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ThePublished U by thekra Ukrainian Nationalin Association,ian Inc., celebrating Weekly its 125th anniversary Vol. LXXXVII No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2019 $2.00 U.S. ambassador: asks Zelenskyy administration tries to fi nd to buy more Javelin missiles its footing in the foreign policy sphere by Christopher Miller fy which equipment. Mr. Zelenskyy confirmed to RFE/RL dur- RFE/RL ing a European Union-Ukraine summit in KYIV – A senior U.S. official says Ukraine Kyiv on July 8 that a request had been sent has requested to purchase more Javelin to Washington, but he declined to name the anti-tank missiles from the United States, a arms and other military equipment he move that is likely to anger amid a hopes to purchase. four-year conflict that pits -backed Since 2014, Washington has provided separatists against Ukraine’s forces. Ukraine with about $1.5 billion of military William Taylor, chargé d’affaires of the support. The Defense Department U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, told RFE/RL in an announced in June that it would provide interview that Ukraine would acquire the $250 million for Ukraine to acquire sniper Javelins from the U.S. Defense Department’s rifles, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, Foreign Military Sales program for defensive counter-artillery radar, and night-vision purposes as the violence continues in a war equipment, among other items. that has killed more than 13,000 people. The support came after Russia seized “They would like to buy more Javelins,” Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula and fomented he said. what is Europe’s only active war in the east- Official Website of the President of Ukraine Ambassador Taylor’s comments are the ern Donbas region, now in its sixth year. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with ’s President Recep Tayyip first confirmation of Ukraine’s desire to add Russia has provided military, economic, Erdoğan during the official welcoming ceremony in Ankara on August 7. to its stock of 210 Javelin missiles and 37 financial and political support to the separat- launchers that the United States provided ist fighters who it controls in parts of the by Bohdan Nahaylo the Normandy group of leaders to request in April 2018. and Luhansk oblasts, and members an urgent meeting at the highest level. He The office of Ukrainian President of its regular military have participated in key KYIV – The killing of four Ukrainian sol- also called the new British prime minister, Volodymyr Zelenskyy declined to comment battles during the conflict, evidence shows. diers on August 6 by shelling from Russian- Boris Johnson. on the request, and the Defense Ministry did The Javelin missile systems delivered to backed forces in the Donbas during the latest It has become very clear that, now that not immediately respond to requests for Ukraine last year are meant to be used in proclaimed ceasefire has precipitated a flur- the presidential and parliamentary elec- information. the event of a large-scale escalation in the ry of diplomatic activity from official Kyiv. tions are over, Ukraine has to address Mr. Taylor announced on July 7 that war and not for offensive purposes, U.S. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called enduring challenges, changes and new Ukraine had formally requested to pur- and Ukrainian officials have said. Another his Russian counterpart the following day opportunities not only in the domestic but chase U.S. military equipment for the first to express his disgust and reached out to time, but he and the Embassy did not speci- (Continued on page 7) Ukraine’s German and French partners in (Continued on page 4) Parma cathedral’s parish celebrates 95th anniversary

by Father John Nakonachny PARMA, Ohio – St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Parma, Ohio, annu- ally celebrates its patron saint’s day (July 28). This year’s celebration was especially uplifting because the parish celebrated its 95th anniversary. The commemoration began on Saturday evening, July 27, with vespers and a memo- rial service for deceased clergy, wives of married pastors and faithful who had labored in the Lord’s Vineyard since the formation of the parish. On Sunday, July 28, hundreds of faithful gathered at the cathedral to welcome Metropolitan Antony, prime hierarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A., and Archbishop Daniel, hierarch of the Western Eparchy and president of the Consistory, who traveled to Parma to lead the celebra- tion of the hierarchal divine liturgy. Assisting at the altar were the cathedral clergy – Father John Nakonachny, pastor, Father Michael Hontaruk, assistant pastor, UOC-U.S.A. Hierarchs, clergy and faithful of St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Parma, Ohio, following the liturgy on Sunday, (Continued on page 17) July 28, when the parish marked its 95th anniversary. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2019 No. 32

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The Kremlin showcases Four Ukrainian soldiers killed in east ised him something, details of which would be disclosed later. The Kremlin said the two Kyiv says four Ukrainian soldiers have presidents discussed the prospects of coop- lost their lives in the latest clashes with its Ukrainian confidant Medvedchuk eration under the so-called Normandy for- Russia-backed separatists in the country’s mat for negotiations aimed at putting an end from Mr. Putin to Mr. Medvedchuk in the east. The Defense Ministry said in a state- by Vladimir Socor to the conflict, and agreed to intensify their run-up to Ukraine’s parliamentary elec- ment that the pro-Russia militants opened Eurasia Daily Monitor work on prisoner exchange. It was their sec- tions (which Mr. Zelenskyy’s party, Servant fire at Ukrainian military positions in the ond publicly announced phone call since Mr. Russian President Vladimir Putin is pro- of the People, went on to win). Mr. Stone’s Donetsk region on August 6, using grenade- Zelenskyy was elected president in April. moting his closest Ukrainian confidant, latest documentary film, “Revealing launchers, machine guns and assault rifles. Later in the day, the Ukrainian president said Viktor Medvedchuk, on the international Ukraine”, which premiered in June and “We say with sadness that, as a result of the he had also spoken with French President level. This effort was manifest ahead of received a top prize at the Taormina film enemy’s attacks today, according to the Emmanuel Macron, and that his French festival, gives Mr. Medvedchuk top billing, information in our possession, four of our Ukraine’s parliamentary elections and is counterpart had supported his call for a new heroes sustained injuries, to which they suc- set to continue thereafter. with Mr. Putin appearing rather in a sup- round of talks within the Normandy format, cumbed,” the statement said. It was the The Kremlin is using Mr. Medvedchuk in portive role. The film – tailored to the elec- which involves France, Germany, Ukraine highest daily casualty toll in the Ukrainian several parallel roles: First, as leader of the torate of Mr. Medvedchuk’s party, the and Russia. (RFE/RL, with reporting by conflict since a truce was agreed nearly pro-Russia opposition in Ukraine’s newly Opposition Platform – For Life (OP-FL) – Reuters, AFP, AP and Interfax) elected Parliament. Second, as a long-time was distributed in Ukraine at the height of three weeks ago. President Volodymyr proponent of restructuring Ukraine along the parliamentary election campaign. In a Zelenskyy called the incident an attempt to Moscow Court to hear seamen’s appeals “undermine” Ukraine’s efforts toward federal lines to weaken the central govern- separate conversation with Mr. Stone, its The Moscow City Court will hear argu- peace, and called on France, Germany and ment. Third, most recently, as international airing timed to Ukraine’s July 21 parlia- ments on August 16 in the case of six of the Russia to “meet as quickly as possible to explainer of Russia’s policy on Ukraine gen- mentary elections, Mr. Putin revealed that 24 Ukrainian crewmen detained in Russia, resume negotiations.” Germany, France, erally and the Minsk armistice in particular. he views Mr. Medvedchuk’s party as the TASS news agency has reported. They, Ukraine, and Russia are part of the so-called And fourth, as fixer for the selective release Russia’s only available ally in Ukraine’s cur- along with seven other sailors, have been Normandy format for talks aimed at putting of Ukrainian captives in the Russian- rent political environment. ordered to stay in pretrial detention until an end to fighting between Ukrainian forces To help the Russophile-leftist OP-FL pick October 24, while 11 others will be held controlled territory and in Russia itself, and the separatists who control parts of the up some centrist support, Mr. Putin used until October 26. A lower court prolonged leveraging Mr. Medvedchuk politically in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Mr. the Stone interview to portray Mr. their detention on July 17 as they await trial that role against Ukraine’s president and Zelenskyy wrote on his Facebook page that Medvedchuk as a Ukrainian patriot and on charges of “trespassing” in what Russia government. Kyiv “will not cease to work toward ending claims are its territorial waters. If found On July 18, Mr. Putin received Mr. independently minded politician whose hostilities or leave any attack on our sol- guilty, the sailors face up to six years in pris- Medvedchuk in St. Petersburg to highlight views can differ from Mr. Putin’s. Crediting diers unanswered.” Since April 2014, more the presentation that Mr. Medvedchuk had Mr. Medvedchuk with “holding his own on. Russia has held the Ukrainian sailors than 13,000 people have been killed in the since its forces fired on, boarded, and seized given the day before in the European position about the [identity of the] conflict. A new ceasefire agreement was their vessels near the Strait on Parliament about the war in Ukraine. Titled Ukrainian people,” the Russian president supposed to go into effect on July 22 in November 25, 2018. Ukraine called the the “Concept Plan to Resolve the Crisis in insinuated that Mr. Medvedchuk’s view on accordance with an agreement reached in this matter owes something to Mr. attack and capture of 24 crewmen a viola- the South-East of Ukraine,” the project sug- Minsk on July 17 by Ukrainian and Russian tion of international maritime law. Western gests introducing federalism in Ukraine Medvedchuk’s “nationalist father.” envoys as well as members of the Restating his own conviction that leaders have demanded that Russia release under other names (special status, autono- Organization for Security and Cooperation the crew, and the incident has led to the “Russians and Ukrainians, generally speak- my, autonomous region) to implement the in Europe. But the sides have been accusing imposition of additional sanctions on ing, are one people; essentially one nation,” political clauses of the Minsk armistice (see each other of violating the agreement since Russia. In May, the U.S. sanctioned six accompanying article on page 3). Mr. Putin conceded in this conversation then. (RFE/RL, with reporting by AP) Russians, including at least two Federal that “a significant part of the people who Mr. Putin confirmed his endorsement of Zelenskyy urges Putin to resume peace talks Security Service officers and about a half- this project when receiving Mr. live in Ukraine today believe that they must dozen defense firms, in coordination with Medvedchuk, and they noted that the lat- emphasize their national identity, even Ukrainian President Volodymyr the European Union and Canada. Ukraine ter’s appearance in the European fight for it.” Moreover, “Ukraine’s present Zelenskyy says he has called his Russian the same month won a favorable ruling Parliament marked an unprecedented authorities [under President Zelenskyy] counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to urge him to from the Hamburg-based International breakthrough by Ukraine’s “party of peace” are clearly unwilling to draw closer to help halt fighting in eastern Ukraine, follow- Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, which in a major Western forum. Russian propa- Russia, although drawing closer is ultimate- ing the killing of four soldiers there. “I called ordered Russia to release all 24 sailors and ganda picked up and played back Mr. ly inevitable.” In this situation, according to him urgently. I told him that this brings us the three impounded vessels. In a resolution no closer to peace,” Mr. Zelenskyy said dur- Medvedchuk’s message to Ukraine that Mr. Putin, “Medvedchuk and his party com- on July 18, the newly elected European ing a news briefing in Kyiv, adding that he Kyiv can end the war by negotiating direct- rades stand for restoring Ukraine’s good Parliament called on Russia “to release had urged Mr. Putin to ask the Moscow- ly with the Donetsk-Luhansk “people’s relations with Russia” and “drawing closer without further delay and unconditionally backed forces who are holding parts of east- republics” (implicitly recognizing them) to it” (Kremlin.ru, July 19). all illegally and arbitrarily detained The Opposition Platform–For Life is ern Ukraine to “stop killing our people.” He and that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also said the Russian president had prom- (Continued on page 14) should initiate bilateral negotiations with indeed the sole pro-Russia party in the Kremlin (i.e., without Western partici- Ukraine’s newly elected Parliament; it is pation) (Kremlin.ru, 112.UA TV, July 18). also the single largest among the opposi- In a follow-up analysis of his own (112. tion parties in this Parliament and is the FOUNDED 1933 UA TV, July 30), Mr. Medvedchuk identifies only pro-Russia party of any significance in The Ukrainian Weekly three distinct positions in Europe regarding the country as a whole. 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President Poroshenko finally Copyright © 2019 The Ukrainian Weekly removed him from that post in 2018, and Correction the new president, Mr. Zelenskyy, has ruled In the July 28 issue, there was a bio- out reappointing him; but Mr. Medvedchuk ADMINISTRATION OF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY AND SVOBODA graphical error in the book note “Odessa has continued in the fixer’s role and is cred- (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 Recollected” regarding the author Patricia ited with having obtained the release of Walter Honcharyk, administrator and advertising manager fax: (973) 644-9510 Herlihy. Dr. Herlihy, the book publisher 489 detainees from 2014 to date. In the e-mail: [email protected] informed, passed away on October 24, immediate run-up to Ukraine’s 2019 par- Subscription Department (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 2018. This information has been updated e-mail: [email protected] in the story online. (Continued on page 17) No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2019 3

NEWS ANALYSIS Putin ally Medvedchuk proposes Donbas autonomy under Minsk terms

by Vladimir Socor terms “special status,” “autonomy” and two ways: as a precedent-setter for Donbas Mr. Medvedchuk) of the Russian-controlled Eurasia Daily Monitor “autonomous region,” instead of federaliza- autonomy, and a hook to pull the latter into Donbas, an amnesty law regarding war tion. Russia and its local allies have learned the same section of the Constitution. crimes and related violent offenses in that On July 17, Viktor Medvedchuk, the lead- that the term “federalization” triggers Politically, the calculation seems to be that territory (for the legal whitewash of Russia’s er of the pro-Russia opposition in Ukraine’s alarm and defensive reactions in Ukraine the Donbas autonomy might be less diffi- proxies), and a law on local elections in that newly elected Parliament, visited the and in neighboring Moldova. cult to sell if packaged with the Crimean territory (for the democratic whitewash). European Parliament in Strasbourg, where Mr. Medvedchuk’s project would merge autonomy. That way, the Donbas autonomy Those enactments are proposed in exe- he launched a “Concept Plan to Resolve the the Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s repub- would be presented as upholding Ukraine’s cution of the political clauses of the Minsk Crisis in the South-East of Ukraine.” A long- lics” into one “autonomous region of the legal title to its territorial integrity. armistice from which they directly derive. time Kremlin ally, Mr. Medvedchuk is also Donbas,” nominally within Ukraine. (It is “And, therefore, Ukraine would not stop The Ukrainian Parliament began the pro- the foremost local proponent of Ukraine’s unclear whether this autonomous region being a unitary state. And there shall be cess of adopting those legislative acts in federalization but has now replaced that would be limited to territory under Russian absolutely no federal structure, not a shad- 2014 and 2015, under pressure from the incendiary term with some euphemisms. He control at this time, or perhaps result in ow of a federation, no intention of federaliz- German government and the U.S. adminis- offers this project as a means to implement further claims to the remainder of ing. We are changing nothing in this tration of President Barack Obama. But the the political terms of the Minsk armistice. Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.) regard,” Mr. Medvedchuk stated. Kyiv, how- Parliament together with then-President The initial presentation was not an offi- The Donbas autonomy would be intro- ever, must negotiate the Donbas autonomy Petro Poroshenko found the resolve to stop cial event of the European Parliament, nor a duced into Ukraine’s Constitution by an status directly with Donetsk-Luhansk in the that process by 2016. Those four enact- “hearing,” but rather an informal roundta- addendum to the already-existing section first stage, then with Moscow in a format ments were never completed and are pro- ble, which members of the European where ’s autonomy is enshrined. comprising Kyiv, Donetsk/Luhansk and cedurally dead after the expiry of that Parliament are entitled to organize for guest Thus, the Constitution would henceforth Moscow (112.UA, July 25; Nezavisimaya Parliament’s term. If the new Parliament speakers in the side rooms. After unveiling provide for two autonomies within Gazeta, July 28). Such a format would clear- decides to reconsider them, it would have his project in the European Parliament Ukraine: the Donbas and Crimea, “confer- ly point toward a contractual arrangement to restart the whole process from scratch. (112.UA TV, July 17, 18; Zagittya.com.ua, July ring all of Crimea’s [pre-2014] prerogatives of a federal type, under Russian mediation Meanwhile, the legislation adopted in 18, 19), Mr. Medvedchuk elaborated on the and rights, already stipulated in that sec- and consequently under Russian guaran- January 2018 is the law of the land. This project one week later (112.UA, July 25; tion, onto the autonomous region of tees in this project’s intent. blocks a special status for the Donbas, elec- Nezavisimaya Gazeta, July 28). He then flew Donbas as well.” In Mr. Medvedchuk’s scheme (as well as tions in the Russian-controlled territory, to Russia to see President Vladimir Putin, Crimea had the status of an autonomous under the terms of the Minsk armistice), the negotiations with Russia on those topics, or who endorsed the plan (see accompanying republic within Ukraine until Russia seized autonomous Donbas would retain its existing any negotiations with Moscow’s proxies. article on page 2), and continued airing it in it from Ukraine in 2014. Ukraine, however, “People’s Militia” [a Russia-led military force], This legislation sets preconditions that can Ukraine. was legally defined as a unitary state before intelligence service, police and judiciary. Mr. only be met by Russia’s de-occupation of In Strasbourg, Mr. Medvedchuk stated 2014, and it remains so defined to date. Mr. Medvedchuk quotes the Minsk terms to justi- the Donbas and abandonment (closure upfront that he developed this project fol- Medvedchuk claims that even with two fy his own position in this regard (Zagittya. down) of the two “republics.” lowing consultations with the leaders of autonomies in its Constitution, Ukraine com.ua, 112.UA TV, July 29, 30). Mr. Medvedchuk’s project and his the “unrecognized Donetsk and Luhansk would remain a unitary state. It is a purely An “autonomous region of the Donbas,” accompanying remarks use the terms people’s republics” and with Russian lead- legalistic game, since this project stops as a single unit merging the two “republics,” autonomy, autonomous region and special ers (unnamed, but hinting at Mr. Putin). He short of addressing Russia’s military con- is an innovation that revises the political status interchangeably, carefully avoiding connected this project directly to a restart trol over both territories. terms of the Minsk armistice. Those terms the term “federalization.” This is a “concept of efforts to implement the political aspects Mr. Medvedchuk’s presentation designated certain areas within Ukraine’s plan” for further discussion, seeking to of the Minsk armistice following the recent acknowledged that “Russia refuses any dis- Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, viewing these inject further ambiguities and confusion presidential and parliamentary elections in cussion with anyone about Crimea”; never- as two distinct entities. Nevertheless, the into debates as Ukraine’s new Parliament Ukraine. theless, “Our position is that Crimea is a legislative mechanism to implement Mr. and new government take office. The term “federalization” as such does territory of Ukraine under the Medvedchuk’s scheme is basically the same not occur in Mr. Medvedchuk’s project (nor Constitution.” Without at least reopening mechanism as envisaged by the Minsk armi- The article above is reprinted from does that word occur in the Minsk armi- this issue with Russia, however, Mr. stice. It consists of four legislative acts: a law Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from stice documents, from which his concept Medvedchuk’s project instrumentalizes to adopt the constitutional amendments, a its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, plan proceeds). This project employs the Crimea’s Ukrainian constitutional status in law on the special status (or autonomy, per www.jamestown.org.

UCCA praises bipartisan sanctions bill targeting Russia’s Nord Stream 2

UCCA pipeline project, which poses a significant he will not use it against the West.” European Energy Security Act being taken risk to European energy security,” stated “Putin’s pipeline is a trap,” added Sen. up by entire Senate and House of NEW YORK – The Protect European Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking mem- John Barrasso (R-Wyo.). Representatives in the weeks and months Energy Security Act, bipartisan legislation ber of the Senate Foreign Relations “While the average American may have to come.” introduced by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen Committee. “If completed, this pipeline… never heard of Nord Stream, this pipeline Only Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Tom (D-N.H.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in May of would further undermine Ukraine’s eco- has created something highly unusual in Udall (D-N.M.) opposed the measure voted this year, was approved on July 31 by the nomic security and potentially increase its American politics today: consensus among on by the Senate committee. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. By a vulnerability to further Russian military Republican and Democratic lawmakers,” The House of Representatives had vote of 20-2, the committee approved a bill incursions,” added the senator, concluding commented UCCA President Andriy Futey. passed a resolution urging the cancellation (S 1441) that would impose targeted sanc- that “it would be foolish to give Putin yet “The Ukrainian Congress Committee of of Nord Stream 2 back in November of tions against vessels used to construct another, powerful, lever of power and think America looks forward to the Protect 2018. deep sea pipelines for Russian energy export projects, including Nord Stream 2. The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), the largest representation FOR THE RECORD: Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Ministry of Americans of Ukrainian descent, said it has long been critical of the pipeline proj- on Russia’s designation of the UWC as “undesirable” ect it considers a “Trojan Horse” designed The following statement was released cies aimed at eliminating public organiza- sion against Ukraine, implement educa- to keep the European Union beholden to by Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on tions of the Ukrainian minority on the ter- tional programs and the Ukrainian educa- Moscow. July 12 in reaction to the July 11 announce- ritory of the Russian Federation. tion outside of Ukraine, and preserve the Last month, the House Foreign Affairs ment by Russia’s Prosecutor General On the other hand, one cannot but national memory of the victims of the Committee by voice vote approved the declaring the Ukrainian World Congress an rejoice at the fact that the non-govern- Holodomor in Ukraine in 1932-1933. Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act “undesirable” organization. mental organization of Ukrainians regis- Ukraine is ready to take all steps in (HR 3206), introduced by Rep. Adam tered in Canada “poses a threat to the fun- response to this shameful decision of the Kinzinger (R-Ill.) and Rep. Denny Heck The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of damentals of the constitutional order and aggressor state, and calls upon the inter- (D-Wash.). Ukraine expresses its strong protest in security of the Russian Federation.” The national community to consider this deci- “For years, Russia has tried to use ener- connection with the decision of the Ukrainian World Congress will always be a sion of the General Prosecutor’s Office of gy dependence as a means to put undue Russian Prosecutor General’s Office to threat to the Kremlin, although the pur- Russia as another daring violation of fun- political influence on our European allies,” recognize the activity of the Ukrainian pose of this organization is to support damental human rights, including the explained Rep. Kinzinger. “Through intimi- World Congress as “undesirable.” This Ukrainian identity, rehabilitate Ukrainian rights of the Ukrainian minority in Russia, dation and coercion, Vladimir Putin has decision once again demonstrated the wounded servicemen and civilians, who and to increase diplomatic pressure on weaponized natural gas across the region.” immutability of Russia’s repressive poli- have suffered from Russian armed aggres- the criminal Kremlin regime. “I am opposed to the Nord Stream 2 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2019 No. 32

UMANA holds biennial convention in Park City, Utah CHICAGO – The Ukrainian Medical Association of North America (UMANA) held its 45th Scientific Conference and 38th Assembly of Delegates on June 19-23, in Park City, Utah. Sixty-five attendees, representing nine chapters of UMANA, gathered to hear pre- sentations on “Current Concepts in Emergent Care – Emergent Threats to Medicine” and conduct the association’s corporate biennial business meeting. The Scientific Conference was jointly sponsored with Trinitas Regional Medical Center of Elizabeth, N.J., and made available up to 10 hours of continuing medical education (CME) credits to the participants. The conference commenced on Wednesday at the Park City Marriott Hotel Maria Hrycelak Confreres attending the UMANA Scientific Conference. with a welcoming reception for arriving Medicine”; Dr. Leo Wolansky, “Imaging of members and guests. Head Trauma”; and Dr. Steven Yevich, Scientific sessions took place Thursday “Immunotherapy – A Paradigm Shift in and Friday mornings under the direction of Cancer Care?”. Dr. Roxolana Horbowyj con- UMANA Conference Coordinator Dr. Peter ducted the “Stop the Bleed” course. Lenchur. On Friday evening conference partici- Speakers included: Dr. Ariadne Bach, pants gathered for a group reunion buffet, “Emergent Radiological Findings in the during which new members attending the Oncological Patient”; Dr. Celia (Symchak) meeting publically received new member Hildebrand, “Use of Auricular Acupuncture certificates. The evening concluded with a for trauma and Disaster Relief – Experience sing-along led by Drs. Ronald Liteplo and of teaching in Ukraine”; Dr. Lenchur, Askold Mosijczuk, with Dr. Wolansky’s gui- “Emerging Cardiac Treatments and Anti- tar supplying the musical accompaniment. Coagulants”; Dr. Andrew Liteplo, “Point-of- At the biennial corporate business meet- care Ultrasound: Everyone’s Using It, Why ing on Saturday morning, members heard Aren’t You?”; Dr. Marta Lopatynsky, reports from UMANA officers and commit- “Revolutions and Evolutions in Ophthal­ tees. Of particular note was the induction New board members (from left): President Peter Lenchur, M.D., President-elect Leo mology”; Dr. Roman Kozickyj, “Palliative Wolansky, M.D., Vice president Marta Lopatynsky, M.D., Treasurer Roman Kozyckyj, M.D. Care”; Dr. Igor Prus, “Emergencies in Sports (Continued on page 14)

In the coming weeks, Mr. Zelenskyy is tiously, saying that President Trump would European integration, who has preferred to Zelenskyy... scheduled to visit Warsaw and Washington, consider participating in a Minsk+ format if stay on and lead Ukraine’s efforts in interna- where he will meet with U.S. President there were indications that it would yield tional litigation concerning Russia. (Continued from page 1) Donald Trump, and to address the United results. and have said earlier that The president settled on Vadym Prystaiko, also in the foreign spheres. Nations General Assembly in New York. they are not enthusiastic about broadening a deputy minister of foreign affairs, former Ukraine, a country still in transition and The war with Russia and security issues, the Normandy format to include Washington. ambassador to Canada and head of Ukraine’s experiencing major difficulties, remains at including in the energy sphere, are the top Apart from agreeing to a new ceasefire, Mission to NATO, but his appointment was war with Russia, and international support – concerns of the new administration, but Kyiv has also agreed to a disengagement of blocked by the outgoing Parliament on June political, military and economic – is vital. ensuring continuing financial support, boost- forces in Stanytsia Luhanska, and, reaching 6 when it refused to accept the departure of Kyiv’s foreign policy is conditioned by these ing investment and trade, winning lawsuits out to the Ukrainian population across the Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo Klimkin. realities, and the alignment with Euro- in international courts against Russia, and divide, initiated the rebuilding of a strategic In the meantime, the new president has Atlantic structures is a question not of choice better managing relations with the country’s bridge between Ukrainian-held territory and fallen out with the experienced Minister or necessity, but of survival. other neighbors are also important. the occupied zone. Klimkin, who is currently on leave. He has After the acrimonious presidential elec- In his election campaign, Mr. Zelenskyy In the meantime, Moscow continues to also chosen to replace numerous ambassa- tion in which Mr. Zelenskyy was presented stressed that he stands for peace and end- drag its feet on the issue of exchanging those dors, including Kyiv’s ambassador to by his political opponents as an inexperi- ing the war with Russia. But he has discov- considered prisoners of war, hostages and Washington, Valeriy Chaly. As a result, the enced populist ready to sell out to Russia, it ered that because of President Vladimir political prisoners. It has also threatened to Foreign Affairs Ministry has been left effec- came as a relief to many both at home and Putin’s intransigence, there are no obvious extend illegally its military control from the tively rudderless at this transitional juncture. abroad that he and his team were not about solutions or quick fixes. Consequently, after to the Black Sea by blocking off The victorious Servant of the People party to change direction. his initial baptism of fire in dealing with the large segments of it, ostensibly for the pur- has nominated the former diplomat-turned- Speaking at a press conference in Kyiv on Kremlin, he has had to reinforce Kyiv’s poses of military exercises outspoken critic of the country’s foreign-poli- July 27, U.S. Special Representative for position that there will be no yielding to The challenges do not end with the sim- cy-making establishment, Bohdan Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker summed up Russian demands that Kyiv enter into direct mering war in the Donbas and Crimea. Yaremenko, to head the Verkhovna Rada’s the response from Ukraine’s foreign friends: relations with the Kremlin’s proxies in the On the western side, Ukraine is confront- Committee on Foreign Relations. A foreign “The Ukrainian people clearly voted for Russian-supported “separatist” enclaves in ed with unfriendly actions from a member of policy and security expert, he advocates change. They voted for peace. They voted for the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, or that it the European Union and NATO, Hungary, and pragmatism in putting Ukrainian national reform. They voted for a Ukraine that is part will make concessions regarding Crimea or has somewhat strained relations with the interests above those of foreign ones. of Europe, part of NATO, part of the West.” federalizing Ukraine. eastern pillar of the EU, Poland, as a result of Mr. Yaremenko and others from the new Since his election, President Zelenskyy has Meanwhile, apart from expressions of differences about the interpretation of the team acknowledge that Ukraine’s foreign emphasized continuity in Ukraine’s foreign continuing support, Ukraine’s partners have past that were played up in recent years. policy, both in its formulation and practical policy, albeit with possible new tweaks, and placed the onus on the Zelenskyy adminis- The extent of support from allies and delivery, need to be overhauled and refined. that was his message in his first official visits tration to produce fresh initiatives to break friends is never entirely predictable. But if the In their view, the general approach needs abroad – to Paris, Berlin and Ankara. In the the deadlock. As Secretary of State Michael area for maneuverability is limited, the scope reviewing and updating, and greater empha- Turkish capital on August 7, the Ukrainian Pompeo, after reaffirming Washington’s for Ukraine being able to enhance the effec- sis must be placed on the quality of the coun- president expressed his strong belief that “the backing for Ukraine, put it on July 30: “New tiveness of its foreign policy certainly exists. try’s diplomats and their support staff, their day will come when Crimea will return to president – I hope that that will engender a President Zelenskyy is a total newcomer to skills and motivation. Ukraine and the united Crimean Tatar fami- more creative set of ideas about how to foreign affairs. Despite what appears from the Mr. Danylyuk, who is busily, but quietly, for- lies will gather at one table.” resolve this problem.” international feedback to be a promising start mulating and articulating the changes needed Recalling the deportation of the Crimean Seeking to kick start the moribund “Minsk in this sphere, he has had problems from the in strategic sectors such as defense, energy Tatar population 75 years ago by the Soviet peacemaking process,” Mr. Zelenskyy has very start – first with appointing a new for- and foreign relations, has identified a critical regime of Joseph Stalin, Mr. Zelensky said that, called on Mr. Putin to accept the involvement eign affairs minister of his own choosing in change that needs to be made in the mindset beginning in 2014 with the illegal annexation of both the U.S. and Britain. The Russian accordance with his presidential prerogative. and approach of the new administration. of Crimea, Russia again brings pain and grief president has reiterated the same precondi- His first two choices were former Finance Relations with the outside world should be to the Crimean land. “Many tions – de facto recognition of the puppet Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk, who has built on the principle of partnership and not were forced to leave their home again. And Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” become the secretary of the National of Ukraine being a victim with an out- those who remained suffer from arrests, and Russia’s “ownership” of Crimea. Security and Defense Council, and Olena stretched hand. That, he told the news media, searches and constant oppression.” The American side has responded cau- Zerkal, deputy minister of foreign affairs for on July 29, is “the new order of the day.” No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2019 5

UNA CELEBRATES 125 YEARS: A snapshot from history, 1969

Seen on the right are participants of the 1969 annual meeting of the Ukrainian National Association’s Supreme Assembly which was held at Soyuzivka on May 26-30. Standing immediately in front of the bust of Taras Shevchenko are Supreme President Joseph Lesawyer (right) and the noted writ- er Ulas Samchuk. Also in the group are UNA Executive Committee members: Supreme Vice-President Stephen Kuropas, Supreme Vice- Presidentess Mary Dushnyck, Supreme Vice-President for Canada Bohdan Zorych, Supreme Vice-President and Recording Secretary Walter Sochan, Supreme Secretary Dr. Jaroslaw Padoch and Supreme Treasurer Peter Pucilo. Among the recommendations adopted by the Supreme Assembly were: the establishment of a per- manent foundation of the UNA with initial capital of $500,000, the inter- est from which could be utilized annually for the encouragement and support of Ukrainian cultural and scholarly endeavors. The UNA Executive Committee was charged with preparing a detailed plan for the foundation for presentation to the UNA Convention in 1970. A photo archive of UNA history has been launched on the UNA website. It is a work in progress that will be expanded and refined. To take a look, go to unainc. org/una/the-una-is-125-years-old/. Saul 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2019 No. 32

COMMENTARY The Ukrainian Weekly Another “ceasefire” Reagan’s Cold War lessons This past week, four Ukrainian soldiers were killed in Russia’s continuing war against Ukraine. According to Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense, pro-Russian militants for handling Russia opened fire at Ukrainian military positions on August 6, using grenade-launchers, by William Courtney to yield results. Instead, Reagan turned up machine guns and assault rifles. It was the highest daily death toll since President the pressure. Together with allies, he aided Rising public protests in Russia, drama- Volodymyr Zelenskyy took office, and it occurred three weeks after a ceasefire had rebels in Afghanistan and Solidarity in tized by the police cracking heads last been agreed upon. Poland, engaged in a major military build- weekend in Moscow, may be putting the Yes, that’s right. A ceasefire was supposed to be in effect. up, and exposed Soviet disinformation. Kremlin on the defensive at home. Abroad, According to an agreement reached in Minsk on July 17 by Ukrainian and Russian This helped lay the groundwork for the however, the Kremlin is playing offense, envoys as well as members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in accomplishments of Reagan’s second term, challenging the United States and the West Europe (known as the Trilateral Contact Group), a “harvest ceasefire” in the Donbas the one for which he is most remembered. more than at any time since the early was to go into effect on July 22. Unfortunately, there’s nothing new here. Ceasefires When reformist Soviet leader Mikhail announced as part of the two major Minsk agreements of September 2014 and 1980s, when Ronald Reagan was president. Gorbachev came to power in 1985, he was February 2015 – which were supposed to have brought peace to Ukraine – have Reagan’s strategy to counter the Kremlin eager to lift the depressed Soviet economy failed. Twenty truces agreed upon since the beginning of the war have also been vio- back then offers insights that could help by easing tensions with the West and lated. What’s more, the so-called Normandy format talks on the Donbas – involving guide U.S. policy today. reducing military spending. Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany – have not taken place since 2016. Meanwhile, the death toll continues to rise. Over 13,000 have been killed in Call and response The two presidents began modestly, by increasing people-to-people and consular Ukraine’s east since 2014; each of these victims has a name and a grieving family, In recent years Moscow has stuck its fin- ties. Then they reached higher by negotiat- and a nation in mourning. The latest four were Marines Oleksandr Sharko (born ger in the West’s eye in multiple ways. It ing the historic Intermediate-Range 1988), Vladyslav Rak (1998), Serhiy Shandra (1995) and Vasyl Kurdov (1999). started with the 2014 invasion of Ukraine Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the first President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacted to the deaths of four more of his service- and annexation of Crimea. Russian-led forc- accord ever to eliminate an entire class of men by describing the August 6 “incident” as an attempt to “undermine” Ukraine’s es in Ukraine then shot down Malaysia nuclear arms. These steps built confidence efforts toward peace, and by calling Russian President Vladimir Putin and telling Airlines Flight 17, killing 298 mostly Dutch and habits of cooperation that allowed the him that he must exert influence over the Donbas fighters and agree to relaunch citizens, and the simmering war in countries later to cooperate on German peace talks. “I called him urgently. I told him that this brings us no closer to peace,” Ukraine’s east has continued to undermine reunification and on a joint condemnation RFE/RL quoted Mr. Zelenskyy as saying during a news briefing in Kyiv. European security. In the same year, of Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Ukraine’s president then called French President Emmanuel Macron to urge the Washington accused Russia of building Just as they did in the early 1980s, the Normandy four to convene “as quickly as possible to resume negotiations.” According new missiles that violate the terms of the United States and the West today face a to the Presidential Office, Mr. Zelensky also underscored that this wasn’t the first 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces shelling by the enemy aimed at disrupting the peace process initiated by the Ukraine. Kremlin that emphasizes military interven- Treaty. In 2015, Moscow sent air power to Bringing peace to the Donbas was one of the priorities cited by candidate tion and political confrontation, and suffers bolster the brutal regime of Bashar al Zelenskyy; now it is one of the greatest challenges facing his new administration and from a stagnating economy. To buttress its Assad in Syria. the newly elected Verkhovna Rada in which his Servant of the People party controls assertive posture toward the West, the Then came what the Mueller report the majority of seats. Mr. Zelenskyy had previously proposed that the United States Kremlin employs shrill propaganda and called “sweeping and systematic” interfer- and the United Kingdom participate in the Normandy format talks – and the idea has scare tactics. During a speech in March ence in the United States’ 2016 presidential been supported by U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker, who said 2018, for example, Russian President election. In 2017 Russia denied that the the U.S. would certainly consider the proposal if Russia was ready to talk seriously Vladimir Putin showed a video simulating a Assad regime launched a deadly chemical about ending the conflict. The problem is, as former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine nuclear strike on Florida. weapons attack in Syria. Last year Kremlin Steven Pifer, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, wrote more than two years Critics of President Donald Trump point agents used a banned chemical weapons ago: “…there is little evidence to suggest improved future prospects for Minsk II’s to diplomatic fumbles – particularly his agent to poison former spy Sergey Skripal implementation, primarily because the Kremlin does not seem to want peace.” refusal to confront Mr. Putin on meddling in in Britain. Moscow is now frustrating the The idea of the U.S. joining the Normandy group is certain to be discussed when the 2016 elections – as enabling Russia’s West and many Latin American countries Presidents Donald Trump and Zelensky meet in Washington sometime in continued international aggression. But by backing Nicolás Maduro’s disastrous September. It is clear to all that the peace process has stalled; perhaps the involve- any U.S. president would struggle to make regime in Venezuela. ment of the U.S. and the U.K. at this stage can jumpstart that process. much progress with today’s hardline In response, the United States imposed Kremlin. sanctions on Russian entities, NATO built Mr. Trump’s supposedly “very, very good up forces, and the West boosted military relationship” with Mr. Putin aside, the West and economic aid to Ukraine. These steps overall is again relying more on strength raised the cost to Russia of its misbehavior, Turning the pages back... than accommodation in dealing with the Aug. and they possibly deterred some additional Kremlin. In addition to sanctions and a big- malign activity. What they did not do is ger NATO presence, the West is also boost- Seventy years ago, on August 19, 1939, a commentary on compel Russia to fully retreat from any of ing resilience to cyber and election interfer- 19 Russian-American relations spelled out issues related to an the activities listed above. aggressive Russia that are reminiscent of the situation today. The ence, and cooperating with countries in the 1939 aim of the 1939 commentary was to argue against the U.S. forces Echoes of recent history Americas seeking to restore democracy in Venezuela. joining some sort of an alliance with the Soviet Union in the This Kremlin aggressiveness is similar to Washington could prepare for future event that a second world war erupted. what transpired during Reagan’s first term. diplomatic openings – as Reagan did for the In the days leading to the start of World War II with the invasion of Poland on The Soviet Union sought to subdue negotiations that led to the INF Treaty – but September 1, 1939, by Nazi Germany, the commentary noted: Afghanistan, threatened Europe and “The much-publicized threat of the Axis powers in Europe to worldwide peace and sta- breakthroughs may have to wait for a with new SS-20 missiles, shot down Korean bility, and the aggression of Japan and its apparent menace to American interests in China, Kremlin that is less aggressive abroad and Airlines flight 007, and coerced Poland into and finally the hope that the Soviet Union will join the rising coalition against these so- emphasizes economic and social improve- snuffing out the Solidarity trade union by called aggressor nations, has affected American public opinion to the extent that some ment at home. imposing martial law. portions of it are becoming color-blind to the hue of Soviet economic, social and political As in Reagan’s initial years, today may be Amid the deaths in quick succession of ideology, and to the gory results of that ideology in practice. …In fact, a tendency seems to a time to counter misbehavior until diplo- three aged, rigid Soviet leaders, Reagan be growing in some quarters here to look upon Communism, especially its hotbed, Soviet macy can pay greater dividends. In the eschewed summit-level meetings with Russia, with kindly eyes.” meantime, people-to-people ties as well as Moscow. Summitry with a Kremlin that “…Everyone should be made to realize that America and Soviet Russia (proper) have scientific and commercial interactions help overestimated Soviet power and underesti- very little or nothing in common, for America has always been a democracy while Russia sustain a foundation for better future rela- mated Western determination was unlikely an autocracy. Consequently, no real neighborly feeling, least of all any friendship, is possi- tions. ble between the two, especially since what the former cultivates – i.e., democratic princi- ples – the latter does its best to destroy.” William Courtney, an adjunct senior fel- The commentary above was published on The commentary continued: “There has never been any traditional friendship between low at the nonpartisan, nonprofit RAND August 2 in Real Clear World. It is reprinted America and Russia, for which America is entirely blameless. During the American Revolution, Corporation, was U.S. ambassador to here with the author’s permission. (See for example, Russian sympathy was entirely on the side of the British. The most autocratic Kazakhstan, Georgia, and a U.S.-Soviet com- https://www.realclearworld.com/arti- government in the world could scarcely have helped sympathizing with autocracy in its mission to implement the Threshold Test cles/2019/08/02/reagans_cold_war_les- attempt to suppress democracy, especially when only a year before (1775) that government Ban Treaty. He also served as special assis- sons_for_handling_russia_113070.html- had crushed for a long time to come the last vestige of democracy within its own borders, tant to the president and senior director of https://www.realclearworld.com/arti- by destroying the [Ukrainian] Zaporizhian Sich, the last stronghold of Ukrainian liberties.” the National Security Council staff for cles/2019/08/02/reagans_cold_war_les- Russia also refused to recognize the independence of the United States of America until Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia. sons_for_handling_russia_113070.html.) long after it had been recognized elsewhere. The U.S., the commentary added, had through its adopted policies warned Russia that it has no claim to California to prevent Russia’s sei- zure of it. In the first world war, the U.S. was reluctant to engage militarily on the side of imperial Visit our archive online: www.ukrweekly.com (Continued on page 15) No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2019 7

COMMENTARY FROM FAR Legal challenges for President Zelenskyy AND WIDE by Marco Levytsky by Bohdan A. Futey when they adopted a process for amend- ment. The rule of law is vital to the advance- The amendment process is set forth in ment of democracy worldwide, which, in Chapter XIII of the Constitution. Draft A tribute to a retiring senator, turn, will help provide a more prosperous amendments pertaining to general princi- economic environment. Article 8 of ples of government, elections and the Ukraine’s Constitution enshrines a commit- amendment process must be submitted to Canada’s Raynell Andreychuk ment to the rule of law, stating that “the the Constitutional Court to ensure compli- On August 14, the Ukrainian Canadian principle of rule of law is recognized and ance with Articles 154 through 159 of the community will lose one of its most effec- effective.” Constitution. All amendments must be tive parliamentarians when Sen. Raynell The essential characteristics of the rule approved first by a majority of Parliament Andreychuk reaches the mandatory retire- of law include: and, if successful, then by two-thirds of ment age of 75. Parliament at the next session. In some To understand the idea of a mandatory that all persons, including government offi- instances, pursuant to Article 156, the pres- retirement age for senators, one must also cials,• The are subjectsupremacy to the of law. law, which means ident is additionally required to submit understand that the Canadian Senate is proposed changes for approval by a nation- substantially different from the American including interpersonal adjudication, law al referendum. one. In fact, it is modelled after the British based• A onjustice standards system and with robust key procedures.safeguards, It is imperative that any proposed House of Lords and is not elected, but amendments comply with these legal appointed by the governor general (repre- requirements. The restrictions set forth in senting the queen of England in Canada) on of powers,• Preservation including of individual an independent liberties. judi- the Constitution ensure that the executive ciary.• A political system based on separation does not exert unchecked authority. When the advice of the prime minister. On April 21, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a President proposes bypassing parliamen- Labelled by Canada’s first Prime elected president of Ukraine by an impres- tary approval, the rule of law must prevail, Minister John A. MacDonald as the cham- sive majority. The election was recognized because commitment to the rule of law is ber of “sober second thought,” the Senate by all international observers as being critical to the promotion of democracy and was not meant to be more than a revising democratic and transparent. Hopefully, the the realization of its promise. body or a brake on the House of Commons. Michelle Valberg Therefore, it was deliberately made an election will serve as a model for other This is not the first time that discussion Raynell Andreychuk countries in the region. Now, President has taken place on bypassing legal require- appointed house, since an elected Senate Zelenskyy and his advisers are discussing ments in Ukraine. Attempts were made might prove too popular and too powerful sored Bill C-459 in the Senate, which estab- legal changes and amendments, including under Presidents Viktor Yushchenko and and be able to block the will of the House of lished a Ukrainian Famine and Genocide the possibility of referenda. As this discus- Viktor Yanukovych. Under President Petro Commons, which is elected by popular vote (Holodomor) Memorial Day and recog- sion moves forward, it is particularly Poroshenko, however, the judiciary, includ- with representation by population like the nized the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-1933 important that the rule of law prevail and ing the Constitutional Court, was success- U.S. House of Representatives. as an act of genocide. Sen. Andreychuk Ukraine’s commitment to it not waiver. fully reformed. Now, individuals have the It is somewhat similar to the U.S. Senate sponsored Bill S-226, which enacted the For some, President Zelenskyy’s com- right to challenge the constitutionality of in that it is based on regional representa- Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign ments have raised concerns that his advis- laws. The law “On the Judiciary and the tion, but unlike the U.S. Senate, each prov- Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) in ers may circumvent the current laws to Status of Judges” became effective as of ince does not have an equal number of Canada on October 18, 2017. This act adopt new laws or amend the Constitution September 2016. In 2018, Parliament seats. Instead it is divided into four regions enables the Government of Canada to of Ukraine by referendum. If the president adopted a law providing for an Anti- (Ontario, Quebec, the first three Atlantic impose sanctions against perpetrators of proposes changes, and Parliament and the Corruption Court. All amendments and provinces and western Canada, each with gross violations of internationally recog- people agree, such changes should be legal, changes were adopted in accordance with 24 seats. Nine more seats were added later: nized human rights. as long as their implementation follows the the Constitution of Ukraine. This provides Newfoundland and Labrador getting six Sen. Andreychuk was a member and requirements outlined in the Constitution. an example of the proper path to amend seats when that fourth Atlantic province chair of the Canada-Ukraine Legislative Any suggestion by the president or his the Constitution. joined the Confederation in 1949, Yukon Project following Ukraine’s independence advisers that he is willing to bypass Elections for members of the new and the Northwest Territories getting one and held the position of vice-chair of the Parliament, however, would be troubling. Parliament were held on Sunday, July 21. each in 1975, and Nunavut getting a third Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Friendship The implementation of any amendment to The assessment by international observers when it was created as a separate territory Group. At the request of the government of the Constitution clearly requires parlia- was that the elections met international from the Northwest in 1999. But even on a Canada, she has led four election observer mentary approval. In the past, some have standards for free and fair elections that regional basis, it is greatly disproportion- missions to Ukraine. argued that Article 5 of the Constitution accurately reflect the will of the electorate. ate. The four western provinces with 31.55 Sen. Andreychuk served as Honorary places the power to amend the The minor infractions that were noted did percent of the population have 24 seats, Chair of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress Constitution solely in the hands of the peo- not impact the results. In all, 424 deputies while the four Atlantic ones with 6.65 per- ple; however, when Parliament approved 75th Anniversary Commemoration of were elected – one-half by political party cent have 30. British Columbia with 13.22 the Constitution on June 28, 1996, the peo- lists and the other half by majoritarian dis- Holodomor activities in Canada, and as percent has six Senate seats, while New ple delegated that power to elected officials tricts. This reflects a reduction of 26 depu- honorary patron of the Kobzar Literary Brunswick with 2.13 percent has 10. ties, as elections were not conducted in Award established by the Shevchenko Sen. Andreychuk represents Bohdan A. Futey is a judge on the U.S. Crimea as a result of its illegal annexation Foundation. She furthered her work with Saskatchewan, one of the four western Court of Federal Claims in Washington, by Russia and in certain districts of the the community as a director of the Canada- appointed by President Ronald Reagan in Donbas because of hostilities there. provinces. She was appointed in 1993, Ukraine Center and as a member of the May 1987. He has been active in various rule To be elected to Parliament, a political becoming the first woman to be appointed Ukrainian Canadian Congress and the of law and democratization programs in party must attain a 5-percent entry thresh- from that province. Ukrainian Business and Professional Club. Ukraine since 1991. He served as an adviser old. Five parties met that standard. Prior to her Senate appointment, Sen. As a part of her international commit- to the Working Group on Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy’s party, Servant of the Andreychuk served as a lawyer, judge and ments, Sen. Andreychuk served as chair of Constitution, adopted June 28, 1996. He is a People, received the largest percentage, chancellor of the University of Regina. She the Ukraine-NATO Interparliamentary professor at the Ukrainian Free University in 43.12 percent. was named Canada’s high commissioner to Council (UNIC) of the NATO Parliamentary , Germany, and a visiting professor at The work of national deputies dealing Kenya and Uganda as well as ambassador to Assembly. the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla with reforms will commence immediately. Somalia, the Comoros and Portugal. During Sen. Andreychuk was awarded Ukraine’s Academy in Kyiv. In March 2015, he was It is imperative that their work be carried the course of her diplomatic appointments, Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise for her appointed by the president of Ukraine to out in accordance with the Constitution she also served as Canada’s representative substantial contribution in the development serve as a consultant on the Constitution to the United Nations Human Rights of Ukrainian-Canadian relations. She is also Commission. (Continued on page 15) Commission and to the United Nations a recipient of the Ukrainian World Congress Environment Program, Habitat. St. Volodymyr the Great Medal, the World Although the Canadian Senate has limit- Federation of Ukrainian Women’s tions with Russian President Vladimir ed powers and rarely initiates its own legis- Organizations’ Woman of Distinction U.S. ambassador... Putin’s Russia and said less about lation, Sen. Andreychuk has utilized those Award, the Ukrainian Nation Builders Washington’s alliance with Ukraine. powers to the fullest and has sponsored a Award, the Taras Shevchenko Medal and a (Continued from page 1) number of bills in the Senate – especially Special Lifetime Achievement Award from shipment of Javelins would further enhance Copyright 2019, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted when it came to issues of importance to the the Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against a with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ Ukrainian community. She introduced the Business Association of Calgary. potential attack. Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, resolution on the Holodomor Ukrainian All of the above awards bear testimony The purchase request is being consid- Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (to Famine-Genocide in the Senate, which was to the remarkable record of achievement ered ahead of an expected meeting at the read the full version of this story, see https:// adopted on June 19, 2003. She also spon- Sen. Andreychuk has attained during her White House between Mr. Zelenskyy and www.rferl.org/a/us-ambassador-ukraine- more than a quarter century of service in President Donald Trump, who has repeat- asks-to-buy-more-javelin-missiles/ Marco Levytsky may be contacted at the Senate. It is a record for which the edly expressed interest in enhancing rela- 30093162.html). [email protected]. Ukrainian community is most grateful. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2019 No. 32 No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2019 9

SPORTSSHORTS by Matthew TENNIS between the ropes. The referee stopped the fight at 2:08 of Palsy Football)Dubas World Cup in Seville, . Ukraine won the 10th round. This was Dalakian’s third title defense three group stage matches (7-0 against Australia, 10-0 Svitolina eliminated in quarterfinal since he won the vacant WBA belt on February 24, 2018, against Spain, 2-0 against Argentina) and won 5-0 against Elina Svitolina lost 6-1, 6-7(3-7), 3-6 in the singles quar- against Brian Villora (38-5, 23 KO) of Hawaii, U.S.A. at the the Netherlands in the quarterfinal and won 3-0 against terfinal against Maria Sakkari of Greece at the Mubadala Forum in Inglewood, Calif. Brazil in the semifinal. The final stage of the tournament Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose, Calif., on July 31 through had 16 teams. Redkach wins with sixth-round KO August 4. In the knockout round, Svitolina, the highest UPL to expand to 16 teams ranked player at No. 7, won 6-3, 6-1 against Daria Welterweight Ivan Redkach (23-4-1, 18 KO) won a Kasatkina of Russia. Liudmyla and Nadia Kichenok were definitive win by sixth-round KO (in his debut in the wel- The Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) will be expand- eliminated in the women’s doubles quarterfinal 1-6, 4-6 by terweight division) against Devon Alexander (26-6-1, 14 ing the Ukrainian to its original 16-team Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara of Japan. KO) on June 1 at Soboba Casino in San Jacinto, Calif. format, following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and Redkach laid a barrage of hits against Alexander, prior to the Russia-led war in the Donbas, in addition to financial Ploskina banned for life and fined sending him to the canvas, before referee Thomas Taylor troubles for some UPL clubs, like Dnipro and Metalist Ukrainian tennis player Helen Ploskina has been handed stopped the fight at 1:10 seconds of the sixth round in a Kharkiv. The FFU says that the 2019-2020 season will be a lifetime ban and a $20,000 fine after being found guilty of fight that was scheduled for 10 rounds. Redkach, who is the last with 12 teams before an expansion to 14 teams in match-fixing and related offenses. According to a press ranked 46th in the welterweight division, admitted after 2020-2021, and 16 teams for the 2021-2022 season. release posted on the website of the Tennis Integrity Unit the fight that he is looking for a title shot against Danny Three Ukrainian clubs in UEFA Europa League (TIU), the player is permanently excluded from competing Garcia (35-2, 21 KO), WBC title-holder Shawn Porter (30-2- in or attending any sanctioned event organized or recog- 1, 17 KO) or IBF title-holder Errol Spence Jr. (25-0, 21 KO), FC Olexandriya, Zorya Luhansk and Mariupol will repre- nized by the governing bodies of the sport. The report but he says he’s ready to fight anyone. The division is sent Ukraine in the UEFA Europa League. Olexandriya qual- notes that a TIU investigation established that the 22-year topped by WBO title-holder Terence Crawford (35-0, 26 ified for the group stage after finishing in third place in the old, currently ranked No. 832 in ITF World Tennis singles, KO) and WBA title-holder Manny Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KO) (2018-2019). Mariupol is in the introduced another player to a corruptor, who offered that of the Philippines. third qualifying round after it finished in fourth place in the individual payment in return for agreeing to fix the out- UPL. Zorya Luhansk, in fifth place in the UPL, won 3-1 on Lomachenko unification fight set come of matches. The offenses took place in October 2016. July 25 and won 1-0 on August 1 against Buducnost In addition, she was found guilty of two further offenses of Lightweight WBA and WBO champion Vasyl Podgorica (Montenegro) in the second qualifying round. failing to report knowledge of corrupt activity and failing to Lomachenko (13-1, 10 KO) announced via YouTube that Zorya advanced to the third qualifying round against CSKA cooperate with a TIU investigation. Ploskina had a career- his next fight is scheduled for August 31 against Luke Sofia (Bulgaria) and tied 0-0 on August 8. Mariupol tied 1-1 high ranking of No. 698 by the WTA in October 2014. Campbell (20-2, 16 KO) of Great Britain for the vacant WBC with AZ Alkmaar Zaanstreek (the Netherlands) on August lightweight title that was held and vacated by Mikey Garcia 8, also in the third round. Both teams play on August 15. French Open update (39-1, 30 KO) of the U.S.A. (January 28, 2017 through April Oleksandriya is in the group stage with matches to be Daria Snigur lost the quarterfinal 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, 2-6 25). The three-title fight is to take place at the O2 Arena in determined. Qualifying round matches are to conclude in against Emma Navarro of the U.S.A. in the girls’ singles of . Campbell is the 2012 London Olympic gold med- the play-off round on August 29. Group stage matches are the French Open. Andriy Medvedev and Juan Carlos Ferrero alist in the bantamweight, and considering that scheduled for September 19 through December 12, with of Spain finished as runners-up after their loss in the final Lomachenko won two Olympic gold medals (2008, 2012), the knock-out stage to begin on February 20, 2020. The 6-7 (4-7), 5-7 against Sebastian Grosjean and Michael this should be a closely contested fight – but Lomachenko Europa League final match is on May 27 in Gdansk, Poland. Llodra (both of France) in legends under-45 doubles com- has surprised us all before. Shakhtar, Dynamo set for UEFA Champions League petition. Ferrero/Medvedev were the winners of Group A after wins of 6-2, 7-5 against James Blake of the U.S.A. and SOCCER Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the group stage of the Mark Philippoussis of Australia and 6-3, 6-3 against Arnaud Dynamo wins UEFA Champions League after it finished in first place in the Clement and Nicolas Escude (both of France). Ukrainian Premier League. Shakhtar is in pot 2 of the group Dynamo Kyiv won 2-1 against Shakhtar Donetsk in the stage draw to be held on August 29. Dynamo Kyiv lost 0-1 BOXING Ukrainian Super Cup on July 28 in Odesa. Alan Patrick against Club Brugge (Belgium) on August 6 and plays opened the scoring for Shakhtar late in the second half, and Potential dates for Usyk’s heavyweight debut against Brugge on August 13 in the third qualifying round ’s corner kick in the 80th minute equalized (League Path) after it finished in second place in the UPL. Unified cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (16-0, for Dynamo. Three minutes later, Denys Harmash netted 12 KO) has named Carlos Takam (36-5-1, 28 KO) of the game-winner off a pass by . Dynamo and Karpaty Lviv sign Marvin Martins Shakhtar have won the Ukrainian Super Cup (played since Cameroon as the most likely contender for Usyk’s heavy- Marvin Martins Santos da Graca, 24, who previously 2004) eight times each, as each team has won the weight debut that will likely take place on October 12 or 19 plays as a defender for Luxembourg’s men’s national team or has been a finalist. at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago. The fight is promoted by (U-17: 2012, U-19: 2013, U-21: 2014-2016), as well as Matchroom Boxing with the broadcast on DAZN. Usyk was Women’s Champion’s League update Jeunesse Esch (2013-2018), and Progres Niederkorn named the mandatory WBO challenger (for the vacant (2018-2019), signed a two-year contract with Karpaty Lviv title) against the winner of the Anthony Joshua versus Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv hosts Group 4 of the UEFA and was on the team roster as of August 2 as a defender. Da Andy Ruiz Jr. WBA, WBC, IBF unification re-match. Usyk Women’s Champions League, with the winner advancing to Graca was born in Luxembourg and is of Cape Verdean previously held the WBO, WBC, WBA and IBF cruiser- the knockout phase. In the qualifying round, Zhytlobud-1 descent. Since his inaugural appearance with the weight titles prior to moving up to the heavyweight divi- won 3-2 against Split (Croatia) on August 7, plays against Luxembourg national team in 2014, he has scored one lone sion. Usyk was named WBO heavyweight challenger due to Bettembourg (Luxembourg) on August 10 and against FC goal in an international friendly match against Hungary on him previously holding the title at cruiserweight. Minsk on August 13. November 9, 2017. Gvozdyk to unite titles against Beterbiev Diaspora team meets with Sports Ministry Ukraine is Euro deaf football champion WBC light heavyweight champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk A U.S. delegation of the Ukrainian American Youth Ukraine won 2-0 against Germany in the final of the (17-0, 14 KO) has signed a contract to unify two titles Association (UAYA, or SUM according to its Ukrainian- European Deaf Football Championships in Heraklion, against IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev based acronym) in Kyiv as part of the under-16 diaspora Greece, on the island of Crete on June 2-15. Ukraine won 2-1 (14-0, 14 KO) of Russia on October 18 in Philadelphia. The soccer tournament “On the Wings of Friendly Games 2” in the quarterfinal against Russia and won 1-0 against venue has not yet been announced. (Na krylakh druzhnikh zmahan 2) visited the Viktor Ireland in the semifinal. This was the first time Ukraine’s Bannikov educational-training complex of the Ukrainian deaf team won the championship. Andriy Pavlenko, presi- Derevyanchenko named mandatory IBF challenger Football Association. The delegation was greeted by dent of the Football Federation of Ukraine, noted that with Mykola Movchan, deputy minister for European integra- Middleweight Sergiy Derevyanchenko (13-1, 10 KO) was the win at the deaf soccer championship and that of tion, who answered questions and delivered greetings on named the mandatory IBF challenger after negotiations Ukraine’s under-20 team at the U-20 World Cup, both are behalf of Minister of Sport Ihor Zhdanov. “Soccer is a sports with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (52-1-2, 35 KO) of Mexico and great examples for the men’s national team to follow. Sixteen diplomacy, and a bridge of friendship that unites people his team fell through. The IBF will set up the terms of the teams competed in the tournament, including Greece (third and continents. It is a great pleasure to see that SUM also Derevyanchenko fight with an opponent to be named. place), Turkey, Spain, Hungary, Denmark, Belgium, Croatia, supports this with such events.” Representing the U.S. Canelo was stripped of the IBF title and the IBF created a Poland, , France, England and . In the group Embassy in Ukraine, Michael Hackett, cultural liaison, was vacant title match. stage, Ukraine (in Group D, with England, France and thanked by Mr. Movchan for the Embassy’s support on var- Sweden) won all three of its matches (3-1 against England, Dalakian wins 10th-round TKO ious areas as well as this specific project. The delegation, 2-0 against France and 2-0 against Sweden) with seven led by Michael Tomaszewsky of SUM, also met with Vasyl WBA flyweight champion Artem Dalakian (19-0, 14 KO) goals for and one against to finish with nine points. of Ukraine, who is of Armenian descent (born in Baku, Karlenko of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, Azerbaijan), retained his WBA title after a 10th-round TKO and Vadym Kostiuchenko, vice-president of the Ukrainian Zinchenko to sign with Manchester City Football Association. (A more detailed article is scheduled win against Sarawut Thawornkham (20-2, 15 KO) of Midfielder Oleksandr Zinchenko signed a new contract for an upcoming issue.) on June 15 at the Parkovy Convention Center in with England’s Manchester City in June. He has played for Kyiv. Dalakian, 31, was in full control during the fight that Paralympic team in World Cup final Manchester City since 2016, having played 29 matches for was scheduled for 12 rounds. He landed a devastating Manchester City last season (2018-2019). He scored one uppercut in the eighth round and again in the ninth round, Ukraine lost 1-3 against Russia on July 19 in the final before a huge right hand put the challenger’s head match of the IFCPF (International Federation of Cerebral (Continued on page 19) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2019 No. 32 No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2019 11

Trio Vaniata performs. Oksana Pikush on stage. The Peregrinations ensemble. A traditional-eclectic blend at the Capital Ukrainian Festival

by Christopher Guly Special to The Ukrainian Weekly OTTAWA – Within a busy summer season of events, the Capital Ukrainian Festival has carved out a unique niche that blends the traditional with the eclectic that this year attracted an estimated crowd of 20,000 people to the fifth annual instal- ment that ran from July 19 to 21. Situated in the parking lot of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Shrine – itself a national reli- gious and impressive architectural landmark – the 2019 festival featured fare that would one expect – holubtsi, perogies (as they’re called here), borsch and kovbasa – and the requisite cultural elements, including workshops on painting pysanky and ven- dors who sold them along with vyshyvanky, as well as Ukrainian dancers and singers. But the Capital Ukrainian Festival flexes more creative muscle in drawing diaspora devotees and the simply curious keen for an ethnic experience despite the hot weather that forced the food kitch- en to shut down for an hour due to the excessive Christopher Guly heat. St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Shrine in Ottawa. The entertainment portion of the three-day, free- admission event is inspired and follows a similar approach taken by Ottawa’s largest music festival, Bluesfest, that goes beyond its billed genre in a line- up that this year featured the likes of the Backstreet Boys. Performers at this year’s Capital Ukrainian Festival included Mexican, Spanish and Romanian dancers; a klezmer band from Montreal; and Oto- Wa Taiko, a Japanese drumming group. Yet there was no shortage of exceptional and innovative Ukrainian artistic talent to showcase that also crossed cultural-musical lines. Matching Auresia, an ethnic Ukrainian who draws from reg- gae and salsa in her song repertoire, with Ukrainian vocalist Marina Krut, was programming brilliance. Maria Kira of the Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League at “Perogy Heaven” at the festival. St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Shrine.

Landon Coleman with Peregrinations, Olenka Galadza leads a workshop in Zora Lucyk-Jackson with her collec- Melanie Ferguson of Mella Bella an ensemble of parishioners and the church hall on icons called tion of Ukrainian pioneer artifacts in Designs with some of the jewelry she friends of St. John the Baptist “Windows to Heaven.” the church hall. makes from broken pysanky. Ukrainian Catholic Shrine. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2019 No. 32

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Ukrainian Technological Society awards scholarships to 16 students

by Roksana Korchynsky PITTSBURGH – The Ukrainian Technological Society (UTS) of Pittsburgh presented its 2019 scholarship awards to 16 undergraduate and graduate students from Western Pennsylvania and Ohio in ceremonies at the Henry Clay Frick Fine Arts Building on the University of Pittsburgh campus on Sunday, July 28. The UTS is now in its 50th year and is one of the longest running Ukrainian orga- nizations in the tri-state area. This year marks the 47th year of the UTS Scholarship Program. With this year’s awards, the soci- ety has made 485 awards totaling $232,200 to 298 different students. Students, family members, UTS mem- bers and guests were welcomed to the awards ceremony by UTS Executive Board President, George Honchar. He acknowl- edged the many donors who have gener- Roksana Korchynsky ously offered their financial support to the scholarship program, which has helped stu- Ukrainian Technological Society scholarship recipients (from left): Maria Smereka, Nikolai Goebel, Alexander Konecky, Cyril Sheptak, Marissa Yourstowsky, Monika Karpa and Kateryna Czuczman. dents pursue higher education in a variety of fields. He also acknowledged the friends would satisfy him both professionally and tions and discoveries will allow us to adapt engineering with outstanding academic and family – especially parents – who sup- personally. This would include a 40-year to a changing world. Stop worrying about achievement and participation in Ukrainian ported all the scholarship recipients in stint with the U.S. Air Force. the zombie apocalypse. The chances are community activities, was awarded to their academic pursuits. The backdrop to his own life were the quite good that the future will ultimately be Nikolai Goebel of Sewickley, Pa. The featured speaker for the award cere- concerns of his generation – overpopula- better than the past and some of your The Ukrainian Selfreliance of Western mony was Dr. Victor Onufrey, radiation tion, artificial intelligence running amok impossible dreams may just come true. Pennsylvania Federal Credit Union oncologist with the Butler Health System in and the Cold War, with the threat of a Keep working hard, give back when you Members’ Funded Scholarship, awarded to Butler, Pa. Dr. Onufrey served in the U.S. Air “nuclear winter.” Despite these looming can, and look for opportunities that will a member with outstanding academic Force as a radiation oncologist and, later, as threats, Dr. Onufrey persevered and pur- enrich not only your wallet, but your soul. achievement, was awarded to Michael a flight surgeon. He participated in deploy- sued his dreams. Don’t try to predict the future, but be ready Kochis of Coraopolis, Pa. ments for Bosnia, Southern Watch over He shared that one of his most memora- to take any opportunity that it may bring.” The Chester and Olga Manasterski Iraq/Kuwait and Iraqi Freedom. ble experiences was in 1998 when he was Following the presentation, President Memorial Scholarship, awarded to a stu- Additionally, Dr. Onufrey was involved in asked to accompany a medical unit from Honchar and UTS Executive Board dent with outstanding academic achieve- humanitarian missions to Peru, Panama the California Air National Guard as a trans- Treasurer Nickolas C. Kotow, awarded the ment and service to the Ukrainian commu- and Ukraine. lator to Lviv. He said the thought of being 16 scholarships totaling $10,000. nity and underwritten by sons Myron and Dr. Onufrey’s talk, titled “A Glimpse of the deployed on an official U.S. mission to an The Maria Hulai Lion Foundation Gregory Manasterski, was awarded to Future Through the Mirror of the Past,” was independent Ukraine was unimaginable Scholarships, awarded to students who Marissa Yourstowsky of Canfield, Ohio. informed by his own life story. He shared just 10 years earlier. demonstrated outstanding academic per- The Ukrainian Selfreliance of Western his experiences as an American-born child Dr. Onufrey concluded this talk with formance, and made possible through a Pennsylvania FCU Scholarship, awarded to of Ukrainian immigrant parents who insist- these words: “Don’t allow the ‘fear of the grant from the Maria Hulai Lion a member who has shown excellence in ed that he attend Ukrainian school on day’ to dictate your future or your choices. Foundation of Howard Beach, N.Y., were both academic studies and community Saturdays – something he came to appreci- After all, the world did not become over- awarded to Yaryna Korenovska and Maria involvement, was awarded to Monika ate more and more as he grew older. This populated and the nuclear holocaust never Smereka, both of Carnegie, Pa. Karpa of Carnegie. background also played a role later when happened. Problems eventually get worked The Michael Korchynsky Memorial he was selecting a college and a career that out and all wars eventually end. New inven- Scholarship, awarded to a student pursuing (Continued on page 15)

Montreal marks anniversaries of Bereza Kartuzka

by Bohdanna Klecor-Hawryluk The documentary was narrated by acclaimed Kyiv actor umentary from families across North America, providing Bohdan Beniuk and the music composed by Roman additional names of survivors and information about the MONTREAL – The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC), Luhovy, also of Kyiv. site and what they endured. She thanked Maria Surzycia Montreal Branch, sponsored a screening of the Ukrainian- Concluding remarks were given by Zorianna Hrycenko, for assisting with the evening’s screening. She also language version of the documentary film “Bereza producer of “Bereza Kartuzka,” who mentioned that many acknowledged those that helped support the making of the Kartuzka” at the Ukrainian Youth Center to mark the 85th letters were received during the course of making the doc- documentary including Caisse populaire Desjardins anniversary of the opening (1934) and 80th anniversary of Ukrainienne de Montréal, the Shevchenko Foundation, BCU the closing (1939) of this infamous Polish concentration Foundation, UNF Montreal branch, Ukrainian Catholic camp. Thousands of Ukrainian patriots were imprisoned Women’s League and others. Their support was instru- here between 1934 and 1939. mental in ensuring the story was documented, she said. Opening remarks were delivered by the chair of UCC The evening’s screening, held on July 5, was dedicated to Montreal’s cultural committee, Bohdanna Klecor- survivors of Bereza Kartuzka who came to Montreal after Hawryluk. She stated that the film was inspired as a result World War II, among them Ivan Korol, Adolf Hladalowych, of stories the director heard as a youth from family friends Yaroslav Pryszlak, Andrij Dolnyckyj, Yaroslaw Luhovy, as and his father, who survived Bereza Kartuzka. well as survivors throughout North America – most of She then introduced Yurij Luhovy, the film’s director, whom have since passed away. who recalled the difficulties encountered in making the Ukrainian- and English-language DVDs of “Bereza documentary, including how the rare footage he filmed at Kartuzka” are available at www.yluhovy.com. the actual Bereza Kartuzka site was almost confiscated at The next scheduled event of the UCC Montreal Branch is the Belarus-Ukraine border. He emphasized the impor- the 28th anniversary banquet of Ukraine’s renewed inde- tance of documenting historical events. pendence to be held on August 25 with keynote speaker Based on extensive research, the award-winning docu- Victor Rud of New Jersey. Mr. Rud, an international attor- mentary examines the political situation in the western ney, is chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian territories under Polish occupation between the Ukrainian American Bar Association and author of numer- first and second world wars. ous articles on Ukraine-Russia relations published in

Events are portrayed through rare archival footage, his- MML Inc. Forbes, Kyiv Post, The Atlantic Council and other publica- torical photographs and commentaries by prominent his- Bohdanna Hawryluk, cultural chair of the Ukrainian tions. For tickets and further information, readers may call torians and scholars. Former camp prisoners filmed in Canadian Committee, Montreal Branch, with film 438-764-9392. Canada, the United States, Belarus, Poland and Ukraine director Yurij Luhovy at the “Bereza Kartuzka” screen- The newly elected president of UCC Montreal Branch/ provide first-hand accounts. ing on July 5. Quebec Provincial Council is Mykhailo Shwec. No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2019 13 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2019 No. 32

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ed Sector C when the armed conflict started the ruling, whereas Naftogaz has sought to Manher was later released on bail. He has NEWSBRIEFS in the easternmost regions of Donetsk and recover the money by freezing the Russian denied any involvement into the attack. In a Luhansk in April 2014. Kyiv at first called company’s foreign assets in Switzerland, July 25 statement, the Prosecutor General’s (Continued from page 14) the deployment an Anti-Terrorist Operation Sweden, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Office announced that the probe into Mr. capabilities.” Britain follows EU-level sanc- (ATO) and changed it to the JFO in the spring Britain. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) Manher and a second suspect, Oleksiy of 2018. He was one of the main command- Levin, had been suspended because Levin’s tions policy on Russia relating to its annex- Activists protest unsolved Handzyuk killing ation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula and ers during the battle of Debaltseve in the whereabouts remain unknown. The state- other activity in the region. Britain also has winter of 2015 when Russia-backed sepa- Several dozen people on August 1 staged ment said Messrs. Manher and Levin’s a 2018-2019 technical assistance program ratists launched an offensive to take over the a protest outside the building of the involvement in the case is interconnected, in Ukraine worth 35.2 million pounds vital railroad hub city in the Donetsk region. Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in Kyiv and cited this as the basis for suspending ($42.8 million U.S.) in areas of governance, Ex-President Petro Poroshenko appointed over the lack of progress in the investiga- the legal provisions of Ukraine’s Criminal anti-corruption, accountability, security, him as the head of the ATO in 2017 and as tion into the death of a Ukrainian anti-cor- Procedural Code. The Kharkiv Human humanitarian aid, human rights and educa- JFO commander in May. (RFE/RL’s ruption activist. Kateryna Handzyuk, a Rights Protection Group, a Ukrainian rights tion. The U.K Defense Ministry’s Ukrainian Service) 33-year-old civic activist and adviser to the watchdog, has questioned the prosecutor mayor of the Black Sea port city of Kherson, general’s move, arguing that Mr. Manher’s Operational Orbital program has trained Naftogaz seeks $5.2 B in damages more than 10,000 Ukrainian servicemen, died in November 2018 – three months whereabouts are known. In June, five men including marines and special forces. Naftogaz Group, Ukraine’s state-run oil after she was severely injured in an acid were sentenced to prison terms of between Training mostly takes place in the southern and gas conglomerate, on July 31 filed a law- attack on July 31. Activists lit flares and three and six and a half years for organizing region of Mykolayiv. At any one time, about suit for a $5.2 billion damage claim over shouted “Who ordered the attack on Katya and executing the attack after they pleaded 120 British soldiers are in Ukraine. Trade assets that Russia seized during its annexa- Handzyuk?” The protest came after a deci- guilty and made deals with investigators. turnover between the two countries is at tion of Crimea in March 2014. The sion last month by Ukraine’s prosecutor- Human rights activists have accused around $2.5 billion, former British Permanent Court of Arbitration in the general to suspend an investigation into the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies of fail- Ambassador to Ukraine Judith Gough said Hague will hear the case and Naftogaz said role of a high-ranking regional official ing to thoroughly investigate the growing in April. Messrs. Johnson and Zelenskyy in a statement that it expects a ruling “no charged in the Handzyuk death. number of attacks on activists, and even of also discussed bilateral relations after the sooner than the end of 2020.” The lawsuit is Prosecutors in February arrested Vladyslav collusion with the perpetrators in some U.K. withdraws from the European Union based on a prior agreement between Manher, head of the regional council in the cases. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, with and “stressed the need to intensify contacts Ukraine and Russia to mutually protect each southern region of Kherson, and charged reporting by Gordon, Ukrayinska Pravda at the highest level.” (RFE/RL, based on other’s investments. After Russia took over him with ordering the Handzyuk attack. Mr. and UNIAN) reporting by RFE/RL’s Ukrainian service) Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula, the occupying authorities started nationalizing local indus- New commander for Donbas conflict zone trial assets, including the property of With deep sorrow we announce that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has Naftogaz and its subsidiaries. They included appointed Lt. Gen. Volodymyr Kravchenko pipelines, offshore oil rigs and other assets. Jaroslaw Fedun to lead the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) in Oschadbank, Ukraine’s second-biggest eastern Ukraine, where Kyiv has been fight- state-owned bank by assets, has already 88, of Clifton, New Jersey, passed away ing Moscow-backed separatists since been awarded $1.3 billion in lost Crimean peacefully at home on August 4, 2019, 2014. Lt. Gen. Kravchenko previously was assets by the Paris-based International surrounded by his family. Jaroslaw was commander of the North operational and Court of Arbitration. Moscow rejected the the son of the late Ivan and Sydonia Fedun; brother tactical group composed of six regions and ruling. In March 2018, the Stockholm of the late Orest and Levko; beloved husband Arbitration Court ordered Russia’s state-run of 63 years to Luba (Iwanczuk); loving father to the city of Kyiv. Issued on August 5, the pres- daughter Oresta with Adrian; son Andrei with wife idential decree replaces Gen. Oleksandr Gazprom to pay $2.5 billion to Naftogaz over a contractual dispute involving the Melissa; daughter Natalia with husband Stefan; and Syrsky, who was made commander of the proud grandfather of Adriana, Marko, Stefania and army’s ground forces. Gen. Syrsky first head- supply and transit of gas. Gazprom appealed Maksym. Jaroslaw was born in Lastiwky, Ukraine, and immigrated to the United Revolution of Dignity, hopefully, will be an States after World War II. The devastation of the war left his family irrevocable incentive and mandate for the divided; his eldest brother Orest stayed in Ukraine and fought in the Legal challenges... Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Jaroslaw and his parents were forced to leave implementation of reforms as the country (Continued from page 7) Ukraine and ended up in displaced persons camps in Germany. He and is watchful over its independence and terri- his mother settled in New York after leaving his ailing father behind, not and laws of the country. torial integrity, and moves forward to inte- realizing they would never see each other again. As a young man, he The transition from a command system grate with the European Union. was an active member of the Ukrainian American community - sang in to a system based on the rule of law is not Now that the new Verkhovna Rada has the Dumka choir of NYC and was a member of the Orden Khrestonostsiv easy, but the recent events throughout been elected and President Zelenskyy is in fraternity of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization. His love of life, song Ukraine and the people’s revolutionary office, it is important that both adhere to and the outdoors was fostered through scouting camps, jamborees and expression on the Maidan during the these principles. numerous events, where he met his wife Luba. The couple married and lived in Astoria, NY, and settled in Clifton, NJ, in 1965 with their family. His deep desire to preserve his Ukrainian heritage coupled with the newly- of whom have been killed simply because found freedom in the USA motivated him to continue his education and Turning... they aspired to enjoy the freedom that their immerse himself in the Ukrainian American community. He attended emigrant kinsmen have here in America.” college at night and graduated from Rutgers University in 1976, (Continued from page 6) The commentary underscored that it sometimes holding three concurrent jobs to support his family, finally retiring from Hayward Manufacturing as a Materials Manager in 1997. Russia, but when a democratic provisional was the duty of every American citizen to expose Russia in its true bloody colors, and His strong work ethic and love for Ukraine was instilled in his children government was formed, hope was rekin- and motivated him to remain active in the Ukrainian community. He dled for relations, but there were dashed that traditional American democracy “can never have anything in common with tra- was a parishioner of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in Passaic, again when the Reds instituted Bolshevism NJ, and of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Jewett, NY. A and its associated terror soured relations ditional Russian autocracy and despo- tism…” former president and board member of the Self-Reliance Federal Credit between the U.S. and Russia. Union (now NOVA UA Federal Credit Union) and former president of the The commentary highlighted the plight Source: “Russo-American relations,” The Passaic chapter of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, he of Ukrainians in the Soviet Union, “millions Ukrainian Weekly, August 19, 1939. still maintained active membership in Plast, where he once served as a scout leader and head of the Passaic chapter. Once Jaroslaw’s dream of a free Ukraine was realized, he travelled there twelve times: searching Marika Olijar of Narbeth, Pa.; Dmytri for his brother’s remains, joining the US delegation to observe Ukraine’s UTS awards... Rakovan of Baden, Pa., and Cyril Sheptak of first free elections, and helping to nurture a new Ukraine’s democracy. Butler. Anyone who knew him, knew of his passion for his heritage, love for his (Continued from page 12) A social hour held in the atrium followed family and pride in his children’s and grandchildren’s accomplishments. The Michael and Anna Komichak the program. Visiting hours and Panakhyda were held on Thursday, August 8, 2019, Memorial Scholarship, underwritten by Mr. To learn more about the UTS, its scholar- at Marrocco Memorial Chapel in Clifton, NJ. and Mrs. Michael J. Komichak and Mr. and ship program and other activities, readers The funeral services were held on Friday, August 9, 2019, at St. John the Mrs. Raymond Komichak, was awarded to may visit the website at www.utspgh.org or Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, Rt 23A, Jewett, NY. Jaroslaw was laid Katarzyna Goebel of Sewickley. “friend” them on FaceBook at “Ukrainian to rest in St. Francis De Sales Cemetery in Elka Park, NY. The Ukrainian Cultural Trust Choir of Technological Society (UTS) of Pittsburgh.” Western Pennsylvania Scholarship, under- Donations toward the 2020 Scholarship In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to: written by the Choir, was awarded to Program are now being accepted. • St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church (elevator fund), Alexander Konecky of Pittsburgh. Donations are tax-deductible, as provided 60 Holdsworth Court, Passaic, NJ 07055 The Kateryna Dowbenko Ukrainian by law, as the UTS has Internal Revenue • St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, Language Scholarship was awarded to John Code 501 (c) (3) designation. Donations or P.O. Box 284, Hunter, NY 12442 Nasevich of Pittsburgh. inquiries may be sent to the UTS at P.O. Box • UCEF, 2247 West Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622 Ukrainian Technological Society 4277, Pittsburgh, PA 15203. Donations can for the benefit of Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), Lviv, Ukraine, Scholarships were awarded to Andrianna also be made securely via PayPal by visiting • American Cancer Society, PO Box 42040, Oklahoma City, OK 73123 Cycak of Moon Township, Pa.; Kateryna the UTS website and clicking on the Czuczman of Pittsburgh; Stanislav Davyda “Support” page. Readers may contact the Вічна Йому пам’ять! of Pittsburgh; Irina Lutsiv of Carnegie; UTS by e-mail at [email protected]. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2019 No. 32

Chicago revels in the genius of Ivan Marchuk

by Oryna Hrushetsky agree that the term “genius” describes peo- ple who have turned their field or specialty CHICAGO – The exhibit hall was at dou- on its head. ble capacity. Like the champagne bottles But once our inquisitors arrived at the welling over the kitchenette’s threshold, opening reception, they no longer needed anxious guests overflowed into the foyer, this information. They stood before the hoping for a glimpse of the canvases that seemingly three-dimensional canvases summoned every eye with their soulful spellbound, on a subconscious level that depth and luminosity. defies explanation. These very patient people came from all You don’t have to understand art tech- walks of life – from consul generals of India nique to feel the shimmering moonlit tran- and Iceland, to trendy Windy City gallery quility summoning from across a sleepy owners and aspiring artists, to wide-eyed field. You don’t need to know art history to suburban teens, to Fourth Wave Ukrainian feel the Chornobyl-induced agony of tan- immigrants visiting the museum for the gled tempura extracted from the soul of an first time. earth lover. You don’t need an essay to com- They were waiting to see the slow-mov- prehend the riveting hyperrealist land- ing but nimble-witted white-haired genius, scape series “Voice of My Soul.” It’s impossi- surrealist Ivan Marchuk. ble not to stop, stare and ponder these out- This historic visit and exhibit was pro- pourings of passion and precision. Maria Klimchak duced, curated and promoted by the How exactly did Marchuk turn Ukrainian National Museum’s supremely Ivan Marchuk speaks at the Ukrainian National Museum. his profession on its head? dedicated staff. For months leading up to mony with discord, beauty with grotesque- canvas, then share it with the world, to the June 28 opening, the UNM’s president, Even world-renowned geniuses need to ness, nature with technology, life with death. bring some joy into it.” So, when an curator, archivist and office coordinator have a sense of humor. When asked what One off-the-cuff response enabled him to Australian tourist of Ukrainian descent was worked tirelessly to bring the artist to his elaborate, critically acclaimed painting coin a term that’s since been integrated into brought to tears by Mr. Marchuk’s exhibit Chicago along with his transcendent work, technique was called, Mr. Marchuk once the global art vernacular. and invited him to visit, the maestro took and to answer every inquiry its poster and responded off-the-cuff: “Plyontanism.” He Where does he come from? off to Sydney. From there, he exported his press release inspired. Here are some of the created this “-ism” from the Polish word genius to Canada and the U.S. He signed up most common. “plyontatys” (to get tangled) – the way his The son of a master weaver, Mr. Marchuk for English lessons but didn’t learn much sisters’ hair would tangle into unrecogniz- “Who decides what makes a genius?” was born in western Ukraine in the 1930s. because his appetite for painting usurped able knots. While the adults plotted how to make a sur- all of his time. And, propelled his work The global consulting firm Creators The very paintings that emanate vast geon or biologist out of him, little Ivan was across the globe. Synectics recruited a panel of creativity luminosity and depth from a distance, once slipping scraps of paper from his father’s Mr. Marchuk’s evocative mastery has experts, who were given the results of a viewed from just inches away, reveal thou- briefcase and sneaking off into a crawl- been praised in Belgium, Germany, survey asking 4,000 diverse Britons to sands of thread-thin tempura snarls. space to paint his first floral compositions. Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia, nominate world geniuses in all fields. It is this dense web of pigment, these He explains it this way: “It was all or Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Jordan and The panel scored each entrant against super fine filaments, these seemingly arbi- nothing. I never wanted to be a ‘normal art- Italy, where the International Academy of these factors: paradigm shifting, popular trary tangles that create Mr. Marchuk’s lumi- ist’, I wanted to be free. People asked me Modern Art inducted him as an honorary acclaim, intellectual power, achievement nous, enamel-like depth of field. They what I was doing. I had no idea what I was member of the Scientific Council of Rome’s and cultural importance. These experts entwine stark polarities: good with evil, har- doing! If I knew, I wouldn’t have done it. I’m Academy. His enigmatic landscapes and a glutton for the unknown, the adventurous, surreal psychic-scapes were extolled by the slightly dangerous. I just can’t sit still.” Pablo Picasso’s biographer, esteemed art When asked about his training at the critic Roland Penrose. He has packed exhib- Lviv College of Applied Arts and the Lviv it halls three times the size of ours all over State Institute of Applied and Decorative Europe. Arts, he’ll tell you his real art training came The search for “heaven on earth,” howev- from working the land and cutting off a fin- er, ultimately landed him back in the place ger tip while chopping wood with his where he feels part of the landscape, where father. The local healer splinted and intimate, sincere conversation flows organ- wrapped it up – but it grew back with a ically – back to his now independent home- twist. Maybe it’s this twist in the pinkie that land, which awarded him Ukraine’s highest enables his special touch with the paint- artistic distinction: the Shevchenko brush? National Prize. Mr. Marchuk returned in Mr. Marchuk was banned from the “hell” 2001 to Kyiv, were he still lives, ruminates that was the Union of Artists in Soviet and creates. Ukraine for refusing to conform to socialist And while the maestro weaves his realism in the 1980s. Officials feared his magic, his curator, art director and muse, “tangles” contained some subversive code. Tamara Strypko, plans, promotes and pro- And the fact that he spoke exclusively in cesses the logistics that enable him to Ukrainian made them nervous – the word attend events like ours all over the world. on the streets of Lviv was that he The genius need only show up, speak his “Ukrainianized” Kyiv. The crowd at the opening of an exhibit of works by Ivan Marchuk. “My mission was to create myself on (Continued on page 17)

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Chicago revels... (Continued from page 16) Banner about internment operations mind, sign autographs, pose for photos and flirt with his is available free of charge in Canada admirers. Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Foundation What does he think of Chicago? OTTAWA – A retractable, high-quality, permanent and re- It was an exhilarating, but exhausting evening. Yet, useable metal banner (with carrying case) is now available, you would never have known from Mr. Marchuk’s chip- free of charge, to help communities commemorate the per demeanor the following day, when UNM board 100th anniversary of the end of World War I internment members joined him and Ms. Strypko on a Chicago operations in Canada. Riverboat Tour. Building on a very successful Holodomor banner project The 83-year-old guest exuded the vigor of a much late last year, the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties younger dreamer – always ready to share knowledge, Foundation (www.ucclf.ca) has commissioned a new visual opinions and soup recipes. His secret? Fresh air, life pur- display, making it possible for Canadian Ukrainian commu- pose, openness to new experience, and food, in modera- nities and groups, large or small, across the country to pro- tion: potatoes, cucumbers, sauerkraut, herring, salo, vide basic information about the nature of, reasons for, and buckwheat, rice and oatmeal topped with raisins, dried effects of Canada’s first national internment operations apricots or nuts. Whiskey doesn’t hurt either, he added, (1914-1920). knocking down “sto hram” (100 grams). The banner – titled “Without Just Cause!” – includes a The wanderer marveled at the majestic high-rises short historical background of the internment operations, and landscape architecture along the Chicago River. We as well as three powerful quotations: two from internees tried to translate the tour guide’s prezzi, but when she and one from a contemporary newspaper editorial. began to describe the maneuvers of famous real estate In the background is the now-iconic image of a group of moguls, the maestro told us: “Save your breath.” prisoners interned at Banff-Castle Mountain, one of 24 such After a few toasts someone asked: Maestro, would sites across Canada. you like to paint this landscape? He shook his head. “Each prisoner is reacting to his being photographed These behemoths stand created. And earthquake-safe. behind barbed wire in a different way,” said UCCLF spokes- They will not change. But the movement of the breeze person Borys Sydoruk. “Their emotions range from obvious through a particular waft of grass in the moonlight – that shame and embarrassment, to outright defiance. It exempli- lasts only for a finite moment. That – must be preserved fies the crippling and lasting legacy the internment had on their psyches. All were innocent of any wrongdoing, some on canvas. were, in fact, born in the country, a few were shot dead in The artist’s feelings about this Windy City visit have escape attempts. All were unjustly rounded up under also been preserved – in the UNM guest book, where his Canada’s War Measures Act and made to work in Canada’s joy and gratitude flowed like the ink that filled two concentration camp archipelago.” whole pages. After his final whiskey shot of the night, he Thanks to the generosity of UCCLF’s many supporters, a revealed how moved he was by the warmth, apprecia- limited number of internment banners will be available, tion and love that enveloped him in Chicago like free of charge including delivery, within Canada. These will nowhere else. be distributed in September. Leaflets providing a reading Visit, and see for yourself – a day spent with Ivan list of additional sources will accompany the banner. Marchuk may just turn your world on its head. Organizations or community groups wishing to secure a banner should send an e-mail to [email protected] on or before Oryna Hrushetsky is a member of the Ukrainian August 28, with the following information: name of organi- National Museum’s executive board. zation; complete postal/shipping address; contact person’s name, email, home and cell phone numbers; and a sentence or two explaining when and how the internment banner will be displayed. The Kremlin... Commenting on this initiative, Mr. Sydoruk added: “Thanks to the generosity of UCCLF’s supporters, we are able (Continued from page 2) to offer Canadian Ukrainian organizations a ready-made dis- liamentary elections, Mr. Zelenskyy phoned Mr. Putin play, easily assembled, taken down, stored and, importantly, Informational banner about the first world war-era re-used year after year, which will offer the public a chance (against explicit Western advice) to solicit the release of internment operations in Canada. to learn about the internment, and recall the thousands of some captives, but Mr. Putin turned the solicitation men, as well as some women and children, mostly of For more on the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties down (Nezavisimaya Gazeta, July 18, Hromadske TV, July Ukrainian background but also others, who fell victim to this Foundation and to support the organization, readers may 19). misguided policy of the Dominion Government.” visit www.ucclf.ca. Mr. Medvedchuk and other OP-FL leaders portray their political faction as: a sectional party, prioritizing the interests of people in Ukraine’s southeastern regions hundreds of new members arrived from all regions of and the country’s “Russian-speaking population”; a pro- Parma cathedral’s... Ukraine. Anticipating a migration from the inner city, 10 “peace” party, calling for an end to the war in Ukraine’s acres of land were purchased in Parma, an adjoining sub- Donbas on the basis of Russia’s terms, and denouncing (Continued from page 1) urb in 1954. In 1957 the parish purchased the Parma City the so-called “party of war” in Kyiv for its Ukrainian and Protodeacon Ihor Mahlay, deacon. Also participating Hall, which was sold for $11 and was moved the two miles “nationalism;” and a socially oriented party, opposing to the current parish property. both market liberalism and Ukraine’s financial-industri- were Father Roman Yatskiv, pastor of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Monessen, Pa., and Father Dmitri The building was converted to a chapel and for 10 years al-political oligarchy. Most of the traits in this self-por- served the parish with an 8:30 a.m. Sunday liturgy. A 10:30 trayal would mark the OP-FL a left-leaning party Belenki, pastor of St. Mary Dormition Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Lorain, Ohio, along with seminarians from St. liturgy was served in the church in Cleveland. (Zagittya.com.ua, 112.UA TV, July 29, 30). Sophia’s Seminary of South Bound Brook, N.J., and 15 par- In 1967, the parish sold the Cleveland church and con- Mr. Medvedchuk defines President Zelenskyy’s ish altar boys. structed the present-day cathedral; the chapel was converted Servant of the People party as “centrist, liberal-demo- The 35-voice combined Ukrainian and English choirs to a school building with classrooms, a library and a memorial cratic [and] tending to libertarianism” – thus, ideologi- directed by Markian Komichak sang the responses. room dedicated to the victims of the Holodomor. A 400-seat cally incompatible with OP-FL. The latter is ready for the Following the liturgy, an anniversary banquet was held capacity banquet center and two rectories were also built. role of an opposition party, but it is also prepared to in the parish center with 275 people in attendance. Lucy In 1988, a large mosaic of the Baptism of Ukraine was cooperate with the presidential party from time to time Komichak opened the program and served as mistress of installed over the front entrance of the cathedral. Water on certain “strategic” issues: specifically, amending ceremonies. Greetings were offered by Serhij Nahornyj, from the Dnipro River and earth from Kyiv were combined Ukraine’s Constitution so as to comply with the political president of St. Vladimir Board of Trustees. in the cement of the mosaic, unifying the parish with its terms of the Minsk armistice. During the program Mr. Nahornyj presented the annual ancestral homeland. Those amendments would require a two-thirds Brotherhood Scholarship to three high school graduates: In 1993, a large monument to the victims of the majority in the 450-seat Parliament. Servant of the John Meaden, Julia Hontaruk and Sophia Schilling. The Holodomor, one of the first in the United States, was erected People will hold over 250 seats, according to incomplete Brotherhood Parishioner of the Year award for 2018 was on the side of the cathedral, where thousands of cars drive electoral returns. Mr. Medvedchuk has already presented to Alex Pihuliak, who was honored with a plaque by on a daily basis. announced that his party would add its own, 50 or more for his love and dedication to the parish. In 2009, at the request of St. Vladimir’s Parish, the city of votes, so as to ensure a constitutional majority, in the The entertainment portion of the banquet consisted of Parma designated one mile of the busy State Road as event that the pro-presidential party decides to support Ukrainian folk dances and songs performed by members of “Ukrainian Village” and the side street by the cathedral as those constitutional changes (Zagittya.com.ua, July 21; the parish ensembles and directed by Oksana Logvynuk. St. Vladimir Way. 112.UA TV, July 30). Oleh Sozansky, a renowned bandura player visiting from Hundreds of newly arrived Ukrainians have joined cur- Ukraine, added to the audience’s enjoyment. rent parishioners and today consider St. Vladimir Cathedral The article above is reprinted from Eurasia Daily St. Vladimir Parish was organized in the Tremont section their spiritual home. All look forward to celebrating the Monitor with permission from its publisher, the of Cleveland in 1924. The original membership consisted of parish’s centennial in 2024. Jamestown Foundation, www.jamestown.org. Ukrainians from western Ukraine. Following World War II, Source: St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2019 No. 32 No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2019 19

Through October 6 Art exhibit, “Blue Collar” by Cleveland Dean and August 22 Ukrainian American Day flag-raising ceremony and Chicago Anthony Adcock, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Hempstead, NY celebration, Ukrainian Congress Committee of America 773-227-5522 or www.uima-chicago.org (Long Island Chapter), Hempstead Town Hall, [email protected] August 15-17 Saskatoon Folkfest, Ukrainian Karpaty Pavilion, Saskatoon, SK Prairieland Park, www.saskatoonfolkfest.com August 22 Beach Soccer Tournament, Ukrainian Sports Federation Wildwood Crest, NJ of the U.S.A. and Canada, beach in front of Pan Am August 15-18 46th annual St. Jospahat Ukrainian Festival, St. Josaphat Hotel, [email protected] or www.uscak.org Rochester, NY Ukrainian Catholic Church, www.rochesterukrainianfestival.com August 23 Ukrainian Beach Volleyball Tournament, Ukrainian Sports Willdwood Crest, NJ Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada, beach in front of Pan Am Hotel, [email protected] or www.uscak.org August 17 Hamilton Ukrainian Day on the Bay, Ukrainian Canadian Hamilton, ON Congress – Hamilton Branch, Hamilton Waterfront Dock, August 23 Khmel Zabava fund-raiser dance for Plast camps, [email protected] or www.ucchamilton.ca Wildwood, NJ Khmelnychenky Plast fraternity, featuring DJ Orest, Wildwood American Legion hall, www.facebook.com/xmeli August 17 Piano recital, Serhii Salov, Music and Art Center of Jewett, NY Greene County, www.musicandartcenter.org or August 23 Ukrainian Independence Day celebrations, with flag- 518-989-6479 Boston raising at Boston City Hall Plaza, followed by reception at Piemonte Room, Boston City Council Chambers – Boston August 17-18 Ukrainian Festival, Ukrainian Homestead, City Hall, with Harbor Cruise on Provincetown II, Lehighton, PA www.ukrhomestead.com or 610-377-4621 https://seaportsummerpartycruise.eventbrite.com/?aff+ UKRBOSTON Promo Code: UKRBOSTON August 18 Ukrainian Day, Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, Tofield, AB www.ukrainianvillage.ca August 23-25 Instructor Intensive Workshop, Rodovid Academy of Hepburn, SK Ukrainian Dance, Bethany College, August 18 Registration for Religious Education (ages 3-18), www.rodovidacademyofukrainiandance.com Hillside, NJ Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church, www.byzcath.org/immaculateconception or 908-322-7350 August 23 Art exhibit, “Land of Hope, Silk Paintings by Oleh Chicago Chuyko,” Ukrainian National Museum, 312-421-8020 August 18 Ukrainian Independence Day commemoration, Ukrainian Union/Irvington, NJ Congress Committee of America (Union-Irvington branch), August 24 Memorial concert in honor of Lubomyr Krushelnytsky, Union Township Municipal Building, Ukrainian Community Jewett, NY with cellist Natalia Khoma and pianist Volodymyr Center, 973-375-0156 Vynnytsky, Music and Art Center of Greene County, [email protected] or www.grazhdamusicandart.org August 18-25 Dance Workshop, Rodovid Academy of Ukrainian Dance, Hepburn, SK Bethany College, www.rodovidacademyofukrainiandance.com Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions August 19-25 Folk Camp, immersion in Ukrainian culture, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Grafton, ON www.folkcamp.ca and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

ATHLETICS (2.28 meters) at the international meeting Mohammed VI Sports Shorts Four gold and two silvers at Euro U-20 D’Athletisme de Rabat in Morocco on June 16. Olha Lyakhova won bronze in the women’s 800 meters (2:00.35 (Continued from page 9) Ukraine won four gold and two silver medals at the seconds). Bondarenko also won gold (2.31 meters) at the 2019 European Athletics U-20 Championships in Boras, goal and made five assists. Manchester City has become the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea meeting at Olympic Stadium in Sweden, on July 18-21. In men’s field events, gold medalists first English men’s team to complete a domestic treble, Rome on June 6. were Artem Konovalenko (triple jump, 16.50 meters, set- winning the English Premier League, the FA Cup and the ting a Euro U-20 record) and Myhaylo Kokhan (hammer Levchenko wins silver in Carabao Cup. Zinchenko has played for Ukraine’s national throw, 84.73 meters – a distance that set the Euro U-20 team since 2015 with 27 appearances and two goals. Yuliya Levchenko won silver in the women’s high jump record, a championship record and a world U-20 record). (1.90 meters) at the Bauhaus-Galan meeting in Stockholm, Shakhtar has change of coaches won gold in the women’s high jump Sweden, on May 30. Fellow Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh (1.92 meters) and Valeriya Ivanenko won gold in the wom- finished in fourth place in the women’s high jump (1.83 Shakhtar Donetsk bid farewell to its outgoing coach, en’s hammer throw (65.83 meters). Silver medalists were meters). Paulo Fonseca, who signed with Italy’s Roma. In a state- Oleh Doroshchuk (high jump, 2.14 meters) and Illya ment the club said, “...We wish [coach Paulo Fonseca and Kravchenko (pole vault, 5.31 meters). Ukraine finished in HOCKEY his coaching staff] every success in their future career, fourth place in the medals standings. The competition Bozak, Parayko Stanley Cup champions more outstanding achievements and great victories.” Coach attracted 1,114 athletes from 48 countries. The 2021 event Fonseca stated: “Leaving, I wish Shakhtar to return home. I will be hosted in Tallinn, Estonia. The 2018-2019 hockey season saw the performances of wish them to continue winning and to get just stronger. I key players Tyler Bozak and Colton Parayko mirror that of am no longer the Shakhtar manager, but I am still a big fan Sloboda and Rofe-Beketova tops in heptathlon their St. Louis Blues club. The worst team in the entire NHL of theirs. At each game, I will root for the Orange-and-Black Daryna Sloboda and Iryna Rofe-Beketova won gold and on January 2 changed head coaches, called up a rookie goal- family and look forward to more victories. I accept the new bronze, respectively, in the high jump (1.78 meters, 1.75 tender, started winning and went on to claim the Stanley challenge. But Ukraine will forever remain in my heart. My meters) at the European Combined Events Cup Super Cup. Newcomer Bozak took his time getting acclimated to son was born here. I have spent three happy years here. I League meeting in Lutsk, Ukraine, on July 6-7. Sloboda and his new surroundings and teammates before finishing with don’t say ‘Goodbye,’ I say ‘See you later.’” Fonseca took the Rofe-Beketova won gold and silver, respectively, in the a bang, providing strong checking as third-line center while helm of the Shakhtar club on June 1, 2016, having become women’s shot put (14.03 meters, 13.97 meters). The hep- chipping in with 13 goals, 25 assists for 38 points, three one of the most successful coaches in the club’s history. In tathlon includes the 100-meter hurdles, high jump, shot game-winners and a respectable 54.3 face-off percentage. three years the club won three golden doubles – having put, 200-meters, long jump, javelin throw and 800-meters. Fourth-year defenseman Parayko switched gears to assume won the Ukrainian Super Cup and the Ukrainian Cup, and the role of shutdown defender on the No. 2 pairing, sacrific- the team won 103 out of 139 matches with a 29-match win Mahuchikh wins bronze in high jump ing offense in an effort to stymie the opposition’s top for- streak in the Ukrainian Premier League. Fonseca has been Yaroslava Mahuchikh won bronze in women’s high jump ward line. He nonetheless tallied a career high in goals (10), replaced by another Portuguese coach, Luis Castro, who (2 meters) at the Prefontaine Classic on June 30 in was a solid plus-20 (plus/minus), contributed three game- began his two-year contract with Shakhtar on June 12. Stanford, Calif. Yuliya Levchenko finished in fourth place winners and averaged 22.47 minutes on ice. During their Castro was coach for Vitoria Guimaraes of Portugal, and the 1.95 meters. 26-game playoff run, Bozak finished sixth on the Blues in club finished the 2018-2019 season in fifth place in the scoring (508-13) with Parayko right behind him (2-10-12). Holovchenko wins silver at European festival Portuguese . Bozak was signed as a free agent from Toronto last offsea- Tetyana Holovchenko won silver in the women’s 1,500- son to provide leadership in the locker room in addition to FUTSAL meter race (4:05.01 seconds) at the 19th European shoring up the team’s checking line. Parayko earned his Kherson in Elite Round of Champions League Athletic Festival in Bygdgoszcz, Poland, on June 12. Denys minutes by utilizing his 6-foot-6, 230-pound physique to Fedas won bronze in the men’s pole vault (5.40 meters) launch booming blasts from the point and booming body MFC Prodexim Kherson is in Group 2 of the main round and Vadym Slobodenyuk won bronze (8:24.15 seconds) in checks on unsuspecting opponents. These two hockey play- of the UEFA Futsal Champions League. Also in the group the men’s 3,000-meter streeplechase. ers had much in common during 2018-2019: both are are Benefica (Portugal), Halle-Gooik (Belgium, hosts) and Ukrainian, both overcame a challenging beginning to their Araz Naxcivan (Azerbaijan). Matches are scheduled for Bondarenko wins golds in Rome and Rabat year, both adapted to a winning formula with key contribu- October 8-13 and the draw was announced on July 4. Bohdan Bondarenko won gold in the men’s high jump tions, and both are now Stanley Cup champions. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2019 No. 32

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Friday, August 23 “Celebrate Liberty and Unity” and will fea- ture another collaborative effort of WILDWOOD, N.J.: The Khmelnychenky Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, Iskra Plast fraternity is sponsoring a fund-rais- Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, violinist ing dance for camps of Plast Ukrainian Innesa Tymochko Dekajlo and Vox Ethnika Scouting Organization at the Wildwood orchestra. This year’s special guest per- American Legion, 4200 Atlantic Ave. Doors formers are the Korinya Ukrainian Folk open at 8 p.m. Entertainment will be pro- Band and Master Yang’s School of Martial vided by DJ Orest. Admission: $20 for Arts. A social dance to the live music of the adults age 21 and over only; includes open Vox Ethnika will follow at 4:30 p.m. beer bar 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Mixed drinks also Delicious Ukrainian foods and baked available. Valid IDs required for wrist goods, picnic fare, cool beverages and bands that will be sold at the beach and at refreshments will be plentiful. Vendors are the door. For more info – visit the welcome. An arts and crafts bazaar and a Facebook page: https://www.facebook. children’s fun area will be open all day. com/Xmeli/. Admission: $15; students, $10; children Sunday, August 25 under 15, free; parking is free. A limited number of discount tickets is available HORSHAM, Pa.: Tryzub Ukrainian online. For further information: 267-664- American Sport Center will host the 28th 3857, [email protected], or www.tryzub. annual Ukrainian Independence Folk org. The sponsor is a 501(c) (3) tax- Festival and Outdoor Summer Concert at exempt nonprofit charitable organization; Tryzubivka, County Line and Lower State proceeds benefit youth and adult amateur roads, Horsham, PA 19044. Doors open at sports and cultural, fraternal and commu- noon. The concert at 1:30 p.m. is titled nity programs.

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