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The Ukrainian Weekly, 2019 INSIDE: l The case of МН17, then and now – page 9 l Photo report: Ukrainian Cultural Festival – centerfold l Our community: Perth Amboy, New Haven – page 17 THEPublished U by theKRAINIAN Ukrainian National Association, Inc., celebrating W its 125th anniversaryEEKLY Vol. LXXXVII No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 $2.00 Congressional Ukraine Caucus introduces bill to compel Parliamentary elections redraw Ukraine’s political map release of Ukraine’s seamen by Bohdan Nahaylo KYIV – The results of Ukraine’s July 21 snap WASHINGTON – The chairs of the parliamentary election have continued the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, Reps. biggest political shake-up in independent Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), Andy Harris Ukraine’s history. Political newcomer (R-Md.), Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), and Brian Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s recent landslide victo- Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), on July 18 introduced ry in the presidential election has been repli- the SAILORS Act, or the “Stopping cated by a win on a historic scale by his party, Aggressive Incursions on Liberty by Servant of the People. Ordering Russian Sanctions Act,” legisla- As predicted by opinion and exit polls, tion that would apply sanctions to 24 Servant of the People won a clear majority, the senior members of the Russian Security first time any party has achieved such a domi- Service and their close associates until nating position in the Verkhovna Rada. Russia releases 24 Ukrainian seaman and Servant of the People captured 254 of the 424 three vessels the country illegally captured seats being contested (26 of the Parliament’s near the Kerch Strait in the Sea of Azov. 450 seats remain unfilled because elections In a joint statement, the CUC chairs could not be held in areas occupied by Russia). noted: “The United States Congress con- It won 124 seats in voting for party lists and tinues to strongly condemn Russia’s dan- another 130 in single-mandate constituencies. gerous naval assault on the Ukrainian Servant of the People also broke another Navy and the illegal detainment of 24 record. The party won just over 43 percent of Ukrainian sailors. The event represents the votes in the voting by party lists, beating the latest in a series of malicious steps the record 34.7 percent set by the Party of taken by Russia to undermine Ukraine’s Regions in 2007. democratic progress and the internation- The four other parties that managed to al rules-based order.” pass the 5 percent threshold and get into the “The international community must Verkhovna Rada lagged far behind. The pro- not stand idly by as Russia increases its Russian Opposition Platform – For Life aggression in Europe and globally. The (Oppozytsiyna Platforma – Za Zhyttia) did United States and the free world must somewhat better than expected and secured a raise the cost of Russian incursions until total of 43 seats (including voting for political THE NEW VERKHOVNA RADA: Infographic by RFE/RL shows the num- each of the 24 Ukrainian sailors are ber of seats in the Verkhovna Rada won by parties. (NB: 26 seats are vacant (Continued on page 14) because of the Russian occupation of those territories.) (Continued on page 19) 13th annual Ukrainian Cultural Festival held at Soyuzivka by Adrian Bryttan ning gala held during this year’s festival was dedicated to support the UNA Publications KERHONKSON, N.Y. – The 13th annual Endowment Fund and to honor Svoboda and Ukrainian Cultural Festival at the Ukrainian The Ukrainian Weekly as part of the Ukrainian National Foundation’s (UNF) Soyuzivka National Association’s 125st anniversary. The Heritage Center took place over three days UNA presented a special jubilee display in from July 12 to 14. Soyuzivka’s Main House. From Ukraine, singers Taras Petrynenko, The emphasis was on transmitting cultural Tetiana Horobets and Tonya Matvienko heritage. At the UNF fund-raising gala, delighted audiences several times throughout Ukraine’s Ambassador Valeriy Chaly present- the festival. Ukrainian American Max ed gifts to UNA President Stefan Kaczaraj, UNF Lozynskyj also belted out his own songs while President Dr. Wasyl Szeremeta and UNA/UNF playing guitar. Fleet-fingered violinist Vasyl Chief Financial Officer Roma Lisovich. Popadiuk showed why he is one of the most The editor-in-chief of Svoboda and The sought after jazz and folk violinists of today. Ukrainian Weekly, Roma Hadzewycz, gave an The Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York, overview of the history, contributions and sig- under director Vasyl Hrechynsky, included nificance of these important publications that unique arrangements with added instrumen- have served the Ukrainian community and talists in their songs. The Ukrainian Dance nation for a combined total of over 210 years. Workshop of Roma Pryma Bohachevsky pre- The festival attracted visitors from many miered several attractive new dances choreo- states to the daily exhibits and events, as well graphed by Orlando Pagan. Mr. Pagan is also as enthusiastic audiences for the afternoon director of the Hartford-based Zolotyj Promin and evening stage shows. Arts and crafts ven- Ukrainian Dance Ensemble and choreo- dors exhibited their wares on the plaza. The graphed several numbers which the ensemble “Selo” (Ukrainian Village) presented a depic- presented during the festival. Bogdan Grytsiv tion of Ukrainian village life with live demon- Carrying on the tradition of fund-raising for Taras Petrynenko and Tetiana Horobets perform in the Saturday evening pro- important community goals, the Friday eve- gram of the 13th annual Ukrainian Cultural Festival at Soyuzivka. (Continued on page 15) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 No. 30 ANALYSIS Belarus: Springboard or casus belli UWC offers preliminary observations terrorism. Ihor Hryb said that his son was detained when he was returning from The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) Belarus to Ukraine. (RFE/RL) for Russian aggression against Ukraine? International Election Observation Mission released its preliminary observations dur- Two killed on ceasefire’s first day by Yuri Lapaiev from becoming a pro-Western democracy (Valisluureamet.ee, March 13). ing a press conference held on July 22 at Eurasia Daily Monitor the Ukraine Crisis Media Center in Kyiv, Ukraine’s military on July 22 said that Recent Russian activity demonstrates two soldiers were killed and as many The Union State Treaty between Russia that Moscow has not given up on its aggres- confirming that the parliamentary elec- tions in Ukraine met international stan- wounded on the previous day when an and Belarus (signed in April 1997) sive plans vis-à-vis Belarus. On May 17, unknown explosive device was set off by an declares, in Chapter II, Section II, Articles members of the online volunteer open- dards for the conduct of democratic elec- tions. The UWC Mission, which numbered “enemy sabotage and reconnaissance 17-18, that border security falls into a source analytical community Inform group.” The casualties in the armed conflict 142 short-term observers (STOs) from 30 group of key bilateral issues that must be Napalm spotted the arrival in Baranovichy with Russia-backed militants came on the countries, closely cooperated with the solved jointly. In practice, this gives Russia (80 miles southwest of Minsk) of Russian first day when a ceasefire was supposed to Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, control over Belarus’s external borders, military personnel, potentially linked to an go into effect based on an agreement in a UWC member organization, which regis- also with Ukraine (Rossiyskaya Gazeta, incoming rotation of military unit 03522 of Minsk on July 17 between Ukrainian and tered 32 STOs. The missions of the UWC December 8, 1999). the 474th Independent Radio-Technical Russian envoys as well as members of the and the UCCA monitored the electoral pro- Despite the fact that the specific political Unit, based out of the Belarusian city of Organization for Security and Cooperation cess in 20 oblasts of Ukraine and in and economic integration laid out in the Hantsavichy (the site of a Russian Volga- in Europe (OSCE). Ceasefire road maps Ukrainian diplomatic missions in 23 coun- 22-year-old union treaty has proceeded at type early-warning radar) (Informnapalm. announced as part of the Minsk accords – tries. Although the UWC’s STOs recorded a glacial pace, bilateral defense and security org, May 17). September 2014 and February 2015 pacts minor irregularities at certain polling sta- cooperation has in fact tangibly progressed. But even more interesting was Inform aimed at resolving the conflict – have con- tions, these irregularities were not system- Russia possesses several small military Napalm’s documented sighting on June 20 of tributed to a decrease in fighting but have ic and did not impact on the election facilities in Belarus (long-range radar and the arrival in Belarus of large (unspecified) failed to hold. The OSCE recorded 75 cease- results. Russian hybrid aggression against naval communications center), and, since numbers of Russian military vehicles and fire violations through 4 p.m. on July 21. Ukraine had the worst impact on the elec- April 2016, the two countries operate the They included “three explosions, 21 projec- tions since it did not allow the Ukrainian East-European Joint Regional Anti-Aircraft armored personnel carriers (APC), to take tiles in flight, and 51 shots of heavy people to elect national deputies from Defense System. partequipment, in a military including parade the (Informnapalm.org, newest BTR-82А machine-gun and small-arms fire,” the Crimea and the occupied territories of the Moreover, the Russian Armed Forces June 26). In addition to the modern APCs, OSCE said in a report. About 13,000 people Donbas. (Ukrainian World Congress) have the right to use local Belarusian the Russian Defense Ministry announced it have been killed in the conflict since April resources, logistics and infrastructure in a was delivering 9K720 Iskander (SS-26 EU demands Hryb’s immediate release 2014 when Moscow-backed militants took time of war or in case of a possible attack.
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