Inside: l Kobzarska Sitch camp update – page 4 l Iskra Academy holds in-person recital – page 8 l national soccer team fan guide for Euro championship – page 9

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal Wnon-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXIX No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2021 $2.00 In show of support, Biden invites Ukraine’s Zelenskyy frustrated over lack of support Zelenskyy to the White House from key allies in face of Russian aggression RFE/RL stop in for a face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Receives White House invitation for July U.S. President Joe Biden has invited June 16. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy The call comes amid some frustration in to visit the White House this summer in a Washington and about the bilateral show of support for the Eastern European relationship. country. Washington has been dismayed by man- Mr. Biden extended the invitation during agement changes at , the a phone call with Mr. Zelenskyy on June 7, Ukrainian state-owned energy company at national-security adviser Jake Sullivan said the heart of the country’s largest corrup- during a press conference. It was the sec- tion scandals, as well as slow progress on ond call between the leaders since Mr. reform. Biden took office in January. Kyiv, on the other hand, has publicly In a tweet after the call, Mr. Zelenskyy expressed disappointment that Mr. Biden said he “looked forward” to the visit and chose to meet one-on-one with Mr. Putin discussing ways to “expand strategic coop- first and recently abandoned efforts to stop eration” between the and the completion of Nord Stream 2, a Ukraine. Kremlin-backed natural-gas pipeline to Mr. Zelenskyy has sought an Oval Office Germany that will deprive Ukraine of bil- meeting since coming to power more than lions of dollars in transit fees. two years ago. It is also peeved that Ukrainian officials An official visit to Washington could help have not been invited to the NATO summit the 43-year-old former comic’s stature at to be held on June 14 in . home – where his ratings have been slip- Ukraine is heavily dependent on U.S. ping – while also demonstrating U.S. sup- support to counter Russian aggression and Office of the port for Ukraine in the face of Russian wants to join the Western military alliance, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks in Kyiv on June 6 at a weekly forum aggression, former U.S. Ambassador to something the Kremlin strongly opposes. that was devoted to the environment. Ukraine John Herbst said. earlier this year amassed tens of “He wants it as a sign of respect but also thousands of troops and heavy weapons by Mark Raczkiewycz being shunned from the high-level summit because of its political value in Ukraine. A along its border with Ukraine and in the in Brussels at the headquarters of the meeting in Washington bolsters his image,” occupied territory of . KYIV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). said Mr. Herbst, who is now at the Atlantic Kyiv called the mobilization an attempt Zelenskyy’s invitation to the White House As a country with whom Russia is wag- Council think tank. at intimidation amid stalled peace talks to in July comes as Kyiv is reeling from what it ing an undeclared bloody war since 2014 The call between the two leaders had end fighting between government forces says is not reciprocal support from its to the loss of some 14,000 lives, Mr. been planned in advance of the U.S. presi- Western partners, including from the U.S., dent’s trip to Europe that culminates with a (Continued on page 3) amid escalating Russian belligerence and (Continued on page 4)

Governing body for soccer in Europe orders Ukraine to alter uniform day before Euro championship junction with “,” according to a statement Outline of Ukrainian map sent to The Ukrainian Weekly. It allowed the remaining components to remain on the that angered Russia can stay national squad’s uniform for use in the Euro 2020 champi- onship, which was originally scheduled to be held last year by Matthew Dubas but was moved to June 11-July 11 as a result of the ongoing and Mark Raczkiewycz COVID-19 pandemic. In totality, the jersey features the Ukrainian trident (try- PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Europe’s soccer governing body, zub) and a subtle map using embroidery motifs for the UEFA, ordered Ukraine on June 10 to change its men’s outline of Ukraine, including the Russia-occupied parts of national soccer team’s jersey based on a complaint from the easternmost and regions. On the Russia that came a day before the month-long quadrennial exterior, “Glory to Ukraine!” is printed, while the slogan tournament begins. “Glory to the Heroes!” can be found on the inside of the col- At issue were two slogans and a map of Ukraine embla- lar. zoned on the jersey that the country unveiled on June 6 The following day after the jersey’s unveiling, a Russian after which Russia’s foreign affairs ministry and several Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson criticized the members of parliament publicly protested. national team outfit as “the illusion of the impossible” Moscow had balked at Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula while characterizing the slogans as fascist. that it had forcibly seized in 2014, being included in the out- The slogan “Glory to Ukraine” can be found in revered line of Ukraine that was emblazoned on the official jersey, as Facebook/ Pavlenko - Ukrainian Association of Football Ukrainian bard ’s writing and is traced to well as the slogans “Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Heroes!” The patriotic slogans “Glory to Ukraine!” on the out- when the country enjoyed a brief period of UEFA ordered Ukraine to remove the slogan “Glory to side (top) and “Glory to the Heroes!” on the inside col- the Heroes” because of its political connotations in con- lar of Ukraine’s Euro 2020 jerseys. (Continued on page 9) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2021 No. 24

NEWS ANALYSIS

Crimea’s nuclear potential: EU court annuls decision on Yanukovych spokesman, Peter Stano, said the council “is making every effort to ensure that listings The General Court of the European meet all legal requirements as defined by a return to Soviet practices Union has annulled the bloc’s 2019 deci- the EU courts, taking into account the sion to extend asset freezes imposed on During the , Soviet sea-zone evolving case law.” Mr. Stano added that the by Maxim Starchak former Ukrainian President Viktor naval vessels – small missile ships, guard Yanukovychs remain on the sanctions list Eurasia Daily Monitor Yanukovych and his son Oleksandr over the ships and anti-submarine corvettes – could since the restrictive measures against them alleged embezzlement of Ukrainian state On April 12, amid escalating tensions all be equipped with nuclear weapons. were extended by a year in March. (RFE/ along the Ukrainian border, Ukrainian Taking into account the preservation of funds and assets. The Luxembourg-based RL) Defense Minister Andriy Taran expressed Russia’s tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) court ruled on June 9 that the European U.S., Germany working to mitigate NS2 concern that “Crimea’s infrastructure is and the absence of changes in Russian poli- Council “failed to demonstrate that the rights of the defense and the right to effec- being prepared for potentially storing cy regarding these weapons (see Eurasia U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken tive judicial protection were respected in nuclear weapons” (Radio Svoboda, April Daily Monitor, September 29, 2020, and says Washington is working with Germany the criminal proceedings” by the Ukrainian 14). Even though Mr. Taran did not supply January 28), the practice may well have to try to mitigate any adverse effects of the authorities. Despite the court ruling, a evidence for this claim, it is plausible to continued. completion of the Russian Nord Stream 2 spokesman for the bloc said that Mr. assert that such nuclear potential in occu- Looking at the current Fleet in natural-gas pipeline. Mr. Blinken also indi- Yanukovych and his son “remain subject to pied Crimea certainly exists. Crimea, the 11th brigade of anti-submarine cated that more penalties could be forth- EU restrictive measures based on legal acts According to experts, Russia possesses ships in consists of five Project coming on those involved with the project, adopted in 2021 and an amended state- up to 2,000 nuclear warheads at present 1135/6 guard ships, which are armed with telling the Senate Appropriations ment of reasons that are not part of the (The Bulletin, March 15), some of which the dual-capable Kalibr cruise missile sys- Committee on June 8 that the United States challenge initiated in 2019.” Brussels may already be located in Crimea. tem. The brigade also includes the Moskva, has opportunities “to deal with those who imposed the measures against Ukraine’s Illustratively, in late 2016, “Object-100,” an the lead ship of the Project 1164 Atlant class provide insurance or other permits for the pro-Kremlin former president, family underground stationary complex for the of guided missile cruisers, carrying the pipeline to become operational.” In addi- members and close political allies shortly storage and combat use of two cruise mis- P-1000 Vulkan anti-submarine missile sys- tion, the waivers granted to the company after the collapse of his government in late sile divisions, was restored on the peninsu- tem. The Vulkan can be equipped with a overseeing the pipeline and its CEO “can be February 2014. Some of the people listed la (Interfax, November 18, 2016). Created 350-kiloton nuclear warhead. Moreover, the rescinded at any time,” Mr. Blinken said. have challenged, and sometimes won, court in the Soviet era, it has been utilized by Moskva is equipped with the nuclear-capa- The Nord Stream 2 pipeline under the cases against the measure. The council has Utes missile systems equipped with P-35B ble S-300F anti-aircraft missile system (OPK, Baltic Sea will bring Russian gas directly to renewed every year their designations or 3M44 Progress cruise missiles capable December 28, 2017; Rusonline.org, April 5, Germany, bypassing land routes through against Viktor and Oleksandr Yanukovych. of carrying a 350-kiloton nuclear warhead. 2019; TASS, Kchf.ru, accessed June 4). Ukraine, and other countries. It will The two have challenged the measures in The combat readiness of Object-100, which Two small Project 1239 missile ships also deprive Ukraine and other countries of EU courts, which had annulled the listing can hit targets at a range of up to 300 kilo- and four Project 1241 missile boats are sta- billions of dollars in transit fees. Critics said decisions in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018. In meters, was confirmed during military tioned in Sevastopol. Each of these vessels it will increase German dependence on March 2019, the restrictive measures exercises in November 2016 (RIA Novosti, is armed with Moskit or Termit anti-ship Russian energy supplies and make Berlin November 18, 2016). Crimea is also home missiles that can deliver 15-kiloton and against the Yanukovychs were once again more susceptible to Russian influence. The to at least three Bastion-P mobile coastal- 120-kiloton nuclear warheads, respectively. extended by one year. The General Court’s State Department last month announced it defense complexes armed with the P-800 Moreover, the 68th coastal defense ship June 9 ruling concerns the legality of that would not sanction the pipeline’s Russian- Oniks missile (range of up to 800 km). The brigade in Sevastopol has two small Project specific decision. “It cannot be established owned operator, Nord Stream 2 AG, or its P-800 missile is capable of carrying a 1124M anti-submarine corvettes with a that, prior to the adoption of the contested CEO, Matthias Warnig, who is an ally of 10-kiloton nuclear warhead (Lenta.ru, acts, the [European] Council satisfied itself Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mr. September 25, 2019). (Continued on page 12) that the Ukrainian judicial authorities com- Blinken said the main question for the State plied with the rights of defense and the Department now is what would be most right to effective judicial protection of the effective to support the interests of Ukraine individuals in question in the context of the and other affected countries. He said the criminal proceedings at issue,” the court worst possible thing in his judgment would , Ukraine, said in its ruling. “Therefore, in deciding to be to “poison the well” with Germany maintain the names of both men on the list through sanctions and to remove any of persons subject to restrictive measures, incentives for Germany to work with the form Association Trio the council made an error of assessment. United States to try to mitigate any damage Consequently, the General Court annuls the by Rahim Rahimov (CIS), Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) done by the pipeline going into operation. contested acts in so far as they relate to Mr. Eurasia Daily Monitor and Collective Security Treaty Organization Mr. Blinken told the committee that work- (CSTO), to wield influence over the individ- Fedorovych Yanukovych and Mr. ing with Germany, which has refused to The foreign affairs ministers of Georgia, ual states instead of fostering integration Viktorovych Yanukovych.” In a statement, Ukraine and Moldova signed a memoran- among them. Yet another mistake is related EU foreign policy chief ’s (Continued on page 10) dum of understanding on establishing coop- to the EU’s and Russia’s tendency to target eration on in Kyiv on and work mainly with a few active social May 17, forming a trilateral alliance called actors rather than reaching out to larger the “Association Trio.” The primary goal of segments of the society (Uzhnu.edu.ua, he krainian eekly FOUNDED 1933 the new alliance is to make a concerted p.109-129, April 2018; Wilsoncenter.org, T U W move toward European integration, as the January 8, 2020). An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., document outlines their EU membership In this context, the Association Trio also a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. goal. “[A]s European states, Georgia, the replicates those mistakes and represents a Yearly subscription rate: $90; for UNA members — $80. 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ANALYSIS As attention shifts to foreign policy, Zelenskyy intensifies internal battle against Ukraine’s oligarchs

by Bohdan Nahaylo “U.S. support for Ukraine in this work will fundamental bill on the status of an oli- leaked recordings suggesting his collusion be maximal.” garch in our country. This has never hap- with tycoon Viktor Medvechuk who is cur- While attention this month has shifted So, what have been the main develop- pened in Ukraine,” the president said, rently under house arrest on charges of to the foreign policy sphere, the unprece- ments in this area since this issue was last before adding that “we support big busi- treason for his alleged dealings with dented offensive recently launched by analyzed by this author in The Weekly on ness, any business in Ukraine.” But huge Moscow and its auxiliaries while he was in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy against 20 May? wealth, if honestly acquired, should not be office. Mr. Poroshenko’s supporters have Ukraine’s hitherto seemingly all-powerful Mr. Zelenskyy told a press conference used to secure inordinate influence over gone so far as to claim in recent days that oligarchs has intensified. that same day that his number one priority the pollical, economic and legal systems. the entire anti-oligarch campaign is really The outcome of Mr. Zelenskyy’s cam- at home is “building a country without oli- Mr. Zelenskyy noted that “the influence aimed at their leader. paign is likely even more important than garchs” in which the rule of law and equali- of the oligarchs on Ukraine, [on] the coun- Other familiar figures on the Ukrainian what may occur on the international scene ty before it should prevail. The first steps try’s choice, [on the] economy, laws, and political scene, such as Yulia Tymoshenko, in the coming days and months. “for which I have been preparing for a long the – this, I believe, must Oleh Liashko, Arseniy Yatseniuk and At the forthcoming important interna- time” had been taken, Mr. Zelenskyy said. no longer be allowed. Therefore, a legisla- Volodymyr Groysman, have also been tional summits in Europe (G-7 and NATO), His team completed a draft law on oli- tive initiative on oligarchs will be devel- mobilized by the oligarchs to discredit Mr. Ukraine may not, as seems increasingly like- garchs that was submitted to Ukraine’s oped.” Zelenskyy’s moves against them. Various ly at this stage, be able to secure an acceler- parliament on June 2. Although it is still a Clearly, Mr. Zelenskyy’s determination to political commentators hostile to the presi- ated integration into Euro-Atlantic struc- preliminary version that will need to be put an end to the system of oligarchic influ- dent have accused Mr. Zelenskyy of want- tures, nor stop the controversial Russian revised in order for it to have sufficient ence in Ukraine, which has endured for ing, if not to destroy democracy and Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project. But its substance and teeth, it is a major step for- most of the country’s 30 years of indepen- impose a dictatorship, then to clear rivals prospects as a partner of its Euro-Atlantic ward. dence, has only intensified the hostility of from his path in order to have a successful supporters will depend on how promptly According to the document, any three of the country’s oligarchs toward Mr. second presidential campaign. and effectively it will be able to show that four conditions suffice for the National Zelenskyy. Regardless of their politics and Anticipating opposition within the par- the political will to press ahead with the Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of vested interests, Ukraine’s oligarchs appear liament from deputies in his own Servant democratic transformation of the country Ukraine to include a person in the register in recent weeks to have been closing ranks of the People faction to his bill, the exists not only in words but in deeds. of oligarchs: significant influence on the in an undeclared alliance to block his initia- Ukrainian president has masterfully played Indeed, this topic figured very promi- media, on political life, ownership of tives and undermine him politically. a trump card which has caused even great- nently during the telephone discussion that monopolistic companies and personal Now suddenly, once rival TV channels er panic among his political foes. Mr. Zelenskyy had with U.S. President Joe wealth totaling a million times more than controlled by adversarial oligarchs and On June 4 Mr. Zelenskyy addressed the Biden on June 7. We know that their direct the average in Ukraine (that is, about $83 their proxy representatives, have banded nation in a TV broadcast and announced he contact and exchange of views was very million at the current exchange rate). together to provide airtime to one another intends to put the issue of the status of oli- important for Kyiv, given that it came on Public servants will be obliged to register in a joint, scarcely concealed counterattack. garchs to an all-Ukrainian referendum. the eve of the American leader’s trip to their contacts with oligarchs. Thus, former president ’s “I will have one question for those who Europe to participate in various summits, Mr. Zelenskyy has instructed the NSDC TV channels have hosted key figures from will try to rock the boat, persuade, break or and, in particular, to hold a one-on-one to deal with the details, including the prep- the pro-Russian “Opposition Block – for reach an agreement with deputies on this meeting with Russia’s president Vladimir aration of a preliminary list of those who Life,” and oligarch Rinat Akmetov’s chan- law. This is a question about the status of Putin in Geneva on June 16. could currently be considered oligarchs. nels are behaving in a similar fashion. oligarchs, which will be put to an all-Ukrai- The head of Mr. Zelenskyy’s office, On May 11, the NSDC had already identi- Some of the oligarchs have chosen to nian referendum. This question will be the Andriy Yermak, said that, “Much of the fied 13 people who fit the new definition of either seemingly lie low for the moment, first, and for some perhaps the last one,” he president’s conversation was dedicated to an oligarch. It did not name the individuals such as Ihor Kolomoisky (who has numer- said. the issue of transforming our state into a classified as oligarchs. ous legal challenges to face at home and “You can’t own deputies, ministers and transparent and competitive system.” On June 4, following a meeting of the abroad) or, as in Mr. Akhmetov’s case, to try any other officials. This bill is the first deci- “The American side understands that NSDC to discuss the matter, the Ukrainian to persuade the public that they are not oli- sion in all of the 30 years of independence the elimination of the destructive consen- president addressed the nation in a TV garchs, merely successful businessmen and that demonstrates our attitude to the oli- sus between oligarchs and politicians in broadcast on the subject. investors not involved in politics. garchic system…. Yes, there are oligarchs in Ukraine is strongly opposed by the old “I suggested that the NSDC and the The most active oligarch to oppose Mr. Ukraine. Yes, they influence politics. And, elites,” Mr. Yermak said in summarizing the President’s Office, together with the Zelenskyy is Mr. Poroshenko. He is cur- conversation. And, he emphasized, that Antimonopoly Committee, develop a new rently in deep water because of further (Continued on page 6)

Ukrainian World Congress spearheads global advocacy campaign for Ukraine’s NATO Membership Action Plan

Ukrainian World Congress on the Alliance to accelerate work on a government officials, civil society leaders said Paul Grod, the UWC president. NATO MAP for Ukraine. and experts in the community; “Continued appeasement of Russia will BRUSSELS – In advance of the 2021 In the weeks leading up to the NATO continue to deliver oppression in Belarus, NATO Allied Leaders summit on June 14 in summit, the UWC and its member organi- - bloodshed in Ukraine and global aggres- Brussels, the Ukrainian World Congress zations worldwide are hosting a series of ties• writeand friends op-ed articlesof Ukraine to national to support papers; this sion by [Russian President Vladimir] Putin (UWC) calls on global Ukrainian communi- meetings and public discussions with high- campaign;• engage other ethnocultural communi and his henchmen.” ties and friends of Ukraine to petition lead- profile government officials and prominent - The UWC and its member organizations ers of NATO-member countries to acceler- experts on a NATO vision for Ukraine. tions and advocacy events. around the world call upon NATO leaders ate a NATO Membership Action Plan The UWC calls on all Ukrainian commu- “Ukraine’s• and host NATOpublic membership discussions, isconsulta the sur- at their summit on June 14 to put an end to (MAP) for Ukraine. This summit takes nities around the world to join this power- est and fastest path to peace and security Russia’s global violence and sabotage by place amid the unprecedented escalation ful global advocacy campaign by taking the in Ukraine. It will bring an end to Russia’s committing to provide Ukraine and of Russian aggression in the region clearly following actions: war against Ukraine and stop Russia’s Georgia Membership Action Plans and indicating that Russia is an imminent ongoing provocations in Eastern Europe,” agree to a NATO force presence in Ukraine. threat to Europe and all NATO member countries. • address and meet political leaders and UWC member organizations in the 30 account during NATO decision making. However, the trip never materialized NATO member countries, namely Europe, In show of support... The two leaders also discussed the Nord after Congress launched impeachment pro- , Canada and the United States, have Stream 2 pipeline and Mr. Zelenskyy’s ceedings against Mr. Trump in September (Continued from page 1) been actively engaging government lead- promise to reduce the political influence of of that year on charges that he tried to ers, media and thought leaders to ensure and Kremlin-backed separatists in eastern the country’s largest businessmen. The pressure Mr. Zelenskyy to investigate the NATO commits to a Membership Action Ukraine. United States has for years called on work in Ukraine of Mr. Biden’s son Hunter, Plan for Ukraine. Mr. Zelenskyy told Mr. Biden that despite Ukraine to investigate and prosecute who served on the board of a Kyiv-based Ukrainian organizations in Canada, the Russia’s announced withdrawal of forces tycoons accused of large-scale corruption. natural-gas company. United States, Belgium, , Germany, from the border, there was still a “high con- The Zelenskyy administration has , Portugal, Turkey and others centration” of troops and heavy weapons expressed hopes for good bilateral ties Copyright 2021, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted already addressed their respective govern- there, according to a readout of the call by under Mr. Biden – who had overseen with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ ments urging them to support Ukraine’s the Ukrainian president’s office. Ukraine policy while serving as vice presi- Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Euro-Atlantic aspirations and offer a clear Mr. Zelenskyy’s office also said that Mr. dent from 2009 to 2017. Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see message of support for Ukraine’s MAP. The Biden highlighted “the importance of pro- Mr. Zelenskyy was invited to visit the https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-nord- UWC president wrote to NATO Secretary viding” Ukraine with a NATO Membership White House by former President Donald stream-us-biden-putin-zelenskiy-pipe- General Jens Stoltenberg on May 25 calling Action Plan and taking the country into Trump shortly after his victory in May 2019. line/31293723.html). 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2021 No. 24 Citing safety considerations amid the ongoing pandemic, organizers have postponed Kobzarska Sich bandura camp until 2022 Cleveland School of Bandura to host in-person instruction instead

by Mykola Deychakiwsky sion to postpone Kobzarska Sich, which cele- brated its 40th anniversary in 2019, until DETROIT – An earlier story in the May 30 next year. However, for individuals who still issue of The Weekly noted that the Kobzarska want in-person bandura instruction this sum- Sich leadership team and the Ukrainian mer, the Hryhory Kytasty Cleveland School of Chorus planned to hold a summer Bandura, under the auspices of the St. bandura camp at the All Saints Camp of the Vladimir Orthodox Cathedral in Parma, Ohio, Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. in will hold a Bandura Summer Program July Emlenton, Pa. However, safety and liability 26-August 7, 2021. For more information, considerations associated with the ongoing readers may visit https://www.facebook. COVID-19 pandemic compelled the Ukrainian com/HKClevelandBanduraSchool or http:// Bandurist Chorus to make the painful deci- hkbanduraschool.org/.

Veterans commemorate fallen brethren on Memorial Day at UAV National Monument

UOC-U.S.A. heroes. He said ‘We honor these, the best of our dedicated men and women of our SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – Members Armed Forces because they first honored of the Ukrainian American Veterans (UAV) our nation and they honored us as the from locations in the Mid-Atlantic states beneficiaries of their sacrifice.’” gathered on Memorial Day, May 31, with “The majority of the sacrifices of our dozens of supporters at the Ukrainian heroes were realized in distant lands and American Veterans National Monument, under extremely hostile circumstances located in front of St. Andrew Memorial with the clear understanding that their Church, to honor the memory of American battle far from their loved ones was neces- soldiers of Ukrainian descent who died sary to ensure continued life, liberty and during their military service throughout freedom for their children and grandchil- the history of the United States of dren and for all of us who gather here America. today,” Metropolitan Antony said. Metropolitan Antony spoke prior to the He also expressed gratitude to the vet- memorial service, saying that, “The men erans present at the memorial service and and women we remember today are wor- the dozens of other patriotic individuals thy of our prayers and the honor we exhib- who attended the event. The Metropolitan it for them this day. I watched the remembered those who served in the vari- Memorial Day Ceremony at Arlington Subdeacon Yaroslav Bilohan ous state National Guards, which all too National Cemetery in Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Antony (center, left), joined by clergy, seminarians, veterans and partic- often are called up to serve alongside the this morning and I share President Joseph ipants at the Ukrainian American Veterans National Monument in South Bound Biden’s statement concerning our nation’s Brook, N.J., following a memorial service on Memorial Day. (Continued on page 11)

noted that Germany received membership Chief executive Yuriy Vitrenko of Putin said Russia would “need goodwill on Ukraine’s... to the defense alliance in 1954 while about Ukrainian state-owned oil and gas compa- the part of our Ukrainian partners” to 30 percent of its territory was occupied by ny Naftogaz voiced concern over the likely maintain its long-term status as a transit (Continued from page 1) the . completion of the pipeline. Speaking from country. Zelenskyy has voiced frustration with the While on a tour to central and eastern Washington to ICTV in Kyiv on June 9, he Ukraine’s gas transit contract with lack of support the country has received Europe in 2009 as vice president, Mr. Biden said a potential international lawsuit could Russia runs through 2024 and has a ship- given that Ukraine is facing a national secu- said that Washington would never make a be filed against Russian state-run Gazprom. or-pay clause of 40 billion cubic meters a rity threat in the face of a far superior mili- deal about anything “above your heads or Mr. Vitrenko noted that his research year. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has tary foe. behind your backs.” team will submit documentation to the stated that Berlin would hold talks with U.S. President Joe Biden recently lifted To stress his point, he twice repeated European Union’s anti-trust agency on the Moscow to safeguard Ukraine’s role as a sanctions on a Russian pipeline project that “nothing about you without you,” while Russian gas giant’s dominance on the vital gas transit country without explaining will erase Ukraine’s strategic role as a natu- addressing an audience in . European energy market. Notably, that doc- how that could be enforced. ral-gas transit country to Europe, reducing Readouts from his conversation with his umentation will point out that Russia pre- As recently as June 6, German govern- what little remains of its political leverage Ukrainian counterpart said that Mr. Biden vents gas sourced from Central Asia from ment spokesperson Steffen Seibert told over Moscow while leaving it exposed to “was against the implementation of the transiting to the EU, including Ukraine. that, “For the German government further military aggression. Nord Stream 2 project” and that “for his Already 95 percent complete and sched- it remains central that Ukraine should Furthermore, Germany emphasized that part, Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized Joe uled to go online this autumn, Nord Stream remain a transit country even after Nord it would not sell weapons to Ukraine Biden’s attention to the fact that Nord 2 poses a serious threat to Ukraine’s securi- Stream 2.” despite its track record of winning con- Stream 2 is not an economic project. It ty, said Myron Wasylyk, a Ukrainian In addition to Russia chopping off about tracts in Russia to upgrade its military poses a serious threat and is a security American public relations specialist who 7 percent of Ukraine’s territory since 2014, infrastructure after the Kremlin’s 2008 war challenge, and must be viewed in terms of currently advises the Naftogaz CEO. it has engaged in subversion and assassina- with Georgia, another country with NATO security guarantees for Ukraine.” Nord Stream 2, “without a doubt, will be tion inside the country, launched cyberat- aspirations. “They had the opportunity to talk at used as a political weapon by the Kremlin tacks and ceaselessly wages propaganda NATO has not invited Ukraine to its June some length about all of the issues in the to dictate its political agenda in Europe,” Mr. and disinformation warfare. 14 summit. The previous NATO summit U.S.-Ukraine relationship and President Wasylyk said. About 100,000 Russian soldiers are cur- took place in 2018. Biden was able to tell President Zelenskyy “Moreover, if the Nord Stream 2 pipeline rently deployed near Ukraine’s state border However, a source at the Ukrainian pres- that he will stand up firmly for Ukraine’s comes online it will leave Ukraine more with Russia, including on the occupied idential office who is not authorized to sovereignty, territorial integrity and its vulnerable to Russian military aggression, Crimean Peninsula, which has become speak to the media told The Ukrainian aspirations as we go forward,” U.S. National as the Kremlin has no vested interest in heavily militarized since Moscow illegally Weekly that Ukraine is still holding discus- Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told White keeping Ukraine’s pipeline operational and annexed it in 2014. sions about taking part in the June 14 sum- House reporters. competitive with Nord Stream 1 or Nord Washington and analytical centers like mit in some format via a video conference. Last month, Mr. Biden signed off on Stream 2,” Mr. Wasylyk said. the Potomac Foundation and Jamestown In an interview with HBO’s Axios during waivers that would allow the completion of Russian President Vladimir Putin already Foundation have noted that receives the week, the Ukrainian president voiced Nord Stream 2, part of an underwater pipe- threatened to blackmail Ukraine over gas billions of dollars, whereas Ukraine consternation about the country not receiv- line project to Germany that will eventually transiting through the country if it didn’t receives about $250 million yearly in U.S. ing a Membership Action Plan (MAP) from have the capacity of pumping 110 billion improve its relationship with Moscow. security assistance, a sum that is not suffi- NATO although Washington think tanks, cubic meters of gas yearly while bypassing At a yearly international economic cient to withstand Russia’s superior such as the Potomac Foundation, have Ukraine. forum in on June 4, Mr. strength. 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COMMENTARY The Ukrainian Weekly Russia pouts over Ukraine’s soccer jersey Being president should not protect Russian Just days before Ukraine kicked off competition in the delayed Euro 2020 soccer championship, which was previously schedule to take place last year but was moved President Vladimir Putin from prosecution to June 11-July 11 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Andriy Pavelko, the presi- by Lubomyr Luciuk population have been subjected to wide- dent of the Football Federation of Ukraine, unveiled a new national team jersey on spread human rights abuses. In March A set of guidelines, known as the June 7 that featured a patriotic slogan and an outline of Ukraine that includes 2014, Russian troops and local enablers Nuremberg Principles, were created by the Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014. invaded , starting a war of United Nations’ International Law Mr. Pavelko, writing on his Facebook page on June 6 before the new jersey was aggression that continues to this day, with Commission at the end of the World War II. unveiled, said that the Ukrainian national soccer team will wear “special uniforms” thousands killed. On July 17, 2014, the They were first utilized during the Major for the Euro championship. That uniform includes an outline of Ukraine on the front Russians even shot down Malaysia Airlines War Criminals Trials that began November of the jersey and the slogan “Glory to Ukraine!” on the outside collar, while another Flight MH17, murdering 298, mostly Dutch, 20, 1945, and ended on October 1, 1946. Of slogan, “Glory to the Heroes!,” is on the inside collar. civilians. A Canadian, Andrei Anghel, was the 24 Nazis indicted, 12 were sentenced to “We believe that Ukraine’s silhouette will give strength to the players because also on board, flying to Bali for a vacation death by hanging, one in absentia, and the with his German girlfriend, Olga Ioppa. The they will fight for all of Ukraine,” Mr. Pavelko said in unveiling the new uniform. “And rest given prison sentences ranging from lives of these two promising students of all of Ukraine, from Sevastopol and to Kyiv, from Donetsk and Luhansk to 10 years to life behind bars. Ten went to the medicine were snuffed out. Uzhorod will support them in every match.”’ noose on October 16, 1946. Remarkably, Many others have been made victims at The official response from Russia was yet another sad attempt to whitewash Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring managed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s com- recent history. Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Affairs to cheat the hangman by taking a cyanide mand. Writing for in Ministry, said Ukraine’s football team “attached Ukraine’s territory to Russia’s pill the night before. 2017, David Filipov reported on some of Crimea,” while Dmitry Svishchev, a deputy in the Russian parliament, said that show- In May 1988, in Brussels, I had the privi- them, including Anna Politkovskaya, a jour- ing a map of Ukraine that included Crimea was “illegal” and he called the new uni- lege of spending time in the company of the nalist with Novaya Gazeta who was assassi- form a “political provocation.” late Prof. Col. Gerald Draper, where I nated on October 7, 2006 – apparently her After the new jersey was unveiled, Russia complained to Europe’s soccer govern- appeared as a witness before the Interna­ book, “Putin’s Russia,” which exposed how ing body, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). In a statement, UEFA tional Commission of Inquiry into the 1932- that country was being turned into a police said that it has previously approved the map of Ukraine and the slogan “Glory to 1933 Famine. Later I was a guest at his state, was not on the KGB man in the Ukraine!” and it announced that it would allow Ukraine to keep those elements on home in . One of the first allied offi- Kremlin’s favorite reading list. And then there the uniform. cers to arrive at the Bergen-Belsen concen- was Boris Nemtsov, shot in the back four “The shirt of the Ukrainian national team (and of all other teams) for UEFA Euro tration camp, Col. Draper later served as a times on February 27, 2015, after protesting 2020 has been approved by UEFA, in accordance with the applicable equipment reg- prosecutor at Nuremberg and then at other Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. ulations,” the June 7 statement read. However, in response to Russia’s complaint, war crimes trials from 1945-1949. Among He was killed within sight of the Kremlin, his trying tasks was the interrogation of UEFA has said that Ukraine must remove the phrase “Glory to the Heroes!” because yet his killer remains at large, despite Mr. SS-Obersturmbannführer Rudolf Höss, the the combination of the two phrases was “clearly political in nature.” Putin’s dubiously sincere claim about commandant of Auschwitz. Höss was later Despite the ruling, this much is clear. By putting both the outlined map of Ukraine assuming “personal control” of the investi- hanged at Auschwitz on April 16, 1947. The and the two slogans on the jersey when it was unveiled, the Ukrainian national soc- gation. No wonder U.S. President Joe Biden gallows beam used for the purpose was still cer federation has generated significant attention to the country’s cause and it has recently described Mr. Putin as a “killer.” there when I ventured to set foot in this cor- found a clever way to stick a proverbial finger in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Now it’s indisputable that Vladimir ner of hell on earth. eye. Moreover, we expect and hope that, whether or not Ukraine is forced to remove Putin was president of the Russian I remember Gerald Draper as a knightly the slogan “Glory to the Heroes!” from the official uniform worn by its players during Federation in 2014, when the war against man of faith, remarkably insightful, as the Euro championship, millions of people both in Ukraine and throughout the dias- Ukraine was launched. His reign won’t end someone who, as Prof. Michael Bothe pora will purchase and wear proudly the jersey that includes the map and both slo- soon. In July 2020, having ruled for more pointed out in reviewing the now-hard-to- gans. Moreover, if Ukraine advances past the group stage of the championship, there than 20 years, Mr. Putin rearranged find book, “The Selected Works on the is a chance it will play in St. Petersburg, Russia. How wonderful it will be to see Russian affairs to ensure he stays in office Laws of War” by the late Prof. Col. Draper, Ukraine’s supporters wearing the new jerseys while singing loudly and proudly its until 2036. He’ll be 83 by then. If he makes OBE, “was a realist who knew that it was beautiful national anthem. And then cap it off with a rousing and hearty cheer of it, history will record that he held onto not enough to make good laws: they had to Slava Ukraini! Heroyam Slava! power even longer than Stalin. That tyrant be implemented.” I cannot pretend to know was 74 when, thankfully, he croaked. what Prof. Draper might think about the Being president doesn’t, however, protect behavior of Vladimir Putin, the president- Mr. Putin. Anyone who commits an act that in-perpetuity of the so-called Russian constitutes a crime under international law, “Federation.” But he would, I feel sure, still even if they did so as a head of state, is not Turning the pages back... endorse the Nuremberg Principles he June absolved of responsibility. Since it seems fair- played no small role in shaping. ly evident that Mr. Putin has committed more Crimes punished under international Seventy-five years ago, on June 15, 1946, the United States than one such crime, he should be appre- law include crimes against peace, namely: presented the Baruch Plan to the United Nations with the aim hended whenever he next leaves his imperial 15 (i) Planning, preparing, initiating or of international control of atomic weapons. The plan did not domains. Once in custody, he must then get a waging of a war of aggression or a war in 1946 gain acceptance by the U.N., which resulted in the nuclear arms fair trial, based on the evidence and law. And violation of international treaties, agree- race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. he has the right to offer a defense. As one of ments or assurances; On June 29, 1946, The Ukrainian Weekly ran comments by the richest men in the world (a billionaire, (ii) Participation in a common plan or M. Baruch, a U.S. member of the U.N. Atomic Energy Commission, for whom the remarkable in and of itself given his modest conspiracy for the accomplishment of any Baruch Plan was named. He served as a trusted advisor to U.S. presidents since the early KGB pension, even topped up with his presi- of the acts mentioned under (i). 20th century, and feared an atomic weapon in the hands of the Soviets. Other comments dential salary) he can afford the best legal No serious student of international rela- were provided by Sen. Tom Connally (D-Texas), chairman of the Senate Foreign team out there. Perhaps he will even call tions disputes that in February 2014 the Relations Committee, and Harold E. Stassen, former governor of Minnesota. Viktor Yanukovych as a character witness. Russian military invaded and illegally Mr. Baruch, at the U.N. Atomic Energy Commission’s first meeting at Hunter College in Moscow’s satrap, this former president of annexed Ukraine’s Crimea, subsequently New York, stated: “Behind the black portent of the new atomic age lies a hope which, Ukraine was deposed during the 2014 staging a Nazi-like “referendum” in this seized upon with faith, can work our salvation. If we fail, then we have damned every Euromaidan Revolution. Subsequently, he occupied territory. Aside from a few pariah man to be the slave of fear. Let us not deceive ourselves. We must elect world peace or absconded to Russia, taking up Russian citi- stooges (e.g. North Korea, , , world destruction. Science has torn from nature a secret so vast in its potentialities that zenship. So, he should be available, although Venezuela), the international community our minds cower from the terror it creates. Yet terror is not enough to inhibit the use of Viktor may be reluctant to show since he’s does not recognize Russia’s occupation of the atomic bomb. The terror created by the weapons has never stopped man from also wanted on charges of murder. Ukraine’s Crimea, whose indigenous Tatar employing them. For each new weapon, a defense has been produced in time. But now Once Mr. Putin has had a fair trial, justice we face a condition in which adequate defense does not exist. Science, which gave us should be done, just as it was with his Nazi this dread power, shows that it can be made a giant help to humanity, but science does Lubomyr Luciuk is a professor at the predecessors, 75 years ago. Good laws, not show us how to prevent its baleful use. So we have been appointed to obviate that Royal Military College of Canada. after all, have to be implemented. peril by finding a meeting of the hearts and minds of our peoples. Only in the will of mankind lies the answer. It is to express this will and make it effective that we have been assembled.” seems unbeatable if any new presidential Sen. Connally, at a meeting of foreign affairs ministers in , stated: “Our interests As attention... election were to be held soon. According to the results of a poll pub- lie in the general subject of peace and in the hope that we can preserve peace in Europe (Continued from page 3) and prevent involvement in war or having the people of Europe involved. We oppose lished at the beginning of this week by the leaving quarrels over territory and other matters like festering sores to be irritated until yes, it will not happen again,” the president Rating group, 27.3 percent of voters support they become causes of war. We do not want another Danzig, or a Polish Corridor in the said. Mr. Zelenskyy, 14.6 back Mr. Poroshenko, Mediterranean or elsewhere. The United States is unselfishly exerting itself to compose Although Mr. Zelenskyy has launched a and 11.9 would vote for Ms. Tymoshenko. the differences among the nations involved.” risky if decisive battle on the broadest of Mr. Zelenskyy would win comfortably in a fronts, the problem for his opponents is run-off, and his popularity is likely to grow (Continued on page 7) that according to the latest polls he still considerably if he can tame the oligarchs. No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2021 7

COMMENTARY Only visionary and consistent What time is it? actions will stop Russian aggression by Askold S. Lozynskyj behavior. He recently waived sanctions on a Nord Stream 2 contractor enabling Russia by Eugene Czolij security are eerily reminiscent of the West’s game-plan for dealing with another The refrain from Washington is now is to establish energy hegemony in Europe. Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion belligerent tyrant on September 30, 1938, not the time. This is a reverberating refrain Ukraine’s NATO Membership Action Plan is stipulates that for every action there is an when the Prime Minister of the United from the White House and the Department not on the agenda at the upcoming NATO equal and opposite reaction. Unfortunately, Kingdom Neville Chamberlain returned of State which is heard loud and clear in summit and Mr. Biden, who ran for office this irrefutable law of physics is often disre- home after signing the Munich Agreement Kyiv and Moscow. Ruminations and puzzle- with an anti-Russian platform, will be garded by the West’s inconsistent reactions with Hitler, and stated to his people the fol- ment ensue. Why not? When will be the meeting later with someone whom he to the aggressive and destructive actions of lowing: time? Ukraine’s NATO membership is the acknowledged to be a killer. This meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin and his “I believe it is peace for our time. […] most paradoxical issue of our time. Ukraine can only be viewed as a global political cronies, namely the Belarusian pariah Now I recommend you to go home and is the most logical NATO ally. rehabilitation of that killer. Alyaksandr Lukashenka. sleep quietly in your beds.” Frankly, Bucharest 2008 was not the As an American, I am constantly Perhaps the best examples include the Less than a year later, on September 1, timeline. The timeline goes way back to the astounded by American political ignorance. following: 1939, the woke up to the beginning of the Cold War and even before This is not simply naivete. Most Americans The odd combination of concurrent horrors of World War II as the Nazis to Franklin D. Rosevelt and Uncle Joe which are ignorant when it comes to foreign Western sanctions against Russia for invad- crossed into Poland and, two days later, on led generations astray. Appeasement of affairs. Many simply do not care. Almost 50 ing Crimea and portions of eastern Ukraine, September 3, 1939, that same U.K. prime aggressors is the most disproven strategy of years in Washington has not made Joe and Western support for the Kremlin’s minister declared war on Nazi Germany. the last two centuries. It did not work with Biden any more astute. He is starting to Nord Stream 2 project that will provide bil- Today’s kleptocratic dictators interpret Nazi Germany, the USSR or Russia today. resemble such historical appeasers as lions of dollars to the Kremlin and substan- the West’s inconsistent reactions to their Rationally, with more than half of NATO Neville Chamberlain. Don’t get too excited, tially outweigh the financial burden of unmistakably clear violations of the inter- members militarily merely symbolic, it’s Trump supporters. Even so, if Mr. Biden these sanctions; deepen Europe’s energy national order just as Hitler did – as signs time to get serious. resembles Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Trump dependence on the Kremlin that has of weakness that only embolden them to go It is 13 years after the NATO Bucharest resembled Josef Stalin. Being better than already used gas as a political weapon; and further. summit when it was time for Ukraine’s Mr. Trump is not only not a high bar, it’s no render Ukraine even more vulnerable to This led, on May 23, to a Belarusian NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP), bar at all. But it is a bitter disappointment further and worse Russian military aggres- fighter jet intercepting a Ryanair plane on which was not delivered. Appeasers should to Mr. Biden’s supporters who believed in sion; and the recent easing of U.S. sanctions flight FR4978 from to Lithuania and have expected that during those 13 years him. Mr. Biden’s ability to comprehend the against those involved in the construction forcing it to land in Minsk and the subse- Russia’s behavior would have been good. Russia threat is amiss. of this controversial gas pipeline between quent arrest of a passenger, Roman Nothing can be further from the truth. The irony here is palpable. Mr. Biden Russia and Germany after the White House Protasevich, a Belarusian journalist and Here is an incomplete list of Russia’s bad closed the Keystone pipeline because of issued a statement, on April 15, that the opposition activist. behavior, payback for appeasement: Russia environmental concerns, which resulted in U.S. imposed sanctions on Russia to “dem- Predictably, the West condemned invaded Georgia, increased its military pres- unemployment and skyrocketing energy onstrate the administration’s resolve in Lukashenka’s brazen state-sanctioned ence in Moldova, invaded Ukraine twice kill- prices. Where were those environmental responding to and deterring the full scope hijacking of a commercial flight between ing thousands of innocents, shored up its concerns when he waived sanctions on of Russia’s harmful foreign activities,” two European Union states, while Mr. Putin puppets in the Middle East including Bashar those building Nord Stream 2, which poten- which included an affirmation that “the met his Belarusian underling on May 28 in al-Assad in Syria and the Iranian regime, tially is an environmental disaster. Mr. Transatlantic community stands united in Sochi to publicly support him and qualify killed its own opposition leader Boris Biden justified the Nord Stream 2 fiasco as supporting Ukraine against unilateral Western reaction as an outburst of emo- Nemtsov, attempted to murder another support for our European allies and in our Russian provocations along the Line of tions. Nothing better exemplifies the clear opposition leader Alexei Navalny and, when national interest. Well, Poland and Ukraine Contact in eastern Ukraine, in occupied moral chasm dividing the West and the that attempt failed, imprisoned him. were slapped in the face as U.S. allies. In Crimea, and along Ukraine’s borders, as Kremlin. Russia has grossly violated the rights of both instances the beneficiary of these well as agreeing on the need for Russia to Western leaders can either continue to its national minorities by dissolving all decisions was Russia with increased prices immediately cease its military buildup and react inconsistently to the future and fore- Ukrainian national and regional structures on energy and energy hegemony in Europe. inflammatory rhetoric.” seeably destructive actions that will be in Russia, blatantly murdered 298 innocents Russia has to consider Mr. Biden an asset. Such perplexing Western reactions to taken by the Kremlin and its cronies, or the the consistently belligerent actions of the by shooting them out of the air, interfered in With Ukraine not invited to Brussels and West can take visionary and consistent numerous democratic elections including at Ukraine NATO MAP not on the agenda, as Kremlin appear to result from a deep-seat- actions of their own to pre-empt aggression, ed fear of provoking the toxic Russian tsar, least three in the United Sates, hacked an well as a Biden-Putin summit, Russia is the and ensure respect of the fundamental prin- energy pipeline in the United States, hacked winner all around. Ukraine, Poland and the and the misguided belief that a policy of ciples of justice and international law. appeasement will somehow maintain a U.S. government agencies and commercial American people are the losers. These visionary and consistent actions entities, transmitted radiation Ukrainian Americans of all stripes and fragile status quo in the world. start with the following actions: cancelling The current one-sided attempts of rap- resulting in syndrome and more. persuasions have to rise, demand a White the Kremlin’s Nord Stream 2 project; grant- What more does Russia need to do to House meeting with the president himself prochement by the West with the Kremlin ing a NATO Membership Action Plan to lulling Western leaders into a false sense of show the world that remorse or gratitude (not some surrogate), voice their discon- Ukraine during the NATO Summit on June does not exist in the Russian vocabulary. tent (to put it mildly) and insist on better 14 in Brussels; and giving notice, during Why should Russia improve its behavior behavior by their own president. It’s not Eugene Czolij is the president of the the Biden-Putin meeting on June 16 in when egregiously bad behavior is reward- too late. Mr. Biden has to be reminded that non-governmental organization Geneva, that Russia will be banned from ed by the likes of Germany and the United appeasement is not an option, that he is the Ukraine-2050 and a former president of SWIFT if it does not de-occupy Ukraine States. president of the United States and may not the Ukrainian World Congress. within a fixed period of time by the West. U.S. President Joe Biden has started his perform as an asset for Russia. Russia Ukraine-2050 is a non-profit organization It is only by decisively taking the geopo- own presidential history of rewarding bad remains a menace to the rest of the world, established to help implement, within one litical agenda into its own hands that the one which continues to grow like a cancer, West will shift relations with its adversar- generation – by 2050 – strategies for the Askold S. Lozynskyj is an attorney at law and disregards civilized human behavior. ies to a more predictably secure paradigm sustainable development of Ukraine as a based in New York City who served as presi- Now is the time to reverse the Russia fully independent, territorially integral, where the principles of Newton’s Third dent of the Ukrainian World Congress in appeasement course! Now is the time for democratic, reformed and economically Law of Motion will be taken into account in 1998-2008. Ukraine’s NATO membership. competitive European state. the geopolitical arena.

Baruch report (on atomic energy), coming GUIDELINES Turning... to grips with the implication of the social and political advances of our times, violate (Continued from page 6) FOR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR the concept of absolute sovereignty of Mr. Stassen, in an address to the gradu- nations. Nationalistic sovereignty no longer ating class at Wellesley College, stated: serves the welfare of the peoples of the The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters to the editor that react to articles published world. It arose at the same time as the con- on its pages. Opinions expressed by letter-writers are their own and do not necessarily “The overshadowing problem of our times reflect the opinions of either The Weekly editorial staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian is the development among nations of the cept of the divine right of kings and is just National Association. art of living together. This will not be solved as outmoded. The time has come for us to do some fresh thinking on how the liberties Letters must be signed (anonymous letters are not published). The daytime phone easily. The clash of ideologies in the months of the people and their advanced standard number, e-mail address and complete mailing address of the letter-writer must be given since the war has demonstrated just how for verification purposes. The length of letters cannot exceed 250 words. Letters may be difficult it will be. … There will be those of living can be maintained by developing edited or abridged. The Weekly reserves the right to edit for clarity, civility and accuracy. cynics and scoffers who will say that peace government to serve on a new and higher level.” Letters should be sent to [email protected] or to The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 is impossible, that the interests of the Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. nations are too diverse; there will be those Source: “What they say,” The Ukrainian who declare that reports such as the Weekly, June 29, 1946 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2021 No. 24

Iskra Ukrainian Dance Academy holds in-person spring recital

by Christine Syzonenko WHIPPANY, N.J. – Iskra Ukrainian Dance Academy held its traditional spring recital on May 8, performing on stage at the Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey before a live audience in its first performance in approxi- mately 20 months. Also performing were Tsvitka Ukrainian Dance Academy of Rockland County, N.Y., and Iskra Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, which comprises advanced dancers, who premiered a new Lemko dance and joined Iskra Academy in the show-ending . The program, with a cast of over 50 dancers, also included dances from the Hutsulshchyna, Polissia, and Zakarpattia regions of

Christine Syzonenko Dancers from Iskra Ukrainian Dance Academy and Ensemble in a post-recital group shot with Artistic Director Andrij Cybyk (far right). Ukraine, performed by Iskra’s four performing groups – were all canceled. The school returned to hybrid classes in Beginner, Intermediate, Junior and Senior – and Tsvitka’s September, following COVID-19 protocols, with dancers two groups (Iskra also offers a non-performing pre-dance who weren’t comfortable in the studio joining classes via class). Zoom. Both Iskra Ensemble and Tsvitka followed similar Andrij Cybyk, artistic director of all the groups that per- plans of action. formed, was thrilled to have dancers once again perform in The recital’s organizers adhered to all applicable COVID- front of a live audience. 19-related guidelines, including having the dancers wear “I am very happy that Iskra, together with Tsvitka, could masks while performing – not always a comfortable thing. bring this show to our community,” Mr. Cybyk said. “After In the end, however, all the effort seemed to be worth it, all of these months of living online, it was great for the kids as expressed by Terenya Nynka, a dancer in Iskra to be on stage with each other in front of people and for the Academy’s intermediate group. audience to be able to witness a live show. We are happy to “The show was full of lots of energy,” Ms. Nynka said. “It be part of the process of re-opening the world.” was great to be in costume and so incredibly good to be When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in the spring of 2020, onstage again. There’s nothing else like it. Pan Andrij George Cikalo Iskra Academy switched to virtual classes for the remain- [Cybyk] pushes us to do our best and this show made life An Iskra Ensemble dancer performs a solo during Hopak. der of the school year; the usual spring recital and festivals feel normal again.” No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2021 9

2021 Ukraine national soccer team fan guide for Euro championship

by Ihor N. Stelmach where he was a key player. In 2016 while on loan to the club Atalanta. He turned pro at 18, making his Belgian side Genk, Ruslan scored 13 goals and had eight debut in the Ukrainian for Shakhtar Ukraine kicks off participation in the delayed Euro assists in 41 games. On July 16, 2019, he signed with Donetsk in February 2015. His youth soccer career 2020 soccer championship with its first group stage Atalanta where he has contributed over a dozen goals in spanned from 2008-2015 with Shakhtar. Kovalenko match on June 13 against the Netherlands. The team next Serie A competitions. He has scored six goals for scored 31 goals in 71 matches representing Ukraine in plays on June 17 before finishing the Ukraine’s national team in 33 appearances (through U-16, U-17, U-19, U-20 and U-21 competitions. group stage of the tournament on June 21 against . April). No. 6 – – – Born In order to help readers familiarize themselves with the No. 9 – – Striker – Born August 8, 1989, in Velyka Novosilka, Ukraine, 5-foot-11, Ukrainian squad, the following list has been compiled of November 27, 1995, in , Ukraine, 6-foot-3, 175 160 pounds, Shakhtar Donetsk. Taras began his pro the 11 most popular players on the 2021 Ukraine pounds, Gent. He is a product of two sports schools: career with Metalurh Zaporizhia at the age of 17. He National Football team. Fans will find the player’s jersey Karpaty Lviv and Kyiv. He scored twice in his scored his first goal on July 21, 2007, in a 1-0 Premier number, date and place of birth, height/weight, position, debut match as a 13-year-old playing for Dynamo in League win over Kryvbas (one month shy of his 18th current professional club and a brief summary of his Ukrainian National Youth competition. He turned pro at birthday). On May 11, 2010, the midfielder signed a five- career. age 17 with Dynamo Kyiv and was loaned out to year deal with Shakhtar Donetsk, where he has played the No. 12 – – Goalkeeper – Born June Dynamo-2 Kyiv and Oleksandriya. In August 2017, past 10-plus seasons. He had a heated rivalry with 28, 1984, in Kirovohrad, Ukraine, 6-foot-3, 185 pounds, Yaremchuk signed a four-year contract with Gent in the Dynamo’s in 2015-2016, which Shakhtar Donetsk. Debuted professionally in 2000-2001 Belgian First Division A. He has scored over 40 goals with included a leg injury and a brawl with Stepanenko being with Vorskla-2 Poltava, and in the Ukrainian Premier Gent. In January 2020 he had surgery on an Achilles ten- kicked and beaten to the ground. He has spoken out League at the end of the 2002-2003 season with Vorskla don. He has tallied six goals for Ukraine’s national team. against the tattoo culture among football players, citing Poltava. Shakhtar Donetsk bought his contract from No. 5 – – Mid­fielder – Born May his Christian beliefs as the reason. Vorskla in December 2006. He took over as Shakhtar’s 2, 1991, in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, 6-foot-2, 180 pounds, No. 7 – ANDRIY YARMOLENKO – Forward/Winger – main goalkeeper in the 2007-2008 season, replacing Dynamo Kyiv. He learned the sport’s basics with the Born October 23, 1989, in Leningrad, Russia, 6-foot-2, . Internationally Pyatov was a member of youth system of his hometown club, FC Metalurh 185 pounds, West Ham United. His native Ukrainian par- the Ukrainian national U-21 team and part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhia. He made his pro debut at age 18, playing for ents were originally from the village of Smolianka, 2006 World Cup squad which reached the quarterfinals. FC Metalurh in the in August Oblast. After their marriage, they relocated to He has made well over 90 appearances for the Ukrainian 2009. December 2012 saw Sydorchuk sign a 5-year con- Leningrad (today St. Petersburg), where Andriy was born. national team. He has been named Ukrainian Premier tract with Dynamo Kyiv and he scored his first goal for Three years later, after the USSR collapsed, the family League Top Goaltender six times. the club in a league match versus FC Chornomorets Odesa moved back to Ukraine, settling in Chernihiv. Yarmolenko No. 2 – – Left Back – Born April 20, in August 2013. He made his international debut for first started kicking a ball at the age of 4-5. His pro career 1995, in Vilniansk, Ukraine, 6-foot-1, 162 pounds,, Club Ukraine on October 9, 2014, replacing captain Ruslan began at Chernihiv at age 17. In 2007 he signed a Brugge (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk). He is a product Rotan, and scored the second goal in a 2-0 win over five-year contract with Dynamo Kyiv, starting out with its of the FC Metalurh Zaporizhia’s youth system. He made Belarus. Three days later, in a second European qualifier, second team, Dynamo-2. His qualities of good physique, his pro debut for FC Metalurh in November 2011. In he scored the only goal to defeat Macedonia. strong shot and elite foot speed earned him praise from February 2013 Sobol signed a contract with Shakhtar No. 17 – OLEKSANDR ZINCHENKO – Midfielder/Left journalists as the “new Sheva” (A reference to the great Donetsk. He has been loaned out to Metalurh Donetsk, Back – Born December 15, 1996, in Radomyshl, Ukraine, ). August 28, 2017, saw Yarmolenko Metalist , Zorya Luhansk, Slavia Prague, Jablonec 5-foot-9, 145 pounds, Manchester City. He is one of a sign with Borusia Dortmund where he scored 3 goals in and Club Brugge. In May 2018 his Slavia Prague squad select few Ukrainian pro soccer players to earn a contract 18 matches. The following year had him join Premier won the 2017-2018 . and play for an English Premier League club. In July 2016, League club West Ham United on a four-year deal. In over No. 16 – – Left Back – Born May Zinchenko signed with Manchester City in a transaction 90 appearances for Ukraine’s national team, he has 29, 1999, in , Ukraine, 5-foot-11, 158 pounds, which surprised some in the European football world. scored some 40 goals. Dynamo Kyiv. Vitaliy developed his skills with the Dynamo Rumors were that the ’s No. 10 – – Winger – Born Kyiv youth sports school. He started out playing for FC were also considering his talents as a potential transfer. September 29, 1989, in Kirovohrad, Ukraine, 5-foot-10, Dynamo in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and The 20-year-old paid his dues on loan to both PSV 175 pounds, Shakhtar Donetsk. His senior career has was promoted to Dynamo’s senior squad in August 2017. Eindhoven and Jong PSV, before gaining playing time with seen him start with Dnipropetrovsk in the He has represented Ukraine at all levels of youth football: Manchester City in the 2017-2018 season. In June 2019 Ukrainian Premier League (2007-2015), a free transfer to U-17, U-18, U-19 and U-21. His first match as a member of he agreed to a new five-year contract, keeping him in the Spanish club Sevilla (2015-2017), loaned out to the Ukraine’s national team was at age 19 on November 20, fold through 2024. Zinchenko trained with the youth pro- Bundesliga’s Schalke 04 (2016-2019) and a return to his 2018, in a friendly against Turkey as a starter. He was gram at FC Shakhtar Donetsk and debuted professionally native land in 2019, when he signed a three-year deal named Golden Talent of Ukraine in 2018 and 2019. with the ’s Ufa in early 2015 at with Shakhtar Donetsk. A full international since 2010, No. 8 – – Midfielder – Born age 18. He is a versatile midfielder who can play several Konoplyanka has earned over 80 caps for Ukraine, scor- May 4, 1993, in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, 5-foot-11, 175 positions on the left side, including wing back or fullback. ing over 20 international goals. He is a three-time pounds, Atalanta. He is regarded as a set piece specialist In March 2021, in a match against France, he became Ukrainian Footballer of the Year. At age seven, he signed who possesses a powerful and accurate shot with either Ukraine’s youngest captain in history at the age of 24 up for a karate class, practicing the sport simultaneously foot. He began his career at age seven with Polissia years and 98 days. with football, eventually earning a black belt. In January Zhytomyr before moving on to Shakhtar Donetsk’s youth No. 20 – VIKTOR KOVALENKO – Midfielder – Born 2014 Konoplyanka nearly moved to English team program. In 2011 he signed with Shakhtar, who sent him February 14, 1996, in Kherson, Ukraine, 6-foot, 145 Liverpool, only to have Dnipro president Ihor Kolomoisky out on loan to five different clubs, including Sevastopol, pounds, Atalanta. Right before his 25th birthday in refuse to sanction the transfer. Zorya Luhansk and Genk. He was recognized as the best February the football world was mildly shocked when young player in Ukraine in 2014 with Zorya Luhansk Kovalenko inked a four-and-a-half-year deal with Italian Ihor Stelmach may be reached at [email protected].

This year’s tournament will include The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv threw its sup- Governing body... Russia’s second most populous city of St. port behind Ukraine’s choice of uniform, Petersburg as one of the 11 host cities for and said it liked the new kit with a com- (Continued from page 1) seven matches, including a quarterfinal ment on Twitter on June 7. “Love the new independence before the Red Army and match, despite its hybrid-war aggression look. Glory to Ukraine! #CrimeaisUkraine.” Poland annexed the country in half. toward neighbors and a systemic doping The British Embassy in Kyiv replied to the Both the world soccer governing body, scandal among its athletes in various tweet, “We love it too.” FIFA, as well as UEFA have charters that national sports. Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister ban political statements on national team Ukrainian President Volodymyr Dmytro Kuleba also commented on Twitter. outfits. Zelenskyy wrote via Instagram that, “The “I really like our team’s new uniform. I Yet, Ukraine’s soccer association main- new kit of Ukraine’s national football team can tell those who are fussing because they tains the slogans are the equivalent to what is definitely special. It can shock. It features can’t stand our internationally recognized the French say, “Vive la France,” or the several important symbols that unite borders or our official state greeting: We English say, “God save the Queen,” both slo- from [the easternmost oblast will not allow our national symbols to be gans that have existed for more than a cen- of] Luhansk to [the western oblast of] insulted!” tury, as has Ukraine’s. , from Chernihiv to Sevastopol. Ukraine, in Group C, plays its opening In its decision, UEFA said the “specific Our country is one and indivisible. Crimea Euro 2020 match against the Netherlands combination of the two slogans is deemed is Ukraine.” on June 13 in , against North to be clearly political in nature, having his- When Russia first complained, UEFA Macedonia in Bucharest on June 17 and toric and militaristic significance,” so the said it had approved of all of the tourna- against Austria on June 21 in the same city. The team’s jerseys, which also come in second portion of the slogan “must there- ment’s participating countries’ uniforms. Ukrainian Football Association fore be removed.” “The shirt of the Ukrainian national white with gold accents, are manufactured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelens­ by Joma, a Spanish outfitter for soccer and In 2018, Ukraine’s parliament approved team (and of all other teams) for UEFA kyy holds Ukraine’s Euro 2020 home jer- then-President Petro Poroshenko’s deci- Euro 2020 has been approved by UEFA, in sey that includes an outline of Ukraine on other sports. To purchase the new jerseys, sion to make the greeting “Glory to Ukraine” accordance with the applicable equipment the front and the slogan “Glory to the readers can visit the Joma website in the armed forces’ official greeting. regulations,” UEFA said. Heroes!” on the inside of the collar. Ukraine, http://joma.com.ua/ukraine. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2021 No. 24

it was important to have upfront agree- NEWSBRIEFS ments in place with Germany that would allow the United States to impose sanc- (Continued from page 2) tions on the pipeline at a later date should halt the project, arguing that it is a com- Russia seek to use it as a coercive tool TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 against its neighbors in Eastern Europe. or e-mail [email protected] mercial venture and a sovereign issue, was a productive approach. “We want to make U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian sure that Europeans take the necessary President Volodymyr Zelenskyy­ discussed SERVICES PROFESSIONALS steps to protect, to mitigate, to deal with the pipeline in a phone call between the any of the adverse consequences of gas two leaders. (RFE/RL) МАРІЯ ДРИЧ going through this pipeline,” he said. The Court to start hearing evidence in MH17 case Ліцензований Продавець United States is also working with Germany Страхування Життя to make sure that “we are making Ukraine The trial in absentia of four suspects – МАRІA DRICH whole” for the loss of transit fees and to three Russians and one Ukrainian – in the Licensed Life Insurance Agent make sure “Russia cannot use gas as a coer- downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 Ukrainian National Assn., Inc. cive tool when it comes to Ukraine or any- over Ukraine in 2014 has entered a deci- 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054 one else.” He said the Biden administration sive new phase during which judges in the Tel.: 973-292-9800 ext. 3035 continues to believe that the pipeline is “a Netherlands will be presented with wit- e-mail: [email protected] bad idea” but has to deal with the reality ness testimony and evidence. Nearly seven that the pipeline is now about 95 percent years after the tragedy and more than a complete. 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mental freedoms. “The ongoing initiative NEWSBRIEFS to reform the security agency, which Ukraine’s partners and allies have long (Continued from page 10) urged the government to undertake, is On the 20th anniversary to raise issues during hearings lasting both needed and long overdue,” said Hugh of the passing of until July 9. Relatives of the victims will be Williamson, Europe and Central Asia able to address the court in September, the director at HRW. “But for the reform to statement said. No date has yet been set succeed, and to strengthen Ukraine’s rule Ludmyla for closing arguments. The Dutch govern- of law, several key problematic aspects of ment holds Moscow responsible. Moscow the proposed law have first to be Shara Wolansky has denied any involvement in the conflict addressed.” The groups’ letter said that in parts of eastern Ukraine and has offered while the reform was supposed to stream- several possible theories about how MH17 line the SBU’s work as an intelligence and the 17th anniversary was blown out of the sky, including that it agency and remove law enforcement func- of the passing of was shot down by a Ukrainian Air Force tions from its mandate, the proposed draft jet or by Ukrainian ground forces using a law “extends the scope of the [SBU’s] Buk system. The targeted attack caused an activities beyond the protection of nation- Dr. Oleh Myroslaw international outcry and deepened ten- al security by providing the agency with a sions between Moscow and the West fol- vast mandate to investigate a potentially Wolansky lowing Russia’s seizure of Crimea and sup- wide variety of crimes.” The letter called port for the militants in their fight against this “deeply problematic in light of seri- Kyiv’s forces after pro-European protests ous, credible allegations by Ukrainian anti- Their children and grandchildren commemorate these two pushed Moscow-friendly Ukrainian corruption and human rights groups of shining personages, who dedicated their personal, professional, President Viktor Yanukovych from power. [SBU] involvement in corruption, corpo- (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, with report- rate raiding and interfering with anti-cor- and community lives to the highest ethical, intellectual, and ing by AFP, Reuters, and dpa) ruption investigations undertaken by patriotic principles. With boundless gratitude and admiration, Rights groups urge Ukraine to fix shortcomings other state agencies.” The draft law also retains the SBU’s powers of arrest, seizure, we, their descendants, celebrate their blessed memory with Human Rights Watch (HRW) and more detention, interrogation and surveillance, liturgies in the churches where they were once parisioners: than 20 other groups have encouraged without clear oversight, the letter said. Ukraine’s parliament to address short- While the draft law reiterates the absolute comings in a proposed law to reform the prohibition of torture and ill-treatment in - Church of the Holy Trinity in Kerhonkson, NY, June 19, at 5 pm; country’s security service before passing detention, it does not provide sufficient it. HRW is among 23 civil society groups protections to prevent abuses in detention - St. Volodymyr the Great in Utica, NY June 19, at 9 am; that on June 3 sent a letter to Ukrainian or guarantee such due process measures President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the as requiring the SBU to ensure a detainee - Sts. Peter and Paul in Spring Valley, NY, Date TBD; co-authors of the draft legislation to has a lawyer, according to the groups that - St. Michael’s Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Date TBD; change “problematic” parts of the propos- signed the letter. The groups also point out al, which is being prepared for passage, that a provision to phase out the SBU’s - St. George’s Church in Edmonton, Canada, June 22. possibly later this month. The reform is pretrial investigative functions gradually essential to help the security service, by 2024 and another to allow the agency known as the SBU, transform into an effec- to operate temporary detention facilities May their memory be eternal! tive agency that respects and upholds until January 2023 are not supported by a international human rights norms, HRW clear road map that would ensure that said in a news release. But the draft law these deadlines are met. Noting that the contains provisions that could be damag- reforms are “long overdue,” the letter ing for human rights, the groups said, urg- encourages Ukraine’s leadership not to With deep sorrow we announce that ing Ukrainian lawmakers to address prob- squander the opportunity to adopt a bill lems stemming from the draft law’s lack of that “adheres to the stated vision of limit- clarity and properly defined powers and ing the role and powers of the [SBU] and Myroslav (Myron) William Zajac roles, and its provisions maintaining, or in that upholds Ukraine’s international obli- age 80, passed away peacefully at home on April 21, 2021 after some cases strengthening, regulations gations and respects fundamental rights a long battle with cancer. His family was at his side. Born on May that jeopardize human rights and funda- and freedoms.” (RFE/RL) 27, 1940 to Walter and Anna Zajac in Zboriw, Ukraine, he  ed the war with his family in 1944, spending several years in a Displaced Persons Camp in Salzburg, Austria, before fi nally emigrating in 1949 to the USA appearance for this year’s Memorial Day and the East Village in New York City. Veterans... commemoration. Metropolitan Antony Myron graduated from LaSalle Academy followed by Pratt Institute gave a blessing for the installation of paver (Continued from page 4) in 1963. Starting his career at Philco in Philadelphia, he completed his stones leading from Metropolitan Mstyslav studies with a Masters in Engineering from the School of Engineering other branches of the Armed Forces dur- Drive (the roadway that leads from Easton and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Myron was ing times of war. Avenue to St. Andrew Memorial Church) o ered a job at IBM in 1969 and began a 33 year career that included Joining Metropolitan Antony at the ser- all the way up to and surrounding the two international assignments, three patents for Vector Processing and vice were local area clergy of the Ukrainian monument itself. The work was completed computer system component security, and leading the systems design Orthodox Church of the U.S.A.: the Very just weeks earlier and will be further of mainframe computers. enhanced with landscaping and benches Rev. Yurij Siwko of St. Andrew Memorial Myron met his future wife and partner, MaryAnn (Marianna), at Church, South Bound Brook; the Rev. Vasyl for people to sit on as they ponder the sac- Soyuzivka, the Ukrainian Heritage Center, in the Catskills in 1970. Married Pasakas of Nativity of the Mother of God rifice of brothers and sisters on duty and in 1971, they lived in Germany before settling back in Poughkeepsie and Parish, South Plainfield, N.J.; the Rev. James the thousands of veterans still living who starting their family. Through hard work, love, and faith in each other Cairns of St. Demetrius Cathedral, Carteret, have served in the military. and God, they achieved the American dream. He had a passion for tennis N.J., and the Rev. Sviatoslav Hot of Holy The UAV National Monument was which he shared with his children, and took up golf in retirement. He Ascension Parish, Maplewood, N.J. The blessed and dedicated in October 2015 to took great pride in his ability to compose the written word – particularly seminarian choir of St. Sophia Ukrainian commemorate both the living and loving poems for his wife and roasting his friends. In retirement, he took Orthodox Theological Seminary sang deceased Ukrainian American soldiers, sail- up art while serving as a staunch supporter to his wife during her time responses for the service. ors, airmen and Marines with over 250 vet- as President (2008-2021) of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of Following the memorial service, erans and family members participating. It America – a position he most enjoyed. Matthew Koziak, a veteran and chairman was a long-time dream of the UAV. Mr. Myron is survived by his wife, Marianna, his children, Adrian and his of the UAV Memorial Committee, spoke Koziak urged all veterans of Ukrainian descent to join the UAV and called upon wife Roxy, Renata, and Damian and his wife Anne, and his grandchildren about the more than 200,000 Americans of Ariana, Bodyn, Chrystyna, and Estella, and also his brother Oleh Zajac Ukrainian descent who have served in the those present to encourage their family and his family, and his brother-in-law Taras Kalba and his daughter. U.S. Armed Forces. members to do so. He further urged family “Most were born in the U.S.A., but many members of deceased veterans to register His  erce dedication to family and his sharp sense of humor will be were immigrants who came to the U.S.A. them with the UAV for historical purposes. sorely missed by his family and friends. having experienced difficult lives in Closing remarks were made by UAV Due to COVID, funeral services were held privately. Myron was interred Ukraine in search of freedom and were National Commander Anna Krawczuk, who at Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery in Campbell Hall, New York. determined to prevent America from fall- expressed gratitude to everyone present Donations are being made to The Ukrainian Museum for a memorial ing into the control of the godless regimes for their participation in honoring those bench in Myron’s memory and can be made either by check (The that have destroyed millions of lives who made the ultimate sacrifice. The next Ukrainian Museum, 222 East 6th Street, NY, NY 10003) or by credit card throughout the world. American soldiers service scheduled before the monument is through The Museum website (Support the Museum & Donate button.) of Ukrainian descent understood how for Veterans Day, November 11, to honor all important their service was.” living veterans and those who reposed May his memory be eternal The UAV National Monument had a new through the years by natural death. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2021 No. 24

July 22, 2015) and January 2016 during the Kavkaz (Caucasus) 2016 the first Bastion-S stationary mine-based Crimea’s... (Modernarmy.ru, January 17, 2016). In exercise, and they regularly participate in anti-ship missile systems, which can be March 2019, the first Tu-22M3 supersonic other drills, deploying close to the armed with these dual-capable missiles (Continued from page 2) bomber landed in Crimea, seen as a poten- Ukrainian border (Topwar.ru, December (Interfax, July 2, 2015). 533-millimeter mine-torpedo armament, tial sign of the looming permanent deploy- 15, 2018; Janes.com, April 8). In response After the forcible annexation of capable of carrying the RPK-6M Vodopad ment of these strategic aircraft there (RIA to the United States’ withdrawal from the Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in early 2014, anti-submarine missile system or the Novosti, March 18, 2019). However, given Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) this region de facto became Russia’s south- VA-111 Shkval complex. These can be that the airfield in Gvardeyskoe has been treaty in 2019, Russia promised to, by the westernmost territory. Given that all of the equipped with a nuclear warhead of 200 undergoing reconstruction since 2015 end of the following year, create a ground- Soviet Union’s western republics hosted and 150 kilotons, respectively (OPK, (Gvardeyskoe.ru, March 19, 2015), it is based version of the Kalibr cruise missile tactical nuclear weapons on their territory December 28, 2017; Rusonline.org, April 5, probably not yet ready to permanently and a Zircon ground-based hypersonic mis- during the Cold War, Russia today likely 2019; TASS, Kchf.ru, accessed June 4). accept these long-range strategic aircraft. sile system, which would have ranges of up also plans to deploy TNW to Crimea, and Sevastopol is also home to the 31st Air- The Tu-22M3 can carry from one to three to 2,600 and 2,000 kilometers, respectively presumably has already done so. According Defense Division with its two S-300PM X-22 cruise missiles or up to 10 X-15 cruise (TVZvezda, February 5, 2019). In October to this author’s most conservative esti- detachments and four S-400 detachments. missiles, both of which are nuclear capable. 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin mates, there may be up to 30 nuclear war- The 48N6 missile fired by both systems can Tu-22M3s are also capable of using nuclear promised, purportedly as a sign of good heads deployed on the peninsula now. That theoretically carry a nuclear warhead. It is free-falling bombs. Relatedly, as part of the faith willingness to lower tensions, that said, non-strategic nuclear weapons are a expected that the S-500 complexes, capable 37th Mixed Aviation Regiment, six Su-24M Moscow would unilaterally pause any gray area of European security. And in the of launching a 77N6-N1 missile with a small tactical bombers are located at the Gvardey­ deployments of ground-based intermedi- absence of any monitoring or limitations on nuclear warhead, will also eventually be skoe airfield. These jets are capable of carry- ate-range missiles in Europe; he encour- TNW, Russian activities in this sphere by deployed to Crimea (Avia.pro, March 18). ing two unguided, free-falling RN-28 nucle- aged Western counterparts to follow suit definition destabilize the security situation In March 2014, the authorities announced ar bombs (Topwar.ru, June 26, 2018). (Izvestia, October 26, 2020). Yet such in Europe and more generally. the imminent deployment of the Tu-22M3 The long-term appearance of Iskan­ mobile, ground-based nuclear-tipped mis- Missile Carrier Regiment to the airbase in der-M tactical ballistic missile systems in siles can easily be sent to Crimea, and no The article above is reprinted from the Crimean village of Gvardeyskoe Crimea is possible as well (Riafan, August one would know about it, simply because Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from (Regnum, March 31, 2014). Reports of those 15, 2020). Iskanders from various Russian no verification mechanisms exist. For its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, plans were repeated in July 2015 (Interfax, regions were already present on the penin- example, Moscow already plans to deploy www.jamestown.org.

Armenian forces and Russian peacekeep- Georgia... ers. Thus, Azerbaijan needs to realize that the GUM position might change to become (Continued from page 2) more in line with the EU. The recent vote of Second Karabakh War and the subsequent the Georgian delegation in favor of Armenia deployment of a Russian peacekeeping versus Azerbaijan on the PACE resolution mission. has used the EaP as an regarding prisoners of war is a case in instrument in its dealings with Moscow. point (Europarl.europa.eu, May 19, Baki- Namely, by rejecting the association agree- xeber.com, April 23). ment and not yet signing a new partner- There have been attempts to revive ship agreement with the EU, Azerbaijan has GUAM, particularly by Kyiv in the aftermath sought to appease the Kremlin, whereas of the Crimean annexation and the separat- Yerevan’s 2017 signing of the Comprehen­ ist war in eastern Ukraine, but to no effect sive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (Zn.ua, October 9, 2017). Russia’s Sputnik with the EU has amplified Moscow’s dis- news agency headlined its recent article as trust of Armenia. Currently, Baku’s state- “GUM or GUAM – one nature, anti-Russian.” ments regarding the possible signing of a Other Russian media outlets alleged that it new agreement with the EU are rather a had been blessed by the U.S. (Iz.ru, Sputnik. communication exercise (See Eurasia Daily md, May 18, 21). Azerbaijan has appeared Monitor, May 22, 2019; December 11, disinterested in attempts to revive GUAM 2019). Yet to sign a partnership agreement since Baku strives to disassociate itself with the EU, one does not need to be from being viewed as “anti-Russian” in included in the EaP. For instance, Kazakh­ Moscow. In that sense, the creation of GUM stan signed a similar agreement with the or the Association Trio as an ultimate EU back in 2015. replacement for GUAM, but without involv- Juxtaposing the GUAM Charter and the ing Azerbaijan, is in a way a relief for Baku. text of the memorandum of the Association Trio indicates that both accentuate the The article above is reprinted from goals of European integration. A significant Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from difference is that the GUAM Charter its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, emphasizes the settlement of territorial www.jamestown.org. conflicts based on territorial integrity. But the Association Trio places a lesser empha- sis on territorial disputes (Mfa.gov.ua, May 17; Guam-organization.org, May 23, 2006). The Association Trio was informally called GUM even before the official signing of the document, also in allusion to Azerbaijan’s absence (See EDM October 9, 2018; Uawire.org, February 10). By formally call- ing it the Association Trio, not GUM, , Kyiv and Chisinau have tried not to shun Azerbaijan. In 1997, the four states had Battle for Survival founded GUAM, whose demise started with by Vasil Shershen the 2008 Russian-Georgian war and the 2009 launch of the EaP. So cover, approx 193 pgs, comes in green and red. While official Baku keeps muted regard- ing the Association Trio, some Azerbaijani A company of a Fusilier Battalion of the media outlets have regarded it as an adver- Ukrainian Division conducts a grueling sarial move against Baku (Konkret.az, rearguard action out of the Brody encirclement. Musavat.com, May 26). But this kind of assessment is superficial and ill-grounded. Costs - $20.00, including shipping and handling. GUAM had two major goals: European inte- gration and conflict settlement. Therefore, Can be ordered at: GUAM has now become irrelevant for offi- United Ukrainian American Relief Committee cial Baku. First, the Azerbaijani government 1206 Cottman Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111 has publicly rejected European integration. Phone # 215-728-1630 Second, the Azerbaijani leadership insists that the Karabakh conflict has been settled Please make checks payable to the UUARC. through the Second Karabakh War despite rigorous rejections by Armenia and its sup- All the proceeds go to the needy families of veterans of ATO. porters. Yet, some parts of Azerbaijani ter- ritory remain under the effective control of No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2021 13 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2021 No. 24

SOCCER 1,500-meter freestyle (14:39.89 seconds). Andriy Govorov won silver in the men’s 50-meter butterfly (23.01 seconds). Ukraine friendlies end in two wins and a draw In artistic swimming, Marta Fiedina won gold in the wom- Ukraine played several international friendly matches en’s solo technical routine and silver in the solo free rou- prior to the resumption of Euro 2020 matches. Ukraine won tine. Ukraine’s teams won gold medals in the team free 4-0 against Cyprus on June 7 at Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv, routine, the combination routine and the highlights rou- 1-0 against Northern Ireland on June 3 at Dnipro Arena in tine, as well as silver medals in the women’s duet free rou- Ukraine and tied 1-1 with Bahrain on May 23 at Metalist tine (Fiedina and Anastasiya Savchuk), and in the duet Stadium in Kharkiv. Scoring for Ukraine against Cyprus technical routine; Ukraine also won silver in the team tech- were Andriy Yarmolenko (37th and 65th minute, with an nical routine. In diving, Kseniya Baylo and Oleksiy Sereda assist by ), Oleksandr Zinchenko (45th +2 minutes of won gold in the mixed 10-meter platform synchronized the first half), and Roman Yaremchuk (59th minute off an dive; in the men’s division, Oleksandr Horoshko­vozov and assist by Marlos). In the UEFA Euro 2020 Group C matches, Oleh Kolodiy won bronze in the men’s 3-meter spring- Ukraine is scheduled to play against the Netherlands on board; and Kseniya Baylo and Sofiya Lyskun won bronze in June 13, against North Macedonia on June 17 and against the women’s 10-meter platform synchronized dive. Austria on June 21. Ukraine resumes European qualifier WRESTLING matches for the 2022 FIFA World Cup on September 1 against , on September 4 against France and Ukraine attains three qualifying spots for Tokyo Olympics against on November 16. Ukraine is ranked 24th in the FIFA rankings as of May 27. Ukraine won three qualifying spots for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games at the World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament on May 6-9 in Sofia, Bulgaria. In Dynamo Kyiv wins 13th Pavlo Kubanov, Ukrainian Association of Football men’s freestyle, Vasyl Mykhailov (74 kg) won silver, Taras Dynamo Kyiv have won their 13th Ukrainian Cup title Roman Yaremchuk (right) attempts to steal the ball Markovych (57 kg) and Valeriy Andriytsev (97 kg) won after defeating Zorya Luhansk 1-0 in extra time. The from a Cypriot opponent during an international bronze medals. In Greco-Roman, Parviz Nasibov (67 kg) Ukrainian Cup final took place in on May 13. friendly match. won silver, and Mykola Kuchmii (130 kg) won bronze. In Following the conclusion of the Ukrainian Cup, Shakhtar the 2021 French Open. She started the initial round of 128 women’s freestyle, Alla Belinska (76 kg) won gold after Donetsk officially confirmed that Luis Castro is stepping defeating Yasemin Adar of Turkey in the final. Olympic down as the club’s head coach, the club’s press service by upsetting 12th-seed Garbine Muguruza of Spain, 6-1, 6-4, then defeated ’s Saisai Zheng, 6-3, 6-4, and Varvara qualifying spots were attained by Mykhailov, Nasibov and reported. A meeting took place between Castro and Belinska. General Director at Shakhtar Donetsk Serhiy Palkin. The Gracheva of Russia, 6-1, 6-2 in the round of 32. Defending Portuguese manager was presented with a T-shirt with the champion and No. 8 seed Iga Swiatek stopped Kostyuk’s run Second-place finish for Ukraine at U23 Euros No. 84 (the number of official matches Shakhtar played in the Round of 16 by scores of 6-3, 6-4. The Polish Swiatek under his leadership) and a memorable souvenir, the held off a fierce challenge from her Ukrainian competitor by Ukraine finished in second place (13 medals – five gold, report said. Castro signed a two-year contract with the extending her consecutive sets to 22. three silver and five bronze) in the medals standings at the Ukrainian club in the summer of 2019, replacing his com- Kostyuk, who had not lost a set while powering through the 2021 European U23 Wrestling Champion­ships on May patriot . Under Castro, Shakhtar won the first three rounds, piled on the pressure early, earning a 17-23 in Skopje, North Macedonia. In team rakings, Ukrainian Premier League title in the 2019/2020 season. break for 2-1. An unfazed Swiatek broke straight back, gain- Ukraine won first place in the women’s freestyle (183 Last year, the club reached the Europa League semifinals. ing the upper hand in the eighth game on a Kostyuk missed points) and finished in fifth place in the men’s freestyle (99 In total, Shakhtar had 51 wins and 16 draws in 84 matches backhand, and serving out to take the lead. The second set points). In women’s freestyle, Khrystyna Demko (55 kg), played under the leadership of the Portuguese manager. saw Kostyuk go up 30-0 in the 10th game, only to have Alina Akobiia (57 kg), Tetiana Rizhko (62 kg) and Oksana The club scored 168 goals. Swiatek win four points in a row. Elina Svitolina made it to Chudyk (68 kg) won gold, Kateryna Zelenykh (65 kg) won the Round of 32 before losing to Czech Barbora Krejcikova, silver, and Liliia Malanchuk (50 kg), Mariia Vynnyk (53 kg) Lucescu extends Dynamo Kyiv contract two years 3-6, 2-6. In her first two rounds, Svitolina beat Oceane Babel and Solomiya Vynnyk (59 kg) won bronze; in men’s free- of France, 6-2, 7-5 and Ann Li of the U.S.A., 6-0, 6-4. Anhelina style, Erik Arushanian (65 kg) won gold, Valentyn Babii (79 Dynamo Kyiv head coach will work with Kalinina of Ukraine provided an early shocker when she kg) and Denys Sahaliuk (86 kg) won bronze medals; in the Ukrainian club for at least another two years, according upset 26th seed Angelique Kerber of Germany in the first men’s Greco-Roman style, Ihor Kurochkin (60 kg) and to the club’s website. Dynamo Kyiv President Ihor Surkis round, winning most convincingly with scores of 6-2, 6-4. Andrii Kulyk (72 kg) won silver medals. agreed with the Romanian on the extension of the contract. Kalinina then lost to American Danielle Collins, 0-6, 2-6. In The Romanian manager signed a contract with Dynamo doubles action, Round of 64 play saw twin sisters Lyudmyla VOLLEYBALL under the 2-plus-1 scheme last summer. Lucescu won the and Nadiia Kichenok face off against each other, with Ukraine’s team advances to Euros Ukrainian Premier League, the Ukrainian Cup and the Nadiia’s duo (with Raluca Olaru of ) winning the with Dynamo in his debut season. In family affair match (Lyudmyla was paired with Arina Ukraine advanced to the 2021 Women’s European the Ukrainian Premier League, Dynamo Kyiv is 11 points Rodionova of Australia). Nadiia’s team was ousted in the Volleyball Championships after finishing in second place in ahead of Shakhtar Donetsk. Lucescu spent last year in the second round 4-6, 5-7 against Clara Burel and Chloe Paquet, Group B of the qualifying round in Matosinhos, Portugal, club under pressure from the ultras. Active fans are dissat- both of France. and Tblisi, Georgia, on May 7-16. Ukraine won 3-1 against isfied with the appointment of the coach who used to work Portugal on May 7, lost 0-3 against Sweden on May 8, won for rival Shakhtar in the past. The new season of the BOXING 3-0 against Georgia on May 9, lost 2-3 against Sweden on Ukrainian Premier League is due to start on July 25. Lomachenko to fight Nakatani in Las Vegas May 14, won 3-0 against Portugal on May 15, and won 3-0 Dynamo and Shakhtar will meet in a match for the Super against Georgia on May 16. Ukraine is in Pool D of the tour- Cup on July 24. Lightweight Vasyl Lomachenko (14-2, 10 KO) is set to nament (with , the Netherlands, Romania, Sweden Malinovskyi named MVP in ’s Serie A league fight against Masayoshi Nakatani (19-1, 13 KO) of Japan on and Turkey), which is scheduled for August 18 through June 26 at Virgin Hotel in Las Vegas. This is Lomachenko’s September 4 and is co-hosted by , Bulgaria, Croatia Atalanta midfielder Ruslan Malinovskyi has been recog- first return to the ring since his loss by unanimous decision and Romania. nized as the Most Valuable Player for the month of May in to Teofimo Lopez of the U.S.A. in October 2020. Serie A, according to the league’s official website. The KARATE award was presented on May 23 before the Atalanta-Milan Usyk scheduled to fight Joshua in September Four medals for Ukraine in Croatia match, the report said. For May, Malinovskyi scored two Undefeated (18-0, 13 KO) goals and had three assists in four matches in the Italian is set to fight against (24-1, 22 KO) of Great Ukraine won four medals (one gold, one silver and two soccer championship. Malinovskyi scored in games against Britain, who will defend his WBO, WBA, IBF and IBO bronze) at the 2021 European Karate Championship on Parma and . This season, Malinovskyi scored 10 heavyweight title. The fight is scheduled to take place in May 19-23 in Porec, Croatia. Stanislav Horuna (75 kg, goals and had 12 assists in 42 matches for Atalanta in all September, with a date to be confirmed, at the Tottenham kumite) won gold after winning against Rafael Aghayev of competitions. On May 19, the Ukraine midfielder scored in Hotspurs Stadium in . Usyk was originally sched- Azerbaijan in the final. Anita Serogina (61 kg, kumite) won the Italian Cup final against Juventus (1-2), but his goal did uled to fight against Joe Joyce of the U.S.A., while Joshua silver, Kateryna Kryva (50 kg, kumite) won bronze and not help Atalanta win the trophy. was scheduled to fight against fellow Briton Tyson Fury for Ukraine’s men’s team (Valrerii Chobotar, Horuna, Ihor a title unification bout. The Joshua-Usyk fight became pos- Lahunov, Ryzvan Talibov, Andrii Toroshanko, Kostiatyn TENNIS sible as Usyk was named the mandatory WBO challenger. Tsymbal and Andrii Zaplitnyi) won bronze in the kumite. Svitolina in sixth place in WTA rankings Ukraine tied with Russia for sixth place in the medals AQUATICS standings, and the competition attracted 513 athletes from Ukraine’s No.1 tennis player, Elina Svitolina, has Ukraine wins 14 medals at European Aquatics Championships 47 countries (Ukraine was represented by 14 athletes). At remained in sixth place in a new ranking of the Women’s the third European Para Karate Championships, held at the Tennis Association (WTA) released on May 30. Among the Ukraine won 14 medals (seven gold, five silver and two same time and place as the European Karate Champion­ top-100, Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska is in 38th place and bronze) at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships on ships, Ukraine tied with Portugal for sixth place with one Marta Kostyuk is in 81st place. May 10-23 in . Ukraine won first place in artistic silver and one bronze medals. The European Para Karate Kostyuk advances to Round of 16 at Roland Garros swimming with 1,140 points and finished in fifth place in Champions­hips attracted 49 athletes from 16 countries, the diving competition (173 points, one gold and two silver with Ukraine represented by four athletes. Eighteen-year-old Marta Kostyuk served notice that she medals). Mykhailo Romanchuk won two gold medals in the is the next Ukrainian women’s tennis with her play at men’s 800-meter freestyle (7:42.61 seconds) and the (Continued on page 15) No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2021 15

June 16 Annual general meeting, Ukrainian Canadian Professional June 17 Cigar Night, Hoverlia Social Club, Ukrainian American Online and Business Association of Ottawa, held via Zoom, Whippany, NJ Cultural Center of New Jersey, [email protected] http://bit.ly/UCPBAagm2021 June 18 Film screening and discussion, “The Long Breakup” by Katya June 16-17 Ninth Conference, “U.S.-Ukraine Working Group Summit: Chicago Soldak, Ukrainian National Museum, 312-421-8020 or Online Providing Ukraine with an Annual Report Card,” Center https://ukrainiannationalmuseum.com for U.S.-Ukrainian Relations, Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Ukrainian National Information June 18-20 Health and Wellness Retreat, celebrating the dance of the Service, American Foreign Policy Council, 917-476-1221 or Kerhonkson, NY summer solstice, Soyuzivka Heritage Center, 845-626-5641 [email protected] or www.soyuzivka.com

June 17 Online discussion with Riley Kucheran and Liana June 23 Webinar with Michael Andrec, “An Introduction to Cyrillic Online Satenstein, “Innovation and Resurgence: Contemporary Online Text Encodings for Historians and Genealogists,” Ukrainian Ukrainian Indigenous Fashion Design,” Ukrainian Museum History and Education Center, www.ukrhec.org of Canada–Ontario Branch, 416-923-9861 or [email protected] July 10 Mystical Kupala Night Fundraising Benefit, dinner and Round Lake, IL bonfire program, Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization camp at Round Lake, 312-421-8020

and six bronze). Liudmyla Luzan and July 12-16, 19-23 Ukrainian Dance Intensive, hosted by Andrij Cybyk of the SportsShorts... Anastasiia Chetverikova won gold in the Whippany, NJ Iskra Ukrainian Dance Ensemble and Academy, Ukrainian women’s C2 500-meter race, Ukraine’s (Continued from page 14) American Cultural Center of New Jersey, four-man kayak team (Dmytro Danylenko, www.iskradance.weebly.com RUNNING Oleksandr Zarubin, Kyrylo Chernomorov and Denys Lakhmanov) won gold in the July 24 74th annual Convention of the Ukrainian Orthodox League, Runner’s World website features Samokysh men’s K4 500-meter race. Mariya Povkh Online St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, won silver in the women’s K1 500-meter Artem Samokysh, a member of the www.uolofusa.org race, Mariia Kichasova-Skoryk and Ukrainian Running Club New York, was fea- Liudmyla Kuklinovska won silver in the tured on the cover of the official Runner’s July 26 through Bandura Summer Program, Hryhory Kytasty Cleveland women’s K2 200-meter race. Bronze med- World website for the Boston Marathon August 7 School of Bandura, St. Vladimir Ukrainian Cultural Center, alists included Viktor Svyrdiuk (men’s C1, promotional campaign. The photo was Parma, OH www.facebook.com/HKClevelandBanduraSchool or 1,000 meters), Luzan (women’s C1, 200 shared via the Ukrainian Running Club [email protected] meters), Dmytro Danylenko and Oleh New York’s Facebook page in a post dated Kukharyk (men’s K2, 500 meters), Vitaliy April 23. The Boston Marathon is sched- July 30 Online book presentation of “Grey Bees” by Andriy uled for October 11. The photo was from Vergeles and Andrii Rybachok (men’s C2, Online Kurkov, Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program, the 2020 Boston Marathon, taken by 500 meters), Povkh and Ivan Semykin Harvard University, https://huri.harvard.edu Boston Globe contributor David L. Ryan for (mixed K2, 200 meters), and Luzan and Getty Images. The race in 2020 was held Chetverikova (women’s C2, 200 meters). Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events virtually with runners allowed to choose Ukraine collects 13 medals in Poland advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions where they run the 26.2-mile race. from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Samokysh is seen in the photo running past Ukraine’s paracanoe team topped the and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. his wife, Tatiana, and Danielle Buchma medals table with five medals (four gold (also a member of the running club), who and one bronze medal), while the canoe held a ribbon for him to pass through as he sprint team won eight medals (two gold, crossed the finish line. The photo can be two silver and four bronze medals) at the viewed online at https://www.gettyimages. 2021 Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe European com/detail/news-photo/artem-samokysh- Championships on June 3-6 in Poznan, crosses-the-finish-line-past-his-wife-news- Poland. In paracanoe, Mykola Syniuk (men’s photo/1228527017. KL2, 200 meters), Serhii Yemelianov (men’s KL3, 200 meters), Maryna Mazhula (wom- PADDLESPORTS en’s KL1, 200 meters) and Nataliia Ukraine wins 15 medals in Hungary Lagutenko (women’s VL3, 200 meters) won gold. Lagutenko also won bronze in the Ukraine won 15 medals (five gold, four women’s KL2, 200 meters. In canoe sprint, silver and six bronze medals) in the overall Liudmyla Luzan won gold in the women’s standings at the ICF European Olympic C-1, 500-meter race, and Luzan and Qualifier/ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe Anastasiia Chetveri­kova won gold in the World Cup on May 12-16 in Szeged, women’s C2 500-meter race. Luzan won sil- Hungary. In paracanoe, Ukraine won first ver in the women’s C1 200-meter race, and place with five medals (three gold, one sil- Dmytro Danylenko and Oleh Kukharyk won ver and one bronze medal). Nataliia silver in the men’s K2 500-meter race. Lahutenko (VL3) won gold in the women’s Bronze medals were won for Ukraine by 200-meter final and bronze in the women’s Vitaliy Vergeles and Andrii Rybachok (men’s (KL2) 200-meter race, Maryna Mashula C2, 500 meters), Liudmyla Babak (women’s won gold in the women’s KL1 200-meter C1, 5,000 meters), Luzan and Chetverikova race, Serhii Yemelianov won gold in the (women’s C2 200 meters), and Mariya men’s KL3 200-meter race, and Mykola Povkh (women’s K1, 500 meters). Syniuk won silver in the men’s KL2 200- meter race. In sprint, Ukraine won fourth Credit to Ihor Stelmach for the tennis place with 10 medals (two gold, two silver entry on Marta Kostyuk.

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