What we’re watching
- Thursday, April 22 at 5 p.m. Kyiv time: US-Ukraine Business Council — Development of extractive industries in Ukraine. Register here.
Top news
- Zelensky: Russian propaganda, financial groups plundering Ukraine hinder reforms
- Toronto Globe and Mail: Ukraine now says it believes Iran intentionally shot down Flight 752
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Dirty Dollars
Kremlin tracker
- Kremlin-controlled forces deny OSCE passage at checkpoints as Russia escalates war
- RFE/RL: Ukrainian military positions shelled In eastern Ukraine
- Politicians discuss Russian threat as Ukrainian soldiers stand guard (PHOTOS)
- Macron: ‘We have to be clear and tough’ with Putin, end ‘naive approach’
- Over 103,000 Russian troops currently stationed near border with Ukraine
- RFE/RL: The recipe for a major spy scandal in Central Europe
- RFE/RL: Czechs inform EU, NATO over alleged Russian links to 2014 depot blast
- Reuters: Russia says it will retaliate hard against Czechs over diplomat expulsions
- Associated Press: Czechs expel 18 Russians over huge depot explosion in 2014
- UNIAN: Czech ammo blast likely staged by Russia to disrupt arms supply to Ukraine – media
- CEPA: US sanctions on Russia
- UNIAN: Russia deploys attack aircraft in occupied Crimea
- RFE/RL: Protesters erect naked Putin sculpture to protest spike in Ukraine fighting
- Reuters: Russia and Ukraine to expel a diplomat each as tensions simmer
- BBC: Fact-checking Russian TV’s Ukraine claims
- Bloomberg: Biden team weighs Russia sanctions impact, has more options
- UK warships to sail for Black Sea in May as Ukraine-Russia tensions rise
- Associated Press: Pope calls on Russia and Ukraine to seek reconciliation
- Guardian: What do they want from us?’ As Russian forces amass, a Ukraine frontier town feels fear and despair
- Al Jazeera Europe Fear grows in Ukraine over Russian troop build-up
- ‘We must learn to fend for ourselves’: Ukrainian soldiers in the Donbas prepare for conflict
- Marine Link: Russia beefs up warship presence in the Black Sea
- Biden’s April 15 remarks on Russia
- Reuters: Radio Free Europe seeks court defense from Russian crackdown
Coronavirus
- COVID-19 in Ukraine: 10,282 new cases, 250 new deaths, 3,333 new vaccinations
- Red & green zone countries
- Sign-up for vaccinations in Ukraine
- Financial Times: Bloomberg: COVID-19 vaccine tracker
Kyiv Post Podcast — Enemy at the Gate: What to do about Russian aggression
Elina Kent interviews ex-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William B. Taylor Jr. and Atlantic Council fellow Dan Fried, a former State Department official who is an expert on sanctions.
Business
Ukraine Open for Business: Summary of the Ukrainian economy in February-March 2021
Ukraine spring grain sowing 20% complete – ministry
Business Wire
Four ways to invest in Ukraine’s infrastructure
Law firm Arzinger announces new appointments
Ukreximbank works as exclusive partner in large-scale infrastructure projects
Big Four audit, consulting firm EY announces its upcoming country leadership change
Arzinger strengthens its presence
GOLAW: Risks of being a top manager: personal assets under threat
Cosmetics giant L’Oréal contributes to solve ecological, social world challenges
Scholarship programs offered by Government of India for professionals and students
Kyiv Post joins Norwegian-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce
Opinions
Timothy Ash: Insane weekend around Russia
Alexei Bayer: Containing Putin
Olena Rotari: Saving Dmytro Svichynskyi
Andriy Boytsun: State-Owned Enterprises Weekly
Luke Coffey: Russia testing US on Ukraine; Biden must respond
Vitaly Portnikov: Putin to turn a deaf ear to Biden’s words
EUvsDisinfo: Dropping rumour bombs in Ukraine
Jo Harper: The art of protest in Belarus
Mark Cousins: Belarus culture workers need our support
Dalibor Rohac: Sputnik V’s biggest legacy may be political turmoil
Paul Goble: Seizing water supplies for Crimea ‘number one task’ for Putin
Michael Bociurkiw: Ukraine pummelled by COVID-19
Alina Polyakova, Chloe Suzman: New sanctions send a message to Putin
Dimitar Bechev: Ukraine-Turkey cooperation has its limits
Paul Goble: Duma allows Russian firms to steal foreign medical secrets
From the archives: Russia blocks Kerch Strait after its coast guard ship rams Ukrainian tugboat in Kerch Strait
In 2018, a Russian coast guard ship rammed a Ukrainian tugboat that it falsely claimed was in Russian waters illegally. The Kremlin used the incident as a pretext to illegally close the Kerch Strait, blocking Ukraine’s access to the Black Sea through the Azov Sea. During this period, the Kremlin harassed and detained Ukrainian commercial vessels for hours, disrupting the economy. Fears are high that Russia will do the same today.
