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What we’re watching
- Oct. 13 at 10 a.m. Washington/5 p.m. Kyiv time: Webinar: “Privatization program in Ukraine 2020-2021: State Property Fund of Ukraine” organized by the U.S-Ukraine Business Council. Register here.
- Oct. 15 at 6 p.m. Washington/Oct. 16 1 a.m. Kyiv time: Webinar “Ukrainian Dialogue: Zelensky’s first year leading up to America’s presidential election.” Ambassador of Ukraine to the U.S. Volodymyr Yelchenko, member of parliament Solomiia Bobrovska, and Kyiv Post chief editor Brian Bonner. Register here.
- Oct. 17 at 3 p.m. Kyiv time: Ukrainian World Congress First Virtual Forum “United by Ukraine.” More information here. Media contact: olha.domanska@
ukrainianworldcongress.org
Top news
- Air traffic in Ukraine drops by 60%, worse than forecasted
- European Investment Bank lends Ukraine 330 million euros
- Ukrainian venture fund invests $150,000 in US tech publication
- World Bank: Ukraine’s GDP to fall by 5.5% in 2020, rebound next year
- Inquiry reveals early conclusions on An-26 crash
- RFE/RL: Navalny suggests EU ban Russian oligarchs as a consequence of poisoning
- Reuters: Ukraine secures £1.25 billion from UK to build military vessels
- DC experts: Black Sea nations should unite to fend off Russia
- Atlantic Council/CEPA: Overcoming polarization in Ukraine
- Al Jazeera: Putin says he has noted Biden’s ‘sharp anti-Russian rhetoric
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Yuri Zoria: Are the wildfires in eastern Ukraine a form of warfare?
Kurt Volker: Don’t silence America’s voice
Halya Coynash: Ukrainians demand that Zelensky dissolves corruption-tainted Kyiv court
Halya Coynash: ECHR issues crucial judgement against Russia
Greg Sargent: Trump’s corrupt schemes keep blowing up in his face
Josh Rogin: Trump’s team trusts Russian intelligence over US intelligence
Fiona Hill: The biggest risk to this election is not Russia. It’s us
The officials are different, but the statements emanating from Ukraine-European Union summits are similar throughout the years and decades. Case in point: The Oct. 7, 2003, summit in Ukraine in which the EU recognized Ukraine’s European aspirations, said eventual EU membership is possible, but called for the acceleration of democratic reforms and a judicial overhaul. Sounds very similar to the recently completed summit this week in Brussels. Of course, the relationship has deepened in 17 years: Ukrainians since 2017 can travel visa-free to most European countries, and a free-trade agreement is in place. But otherwise, Ukraine remains on the outside.