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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXIV No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 $2.00 Rehabilitation center funded by donations Summer Olympics 2016: from Ukrainian diaspora opens in Lviv Ukraine picks up three medals to start by Mark Raczkiewycz ment, treadmill, two vehicle-driving simu- lators, a kitchenette and other facilities. LVIV – After more than a year of careful Up to 25 patients can now undergo ther- planning, countless site visits and fund- apy that lasts as long as six weeks upon raising in the United States, a modern reha- receiving a prosthetic from the facility run bilitation center to help Ukraine’s wounded by the Social Policy Ministry, a testament to soldiers opened in western Ukraine’s larg- the public-nonprofit partnership. est city in August. Before, patients fitted with prosthetics The center showcased how far $40,000 were given only up to two weeks of therapy can go towards ensuring a more dignified and shown how to use their new append- life for people who’ve lost their limbs. The age upon which they would be released. amount was raised last year by the Now they could receive up to six weeks of Ukrainian National Foundation and the expanded therapy and become more self- New York-based Markian Paslawsky Fund. reliant, lead a more full-fledged life and Entrusted to the -based International even get trained to drive a taxi or public Alliance for Fraternal Assistance (IAFA), the transportation vehicle. money was used to renovate some 3,000 About 70,000 people without limbs are square meters of space and install occupa- registered at the state-run prosthetics man- tional and physical therapy equipment in ufacturer, 53 of whom are combat war vet- five rooms that are situated at the Lviv State erans who are granted service priority, Enterprise for Mobility and Prosthetics. according to Marat Mukhametov, acting NOC-Ukr.org “I’m thrilled,” said Olena Paslawsky, a director of the state enterprise. Silver medalist in the men’s 10-meter air rifle Serhiy Kulish. sister of Markian Paslawsky in whose honor “We’ve no waiting list, people are given the rehabilitation center was named and custom-fit prosthetics according to sched- by Ihor N. Stelmach advanced to the quarterfinals against Petra who was killed on August 19, 2014, during ule, and we always manage to accommodate and Matthew Dubas Kvitova of the Czech Republic. fierce fighting in the city of Ilovaisk in those that planning doesn’t foresee,” Mr. The National Olympic Committee of Donetsk Oblast. “At the end of the day it Mukhametov told The Ukrainian Weekly. Serhiy Kulish won Ukraine’s first medal Ukraine lists 203 athletes competing in 22 wasn’t that much money and it was amazing The IAFA chose the Lviv center after evalu- at the 2016 Summer in Rio sports (out of 39 sports) in Rio. Ukraine’s what was accomplished… To be able to find ating 15 other such facilities in Ukraine. de Janeiro, securing the silver in the government is paying Ukrainian athletes a facility with relatively little funding, but Having worked with the Kyiv charity group 10-meter men’s air rifle finals on Monday, $125,000 for winning gold, $85,000 for sil- again [with the] commitment from the peo- prior to embarking on this project by sending August 8. He scored 204.6 points, second to ver and $55,000 for a bronze medal. ple here, it’s an amazing accomplishment.” Italy’s Niccolo Campriani (206.1 points), goods to the war front, Ms. Paslawsky said Milchev as Ukraine’s flag-bearer She added that people “are very pleased the “key was finding a trustworthy partner.” the silver medal winner in London (2012). that the money is going to good use” and And they did. ’s Vladimir Maslennikov won bronze Mykola Milchev received the honor of commented, “I think people want to be gen- Viktoriia Voronovych, director of the with 184.2 points. carrying Ukraine’s national flag during the erous. They just want to know that things IAFA, had conducted over 20 site visits to Gymnast Oleh Vernyayev won silver on opening ceremonies of the 31st Summer are happening with their funds. This is a the Lviv facility in the past year and found a August 10 in the men’s artistic all-around Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The Olympic fabulous example.” local contractor who remodeled the rooms with a total of 92.266 points. He scored champion of Sydney 2000, holder of an The sister of the slain West Point gradu- at his expense. 15.033 in floor, 15.533 in pommel horse, Olympic record, three-time world record ate, who had joined the then-volunteer Having the “raw space” and a “dedicated 15.300 in rings, 15.500 in vault, 16.100 in holder and winner of nine awards in trap Battalion when Russia invaded staff” is what made all the difference for parallel bars, and 14.800 in horizontal bar. shooting is participating in his fourth in early 2014, was refer- His score was less than one-tenth of a point Olympic competition. ring to the modern weightlifting equip- (Continued on page 14) behind that of the gold medalist Kohei Ukraine’s Olympic athletes and officials Uchimura of Japan. selected Milchev for the honorary mission Fencer repeated as bronze at an organizational gathering in the medal winner in the women’s saber indi- Olympic Village in Rio on August 3. vidual event on August 8. It was Ukraine’s “This year marks the 30th anniversary of first bronze medal in Rio and its second me performing for the national team. These medal at the Games. The 25-year-old from are my fourth Olympics. I have always won her bout against France’s dreamed to be the flag-bearer of our Olympic Manon Brunet with a score of 15-10. team. My dream came true,” Milchev com- Earlier in the competition, Kharlan best- mented on the Facebook page of the ed Mexico’s Ursula Gonzalez Garate (15-8) National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. in the round of 32, fellow Ukrainian Alina Belenyuk wrestles Komashchuk (15-8) in the round of 16, and with racism funding Italy’s Loreta Gulotta in the quarterfinal (15-14). In the semifinal, Kharlan was Greco-Roman wrestler Zhan Belenyuk defeated by Russia’s Yana Egorian, the even- has successfully managed to shrug off taunt- tual gold medal champion. The silver medal ing insults over his Rwandese background was awarded to Russian . since early childhood, standing tall as one And one of the biggest surprises was of Ukraine’s top Olympic medal hopefuls. Roman Woronowycz that Ukrainian women’s tennis star Elina Despite overcoming many years of men- Guests fill the reception hall at the Lviv State Enterprise for Mobility and Prosthetics Svitolina (ranked No. 20 in singles by the tal anguish, the 25-year-old world champi- on August 5 for the opening of a modern rehabilitation center funded by donations WTA) won 6-4, 6-3 against Serena Williams from the North American Ukrainian community, including the Ukrainian National Foundation and Markian Paslawsky Fund. of the U.S.A. in the round of 16, and (Continued on page 9) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 No. 33

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About NATO’s new force posture Ukrainian troops on alert Russian allegations preposterous fantasies and a pretext for Moscow to make more KYIV – Tensions between Russia and military threats against Ukraine. (RFE/RL, in the Baltic region: pluses, minuses Ukraine escalated one day after Moscow with reporting by AP and Reuters) claimed it thwarted an incursion into by Vladimir Socor immediate allied response to any aggres- Russia-held by Ukrainian sabo- Ex-lawmaker charged with separatism Eurasia Daily Monitor sion”: the allusion to a “tripwire” function teurs, with Kyiv putting troops near the seems fairly clear (Warsaw Summit peninsula on highest alert and Russia KYIV – A court in Kyiv has formally It was a summit of modest expectations Communiqué, Nato.int July 9, para. 40). announcing increased security measures charged a former member of Ukraine’s and modest results for the North Atlantic A “framework nation” is assigned to and new naval exercises in the Black Sea. Parliament with providing support to Treaty Organization (NATO) in Warsaw on each of the four multinational battalions: Ukrainian President says Russia-backed separatists in the east of the July 8-9. These results are of an interim the United Kingdom in Estonia, Canada in he wants to speak directly with Russian country. The Pechersk District Court in the nature: building blocks for further decisions Latvia, Germany in Lithuania and the United President Vladimir Putin and several Ukrainian capital on August 8 also ordered at upcoming ministerial meetings, not wait- States in Poland. These battalion battle- Western leaders amid the spike in tensions. Volodymyr Medyanyk to be held for two ing until the next summit. The Warsaw groups shall provide a “persistent presence” Mr. Poroshenko’s office said on August 11 months in pretrial detention. According to results do not, as yet, correlate with the through continuous rotations of their ele- he had asked the country’s Foreign Affairs the court, the case against Mr. Medyanyk is ments. The framework nations have growth in Russia’s capacity to threaten, Ministry to arrange telephone conversa- linked to the July 30 arrest of the former “offered” to play that role; and they shall intimidate or subvert the alliance generally tions with Mr. Putin, French President leader of the pro-Russia , and its eastern – now “frontline” – member generate “voluntary troop contributions” Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Oleksandr Yefremov. Mr. Yefremov is now countries in particular. Following is an anal- from other allied nations to the respective Angela Merkel, U.S. Vice-President Joe on trial in Kyiv on charges of financially ysis of the summit’s results written a month battalions. Thus, the arrangements for each Biden and European Council President supporting Russia-backed separatists in after its conclusion. nation are flexible, potentially time-limited Donald Tusk. Meanwhile, the U.S. ambassa- the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk. and re-negotiable. The authorized strength dor to Ukraine said on Twitter on August Fighting between Ukrainian government Political debates on NATO’s force posture is envisaged at approximately 1,000 troops 11 that the “U.S. government has seen noth- forces and Russia-backed separatists in the in the Baltic region could have been better in each battalion battlegroup. ing so far that corroborates Russian allega- eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk served by a higher degree of openness and The troop commitments look as follows tions of a ‘Crimea incursion’ & Ukraine has has killed more than 9,500 people since candor in the run-up to the Warsaw sum- in the summit’s aftermath: 850 troops con- April 2014. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by firmed for the battalion in Estonia (500 strongly refuted them.” He also noted, mit. Unnecessary constraints on those UNIAN and Interfax) debates were partly responsible for delay- British, 200 Danish and 150 French); 600 “Russia has a record of frequently levying false accusations at Ukraine to deflect ing NATO’s arrival to the Baltic region in a confirmed for the battalion in Latvia (450 Separatist leader injured in attack military sense during the whole post- Canadian, 150 Polish), with additional pos- attention from its own illegal actions” and enlargement decade. Those political inhibi- sible but unconfirmed Italian, Slovene and added that the U.S. view is that “Crimea is, LUHANSK, Ukraine – The leader of a tions also partly explain the insufficiency of Portuguese troop contributions; 1,250 to and will always remain, part of Ukraine.” Russia-backed separatist group in eastern the Warsaw summit’s decisions on the 1,300 troops confirmed for the battalion in Following a request from Kyiv, the United Ukraine has been injured in an assassina- allied force posture in the three Baltic states Lithuania (600 German, 200 Norwegian, Nations Security Council was due to discuss tion attempt, the separatists say. Igor vis-à-vis the potential threats from Russia. 150 Croatian, 150 Belgian, 100–150 from the rising tensions in Crimea during a Plotnitsky, the head of a group that calls On the positive side, the summit’s deci- the Netherlands and 50 from Luxembourg), closed-door meeting in New York later on itself the Luhansk People’s Republic, “was sions signify that the three Baltic states’ plus a tentative French offer; and 1,300 August 11. On August 11, the Ukrainian wounded this morning as a result of a pow- accession to NATO is not merely a political troops confirmed for the battalion in Poland president announced that he had instruct- erful explosion that occurred near his car,” process, which is how NATO had essentially (1,000 U.S., 150 British and 150 Romanian ed all military units near Crimea and in the official separatists’ news agency report- treated it since 2004. First, NATO has now troops). It is further understood that the eastern regions near separatist-held terri- ed on August 6. The report said Mr. taken the initial (albeit tentative) steps Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary – tory to be at their highest level of combat Plotnitsky was being treated at a local hos- toward integrating Estonia, Latvia and members together with Poland in the readiness. Russia’s Federal Security Service pital along with several other people who Lithuania into the alliance’s defense sys- Visegrad Four group of countries – are will- (FSB) had said on August 10 that an FSB suffered injuries in the blast in the city of tem. Second, the three Baltic states no lon- ing to contribute one company each to be employee and a soldier were killed while Luhansk. A top official in the group, Serhiy ger face the possibility of becoming de facto stationed in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, repelling what it described as attempts to Kozlov, said Mr. Plotnitsky was in stable a buffer zone devoid of allied forces (a pos- respectively (Osw.waw.pl, July 13). get Ukrainian “saboteurs” into the peninsu- condition and that there is no threat to his sibility that had been discussed apprehen- Whether the U.S. military will continue la, which Russia seized from Ukraine in life. The Interfax news agency on August 7 sively in the region long after NATO’s politi- its rotational presence in Estonia, Latvia 2014. The FSB also said it had detained quoted an anonymous source at the hospi- cal enlargement there). And thirdly, the alli- and Lithuania is not clear at this stage. The several men – both Ukrainian and Russian tal where Plotnitsky is being treated as say- ance’s force posture is now shifting from United States is currently deploying one citizens – and confiscated weapons. ing that his condition is stable, and that symbolic reassurance of the Baltic states company-size unit on continuous rotation Russian President Vladimir Putin accused there had been no complications overnight. toward deterrence of Russia, at least in in each of the three Baltic states. These the pro-Western government in Kyiv of Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, a spokesman for aspirational terms for the time being. countries are concerned to retain the U.S. using “terror” tactics to seek to ignite a new Kyiv’s military operations in the east, said Under the Warsaw summit’s decisions, companies’ presence in the framework of conflict and destabilize Crimea. Ukrainian NATO shall establish an “enhanced forward the battalion battlegroups. 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WINDOW ON EURASIA NEWS ANALYSIS Will Putin again use the Olympics Russia accuses Kyiv of plotting ‘terror’; as cover for new aggression? Ukraine denounces Moscow’s ‘fantasies’ ing anything but “an escalation” toward a by Paul Goble RFE/RL sures to ensure security in Crimea. major war (novayagazeta.ru/poli- The FSB said it believed Ukrainian spe- Eight years ago, on August 8, 2008, tics/74105.html). Russian President Vladimir Putin has cial forces had been planning attacks tar- when the world was focusing on the If a major war happens and the signs lashed out at Ukraine, accusing the govern- geting critical infrastructure. Olympics in Beijing, Vladimir Putin used point to the conclusion that both “the army ment of “terror” after the Federal Security “The aim of this subversive activity and this distraction as the occasion to launch of Ukraine and the [Moscow-organized] Service (FSB) claimed that Kyiv tried to terrorist acts was to destabilize the socio- his invasion of Georgia. Now, there are both self-proclaimed republics are ready for it, send saboteurs into Crimea and that a sol- political situation in the region ahead of indications and fears that he may use the tens of thousands of people will be killed.” dier and an FSB officer were killed thwart- preparations and the holding of elections,” world’s focus on the Olympiad in Rio to It lists as the most important signs the fol- ing the alleged armed raids. the FSB said, referring to Russia-wide par- reignite Russian aggression in Ukraine. lowing developments of recent days: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko liamentary elections next month. The Georgian Foreign Affairs Ministry • “The attack on the head of the self-pro- rejected the Russian claims, which followed Kyiv: ‘fake information’ has called attention to this anniversary and claimed LPR” [Luhansk People’s Republic]. an increase in Russian military activity in to the ways in which Putin acted and the • “The growing intensity of the exchange the northern part of Crimea near the bor- A spokesman for Ukrainian military world reacted at that time, actions and reac- of fire.” der with mainland Ukraine, as “fantasies” intelligence denied the accusations. “This is tions that led to the loss of significant por- • “The rhetoric of ‘hurrah patriots’ in and “provocation.” fake information,” the spokesman said. tions of Georgian territory and opened the Russia and Ukraine, who are calling for ‘a The Russian claims added to tension “Russian accusations toward Ukraine of way to Mr. Putin’s Anschluss of Crimea six decisive attack and victory.’ ” between Moscow and Kyiv, already on the terrorism in the occupied Crimea sound as years later (agenda.ge/news/63194/eng). • “The crisis in diplomatic relations rise following an upsurge in fighting in the preposterous and cynical as the statements In the last few days, a Polish newspaper between Russia and Ukraine.” conflict between Ukrainian government of the Russian leadership about the has warned Moscow is preparing for a new • Efforts on both sides to draw the other forces and Russia-backed separatists in absence of the Russian troops in [eastern into an attack. campaign against Kyiv (versia.ru/polskaya- eastern Ukraine. Ukraine],” President Poroshenko said. gazeta-vyborcha-obvinila-moskvu-v-pod- “The rapid decline in the popularity of • “This is very alarming news,” Mr. Putin “These fantasies are only a pretext for more gotovke-poxoda-na-kiev), Ukrainian offi- both the leadership of the DPR [Donetsk said on August 10. “In fact, our security ser- military threats against Ukraine.” cials have said they “expect a Russian People’s Republic] and LPR and of Kyiv rul- vices prevented an incursion into the terri- Mr. Poroshenko also said Moscow would attack at any minute” (qha.com.ua/ru/ ers,” something both are trying to “compen- tory by a sabotage-reconnaissance group not succeed in getting international sanc- obschestvo/ukraina-ojidaet-nastupleniya- sate” for by militant rhetoric. from Ukraine’s Defense Ministry.” tions on Russia lifted by trying to discredit rossii-v-lyubuyu-minutu/163789/), and • “The widespread sense of an impend- Mr. Putin said Kyiv’s alleged actions Ukraine. Russian outlets have begun to claim that ing catastrophe – a full-scale war in the Ukraine is preparing to attack Russian posi- middle of Europe.” were “stupid” and “criminal” and that there The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said the tions (ruskline.ru/news_rl/2016/08/08/ In such a war, neither side will win; but was no point in holding talks on the foun- FSB’s assertions looked like an attempt to kievskaya_hunta_gotovitsya_k_bolshoj_ one thing is sure, Novaya Gazeta says. “Such dering peace process in eastern Ukraine – a justify “acts of aggression” and the rede- vojne_na_donbasse/). a conflict will not end with a truce.” Instead, reference to proposals for a meeting ployment of military units to Crimea, which Many will dismiss these articles as either it will be “a geopolitical catastrophe,” first between Russia, Ukraine, Germany, and Russia seized from Ukraine in March 2014 self-interested or part of the continuing of all, for Ukraine, but then for Russia and France on the sidelines of a Group of 20 after deploying troops and staging a refer- war of nerves between Moscow and Kyiv, many others as well. summit on September 4-5 in China. endum denounced by most of the world as but they may be more impressed by the rel- He said the alleged infiltration attempt illegitimate. atively dispassionate analysis offered on The article above is reprinted from showed that the Ukrainian government had “Representatives of the Russian special August 8 by Moscow’s Novaya Gazeta, Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from “turned to the practice of terror instead of services are trying to divert the attention of which lists recent developments and con- its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, searching for compromises, instead of the local population and the international cludes that one cannot call what is happen- www.jamestown.org. searching for pathways to a peaceful settle- community from criminal acts to transform ment,” and suggested Russia would seek the peninsula into an isolated military base,” revenge for the two deaths, which the FSB the Defense Ministry said in a statement. said occurred in clashes over the weekend. After taking over Crimea following the “From the Russian side there were loss- downfall of a Moscow-backed Ukrainian Moscow likely to resume attack on Ukraine es – two soldiers killed. We obviously will president who was driven from power by not let such things slide by,” Mr. Putin said. under guise of ‘peacekeeping,’ says analyst He said Russia would take “serious” mea- (Continued on page 16) by Paul Goble shows that there exists “a threat of escala- tion” of the conflict in the Donbas, especially Recent reports about the influx of mate- given that officials there have talked about riel into the Russian-occupied Donbas and beginning new attacks on August 8 (apostro- Quotable notes increasingly militant rhetoric by the lead- phe.com.ua/article/society/2016-08-02/ “Russia’s recent hacking attacks on the Clinton campaign, the Democratic National ers of the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s voyna-na-donbasse-v-dnr-govoryat-chto- Committee, and the party’s fund-raising committee for candidates for the U.S. House republics (DPR and LPR), combined with nastuplenie-nachnetsya-8-avgusta/6565). of Representatives reflect Moscow’s view that it is in a state of political war with the the world’s shift of attention away from But such an offensive, Mr. Felgengauer United States, if not the West. …Moscow has previously sought to take down the Ukraine, has convinced many in the region suggests, would likely begin at least as “a government in Ukraine, the governments in Estonia, Georgia, that Moscow is about to launch a major grandiose ‘humanitarian operation to save Lithuania and Kyrgyzstan, and used cyberattacks to penetrate the Bundestag, the new military campaign against Kyiv. civilians’ who are being fired upon by Pentagon and other foreign political institutions. Nevertheless, the brazen quality of Pavel Felgengauer, one of Russia’s most ‘Ukrainian fascists’ and ‘Banderites.’ ” That this most recent episode reflects Russia’s heightened aggressiveness… distinguished independent military ana- is even more likely, he suggests, because “Moreover, the recent hacks suggest an organized plan to strike back at the United lysts, says that such an attack in the near Russian officials have been saying that States, which [Vladimir] Putin believes is doing similar things to him, disrupt the future “cannot be excluded” and that if it Ukraine is already on the attack (apostro- integrity of the U.S. elections, portray Hillary Clinton and the Democrats in the worst happens, it is likely to be camouflaged by phe.com.ua/news/world/ex-ussr/2016- possible light, and obtain intelligence that could be used to blackmail or compromise Russian claims it is engaged in “peacekeep- 07-23/v-ukraine-vyismeyali-zayavlenie- American politicians. This much is clear. ing” to avoid Western criticism (apostrophe. cheloveka-putina-o-gotovyaschemsya-nas- “It is equally clear that [Donald] Trump is totally reckless and irresponsible: he com.ua/article/politics/2016-08-04/nastu- tuplenii-sil-ato-na-donbasse/66336). invited Moscow to further hack Clinton’s email account after threatening to break up plenie-rossii-na-donbasse-proydet-pod- Another “bad sign,” Mr. Felgengauer NATO and recognize Crimea as Russian. …there is no doubt that Russian oligarchs vidom-mirotvorcheskoy-operatsii/6598). says, is the unexpected recall of Russia’s under Moscow’s thumb are deeply invested in his properties that are reportedly In a commentary for the Apostrophe ambassador to Kyiv and Kyiv’s refusal to highly leveraged. Although there is no proof that he is an agent of Moscow, he is portal, the analyst says that at a recent give agrément to Russia’s preferred either a ‘useful idiot’ or the target of a classic Russian exercise in reflexive control. meeting of the collegium of the Russian replacement given the individual’s career “The Obama administration and Congress must investigate to prevent recurrenc- Defense Ministry, Minister Sergei Shoigu in the security agencies rather than in more es of such hacking attacks on both parties and other key institutions like those that justified strengthening Russia’s presence in conventional diplomatic work (apostrophe. oversee elections. The United States also needs to retaliate in ways that need not be the southeastern direction because NATO com.ua/article/politics/foreign-poli- public but that make the right impression upon Putin and his subordinates. Finally, has increased its forces in the region. But cy/2016-07-29/soglasitsya-li-ukraina-na- we need to understand that from Putin’s standpoint he is at war with America and NATO has done so in the northeastern posla-fsb-shnika/6494). act accordingly. Failure to grasp this fact stems from either an unwillingness to face direction, not the southeastern or Ukrainian Of course, the analyst says, each of these the facts or willful ignorance. Ignorance is never a virtue, while shilling for Putin is one (apostrophe.com.ua/news/world/ things may have explanations that do not still a vice.” ex-ussr/2016-07-30/u-putina- involve the launch of a major military oper- – Stephen Blank, writing on August 3, on the Atlantic Council blog “New Atlanticist,” nazvali- sroki-novogo-vspleska-voynyi-na- ation. But taken together, they suggest that in an article headlined “Trump’s Dangerous Bromance wit Putin Is a National Security donbasse/67135). Moscow is at least preparing the ground for Risk.” (see http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/trump-s-dangerous- Minister Shoigu’s attempt to explain bromance-with-putin-is-a-national-security-threat) Russia’s actions by reference to NATO’s (Continued on page 15) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 No. 33 No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 5 UNIS promotes #SupportUkraine campaign UNIS sion for the traditional August recess, #SupportUkraine campaign is calling WASHINGTON – Earlier this year, the upon all Ukrainian community repre- Ukrainian National Information Service sentatives to meet with their members (UNIS), the Washington public affairs of Congress in their local districts. This bureau of the Ukrainian Congress is a unique opportunity to bring to their Committee of America (UCCA), initiated attention issues of concern regarding the #SupportUkraine campaign to bring U.S.-Ukraine relations and relevant fac- more attention to the situation in tors of U.S. security interests in the Ukraine, the plight of Ukrainians endur- Central and East European region. ing the ravages of war in eastern Readers may contact the UCCA at Ukraine, and those who are under con- 212-228-6840 or UNIS at 202-547- stant brutal measures in Russia- 0018 for further information and a occupied Crimea. checklist of issues to be raised with their #SupportUkraine activities included representatives in Congress. Ukrainian Days advocacy events, rallies In addition, the UNIS announced that in front of the White House and out- the 25th anniversary of the re-establish- reach to the mass media. Other Central ment of Ukrainian independence will be and East European communities, who commemorated on Thursday, September clearly understand that if left 15, in Washington. The event will fea- unchecked, acts of Russian aggression ture an evening reception with remarks will drastically effect world security and by members of Congress, the presenta- re-draw the current map of Europe, tion of awards, as well as a Ukrainian joined in those actions. Day advocacy event during the day. The Ukrainian National Information Service’s checklist of issues of concern to Ukrainian While the U.S. Congress is out of ses- Additional details will be forthcoming. American constituents.

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COMMENTARY The Ukrainian Weekly Friends in Congress Donald Trump’s comments send Congress is now in recess and the Ukrainian National Information Service has advised Ukrainian Americans that this is a good time to continue the the wrong message to the world #SupportUkraine campaign it initiated earlier this year. UNIS, the Washington-based by Valeriy Chaly international commitments. Ukraine – a public affairs bureau of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, is urging strategic partner of the United States – Ukrainian community representatives to meet with their members of Congress in The U.S. presidential race has captured entered the 1994 Budapest multilateral their local districts. “This is a unique opportunity to bring to their attention issues of the attention of the world, sometimes pos- commitment, giving away the world’s third concern regarding U.S.-Ukraine relations and relevant factors of U.S. security inter- ing serious challenges for foreign diplomats largest nuclear arsenal in return for securi- ests in the Central and East European region,” UNIS notes. (See the story and check- when they find their country in the cam- ty assurances to its territorial integrity list of issues that appear on page 5.) paign’s spotlight. Ukraine, which came to from three nuclear powers: the United At the same time, we should reach out and support our community’s friends in the world’s attention two years with its States, the United Kingdom and Russia. Congress – Democrats and Republicans alike. Their support of Ukraine and our Revolution of Dignity and then worked to This commitment has been broken by Ukrainian American community’s concerns deserves to be acknowledged. Here are remain on the world’s radar after Russian one signatory country, which attempted to a few examples. aggression, has found itself in the spotlight annex Crimea and invaded Ukraine’s Donbas once again. In late June, Rep. Brendan Boyle (R-Pa.) and Ukraine Caucus Co-Chairs Marcy region. While Ukraine was recovering from Recent comments by Republican nomi- Kaptur (D-Ohio), Sander Levin (D-Mich.) and Michael Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) initiated a the bloodshed on the Maidan orchestrated nee Donald Trump about the Ukrainian letter to President Barack Obama urging him to visit Ukraine prior to the end of his by then-President Viktor Yanukovych, Russia peninsula of Crimea – occupied by Russia term. Fifteen members of the House of Representatives joined in singing the letter. seized control over Crimea’s Supreme since March 2014 – have raised serious As noted by Rep. Boyle’s office, “This bipartisan effort underscores that a visit by Council and its security infrastructure. The concerns in Kyiv and beyond Ukraine. Many President Obama to Ukraine would highlight and enhance the strategic partnership sham referendum carried out at a gunpoint in Ukraine are unsure what to think, since had nothing to do with a free and fair between the two countries, as well as enhance the strong cooperation needed to Mr. Trump’s comments stand in sharp con- implement reforms in Ukraine.” expression of the people’s will and ignored trast to the Republican Party platform. the choice of the indigenous people of On July 7, Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Jeanne Shaheen Since the Russian aggression, there has Crimea, the Crimean Tatars. (D-N.H.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) sent a letter to President been bipartisan support for U.S. sanctions Russia has unleashed its repressive Obama, urging him to carry this message to leaders at NATO summit in Warsaw: against Russia, and for such sanctions to machine against those who protest against success in Ukraine and resistance to Russian aggression are in the best interest of all remain in place until the territorial integri- the occupation. Censorship, arrests, assas- NATO member counties. The senators wrote: “…amid the brazen failure of Russia to ty of Ukraine is restored. Efforts to enhance sinations, abductions, the banning of the abide by the Minsk agreement and internal political turmoil within the European Ukraine’s defense capacity are supported Crimean Tatars’ representative body – the Union, it is critical for NATO to reaffirm its support for Ukraine’s success and the fun- across the aisle, as well, to ensure that Mejlis – all threaten another tragedy and damental democratic values at stake.” Ukraine becomes strong enough to deter ethnic cleansing. Back in late April, Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.), ranking member of the House Russia’s aggression. The attempted annexation of Crimea has Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) introduced the Even if Mr. Trump’s comments are only also posed new threats to nuclear safety. Stability and Democracy (STAND) for Ukraine Act, which clarifies the position of the speculative, and do not really reflect a International institutions like the U.N. and United States on Russia’s illegal occupation of Crimea, tightens sanctions on Russia, future foreign policy, they call for appease- the International Atomic Energy Agency promotes investment in Ukraine and directs the State Department to implement a ment of an aggressor and support the viola- (IAEA) do not recognize the annexation strategy to respond to Russian propaganda and disinformation. A bipartisan group tion of a sovereign country’s territorial and, from a jurisdictional standpoint, can- of 14 more members – Reps. Levin, Fitzpatrick, Kaptur, Ralph Abraham (R-La.), Jim integrity and another’s breach of interna- not control nuclear facilities and radiation Costa (D-Calif.), Randy Weber (R-Texas), Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), Mike Pompeo tional law. In the eyes of the world, such security in those areas. Moreover, Russia (R-Kansas), David Cicilline (D-R.I.), John Shimkus (R-Ill.), Bill Keating (D-Mass.), Gus comments seem alien to a country seen by has already threatened to deploy nuclear Bilirakis (R-Fla.), Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) and Reid Ribble (R-Wis.) – joined in intro- partners as a strong defender of democracy weapons in Crimea in the direct vicinity of ducing HR 5094. and international order. The United States NATO and EU states. Russia is restoring “The STAND for Ukraine Act …makes clear that the United States will not just was among the 100 nations which support- Soviet-era nuclear storage facilities and has stand by as Putin bullies his neighbors, tests the resolve of NATO and works to frac- ed the U.N. resolution “Territorial Integrity already deployed the means for carrying ture Western unity,” Rep. Engel stated. “By reaffirming U.S. support for Ukraine’s self- of Ukraine” not recognizing Russia’s the weapons, including warships and com- defense, emphasizing that we never have nor will recognize Russia’s illegal annexa- attempt to annex Crimea. bat aircrafts. tion of Crimea, and by holding Russia accountable for its continued violation of A candidate for the presidency in any Russia did enter Ukraine in 2014 and Ukraine’s sovereignty, we will ‘Stand with Ukraine’ legislatively and most effectively,” country ought to realize the challenges he would undoubtedly keep on invading Rep. Kinzinger said. The bill was reported out of committee on July 14 and now or she will face to ensure consistency in for- should the position of the most important awaits further action. It currently has 37 co-sponsors. eign policy and uphold his or her country’s global actors be favorable or neutral, or one Another bill in the pipeline is the Countering Foreign Propaganda and of appeasement, and should Ukraine not Disinformation Act introduced in May by Rep. Kinzinger, joined by Rep. Ted Lieu (D- Valeriy Chaly is Ukraine’s ambassador to continue enhancing its defense potential. Calif.). HR 5181 mirrors the Senate version, S 2692, that was introduced two months the United States. The article above Right now, Russia is flexing its muscles, earlier by Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Murphy. It would establish a Center for appeared in The Hill on August 4. It is Information Analysis and Response for the purpose of coordinating a U.S. response to reprinted here with the author’s permission. (Continued on page 18) propaganda from Russia, China and other countries. It aims to strengthen U.S. securi- ty interests by disseminating truthful information about worldwide issues, in particu- lar Russia’s disinformation and propaganda about Ukraine and the war in eastern Ukraine. Other original co-sponsors of the bill include Reps. Fitzpatrick, Boyle, Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.), Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), David Cicilline (D-R.I.), IN THE PRESS: Trump, Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) and Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.). These friends of Ukraine, it should be underscored, are on both sides of the aisle. They have earned our gratitude, and we should make our gratitude known. Obama and war in Ukraine “Going into Ukraine,” lead editorial, tanks, 11 armored vehicles and six Grad Sunday, August 7, The Washington Post rocket systems had been shipped in during (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin- the previous week. … ions/global-opinions/going-into- Mr. Putin has employed subterfuge, Aug. Turning the pages back... ukraine/2016/08/06/a5e49ca4-5b19-11e6- deception and lies to cloud the operations 831d-0324760ca856_story.html): and their aims. In negotiations and confer- Forty-eight years ago, on August 20-21, 1968, the Soviet ences with Western diplomats, his aides Union launched an invasion of Czechoslovakia with help from Donald Trump’s assertion that Russia “is have repeatedly agreed to plans to end the 20 not going to go into Ukraine” reminded us fighting, while on the ground Russian forc- Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland. 1968 Known as Operation Danube, it involved some 250,000 that very little reporting has been done in es have continued to shell and bomb. troops. More than 500 civilians were wounded in the invasion recent months about the state of the con- The Obama administration’s reaction to and more than 100 Czechs and Slovak civilians were killed. The flict in the eastern provinces of Donetsk all this has become painfully familiar. invasion was an attempt by the Soviets to halt the Prague Spring that was facilitated by and Luhansk, which were first invaded by Secretary of State John F. Kerry brokers Alexander Dubcek’s liberalization policies. Other nations that were asked to join the oper- Russian forces in early 2014. That’s unfor- plans for ceasefires; when they are broken ation included East Germany, and refusals came from Romania and Albania. tunate, because while the West’s attention by Russia, he expresses outrage – then NATO turned a blind eye to the invasion, with the U.S. still involved in the Vietnam War has been otherwise occupied this summer, returns to Moscow to strike another deal. and U.S. hopes for Moscow’s cooperation on the SALT arms reduction program. Russia and its proxies have steadily escalat- President Obama continues to insist… that Reactions from the Ukrainian community were swift following the invasion. Dr. Lev E. ed the fighting. the way to end the conflicts is to work with Dobriansky, chairman of the National Captive Nations Committee and president of the … military supplies continue to pour Russia. The possibility that Mr. Putin has no Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, called on the United States to voice outrage at across Ukraine’s eastern border, parts of interest in and no intention of seriously the United Nations and elsewhere and to seek U.N. intervention in Czechoslovakia. The which Russia exclusively controls. cooperating with the United States in either According to statements by Ukrainian offi- Ukraine or Syria is one that Mr. Obama evi- Washington branch of the Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine par- cials, at least 19 trains carrying military dently finds it inconvenient to contemplate. ticipated in a demonstration that attracted some 250 people to protest the “treacherous hardware crossed the border in July. On Sadly, Mr. Trump is not the only one who (Continued on page 9) August 2, authorities reported that 30 denies the obvious. No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Trump’s interview About a sculpture with Stephanopoulos in Nova Scotia Dear Editor: Dear Editor: During his television interview with It was gratifying to read about the cele- George Stephanopoulos on July 31, Donald bration on July 21 at the Canadian Museum Interrogating the images Trump unabashedly denied Russian mili- of Immigration in Halifax, Nova Scotia, of tary presence on Ukrainian territory. All the 125th anniversary of the arrival to Not long ago I received an e-mail from a Photographs also show the change of Americans of every ethnicity and political Canada of the first Ukrainian immigrants historian in Ukraine asking for a photo- generations. In the image from around affiliation should be appalled by such reck- (July 31 issue). I came because my parents graph of my grandfather. The scholar was 1900 the two brothers stand on either side less comments. Mr. Trump has displayed arrived here in 1928 and 1930 – poor, writing a history of the town of Dobromyl. of their mother, one with his hand on her his inherent inability to observe and com- uneducated, not knowing the language, A few days later he asked for a photo of my shoulder, the other supporting her back. prehend the reality of the historical events confused and frightened. Like thousands of grandfather’s elder brother. These requests She is seated in a long dark dress, wearing as they occur before his very eyes. There is other persons from the old world, they per- compelled me to go through some old pho- a scarf, beneath which one can glimpse her no reasonable doubt that Russia has – in severed and prospered. tos and digital copies. straight dark hair, parted in the middle, full view of the entire world – illegally In a park in Halifax there is a bronze I had neglected what I’d call the first rule peasant style. She is of another time, annexed Crimea and it is Russian military sculpture constructed in 1992. It is meant of preservation: label each picture with the indeed, of a different world, from her two and mercenaries who are killing Ukrainian to be a tribute to those first Ukrainians in names of the persons depicted. It’s not sons, the elder of whom is decked out in soldiers and civilians daily on Ukrainian Canada. Unfortunately, it is an embarrass- enough, by the way, to write something like the suit and vest of the young 20th century soil. It was the Russian military that shot ment. It looks a bit like an oddly shaped “my grandfather” or “Aunt Marta” on the professional. down MH17 and caused 1 million and draped female figure holding some- back of the photograph; future perusers As one can tell from the border, this and Ukrainians to flee to safety. Is Trump so thing – but not really. The thing is neither may not know whose grandfather or the two slightly later photographs were politically blind that he cannot see this abstract nor representational. I find the whose aunt Marta it was. Nor is it enough, taken in the studio of B. Apfel on Third of obvious reality? imagery confusing and more than a bit obviously, to provide first names. If your May Street in the Zasanie district of During the interview, Mr. Trump admit- obscure in spite of an explanation at the family used patronymics, include those too, Peremyshl. The subjects are photographed as they help to identify siblings as well as against a painted backdrop, possibly ted that it was “his people” who removed bottom of the piece. It states that “[t]he fathers. You can even add dates of birth and depicting a landscape, as was customary at from the GOP platform the grant of lethal bread and salt placed on an embroidered death and, if known, the date and place of the time. Beneath them luxuriates an orien- military assistance to Ukraine. He cau- towel is a tradition Ukrainian welcome rep- the photograph. Fortunately, our family tal rug. In another family photo, shot by B. tiously implied that he was not directly resenting life and the new life Canada had genealogist had identified most of the per- Henner of Jaroslaw (now Poland), the involved in these actions by “his people.” to offer.” Another one on the other side sons in these photos. I labelled them and, father, left hand inside his coat like This raises the question as to which of “his claims that “[t]he two draped Canadian as security, attached duplicate labels to the Napoleon, sits next to his eldest son. Two people” is in charge of his foreign policy. To flags of 1891 and 1991 represent the mar- backs of the frames. younger sons stand behind them, all before whom did he outsource decisions on such riage of the past and present in their new This exercise revealed some unnoticed a backdrop painted with palms, a curtain, a critical geopolitical foreign policy matters country Canada.” What flags? connections. balustrade, tall Corinthian columns and an as military assistance to Ukraine? And to Much as those of us of Ukrainian descent The young man photographed with a ornate stairway. Why photographers and whom will he outsource his foreign-policy appreciate having a tribute to our ances- younger brother and their mother in their customers preferred certain poses tors in the city, we do not consider this par- decisions if he should become president? Peremyshl around 1900, in bow tie and and backgrounds is an intriguing question ticular piece of work to be ideal. I have Mr. Trump has also flippantly suggested stand-up collar, and sporting a handlebar for cultural historians. The name and place been angered and embarrassed by it since that, as president, he would consider rec- mustache, appears in an apparently later of the studio, often appearing on the front first seeing it years ago. Everyone to whom ognizing the illegal invasion and annexa- shot at the same photographer’s studio, or back of a photo, can also provide inter- I have shown it since, Ukrainian or not, tion of Crimea by Russia and would lift now in Austrian military uniform, complete esting hints: was this the nearest photogra- agrees with me. I learned that that includes sanctions. Such a statement flagrantly and with a saber and the plumed shako of an pher, or was the family there for other rea- those visitors last week to Halifax, includ- recklessly ignores the elementary princi- artilleryman. His wife sits in the accompa- sons? ing artist Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, men- ple of international law that a country’s nying picture in a full-length high-collared During World War I, Austrian soldiers tioned in the article published in The borders cannot and should not be changed dress and an enormous white hat, holding could send home postcards with their own by the use of armies. Since World War II, Weekly. One heard words like “appalling,” a parasol across her lap. images from the front. In August 1918 a the nations of the world have established “joke” and “insult.” Some 35 or 40 years later, still in great-uncle, a first lieutenant stationed in basic norms of international behavior so When I raised the matter with the mem- Peremyshl but now in the Polish People’s Serbia, posed next to a four-meter corn- as to prevent future conflagrations on a bers of our local Ukrainian-Canadian Republic, the same man sits surrounded by stalk and mailed the image to relatives global scale. The linchpin principle has Association, they asked me to find out what family. He is bald, with the discerning eyes back in Stryi. (He died a couple of years always been territorial integrity and the can be done to replace it. Therefore, I have of the retired judge and the sunken face of later, during the Polish-Ukrainian war.) inviolability of borders of independent written to the office of the mayor of Halifax. a man who has endured two world wars Snapshots from the 1930s and 1940s, neat- states. Ideally, I think that a national, or even inter- and one of whose sons – as I gather from ly assembled in leather-bound albums, Mr. Trump does not seem to fathom that national, competition could come up with relatives – had “fought with the Germans” were different: now the modern autono- the mere suggestion that as president, he something that would be suitable for the and emigrated, possibly with the survivors mous individual could take his or her own would contemplate the recognition of site. of the Halychyna Division, to England. One pictures with a hand-held camera, indoors Russia’s illegal annexation of Ukrainian Comments and suggestions are wel- can only imagine what it must have been or outdoors. The poses are natural, even territory by armed force critically under- come. I will let you know what the mayor like, given that family incident, to live in “candid.” But there is still style and grace. mines the very foundation that has pre- says. Stalinist Poland. His wife is absent, but his For some reason, the photos from my own vented a major war on the European conti- Elizabeth Luchka Haigh daughter is an almost perfect copy of her lifetime generally lack this aesthetic. We nent. Nor does he seem to comprehend Halifax, Nova Scotia mother. appear awkward, out of place. Is the prob- that his offhand and irresponsible state- The younger brother in the first photo- lem with us, or with the aimless, formless ments on foreign policy put into serious graph is evidently in his teens; he wears a culture in which we live? question – in minds of our allies – school uniform. We next see him around If you have family photographs spanning America’s longstanding leadership and GUIDELINES FOR LETTERS 1914, now in Austrian pike grey field jacket several generations, you may find it inter- future resolve to support the rule of law in TO THE EDITOR and cap, raising a glass mug of dark beer esting to trace the periodic appearance of the international arena. The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters with four comrades in arms. Later that year genetic traits. Those blessed with large The issue before us is not whether we to the editor and commentaries on a vari- he was deployed to the Serbian front. He families may find those same traits pop- support or oppose either political party. ety of topics of concern to the Ukrainian perished, it is said, in Albania. ping up in their relatives and descendants – This crucial question is about the future of American and Ukrainian Canadian com- “To take a photograph is to participate in though to discover your ancestors’ distin- the United States. The issue is simply munities. Opinions expressed by colum- another person’s mortality, vulnerability, guished features on the blank visage of whether the next president of the United nists, commentators and letter-writers are mutability,” writes Susan Sontag. “Precisely your weed-addled Millennial nephew, an States will have the political foresight to their own and do not necessarily reflect by slicing out this moment and freezing it, i-Pod dangling from his ears, must be dis- the opinions of either The Weekly edito- comprehend the geopolitical events occur- rial staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian all photographs testify to time’s relentless concerting. ring in the world and to take such steps as National Association. melt.” (Susan Sontag, “On Photography,” And so, a chance request can prompt us may be necessary to protect the United Letters must be signed (anonymous let- 1977). We look into the eyes of a great- to reconstruct a bit of the past. Collect States of America. Regrettably, Mr. Trump’s ters are not published). The daytime phone uncle whom we have never met, and who those pictures, label and organize them. myopic and distorted geopolitical vision of number and complete mailing address of could not guess, at that moment, what we You will be contributing to history. the world - as displayed during his inter- the letter-writer must be given for verifica- know: the place and time of his death, only tion purposes. months away and nearly four decades view – does not engender any confidence Please note: The length of letters cannot Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at whatsoever in his ability to be command- exceed 500 words. Letters may be edit- before our birth. [email protected]. er-in-chief of the United States of America. ed or abridged. Letters should be sent to [email protected] or to The Ukrainian Myroslaw Smorodsky, Esq. Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Visit our archive online: www.ukrweekly.com Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J. 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A VIEW FROM THE CONVENTION FLOOR A historic convention in historic Philadelphia by Ulana Baluch Mazurkevich questioning the Trump team. We told him to not let them get away with steering their PHILADELPHIA – Huge banners strewn answers away from the question. across Philadelphia welcomed the We were interviewed by a Norwegian Democratic National Convention to the television station that ranks as that coun- “City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly try’s counterpart to CNN. We spoke about Affection” (the city’s official nickname as of the Trump-Russia connection and the 2014). How appropriate and fitting that threat facing the world should Donald J. Philadelphia, the “Birthplace of Liberty,” Trump get elected. played host to this historic Democratic con- In another interview, the reporter asked vention. me, “Do you think that if Trump is elected On July 26, the delegates took the there will be no more cold war?” unprecedented step of nominating a Considering Mr. Trump’s temperament, I woman for president of the United States, replied, “We will not have a cold war, we and it was lost on no one that this historic will have a hot war.” moment was occurring in a city so steeped After the airing of that interview I in history. received an anonymous and chilling mes- With the narrow city streets choked sage at 1 a.m., calling me hateful names and with limousines and security vehicles mov- saying that, “If the Democratic Clinton is ing through traffic with sirens blaring, it elected there will be World War III; if you was clear that business as usual in have Trump there is no war.” The message Philadelphia had been replaced with some- continued with expletives and ended by thing big. The city buzzed with the recogni- saying “Go back to Ukraine you… (more tion that the world’s attention really was expletives). focused on the events taking place just a We were very happy to see many friends few miles from the momentous upheaval of Ukraine on the convention floor. There that occurred in the similarly sweltering were many members of the Senate and heat of July 1776, when the 13 colonies in House of Representatives who stood in their historic convention declared their support of Ukraine. We thanked those we independence from Great Britain. While saw for supporting Ukraine and asked for 240 years separates the two events, they their support in the future. share an undeniable commonality: both, at Foremost among Ukraine’s supporters a time of enormous consequence, sought to was former NATO Supreme Allied lay out a dramatically different vision for Commander Gen. Wesley Clark, who has Marta Fedoriw (left) and Ulana Baluch Mazurkevich at the Democratic National the future of the country. campaigned to convince Western govern- Convention. The Democratic convention opened with ments to provide lethal aid to Ukraine. Gen. pageantry and fanfare, behind which it was The credentials to the Democratic Ukraine but to democracy in this country. Clark told us about his many trips to Ukraine interesting to see the mechanics on the Convention were the most sought-after In this mission I was joined by Marta and the importance of arming the country. I convention floor. The convention was beau- tickets in town. I was fortunate to be work- Fedoriw, a Ukrainian American Democratic informed him that we at the Ukrainian tifully orchestrated, and the participants ing with the Office of Public Engagement of Party activist from the Lehigh Valley of Human Rights Committee help the volunteer were able to feel that they were an inclusive the Democratic National Convention Pennsylvania. We dubbed ourselves “Team brigades, in the last instance sending them part of the performance. Amazingly, given Committee and consequently was invited Ukraine,” and we doggedly pursued our “quick clot” bandages that stem the flow of the size of the attending crowd, armies of to attend by the Office of Constituency and mission. blood, thus saving lives. It was truly an honor volunteers made impeccably timed inter- Allied Groups. We spoke to many reporters and media to meet such a good and true friend of ventions to distribute placards reading Now, if you are a Ukrainian attending the celebrities, including a BBC correspondent Ukraine and to thank him for his support. “Stronger Together,” “Michelle,” “America,” Democratic convention, you have a mission. who told us, “We are writing about this, and This convention was not only historic “Hillary,” which the wildly enthusiastic You seize the opportunity to talk to as many in the days to come we will have more but it also presages the most important attendees waved as they chanted. reporters as possible and get out the story about the Putin-Manafort connection, but candidate choice in generations. It is clear of Ukraine. Especially in this current vitriolic not enough credence is given by the media that the decisions the U.S. electorate will Ulana Baluch Mazurkevich is former co- climate, it was essential to alert the media to this story.” make regarding its next president will chair of the national committee Ukrainians about the Trump-Putin-Manafort connec- When we spoke to Michael Smerconish invariably determine the future of America for Obama-Biden. tion and the threat it poses not only to of CNN, we chided him for being too soft in and the future of Ukraine.

Alberta declares 2016-2017 as Year of Ukrainian Canadian He added: “Today, more than 345,000 UCC Albertans are of Ukrainian descent and EDMONTON, Alberta – Alberta’s our province continues to welcome new- Minister of Economic Development and comers from Ukraine in this 25th year of Trade Deron Bilous has declared Ukraine’s independence. This declaration “Alberta’s Year of the Ukrainian Canadian.” recognizes and commemorates the Minister Bilous made the announce- accomplishments and contributions of ment on August 7 while speaking at the Ukrainian Canadians to our society in celebrations of the 125th anniversary of every way from culture and the arts, to Ukrainian immigration to Canada during education, to business and public service.” Ukrainian Day at the Ukrainian Cultural Olesia Luciw-Andryjowycz, President of Heritage Village located outside of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress Alberta Edmonton. Alberta’s Year of the Ukrainian Provincial Council, stated: “On behalf of Canadian will be brought forward for the Ukrainian Canadian community of proclamation during the fall session of the Alberta, I thank the government of Alberta Legislative Assembly of Alberta. for this important declaration. As we cele- “Generations of Ukrainians overcame brate the 125th anniversary of Ukrainian many challenges for a new start in immigration to Canada, we honour the Alberta. They helped build this incredible immense contribution that our communi- province and, as one of their many ty has made, and continues to make to our descendants, I take tremendous pride in great province.” honoring that contribution on behalf of “From the first pioneers who came the government of Alberta,” stated Marco Levytsky/Ukrainian News from Ukraine to Canada 125 years ago, Minister Bilous. “I therefore declare 2016- Minister Deron Bilous (right) presents Ukrainian Canadian Congress Alberta Provincial Ukrainian Canadians have been an inte- 2017 as ‘Alberta’s Year of the Ukrainian- Council President Olesia Luciw-Andryjowycz with a copy of the Declaration of “Alberta’s gral part of the social fabric of Alberta,” Canadian.’ ” Year of the Ukrainian Canadian” on August 7, at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village. Ms. Luciw-Andryjowycz noted. No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 9

euromaidanpress.com Tennis star Elina Svitolina celebrates after winning against NOC-Ukr.org NOC-Ukr.org Serena Williams of the U.S.A. in the round of 16. Saber fencer bronze medalist Olha Kharlan. Gymnast Oleh Vernyayev, silver medalist (all-around). million per day to defend its war-torn east. positive for performance-enhancing drugs The 31-year-old was among four other Summer Olympics... It is true all ministries were forced to cut (PEDs). athletes that were sanctioned on August 9 their budgets and allocate funds to the The Sport Arbitration Court in Lausanne, by the IOC, with a total of 98 athletes thus (Continued from page 1) army, but few admitted athletes’ money Switzerland, suspended the Ukrainian ath- far caught in retests. on son of a Ukrainian seamstress (Svetlana) went to the armed forces. lete for two years, meaning the team’s top The retest allows for a reanalysis of sam- and a Rwandese pilot (Vincent) is seriously The head of Ukraine’s wrestling federa- performer and medal favorite in the 63-kg ples for up to 10 years, using more considering finding another country to tion, Vitaly Voloshin, backed Belenyuk’s category will not be competing in Rio. advanced screening methods that previous- fight for if Ukraine reneges on its promised assertions, deploring the fact that Ukrainian Kalyna, 27, is a proven champion ly may have tested negative. financial support. gymnast Oleg Stepko earned more by win- Ukrainian weightlifter. She won silver at the Top-10 finishes Vincent was an aviation student in the ning a medal at the last 2009 World Championship in Goyang, former Soviet Union who was killed in year than an average Ukrainian profession- South Korea, and also won awards in differ- In rowing, Ukraine’s women’s quadruple Rwanda’s civil war in the 1990’s. Young al athlete makes in a lifetime. ent stages of European Championships in sculls team (Olena Bryak, Anastasiia Zhan was raised in Kyiv and has proudly Belenyuk said Russia and Azerbaijan – 2009, 2014 and 2015. Kozhenkova, Ievgeniia Nimchenko and gone on to represent his homeland. countries he believes care about their ath- In mid-July 2016, the International Daryna Verkhogliad), finished in fourth Racial prejudice has been noted at sport- letes – had offered him citizenship and Olympic Committee ruled Kalyna was dis- place (6:56.09 seconds) and the men’s qua- ing events in Ukraine, with the national soc- financial incentives to relinquish his qualified from the 2012 Olympics in druple sculls team (Ivan Dovgodko, Dmytro cer team and top club, Dynamo Kyiv, Ukrainian passport. Any citizenship deci- London, and ordered her to return the Mikhai, Artem Morozov and Oleksandr ordered to play matches behind closed sion would be made after the Summer bronze medal from the 58-kg weightlifting Nadtoka), finished in sixth place (6:16.30). doors because of racism among some fans. Olympic Games in Rio. event. Re-analysis of Kalyna’s samples from Maksym Dolhov and Oleksandr Belenyuk has learned to not take racial The Kyiv-raised wrestler, who occasion- London resulted in a positive test for the Horoshkovozov finished in sixth place in abuse too seriously. Most of the verbal ally returns home, where he shares a one- prohibited substance Dehydrochlormethyl the men’s 10-meter synchronized platform attacks thrown his way were of the minor bedroom apartment with his mother, has testosterone (turinabol). dive with 421.98 points. variety. The prevailing thought is racial ten- not totally given up on Ukraine. It is his The International Olympic Committee Ukraine’s men’s gymnastics team sion does not actually exist in today’s wish to carry on Ukraine’s wrestling tradi- also ordered Ukrainian javelin thrower (Vladyslav Hryko, Ihor Radivilov, Maksym Ukraine. Intentionally offending a world tion by making a personal contribution to Oleksandr Pyatnytsya to return the silver Semiankiv, Andrii Sienchkin and Oleh champion wrestler could be a bold, but the sport’s history in the country. medal he won at the 2012 London Olympics Vernyayev) finished in eighth place with a after the retested samples tested positive total score of 202.078 points. The team dangerous move. Suspensions for PEDs A bigger issue is the ongoing struggle for the steroid turinabol. The International failed to compete on three apparatuses due with Ukraine’s sports authorities over The head coach of Ukraine’s national Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), to injury, specifically Semiankiv’s, and left promised funding that has not been provid- athletics team, Yuriy Kuchynov, reported the world governing body on athletics com- many experts baffled. ed. Belenyuk earned his ticket to the Rio that Yulia Kalyna has been disqualified petitions, was asked to consider further Weightlifter Yuliya Paratova (48 kg) fin- Olympics when he won gold in the 85-kg from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio sanctions against Pyatnytsia, including a ished in eighth place with a combined total weight class at the 2015 World Wrestling after two batches of blood samples tested possible two-year ban. of 179 kg (84 kg in the snatch, fourth place; Championships in Las Vegas. 95 kg in the clean and jerk, ninth place). He has threatened, however, to adopt Shooter Oleh Tsarkov finished in eighth another citizenship if Ukraine does not place (79.7 points) in the men’s 10-meter make good on its financial commitments air rifle. promised to its athletes. Ukrainian Canadian medals Belenyuk was supposed to receive 7,000 hrv ($275) per month, or 84,000 hrv per Ukrainian Canadian Penny Oleksiak, 16, year. He received nothing. There was no won silver in the women’s 100-meter but- explanation given, except for the armed terfly (56.46 seconds) on August 7 of the conflict the Ukrainian government is wag- Games, and then won two bronze medals – ing against pro-Russian separatist insur- one in the women’s 4x200-meter freestyle gents in eastern Ukraine – a conflict that relay (7:45.39 seconds) on August 10, and has cost many hryvni and about 9,500 lives in the women’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay since it erupted in April 2014. (3:32.89 seconds – 52.72 seconds individu- Ukrainian sports authorities have denied al time). Oleksiak set a world junior record that athletes have paid the price for the mil- at the Games in the 100-meter freestyle itary intervention and the rebuilding of the semifinal (52.72 seconds) and similarly in conflict-wrecked region. Kyiv reportedly euromaidanpress.com the butterfly. Oleksiak is also set to swim in was spending between $5 million and $7 Ukrainian Olympic Team at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics during the opening ceremonies. the 4x100-meter medley relay.

The Ukrainian Canadian Committee military occupation of Czechoslovakia by Chornovil and [Ivan] Dzyuba and others Turning... (now known as the Ukrainian Canadian Soviet Russia.” about the arrests, secret trials and ground- Congress) sent a telegram to the U.N. Similar messages were sent to U.S. less convictions of Ukrainian intellectuals. (Continued from page 6) Secretary General on August 21 expressing Secretary of State Dean Rusk by the They know now what we have been telling aggression.” Among them were Czechs, shock and “deep indignation” of half a mil- Czechoslovak-Polish-Ukrainian Council of them for years: the Soviet Union is a ‘prison Slovaks and Ukrainians. lion Canadians of Ukrainian origin at the Friendship in Chicago. of nations,’ not a federation of free and In a letter to the U.N. General Secretary U “new violation of national and human The Weekly’s editorial of that same issue independent republics. Thant, the World Congress of Ukrainian rights.” The telegram also called on all noted: “Moscow has made a fatal error in its Students (known by its Ukrainian acronym nations of the world to “unite and take “Moscow’s latest act of aggression, the unprovoked attack on a small defenseless CESUS) said that in this year of human immediate action in defense of human free- brutal invasion of Czechoslovakia, has viv- nation. The sympathies of the world are with rights, “we have just witnessed the stamp- dom.” idly and painfully shown the nations of the the Czechoslovaks and undoubtedly extend ing out of human freedom in a small and A similar telegram was also sent by the world the true nature of Soviet Russia’s to all the freedom-seeking captive nations.” defenseless country and seen its sovereign- World Congress of Free Ukrainians, (today imperialist aims. This illegal and immoral ty trampled down by the Red Army.” The known as the Ukrainian World Congress) conquest of Czechoslovakia has opened the Source: “Ukrainian reaction to invasion: letter also asked the U.N. to unmask the headed by Dr. Basil Kushnir, who was also eyes of the world to the Kremlin’s suppres- Shock, indignation and outrage; leaders “true nature of Moscow’s objectives” and president of the UCC. “More than 2 million sionist spirit.” demand withdrawal of troops from demanded the immediate withdrawal of Ukrainians living outside Ukraine join the “Now the people of the world can give Czechoslovakia,” The Ukrainian Weekly, Russian troops from Czechoslovakia. world in protesting and condemning the credence to the documents of [Vyacheslav] August 31, 1968. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 No. 33

Tania D’Avignon The royal court at Soyuzivka. Campers of all ages enjoy learning about Ukrainian heritage at Soyuzivka

by Bohdana Puzyk er was encouraged to participate. Blahitka Jadlicky the second. The first week the children The theme for Discover Your Heritage Camp follows a learned traditional Ukrainian songs lead by Lesia Fil KERHONKSON, N.Y. – This year’s heritage camps at program. Three years ago the theme was current events Zimmer. During the second week, they were taught cur- Soyuzivka took place in July with over 80 children from in Ukraine – the Maidan; last year it was pre-Christian rent children’s songs from Ukraine by Serhiy Fomenko three countries – the United States, Canada and Ukraine Ukraine; this year it was the royal houses of Ukraine; (Foma), the famed singer-songwriter from Ukraine. – attending. and next year will be all about the Kozaks. In games led by Larissa Krul the children expanded Discover Your Heritage Camp (July 10-16) this year The camp is fun and exciting because of the hard their Ukrainian vocabulary and learned about the ani- focused on Ukraine’s royalty during the Princely Era work of Sandy Lemekha as director, Volodko Lemekha mals living in the forest – and not only those in “Lys (Kniazha Doba). The campers learned about the evolu- as co-director and the counselors, Alexandra Lemekha, Mykyta” but also the ones found at Soyuzivka. tion of the tryzub, the distinctive trident that is Ukraine’s Ivanka Grynyk, Erick Kusmirek and Armen Skulsky. The Rounding out the program is storytime, led by national symbol; and about how Princess (Kniahynia) counselors coordinating the historical and heritage pro- Olenka Ivaniw during the first week and Christine Olha ruled Kyivan Rus’ until Volodymyr the Great gram are Tania D’Avignon, Laryssa D’Avignon, Hanja Lucenko-Chase the second week. The children not only became a prince (kniaz)and the father-in-law of Europe. Cherniak and Bohdana Puzyk. Their talents and dedica- heard the story of the fox named Mykyta but had the They also learned about Halychyna and King Danylo. tion created an atmosphere in which the campers had opportunity to act out some of the scenes. And each day Campers (age 8-15) created their own crests, telling a fun while learning about their rich heritage. they had a new Ukrainian tale to learn and re-enact. story about their families. These crests were then repro- At Heritage Day Camp (July 12-16 and July 19-23) The afternoon had them doing water sports, making duced in clay and drawn on a shield. The campers also the theme was “Lys Mykyta” written by Ivan Franko. varenyky, participating in summer Olympics and having learned how Ukraine came to accept Christianity under The children (age 4-7) learned the story and the ani- an ice cream social. The director for this year’s Heritage the leadership of Volodymyr the Great. mals that played an important role in it. The children Day Camp was Ksenia Olsen, who worked with the During the week the campers enjoyed many outdoor were foxes, badgers, wolves, bears and kittens. counselors to create an interesting and educational pro- activities: taking a hike to the green pool and waterfalls, Their crafts, created by Anna Marie Kukuruza, were gram while ensuring that the children had a wonderful competing in The Amazing Race and enjoying laser tag hand puppets, foxes made out of pinecones and tradition- and memorable experience. on the soccer field. The traditional closing bonfire on al wreathes for the girls, to mention just a few. Dancing All are surely looking forward to next year, when the Friday night included a talent night in which each camp- was taught by Peter Fil during the first week and by Tania theme will be “20,000 Leagues under the Black Sea.”

Bohdana Puzyk At Hutsul Night during the second week of Heritage Day Camp, Serhiy Fomenko is seen with the young campers.

Tania D’Avignon Amber D’Avignon designs a crest at Discover Your Tania D’Avignon Tania D’Avignon Heritage Camp. Some of the family crests made by campers. Peter Fil makes varenyky with the young campers. No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 11

Tania D’Avignon Tania D’Avignon Alex Lemekha and Erick Kusmirek are Kyivan Rus’ royalty at Some of the participants of The Amazing Race during Discover Your Heritage Camp. Discover Your Heritage Camp.

Tania D’Avignon Tania D’Avignon Campers perform during talent night. The participants and staff of Heritage Day Camp.

Tania D’Avignon Tania D’Avignon Campers say their good-byes at the conclusion of camp. Soyuzivka’s youngest varenyky makers.

Tania D’Avignon Campers enjoy the bonfire on a beautiful night at Soyuzivka. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 No. 33

Ukraine’s Constitution. Mr. Kholodnytskyi has been made in the investigation into the to resolve the problem using economic NEWSBRIEFS said “physical evidence was seized at the murder of Belarusian journalist Pavel methods only. Other factors such as scene of the bribe transfer,” including a glass Sheremet, who was killed in a car blast in increasing parental values, family educa- (Continued from page 2) jar full of cash that Mr. Chaus allegedly used Kyiv, where he lived, but the information is tion and other areas that promote the tra- the Ukrainian side was not involved in the to accept bribes. If convicted, Mr. Chaus not public, according to a UNIAN corre- ditional values of a Ukrainian family should attack. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by could face a prison sentence of up to 12 spondent. “There is no information about be encouraged,” Mr. Petrenko stated at a AFP, TASS and Interfax) years. Mr. Kholodnytskyi called on the Sheremet case that can be made public. press conference in Kyiv on August 2. Ukrainian lawmakers to revise “the old legal We’ve made significant progress in the Experts say that the general trend of boost- Bribe-taking judge can’t be prosecuted system,” saying that it was helping so-called investigation, but it cannot be disclosed to ing the birth rate, seen in Ukraine since KYIV – Ukraine’s chief anticorruption “untouchables” in Ukrainian society. Mr. the public,” Mr. Lutsenko announced at a 2002, reveals a clear link between the prosecutor said on August 10 that a judge Chaus had worked on some of Ukraine’s briefing in Kyiv on August 10. Sheremet demographic situation and the crisis in the who served under ousted pro-Russian most sensitive cases under Mr. Yanukovych was killed in a car explosion in the center of country. Accordingly, the GDP growth since President Viktor Yanukovych has been – including numerous cases against pro- Kyiv on July 20. Police are probing his death 2000 indirectly pushed the birth rate up caught accepting bribes. Prosecutor Nazar European protesters whose Maidan rallies as a deliberate homicide. The FBI is from 2002. The 2008 crisis was the reason Kholodnytskyi said Mykola Chaus, a judge led to Mr. Yanukovych’s ouster from the engaged in the investigation, and its labora- behind a decline in the birth rate from 2010. Delayed births due to the economic in Kyiv’s Dniprovskyi District Court, was presidency. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by tories have taken samples of the chemicals crisis translated into a rise in births in caught by anti-corruption detectives accept- AFP and UNIAN) used in the improvised explosive device 2012. Mr. Petrenko said the demographic ing a $150,000 bribe on August 9 from an planted under the journalist’s car. More “Significant progress” in Sheremet case situation could be improved with the unnamed figure. But Mr. Kholodnytskyi said than 500 witnesses have already been implementation of state policy. However, Mr. Chaus cannot be detained because he KYIV – Ukrainian Prosecutor General interviewed in the Sheremet case. the director of Institute for Demography has immunity from prosecution under Yurii Lutsenko said “significant progress” Investigators are probing four theories for motives behind the murder: professional and Social Studies under the Institute of the activity, hostile private relations or person- National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, al motives, the Russian angle (attempts to Ella Libanova, is not so optimistic. She pre- destabilize Ukraine) or an attempt on the dicts a further decline in the country’s pop- life of Ukrayinska Pravda founding editor ulation. “Under any conditions, the popula- Olena Prytula, who was Sheremet’s partner tion of Ukraine will decrease because the TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 potential of demographic growth has been or e-mail [email protected] and also used the same car. (Ukraine Today, with reporting by UNIAN) exhausted – we have more 75-year-old women in our population than 5-year-old SERVICES PROFESSIONALS Kyiv to open Investment Promotion Office girls. This is because Ukrainian women have not given as many births as necessary KYIV – Ukraine’s Prime Minister for the simple reproduction of generations Volodymyr Groysman announced on since the 1960s. Accordingly, each genera- August 8 at a Cabinet of Ministers meeting tion is smaller than the previous one,” Ms. that Ukraine will open an Investment Libanova explained. (Ukraine Today, with Promotion Office and appoint a commis- reporting from UNIAN) sioner for investment. A release from the Cabinet of Ministers stated, “The office will Tensions amid Russian military build-up engage in development of the investment KYIV – Tensions are reportedly high potential of Ukraine, in promoting the among residents of northern Crimea as long country in the world, attracting top inter- convoys of heavy Russian weaponry contin- national investors and supporting their ue to be sighted not far from the occupied investment.” The office will be established peninsula’s border with the Ukrainian before September 1 as an advisory body to mainland. Crimean Tatar activists have the prime minister, and a nominee for reported armed checkpoints being erected director of the office will be submitted to at scattered sites around the peninsula, and the government for approval. The NIS unusually large concentrations of Russian Enterprise Fund has agreed to provide hardware in northern regions. The border organizational and financial support for crossing between Ukraine proper and the establishing the office. The Cabinet of Russian-annexed peninsula had been shut Ministers also approved the introduction of for several hours on August 7, causing long a government commissioner for invest- backups of traffic. Photos and videos posted ment, “who will coordinate the activities of on the website of the Crimean Human FOR RENT the future office and be responsible in the Rights Group, a local non-governmental government for the issues related to invest- organization, showed Russian military ment support. The duties of the govern- trucks being transported on trains on Ukrainian Orthodox Church in ment commissioner are entrusted to First Maplewood New Jersey is looking August 6 near Kerch, an eastern port town Deputy Finance Minister Oksana that is opposite Russia’s Stavropol territory. for a husband and wife team Markarova.” The release also explained: to rent a 3 bedroom 1 and 1/2 Vadim Skibitsky, a representative of the “The office will cooperate with the Ministry Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s military intel- bathroom house with caretaker of Economic Development and Trade, responsibilities for the church and ligence division, told the online news portal grounds at a reduced rent. 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Website leaks more personal details NEWSBRIEFS KYIV – A Ukrainian nationalist website has OBITUARY (Continued from page 12) published an e-mail archive that contains copies of identification cards and personal He is said to have personally stolen 200 information about Ukrainian and internation- million hrv (more than $80,000) from al journalists. The new leak, which allegedly The Very Rev. Joseph T. Szupa, 51 Ukrainian budget. The Ukraine’s former comes from a disenchanted separatist official, PHILADELPHIA – The Very Rev. Joseph T. Minister of Taxes and Duties Oleksandr was published on August 4. It contains thou- Szupa, 51, suddenly fell asleep in the Lord Klymenko was at the head of the illegal tax sands of e-mails – including some e-mails that on Sunday, July 10. He had just concluded gang. He has been hiding from police for contain photographs and copies of journal- the 11 a.m. divine liturgy at the Ukrainian more than two years. According to ists’ travel identification. On August 3, Anton Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Prosecutor General Lutsenko, those Herashchenko, an adviser to Ukrainian Conception in Philadelphia, where he involved in the criminal scheme reim- Internal Minister Arsen Avakov, praised the served as rector since July 1, 2015. bursed VAT for a fake company. This money website, Myrotvorets, saying it has become an Father Szupa, a native of Chester, Pa., was then forwarded further by Mr. electronic mass-media resource. Ukraine’s was one of five children, born to the late Klymenko. Part of the stolen money was Deputy Minister of Information Policy Andrij and Eva (née Hrebinec) Szupa on transferred to now ousted President Tetyana Popova, who spoke strongly against May 12, 1965. Yanukovych and ex-Prime-Minister Mykola the website, announced her resignation on He received his elementary education at Azarov. The aforementioned politicians August 3 to protest what she said were Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic School in managed to benefit from the criminal attacks on journalists and freedom of speech. Chester and in the fall of 1979 entered St. schemes before Maidan events in Kyiv and The Myrotvorets online project had raised Basil Preparatory School in Stamford, Conn. the further resignation of the whole oligar- concerns about the safety of journalists in After graduation in 1983 and sensing a call chical clan. In particular, they spent the May when it leaked names and contact infor- to the priesthood, he enrolled in St. Basil’s laundered sums on constructing the scan- mation for thousands of correspondents who College Seminary to prepare for ordination. dalous helicopter field for Mr. Yanukovych have reported from parts of Ukraine that He completed his undergraduate studies in Kyiv’s city center. The prosecutor general are controlled by Russia-backed separat- at The Catholic University of America, where said minor participants in the scheme ists. The website claimed it was targeting he earned a B.A. degree in philosophy while a could get reduced sentences if they are enemies of Ukraine – ”because these jour- seminarian at St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic The Rev. Joseph Szupa ready to assist the investigators. Ukraine’s nalists collaborate with fighters from ter- Seminary in Washington. He continued his Office of the Public Prosecutor reports hav- rorist organizations.” Ukrainian President matriculation at The Catholic University of council, protopresbyter of the New Jersey ing evidence against 10 more former tax Petro Poroshenko condemned the May America and was awarded a Bachelor of deanery and advocate in the tribunal. He inspectors, suspected of cooperation with leak, but Myrotvorets was never closed. Sacred Theology degree and completed the was secretary of the board of directors of the Yanukovych family. They are to be RFE/RL, based on reporting by AP, Kyiv program of priestly formation at St. Ascension Manor, Inc. named in a month. (Ukraine Today) Post and RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) Josaphat’s Seminary. Besides his parents, he was preceded in On September 20, 1992, he was Ukraine evacuates citizens from Aleppo death by brothers Michael and Peter. Man who lied about his age pleads guilty ordained a priest in the Ukrainian Catholic Father Joseph is survived by brother DAMASCUS, Syria – The Ukrainian Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception by HARRISBURG, Pa. – A Ukrainian man Stephan Szupa of Woodlyn, Pa., and sister Embassy in Syria is urging its citizens to flee Metropolitan-Archbishop Stephen Sulyk. who lied about his name and his age while Joanne Balandiak and her husband; nieces the combat areas following the worsening The newly ordained Father Szupa cele- attending Harrisburg High School in Dawn Marie Mastella, Kaitlyn Elizabeth security situation in Aleppo, the Ukrainian brated his Divine Liturgy of Thanksgiving Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to criminal Szupa and Dana Marie Gaffney; and neph- diplomatic mission wrote on Facebook on in his home parish, Holy Ghost Ukrainian ews Kristopher Michael Szupa and Andrij J. charges. Artur Samarin, 23, faces up to 40 August 10. The Embassy and the Honorary Catholic Church, in Chester. Balandiak. He is also survived by four years in prison after entering the plea for Consulate General in Aleppo have orga- After ordination, he was assigned paro- grandnieces and grandnephews. fraud and sex charges. Mr. Samarin, who nized the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens chial vicar of the cathedral parish and also The funeral divine liturgy for Father Szupa called himself Asher Potts, had also been from Aleppo to Ukraine via Damascus and served at St. Andrew in Philadelphia. He was celebrated on Friday, July 15, at Holy accused of having sex with a 15-year-old Beirut. For all questions on registration also served the faithful in the following New Myrrh-bearers Eastern Catholic Church in girl. The arrest affidavit said Mr. Samarin documents for the Ukrainian consular staff Jersey parishes: St. Nicholas, Passaic; St. Swarthmore, Pa., by Metropolitan-Archbishop told a detective he had sex with the girl in of the Ukrainian Embassy in Syria, especial- Nicholas, Rutherford; St. Vladimir, Elizabeth; Stefan Soroka and his brother priests. the fall of 2014, when he was 22. Mr. ly those which are critical, the embassy in and Immaculate Conception, Hillside. His body lay in repose the previous eve- Samarin had been a well-liked student at Lebanon can be contacted instead. He also held the following archieparchial ning at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Pennsylvania high school and had been Meanwhile the United Nations called for an positions: chancellor, member of the col- the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia, accepted into a college in Florida before urgent ceasefire in the divided Syrian city, lege of consultors, member of the archi- where the priestly parastas was sung. authorities discovered he was considerably where it said 2 million people lacked access eparchial corporation, member of the pres- Burial was at Lawn Croft Cemetery in older and was a Ukrainian citizen who had to clean running water. The humanitarian byteral council, member of the finance Linwood, Pa. overstayed a student work visa. He also workers said access is needed to deliver faces federal fraud charges and could be food and medical supplies, and for techni- deported. He is reportedly negotiating a cians to repair electricity networks that to delay an invader’s advance and trigger plea deal; his federal trial has now been drive water pumping stations, which were About NATO’s... the application of NATO’s Article 5, with intervention by NATO Response Forces. The pushed back to September 6. (RFE/RL, heavily damaged in attacks on civilian infra- (Continued from page 2) based on reporting by AP and ABC27.com) structure last week. (Ukraine Today) battalions themselves could, however, sup- ventional military aggression. They are, port the Baltic states’ forces in “hybrid” con- rather, intended to provide the minimal flict scenarios, dealing for example with lim- DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS level of deterrence, that of a “tripwire,” ited incursions by unmarked Russian spe- admittedly insufficient for opposing Russian cial force units, paramilitary troops and Death announcements should be sent to the Advertising Department by conventional forces in battle. 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Ділимося сумною вісткою, With sorrow we announce passing of що 1 серпня 2016 року відійшла у вічність наша найдорожча Дружина і Мама Peter Moskaluk св. п. 1921-2016 beloved husband of Mary Ann Moskaluk Ірена Глушевська loving father to Nina, Roman and Sonja Moskaluk Покійна похована на цвинтарі св. Духа в Гемптонбурґу, Н. Й. loving stepfather to Diana Subka and Richard Worley loving grandfather to Tania, Nicholas, Katherine, Jennifer, Залишилися у глибокому смутку: Richie and Amanda friend to many. муж Богдан син Марко з дружиною Aimee Peter accomplished much in his life. He was a tailor all his life and брат д-р Роман Чорнодольський з родиною owner of “Peter’s FashionsFor Men” in Chicago. He was always proud of братові Іванка Матківська з родиною his Ukrainian Heritage. Married at St. Peter and Paul Ukranian Orthodox Оксана Оприско з родиною Church in Palos Park in 1980 to his beloved wife Mary Ann. ближча і дальша родина і друзі в США та Україні "Rest in peace Peter." Вічна Їй пам’ять! Eternal memory. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 No. 33

Roman Woronowycz One of two driving simulators, each costing $10,000, that rehabilitation patients can Visitors to the rehabilitation center at the Lviv State Enterprise for Mobility examine use to learn how to drive vehicles and eventually find employment in the transporta- physical therapy equipment that is used to strengthen muscles and make it easier use tion industry. prosthetics. ful uprising known as the Euro-Maidan Rehabilitation... Revolution of November 2013-February 2014. After Russia’s illegal annexation of (Continued from page 1) Crimea in March 2014 and its subsequent choosing the government-run facility invasion of the easternmost Donbas region among others, noted Ms. Paslawsky. in April, Mr. Paslawsky took up arms with “Vika and [her husband] Roman the Donbas Battalion, an armed volunteer [Woronowycz] represent the best that you fighting unit that helped stop the spread of could ask in partners. If you could find that, Moscow-backed separatism in the east. you could do anything, but be realistic about According to Donbas Battalion veterans how much can be accomplished,” she said. with whom The Ukrainian Weekly spoke at Indeed, the IAFA has been recognized by the opening of the rehabilitation center, Mr. the Ukrainian Association of Charity Givers Paslawsky was struck by shrapnel from a as the best local charitable NGO in Ukraine. mortar while defending a pedestrian First Lady Maryna Poroshenko has also bridge in Ilovaisk. He had religiously worn bestowed an award on the group. body armor, but on that fateful day didn’t But this is only the start, Ms. Voronovych put his flak vest on, according to war veter- said. ans who were with Mr. Paslawsky on the “This center isn’t complete yet, this is A Donbas Battalion soldier who fought with Markian Paslawsky in Ilovaisk speaks at the opening of the rehabilitation center. Seated (from left) are: Viktoria Olikh, head day of his death. only the beginning. We shall continue rais- doctor of the center; Marat Mukhametov, acting director of the Lviv State Enterprise Representatives of the Ukrainian ing money and putting forth effort, form for Mobility and Prosthetics; and Viktoriia Voronovych, director of the Kyiv-based Catholic University in Lviv also attended additional partnerships, all to build a mod- International Alliance for Fraternal Assistance. the center’s opening ceremony. The univer- sity’s vice-rector for development and com- ern facility,” she said. “We would like to munications, Nataliya Klymovska, said the send our doctors and specialists on study educational institute is looking to partner JACQUES HNIZDOVSKY tours to see first-hand how such rehab cen- with the rehabilitation center. The universi- ters function abroad.” ty is establishing a rehabilitation medical PRINTS DRAWINGS PAINTINGS Local staff have already been trained in training facility and is looking to find cen- showing how the newly purchased equip- ters where its students can conduct 1,000 William Greenbaum Fine Prints has been in business now ment works. hours of practical medicine that the curric- Seventy-five percent of the funds were ulum requires. for more than 50 years. We currently have 50 signed prints raised on July 10, 2015, at a fund-raising Mr. Mukhametov noted that everyone at by Mr. Hnizdovsky for sale and we are seeking to purchase banquet at the Soyuzivka Heritage Center the center is learning in the process. more of his prints as well as his drawings and paintings. during the Ukrainian Cultural Festival. The “This kind of [prolonged] rehabilitation center is owned by the Ukrainian National is new to us as well,” he explained. “Our Foundation, a registered non-profit that task was to fit the prosthetic and show conducts charitable activity on behalf of the patients how to use them to walk or do Ukrainian National Association. An addi- other things. We understood that this was tional $10,000 was donated by the family- insufficient. This gives more opportunity run charitable Markian Paslawsky Fund for people to stay in good physical shape. that was established two years ago to The purpose of this center is for people to honor the Ukrainian American. leave as full-fledged members of society. A longtime resident and businessman in We’re new to this and learn as we go as Kyiv, Mr. Paslawsky took part in the peace- well.”

ALL PRINTS NOW ILLUSTRATED ONLINE AT: www.greenbaumprints.com Please email us at [email protected] or phone us at 508-284-7036. William Greenbaum Fine Prints 98 South Street Rockport, MA 01966 Open By Appointment Marat Mukhametov, acting director of the Lviv State Enterprise for Mobility and Prosthetics, gives an appreciation award to the mother of Markian Paslawsky, Orysia Member: International Fine Print Dealers Association Paslawsky, at the opening ceremonies of a rehabilitation center that will help Ukrainian war veterans. No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 15 Howansky Memorial Tournament held in Yonkers

YONKERS, N.Y. – Chornomorska Sitch won 2-1 in the final against Krylati Carmel at the 2016 Steven Howansky Memorial Soccer Tournament on June 18 that was held at Flemming Field in conjunction with the Yonkers Ukrainian Heritage Festival at St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church. Seven teams participated in the round-robin format tourna- ment including Kryalti Carmel (second place), Karpaty Passaic (third), Karpaty Brooklyn (fourth), N.Y. Ukrainian Sports Club (fifth), Krylati Old Boys (Yonkers), and Krylati Young Guns (Yonkers). In the pre-final standings, however, Krylati Carmel had the best sheet, with five wins, one draw, no losses, with 13 goals for and four against, to finish with 16 points. The tournament was organized by Zenon Pavlyshchuk and Mark Howansky.

demand that Ukraine agree to remain out- Moscow likely... side of the Western bloc, a commitment Australian soccer club supports Kyiv is not ready to agree to. But Russia will (Continued from page 3) do whatever it thinks it has to in order to war-affected kids in Ukraine such a move and that both Ukraine and its ensure that happens, and the West may Western partners need to be prepared for ultimately back down as a result. that. Why does right now seem like the time “If something does begin,” he says, “first Moscow is most ready to do something like will occur an intensification of clashes this? Because, Mr. Felgengauer argues, the along the ceasefire line, an increase in United States and Europe are distracted by shelling, and then Russia will declare ‘a their own domestic difficulties and are far humanitarian peacekeeping operation.’ ” less likely to be able to agree on any action, That would follow its tactics in Aleppo, and including enhanced sanctions if Moscow such interference would be completely does expand its invasion of Ukraine. “open” with the use of Russian forces of perhaps as many as 100,000 men. The article above is reprinted from This is “one of the possible scenarios Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from directed at regime change in Ukraine,” Mr. its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, Felgengauer says. Moscow will continue to www.jamestown.org.

AFUO Ukraine’s Ambassador to Australia Mykola Kulynych and Jaroslav Duma with the outfits and equipment donated to a youth soccer team in eastern Ukraine by the Back to School Western Sydney Wanderers.

Australian Federation of Ukrainian Wanderers. Many of the children’s parents Organizations are fighting in the war, so that their kids can Special grow up in a free Ukraine,” Mr. Duma com- VICTORIA, Australia – A soccer club mented. from New South Wales, the Western “Soccer grants them a degree of normali- Sydney Wanderers has generously donated ty amidst the chaos in their country,” he uniforms to a youth soccer team in the war- added. A subscription – torn city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine. The ambassador of Ukraine to Australia, Australian Ukrainian Jaroslav Duma Dr. Mykola Kulynych, together with Messrs. print and online, or online only – came into contact with the youth team, Duma and Dechnicz met with Western Kolos, during a recent visit to Ukraine to Sydney officials at the Blacktown to The Ukrainian Weekly! volunteer with the not-for-profit organiza- International Sportspark to receive the out- tion Patriot Defence. The children lacked fits. Mr. Duma will deliver them to the team Give the college students in your family their own nine-month gift sub- uniforms to play in the regional soccer during his upcoming visit to Ukraine. scriptions to The Ukrainian Weekly. The Weekly is a great resource for stu- competition in the Novoaidar raion in east- The Sydney Morning Herald quoted the dents who plan to write college papers on topics about Ukraine, helps stu- ern Ukraine. ambassador as saying of the donation: “It’s dents keep in touch with the Ukrainian community throughout the United Upon his return to Australia, Mr. Duma, really great. We appreciate this gift, and it’s States and Canada, and gives students the opportunity to keep learning about together with fellow Ukrainian community immense joy for our kids. We have a very their Ukrainian heritage once they leave home. member Roman Dechnicz, approached tough time, we have a war time in the east Western Sydney through its solicitor, Elias but you can imagine that these young fel- The price for the academic year is only $65 ($60 if the student is a mem- el Khoury, seeking outfits for the lows, these young kids, will be so happy to ber of the UNA) – and that includes both print and online subscriptions! Ukrainian team to play in. The club, known play soccer [with] these shirts and balls An online subscription alone for the same nine-month period is $30. for its strong community focus, responded that are a gift from our friends in Australia.” to the request and agreed to supply 20 The conflict in Ukraine began over two To take advantage of this special offer, phone The Weekly’s Subscription uniforms in the spirit of promoting the years ago when the Russian Federation Department at 973-292-9800, ext. 3040, and charge the subscription to your world game. annexed the Ukrainian peninsula Crimea credit card. “This is a great show of kindness by the and invaded eastern Ukraine. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 No. 33 UAYA’s Nadiya Ye Festival entertains and inspires by Chrystina Dolyniuk-Mykytyn ELLENVILLE, N.Y. – During the holiday weekend of July 1-4, The Ukrainian American Youth Association (UAYA) held its annual Nadiya Ye Festival here at the UAYA Camp and Resort Center. For the sixth con- secutive year, UAYA members and non- members gathered from all over North America to enjoy a fun-filled and inspiring weekend of Ukrainian entertainment, food and fun. Guests gathered on Friday night to enjoy Ukrainian techno music and a laser light show provided by DJ Stas. Saturday includ- ed a variety of vendors of Ukrainian appar- el, music, crafts and artwork, while the afternoon showcased a performance by Bratya z Karpatya. In addition, Saturday included an oppor- tunity for UAYA camp participants to meet lead singer Taras Topolia and other mem- bers of the main feature act, Antytila from Kyiv. Band members answered questions about their performances on the Maidan in 2013-2014, their ongoing support of the Ukrainian army and their hopes for Ukraine’s future. Christina Jancew Iwanik On Saturday evening, over 1,000 guests Antytila entertains festival participants. gathered before the outdoor stage to wit- ness Antytila’s premier U.S. performance. American solidarity and pride for their with the sounds of the Svitanok band, Sunday began with morning liturgy cele- An energized crowd flew Ukrainian flags ancestral homeland. Following Antytila’s which kept guests dancing long into the brated by the Rev. Ihor Midzak, chaplain of throughout the concert, showing Ukrainian performance, evening festivities continued night. UAYA, followed by a solemn ceremony, orga- nized by the UAYA and the Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine, dedicated to Ukrainian heroes, past and current, who have given their lives in the pursuit of freedom and democracy in Ukraine or continue the fight against Vladimir Putin’s regime. Sunday afternoon and evening concerts featured additional live music by soloists Yulia Vusko and Olga Obertos from Ukraine, and the Iskra Dance Ensemble from Whippany, N.J. Delicious traditional Ukrainian food was available at the outdoor kitchen all weekend. Overall, this year’s Nadiya Ye Festival was deemed to be a huge success. The festival takes its name from the hit song “Nadiya Ye” (or “There is Hope”) by the Mad Heads, the first band to perform at UAYA’s annual festi- val, when it was inaugurated six years ago. Year after year, festival organizers aim to provide quality musical entertainment from Ukraine that represents the undying spirit and creativity of the Ukrainian people. The event would not be possible without the help and support of many volunteers and staff who regularly dedicate their time and efforts to the UAYA Camp and Resort Members of the Ukrainian American Youth Association meet with members of the rock band Antytila from Ukraine. Center.

peninsula were in imminent danger from attempts to break through were accompa- of the Crimean Human Rights Group, a local Russia accuses... the new, pro-Western government that nied by massive covering fire from the non-governmental organization, showed came to power when President Viktor neighboring state and from Ukrainian Russian military trucks being transported (Continued from page 3) Yanukovych was forced out and fled to armored vehicles.” on trains on August 6 near Kerch, an east- protesters in Kyiv in February 2014, Russia Russia. Kyiv and the West say there are no ern port town that is opposite Russia’s Crimea build-up threw its support behind separatists who grounds for that claim. Stavropol territory. seized territory in the eastern Donetsk and In its statement on August 10, the FSB Tensions were high in the northern part The takeover of Crimea and interference Luhansk regions, leading to a war that has said that it confronted one group of of Crimea over the weekend, with residents in eastern Ukraine, where Kyiv and NATO killed more than 9,500 people since that Ukrainian saboteurs in an operation late on reporting sightings of long convoys of say Moscow has sent large numbers of April. August 7 and early on August 8, breaking heavy Russian weaponry not far from the troops and weapons during the war, has up what it claimed was a Ukrainian spy net- Black Sea peninsula’s border with main- severely damaged Russia’s ties with Russian escalation imminent? work. land Ukraine. Ukraine, and brought tension between the The Russian allegations, and Mr. Putin’s The FSB said that Ukrainian and Russian Crimean Tatar activists had reported Kremlin and the West to levels not seen stern warning, appeared to rekindle suspi- citizens were arrested and an arms cache – armed checkpoints being erected at scat- since the Cold War. cions in Kyiv that the Kremlin wants to take including 20 homemade explosive devices, tered sites around the Russian-occupied control of more territory in Ukraine. ammunition, mines, and grenades – had peninsula, and unusually large concentra- With reporting by Reuters, AP, AFP, TASS, “Putin wants more war. Russia escalates, been recovered. It said the situation esca- tions of Russian hardware in northern and Interfax desperately looks for casus belli against lated late on August 8 and in the early regions. Copyright 2016, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted Ukraine, tests [the] West’s reaction,” a hours of August 9. The crossing from the mainland to the with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ spokesman for Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs “Ukrainian special-forces units tried to Russian-annexed peninsula was shut for Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Ministry, Dmytro Kuleba, wrote on Twitter. break through two more times with groups several hours on August 7, causing long Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see In 2014, Russia justified its seizure of of saboteur-terrorists but were thwarted back-ups of traffic. http://www.rferl.org/content/crimea-fsb- Crimea with claims that the residents of the by FSB units and other forces,” it said. “The Photos and videos posted on the website ukraine-incursion/27912985.html). No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 17 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 No. 33

NOTES ON PEOPLE Ukrainian Canadian Congress welcomes its new CEO OTTAWA – Ukrainian Canadian Congress Professor marks 50 years President Paul Grod on July 27 announced the appointment of Ihor Hnatiw in engineering department Michalchyshyn as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress. In his new role, which begins September 6, Mr. Michalchyshyn will be responsible for the overall leadership and management of the UCC’s operations, including govern- ment relations and community program- ming. The CEO will implement the UCC’s strategic plan, recommend policy direction to achieve the goals and further the mission of the organization, and support its pro- gramming, events and educational pro- grams. He will also be responsible for man- aging the offices of the UCC in Ottawa and Winnipeg, Manitoba. Ihor Hnatiw Michalchyshyn “UCC was very fortunate to have received a number of very qualified applications for to work in the UCC national office this fall. our most senior executive role,” stated Mr. “I am both humbled and honored by this Grod. “We are very excited to have Ihor take opportunity to provide leadership to the on this key leadership role at UCC. He has an Ukrainian Canadian Congress,” stated Mr. impressive depth and breadth of organiza- Michalchyshyn. “I am looking forward to tional and political experience. As an active working with all of our dynamic communi- volunteer, he also brings a solid understand- ty organizations, dedicated volunteers and ing of the Ukrainian Canadian community talented staff at the UCC. We have a very and ability to effectively engage donors and vibrant community, dedicated supporters, volunteers. I would like to thank and con- loyal donors and committed partners that gratulate Slawko Borys and the UCC Search I’m sure will continue to ensure UCC Committee for their effective work in solicit- remains a driving force in Canada and ing applications, interviewing and selecting around the world.” David Staudacher a very capable CEO.” Mr. Michalchyshyn succeeds Taras Professor W.J. Minkowycz (center) celebrates 50 years of service in the Department With over a decade of working within Zalusky, who stepped down as executive of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Illinois in Chicago. He government at senior levels, Mr. director and CEO for a senior position with commemorated the anniversary with College of Engineering Dean Peter Nelson (left), Michalchyshyn brings to the UCC experi- the federal government. The board of direc- MIE Department Head Farzad Mashayek (right), and MIE’s faculty and staff. ence in the areas of public policy, strategic tors expressed gratitude to Mr. Zalusky for planning, community organizing and advo- his six years of service. working at UIC in 2000,” said Dr. Farzad by David Staudacher cacy. Mr. Michalchyshyn held a number of The UCC also thanked and recognized Mashayek, MIE Department head and pro- senior positions with the government of Olya Grod, who was seconded from the CHICAGO – Prof. W.J. Minkowycz doesn’t fessor. “He is the editor of four journals and Manitoba, as chief of staff to the premier of Ukrainian National Federation to serve as just enjoy his work – he loves it. And this I knew him from the journals. He is very Manitoba. His responsibilities included the UCC’s interim executive director, and year the highly awarded and immensely well known in his area. I don’t think there developing outreach relationships with noted that she “masterfully managed a very respected professor celebrated his 50th are very many people who don’t know him stakeholder groups, overseeing staff devel- ambitious UCC agenda during the transi- year of service in the Department of if they are in the area of heat transfer, ener- opment, and helping to manage the politi- tion,” including preparation for the trienni- Mechanical and Industrial Engineering gy or fluid mechanics.” cal, public policy, communications and leg- al Congress of Ukrainian Canadians to be (MIE) at the University of Illinois at “He is a great teacher and made huge islative priorities of government. held in Regina, Saskatchewan, on Chicago. contributions over the years,” added Dr. He has a long record of involvement with- September 29-October 2. Prof. Minkowycz, a resident of Park Mashayek. “He also is the editor of several in the Ukrainian Canadian community. He is The chief executive officer of the Ridge, Ill., was born in Lybohora, about 100 book series. He is still in the mainstream a scout leader with Plast Ukrainian Scout Ukrainian Canadian Congress reports to miles south of Lviv. At the age of 14, his and knows what’s going on.” Association and a long-time choir member the president and executive committee of family came to the U.S. He started working “He’s a legend in this department. He’s a of Melos Folk Ensemble (Winnipeg), and has the UCC, and is responsible for the organi- at UIC on March 16, 1966, and during this legend in his field. He is a pillar in his area just completed two terms on the board of zation’s consistent achievement of its mis- time he has made significant contributions of thermodynamics and heat transfer, and Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural and Education sion and financial objectives. to the national and international profes- he is a fantastic colleague, friend and men- Center. He has served on both the Manitoba For the past 75 years, the UCC has repre- sional community and to the University of tor,” said Prof. Farid Amirouche of the MIE and Canadian boards of Plast, as a volunteer sented the interests of the Ukrainian Illinois at Chicago (UIC), encompassing Department, who has worked with Prof. with Help Us Help the Children in Ukraine Canadian community before the people research of the highest quality, dynamic Minkowycz for more than 30 years. “He and as an international elections monitor in and government of Canada. The UCC coor- and inspiring teaching, and worldwide loves teaching and symbolizes everything a eastern Ukraine. dinates and unifies all major Ukrainian leadership in the area of technical informa- good teacher is. He brings good values that Mr. Michalchyshyn was educated at the Canadian organizations, promotes linkages tion dissemination. we all try to seek and look for. I like the idea University of Winnipeg and University of with Ukraine, and identifies and addresses His dedication is evident from his long that he is engaged and really takes the job Manitoba, focusing his studies in the areas the needs of the Ukrainian community in list of accomplishments and the slew of to a level where he is fully vested.” of politics and public administration. He Canada to ensure it continues to flourish awards and accolades he has received. The The professor has witnessed the univer- will be relocating from Winnipeg to Ottawa and enhance Canada’s socio-cultural fabric. professor has been awarded the UIC Silver sity change in many ways: many buildings Circle Award for Excellence in Teaching six have been built and it has become a highly times and has been nominated for the rated university with Ph.D. programs. border. The Organization for Security and award a staggering 18 times throughout his During his tenure, he experienced signif- Donald Trump’s... Cooperation in Europe’s monitoring mis- career. Winning and being nominated for icant changes in his field of research, which sion has reported that Russian-backed mili- this award is a tremendous compliment as he noted that “research always changes.” (Continued from page 6) tants have used a wide array of heavy its selection committee is made up of the He explained: “For a long time research building military capacity and testing state- weapons, including mortars, high-caliber graduating seniors. was based on traditional fluids and geome- of-the-art weapons in the Ukrainian Donbas. artillery and tanks. “My office door is always open,” said Prof. tries and heat transfer. Recently, there has In numbers, Russia’s presence in Ukraine This bloody war, which has already Minkowycz. “Even when I work late hours, been a big shift in research at the means on average 400 shells a week. taken more than 10,000 Ukrainian lives students can come and see me anytime and microscale and nanoscale.” Last week, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense and internally displaced almost 2 million, is they appreciate that.” He added, “Teaching is For five decades, Prof. Minkowycz has identified and reported 22 flights of a fight of a young democracy for indepen- a talent. Besides being very knowledgeable been the intellectual leader of the heat unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operated dence and its choice to be part of the West and confident about lecturing, it’s the per- transfer community. His editorial activities by Russia-backed militants. Russia contin- and embrace Western values. Neglecting or sonality making the presentation inter- – which includes four journal and 31 book ues to pour its weapons and military equip- trading the cause of a nation inspired by mixed with a sense of humor. It’s about pre- editorships – have nurtured the growth of ment into the Donbas: For instance, from those values – cemented by Americans in senting it in an interesting way.” heat transfer activities worldwide. July 22 to July 28, nearly 6,000 tons of fuel, their fight for independence and civil rights It’s not just the students who have a “It’s been the happiest 50 years of my 80 tons of ammunition and 120 tons of mil- – would send the wrong message to the great deal of respect for Prof. Minkowycz. life,” he said. “I have been blessed with good itary cargo (including repair parts for mili- people of Ukraine and many others in the His peers speak highly of him, too. health. I never missed any classes. I’m a tary vehicles) were delivered through an world who look to the U.S. as a beacon of “I knew Prof. Minkowycz before I started lucky person.” uncontrolled part of the Ukrainian-Russian freedom and democracy. No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 19

Through August 31 Art exhibit, historic photographs of Ukrainians in Boston, August 21 Ukrainian Independence Day Picnic, St. Andrew Boston Mayor’s Gallery, Boston City Hall, South Bound Brook, NJ Memorial Church, www.uocofusa.org www.boston.gov or www.ukrainiancenter.org August 21 Ukrainian Independence Day celebration and art Through October 2 Art exhibit, “Dissecting Signifiers,” with Eric Gushee, Silver Spring, MD workshop, Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, Chicago Salvador Dominguez, Jason Hawk, Chris Silva and Asli www.ukart.eventbrite.com or 410-404-3305 Uludag, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 773-227-5522 or www.uima-chicago.org August 21 Ukrainian Heritage Festival, Riverlink Park, Amsterdam, NY 908-902-8256 August 18-21 St. Josaphat Ukrainian Festival, St. Josaphat Ukrainian August 24 Ukrainian Independence Day celebration with flag Rochester, NY Catholic Church, www.rochesterukrainianfesitval.com Binghamton, NY raising, Binghamton City Hall, 607-798-9148

August 19 Ukrainian Independence Day Benefit Dinner, Hyatt Regency August 24 Ukrainian Independence Day ceremony, North Port Sacramento, CA Hotel Sacramento, facebook.com/events/623314271159656 North Port, FL City Hall, with breakfast at St. Andrew Oseredok, 941-408-8125 August 20 Ukrainian Fair, “Together for Freedom” Gibson Ranch Sacramento, CA Park, facebook.com/events/1022805424421454 August 24 Ukrainian Independence Day proclamation, Amsterdam Amsterdam, NY City Hall, www.amsterdamny.gov August 20 Ukrainian Independence Day celebration, Syracuse Syracuse, NY Ukrainian National Home, 315-478-9272 August 24 Ukrainian Independence Day celebration, Embassy of Ottawa Ukraine, RCGT Park, www.ottawachapions.com or August 20 Ukrainian Independence Day celebration, Ukrainian Canadian [email protected] Toronto Congress, Centennial Park, 416-323-4772 or www.ucctoronto.ca August 24 Flag-raising ceremony, post-ceremony reception hosted August 20 JazzTet concert, featuring tromboneist Peter Nelson, Boston by City Councilor Annissa Essabi George, Boston City Jewett, NY pianist Steven Feifke, bassist Devin Starks, drummer Hall, www.boston.gov Darrian Douglas and vocalist Marta Bagratuni, Grazhda August 25 Independence Day Summer Boat Cruise, Music and Arts Center of Greene County, 518-989-6479 Boston Commonwealth Pier, www.ukrainiancenter.org or www.grazhdamusicandart.org www.facebook.com/events/16026794366913517

August 20 Ukrainian Independence Day celebration, with music by August 26 USCAK Beach Volleyball Tournament, Glen Spey, NY Ana Maria, Ukrainian National Women’s League of Wildwood Crest, NJ beach in front of Pan American Hotel, www.uscak.org America – Branch 62, Mountain View Manor, 914-443-9199 or [email protected] August 20-21 Ukrainian Days Festival, Ukrainian Congress Committee of Chicago America – Illinois Division, Smith Park, www.uccaillinois.org 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 August 20-21 Ukrainian Festival, Ukrainian Homestead, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Lehighton, PA www.ukrhomestead.com and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 No. 33

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Friday, August 26 Tryzubivka, County Line and Lower State roads, Horsham, PA 19044. Doors will open WILDWOOD, N.J.: The Khmelnychenky at noon. The outdoor summer concert in the Plast fraternity is sponsoring a fund-raising park will begin at 1:30 p.m. It is an integrat- dance commemorating Ukraine’s 25th anni- ed, dynamic program titled: “United versary of independence at the Wildwood Ukraine; United with Us,” a collaborative VFW, 3816 Pacific Ave. Doors open at 8 p.m. effort of prior performers: Voloshky with dance music by DJ Orest, followed by Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, violinist Innesa EMCK – Live in Concert at 9:30-11 p.m., and Tymochko Dekajlo, Iskra Ukrainian Dance DJ Orest until midnight. Admission: $20 for Ensemble, Living in Song Choir and Vox adults age 21 and over (includes open beer/ Ethnika orchestra. A social dance to the live soda bar at 8-12 p.m.; mixed drinks also music of the Vox Ethnika will follow at 4:30 available). Valid IDs are required for wrist- p.m. Delicious Ukrainian foods and baked bands that will be sold at the beach and goods, picnic fare and cool beverages and hotels. For more information visit the FB refreshments will be plentiful. Vendors are page: https://www.facebook.com/Xmeli/ welcome. An arts and crafts bazaar and a or contact [email protected]. (NB: children’s fun area will be open all day. The Party Ptashat kids dance at the Crest Admission: $15; students, $10; children Pier is cancelled.) under 15, free. Free parking. For further information call 267-664-3857, e-mail Sunday, August 28 [email protected] or visit www.tryzub.org. HORSHAM, Pa.: The Ukrainian American The sponsor is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non- Sport Center Tryzub will host the 25th profit charitable organization: Proceeds ben- annual Ukrainian Independence Folk efit youth and adult amateur sports, and cul- Festival and Outdoor Summer Concert at tural, fraternal and community programs.

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