. (RFE/RL, with accounts for a significant portion of the political pressure and efforts by oligarchs unofficial, which has significant influence reporting by Belarus-1 and Tut.by) nation’s budget revenues. However, the to enrich themselves through questionable on the head of state.” Dzerkalo Tyzhnia said Ex-diplomat quits Naftogaz board reforms have hurt in some cases the for- transactions,” Mr. Hochstein said. (RFE/RL) that, according to its source, “the secrecy of the meeting was dictated by the discussion A former U.S. State Department official of persons from Zelenskyy’s entourage; the said he is stepping down from the supervi- British see that information is leaking from sory board of Ukraine’s state-owned gas Ukraine. It should be noted that the topic of company amid concerns about a slowdown Zelenskyy’s closest circle was previously in reform and creeping corruption. Amos raised by the Americans. But their case was Hochstein, who served as the U.S. special pressure on the authorities. In the British envoy for international energy affairs dur- case it was a warning. In the event that ing former President Barack Obama’s Zelenskyy is not fully aware of the actions administration, made the announcement in With deep sadness we announce the death of our of people who associate themselves with an October 12 opinion piece in the Kyiv beloved MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND AUNT Zelenskyy.” (Ukrainian Canadian Congress Post. He singled out a Ukrainian govern- who fell asleep in the Lord Daily Briefing) ment deal to import liquefied natural gas on Friday, October 9, 2020, at the age of 94 from a little-known American company Lukashenka meets with jailed activists and name one of its executives to the Belarusian authorities have released two supervisory board. He also said there have Luba Christine Onuferko opposition activists after embattled been “unfounded allegations” leveled née Dolnycka Alyaksandr Lukashenka, who claims to against the company as it seeks to reform have won the August presidential election, the nation’s energy industry. “I can no lon- born May 1, 1926, in Skole (Boyko region), Ukraine met with them and 10 other jailed opposi- ger stand by and be used to endorse this RETIRED TEACHER AND CHEMIST tion figures. Belarusian state television negative trend, and it’s why I must volun- Funeral services were held on October 15, 2020, channel Belarus-1 said late on October 11 tarily leave the board. Supervisory boards at St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church in Jenkintown, PA. that Yury Vaskrasenski, a member of the cannot include members whose values are election campaign of former potential pres- not in line with the reform and good gover- Profoundly grateful for her beautiful life: idential candidate Viktar Babaryka, and nance agenda. Supervisory boards must Dzmitry Rabtsevich, director of the compa- continue to be independent, strengthened daughter – Martha O. DeBlieu and husband Ken DeBlieu ny PandaDoc IT, had been transferred to and protected from undue influence,” he son – Very Rev. Dr. Andrew T. Onuferko and wife Marijka house arrest. Mr. Babaryka, a banker once said. Mr. Hochstein’s resignation is the lat- daughter – Nila Onuferko and husband Norman Schoenfeld seen as Mr. Lukashenka’s toughest rival in est warning sign that reforms in Ukraine grandchildren – Dr. Thomas Onuferko and family, Marijka DeBlieu the August 9 election, was prevented from are being stymied by powerful politicians and family, and Hanusia Onuferko running and jailed before the vote. The tele- and oligarchs. A slow reform process has nephews and nieces – George Dolnycky and family, Myron Dolnycky, vised program showed Mr. Vaskrasenski, deflated optimism ushered in by the sur- Irene Dolnycky-Tolley and husband, Anya Dolnyckyj-Fat who said that after Mr. Lukashenka met prise victory of political novice Volodymyr and family with the jailed opposition figures on Zelenskyy, who campaigned on a platform countless relatives and friends in the U.S., in Ukraine, and throughout October 10, he was personally asked “to of fighting corruption, carrying out reform the world prepare his inputs regarding constitutional and attracting foreign investment. changes and define conditions for the Naftogaz, the country’s largest producer of EVERLASTING MEMORY – ВІЧНАЯ ПАМ’ЯТЬ! release of some individuals,” who, as the natural gas, has been at the center of Please consider making a memorial gift in her name to: television program’s anchors said, “turned Ukraine’s biggest corruption scandals over out not to be as dangerous as they previ- the past two decades. After Ukrainians Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation ously appeared.” Belarusian opposition fig- overthrew President Viktor Yanukovych in 2247 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60622 ures described the visit as a sign of weak- 2014, the United States and Europe tied Sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great ness from Mr. Lukashenka. Opposition financial aid to the country’s progress on 710 Fox Chase Rd., Fox Chase Manor, PA 19046 leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya said on reforms, with a major focus on Naftogaz. October 10 that Mr. Lukashenka had The United States and the EU – along with Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center “acknowledged the existence of political Western financial institutions – pushed 700 N Cedar Rd., Jenkintown, PA 19046 prisoners whom he used to call criminals.” Ukraine to set up independent supervisory 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2020 No. 42

October 21 Film screening and discussion, “The Long Breakup” by Katya October 24 Virtual Fund-Raising Banquet, Ukrainian National Museum, Online Soldak, Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University, Columbia Online 312-421-8020 or www.ukrainiannationalmuseum.org University, https://harriman.columbia.edu October 29 Book talk, “Avant-Garde Art in Ukraine. 1910-1930: Contested October 21-22 Webinar, “Ukraine’s Quest for Mature Nation Statehood Online Memory” by Myroslav Shkandrij, Columbia University, Online Roundtable XXI: Assessing the Human Resources of Ukraine’s https://harriman.columbia.edu Armed Forces,” 917-476-1221 or [email protected] October 31 through Gerdany (beaded necklace) workshop with Stefanie Milan October 22 Webinar with Leah Batstone, “Between Serialism and November 7 Milinchek, Ukrainian History and Education Center, Online Suprematism: Nikolai Roslavets’ Modernist Music,” Somerset, NJ www.ukrhec.org Columbia University, http://harriman.columbia.edu/ programs/ukrainian-studies-program November 1 East Coast online fund-raiser, with keynote speaker Anne October 24 Online seminar, “Practical Orthodoxy Series: Stewardship Online Applebaum, Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation, Online in Times of Crisis,” Ukrainian Orthodox League, www.ucef.org or 773-235-8462 www.uolofusa.org November 1-30 Virtual art exhibit, “Holodomor: A Remembrance,” with October 24 Gala evening, Ukrainian Institute of America, Online works by Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak, Ukrainian American Online www.ukrainianinstitute.org Cultural Club of Houston, www.uacch.net

October 24 Steamers and Suds clam lunch, Syracuse Ukrainian November 8 Midwest online fund-raiser, with keynote address by Syracuse, NY National Home, [email protected] or 615-478-9272 Online Metropolitan-Archbishop Borys Gudziak, Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation, www.ucef.org October 24 Paul Yuzyk Institute Leadership Webinar, Ukrainian National Online Federation (Ottawa-Gatineau), [email protected] (reservations required) Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions October 24 Borshch Taste-Off, Ukrainian Educational and Cultural from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Jenkintown, PA Center, www.ueccphila.org and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

decades a junior college, Manor recently subject to these inequalities. In too many confronting the world with the joy of the The prophetic... became a four-year institution of higher places public schools – at best agnostic Gospel and challenging a culture of comfort (Continued from page 11) learning. Under the leadership of its vision- regarding faith in God – have failed their and conformity, we cannot be spiritually pupils, but parents often have no choice. fruitful. The future of not only our schools In New York, at St. George Academy, a become a university. A college founded by Not all can pay twice. Even if a Christian depends on it. school associated with St. George Church, theary presidentsisters, in Dr. the Jonathan womb of Perі, the it Ukrainian will soon upbringing is a top priority for Catholic As a new school year starts and Catholic one of our biggest parishes in America, last Catholic Church in Philadelphia, Manor families. The lack of appreciation for the schools courageously struggle through the year’s valedictorian and salutatorian both today serves a student population in which contribution of the Catholic schools to challenges of the times, I wish to thank and represented minorities: the valedictorian – 61 percent are racial and ethnic minorities. American society in government circles encourage our pastors and sisters, teach- Precious Mann, an African American, and 65 percent of the students are first-genera- reflected in legislation has been more lethal ers, students and those who support the the salutatorian – Alexandra Pabon, a tion in college and 80 to 85 percent work to the existence of Catholic schools than Catholic school system. Together you wit- young Hispanic woman. Last year’s enroll- while they are in college. any pandemic. ness prophetically both to the Gospel and ment at the academy was 31 percent Since I arrived in June of last year, every In the Ukrainian Catholic Church, bish- to the possibilities of our country. Latino, 27 percent African American and 2 time I visit Manor College, I am truly ops, clergy and laity need to do serious soul Possibilities that need heroes, committed percent Asian. Many minority students are inspired. Manor is moving boldly in the searching regarding the evangelization of followers of Christ, humble servants, gener- recipients of generous financial aid and right direction. It is possible to develop the faithful, the spiritual engagement of ous and responsible citizens who are not scholarships. Catholic education in America, although it is students and the institutional priorities guided by inflammatory or ideological rhet- In all Catholic schools the expenses are difficult and requires outstanding leader- regarding infrastructure. We need to return oric, and know a good thing when they see only partially covered by tuition. St. George ship and focused commitment of us all. It is to the basics. Maybe this means simplifying it. Know it, support it, and make it happen. Parish, the Basilan Fathers (for decades the possible to witness to the Gospel in this sec- and downsizing so that we can be spiritual- Basilian Sisters) and, most importantly, the ularized and polarized world. It is possible ly nimble. Clearly, we need to have more Archbishop Borys Gudziak heads the parishioners support the school, thereby to live in mutual uplifting racial harmony. confidence that this is God’s Church, that Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of attesting to the possibility and promise of There is no going back to the past. He is the source of life and that every Philadelphia and is metropolitan of racial unity in the Big Apple. The harmony Although our outlook cannot be guided by authentic sacrifice is life-giving. Without Ukrainian Catholics in the United States. was particularly striking during a nostalgia, the sacrifice and service of our November Holodomor concert when predecessors should offer not only inspira- together the diverse students of the tion but insight for meeting the challenges sions, sometimes, as recently in Bosnia and Academy burst into song – in English, of the future. Turning... Herzegovina, in difficult and dangerous Ukrainian and Spanish. Serene conviction in God’s providence (Continued from page 6) conditions. …In a region recently troubled In the Philadelphia Archeparchy, opens the door for creativity. God is alive in by numerous crises and conflicts, Ukraine Assumption Catholic school of Perth us, in the world. We should not fear or The new building, located near the U.N., has remained a source of regional stability Amboy, N.J., one of only two left in the city, shrink away from the call to witness the was purchased for $3.5 million. The pur- and a genuine broker of peace.” is generously underwritten by the parishio- Gospel, especially for our children. We are chase was negotiated, contracted and Stephen Browne, the United Nations rep- ners and by the zealous activity of the pas- summoned to let the Lord show us the way closed by the law firm of Drobenko and resentative in Ukraine, at a celebration tor, Father Ivan Turyk. Visiting this school through the labyrinth of today’s trials – Piddoubny. marking the 50th anniversary of the U.N. during the open house on the Sunday moral, cultural, social, political and eco- In 1995, Ukraine’s Mission to the U.N. held on October 18 in Kyiv, stated: “The before the pandemic set in, I was moved by nomic. The history of our Church, its Cross celebrated the 50th anniversary of the United Nations is an arena in which every the warmth of the atmosphere, the human- and Resurrection, the witness of the mar- U.N.’s founding in 1945, with the signing of country finds its voice. Already in 1945, ity of the teachers, and the diversity of fam- tyrs demonstrates clearly that there is no the U.N. Charter (signed on June 26, 1945, it Ukraine’s voice was heard in that arena. ilies visiting our unsung teaching establish- situation, no matter how difficult, that can- went into effect on October 24, 1945). Fifty years later, Ukraine’s voice is loud and ment. Out of 156 students enrolled for this not be lived fruitfully with God, in grace, in Ukraine has been a founding a member of strong. As foreseen by Ivan Franko at the academic year, 69 are Hispanic, 17 African a spiritual way. The powers that be pro- the organization and the U.N. Office in beginning of this [20th] century ‘the time American and seven of Indian background. claimed our Church in Ukraine to be dead. Ukraine was opened in November 1992 to will come when you will shine in a circle of In a school subsidized by a Ukrainian Yet it is fully alive! further cooperation between the U.N. and free nations.’ So this is the day when Catholic parish, over 60 percent of the stu- Without doubt, there are factors not in Ukraine. Ukraine salutes the United Nations. But I dents represent racial minorities. our control that have led to the closing of U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros- want to say to you, Mr. President [Kuchma], Quietly, our schools do essential every- our schools. A tradition of hostility regard- Ghali, in the commemorative journal “The members of the government and all day work – the most important work in ing Catholic schools has a long history in United Nations and Ukraine: 50 Years of Ukrainians, that this is also the day in which America – witnessing to God, teaching and America. All Catholics who send their chil- Cooperation,” stated: “Ukraine is a founding the countries of the United Nations salute raising children to be responsible moral cit- dren to Catholic schools pay twice for their member of the United Nations and has con- Ukraine: its patience and courage; its resis- izens, and demonstrating without fanfare education. There are fine public schools in sistently supported the aims and purposes tance to adversity; its example of peace; its that different races and different ethnicities our country with outstanding teachers and of the organization – international peace promising and prosperous future.” can live, learn and thrive together. dedicated administrators, but too often and security, development, justice and Source: “U.N. Mission moves to new quar- In 1947 the Sisters of St. Basil the Great quality is a function of the socio-economic human rights. Ukraine has actively partici- ters,” by Roman Woronowycz, The Ukrainian in Philadelphia founded Manor College. For status of the neighborhood. Children are pated in United Nations peacekeeping mis- Weekly, October 29, 1995. No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2020 17 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2020 No. 42

away our will to ensure our national exis- Treachery... tence. In the end, we won, and we will con- (Continued from page 10) tinue to triumph over all challenges because of the strength of our will, fortified by the stem from the pandemic. These lives were heroism of our people. Our undaunted spirit lost because of his careless policies. To him, is far stronger than the sabers, rifles, can- these 200,000 lives were simply collateral nons, tanks, missiles and hatred of those damage as he calculated the importance of who wish us to be forever dead. his own election victory. Unfortunately, throughout the same his- For Ukrainians, this must be all the more tory, we have not lacked traitors. Even appalling. Throughout the history of when considering motives, let’s be clear – a Ukraine, of Ukrainian-Russian relations, traitor is a traitor, whether the betrayal is from the times of Andrey Bogoliubsky and for a certain benefit or advantage, for per- Kyivan Rus’, and even more so, up to and sonal enrichment or from willful ignorance, after the Treaty of Pereyaslav, the Kozak or purposeful self-delusion. “I benefited state, there have always been tsars and financially with Trump,” a wealthy commissars, whether in St. Petersburg or American of Ukrainian descent who sup- Moscow, who were exceptionally cruel to ports Mr. Trump told me. Just like some of our people. Consider these examples: Ivan our Kozaks in the 18th century sold out to the Terrible, Peter I, Catherine II, Nicholas I, Tsar Peter I and betrayed Hetman Ivan Alexander II, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Mazepa at the Battle of Poltava. Whether it Leonid Brezhnev and Vladimir Putin. be personal aggrandizement or simply out Mr. Putin’s name is engraved indelibly in of naivety, our current Trumpshevyks will our history as one of Ukraine’s most vicious be judged by history. enemies. And, this murderer is not done, Make no mistake: to support Mr. Trump having changed Russia’s Constitution to is to support Mr. Putin. Future generations make sure he is in power for life. Yet, this will condemn them because today the heinous enemy is liked by America’s choice is so clear that it has become a President Trump, who flatters himself with national mandate. Yet these Trumpshevyks a reciprocal affinity. continue to support a man who freely In our own glorious and, nevertheless, declares that he likes his friend, the odious too often tragic history, we are proud of the Mr. Putin, one of the worst enemies in the large number of our own heroes who gave history of our Ukrainian people, of our their lives for their people. This history of Ukrainian nation. Proclaiming, even often heroism has strengthened us. This heroism and loudly, “I am a patriot and love has enabled us to survive some of history’s Ukraine” is not enough. This is exactly how most difficult political experiences, and many throughout our history have attempt- more than once we overcame the strenuous ed to exonerate themselves for their treach- efforts of our enemies to wipe us off the face ery. Yet, despite their protestations, history of the earth. We met these challenges and has forever marked them as traitors. And succeeded because we are a heroic people now, a similar fate awaits many. willing to die for a noble cause and we are strengthened by our spirituality. Our ene- Askold S. Lozynskyj is an attorney at law mies took away our land, our language, our based in New York City who served as presi- bread, but they could not take away our dent of the Ukrainian World Congress in strength of spirit, and they could not take 1998-2008. No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2020 19 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2020 No. 42