Politics & Economics

Russia has committed multiple war crimes since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, so all of its military and political leadership must be held to account by an international court. This was stated by the President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nauseda, who spoke at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday on behalf of the three Baltic States, Ukrinform's own correspondent reports. "It is truly the shame that Russia is still able to hide behind the veto power and actively uses this power to cover crimes of its partners. Each and every person in this room knows about Kremlin's many crimes," he…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that, in order to promote peace in Ukraine, it is necessary to stop the attempts of Iran, the DPRK, and China to fuel the Russian war machine, as well as to support Ukraine's peace initiatives. He said this while addressing the UN Security Council on Tuesday at a meeting dedicated to the situation in Ukraine, Ukrinform's own correspondent reports. “There are two immediate and interrelated steps that we must take. First, we must address Russia's growing cooperation with North Korea and Iran," the U.S. secretary of state said. He recalled that Iran supplies…

Turkey will increase its support for efforts to end Russia's war against Ukraine through diplomacy and dialogue, based on Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty, and will continue to strictly implement the provisions of the Montreux Convention. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said this in his address to the UN General Assembly in New York, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. "As the war in Ukraine ends its third year, we are still far from establishing a just and lasting peace. As the arms race accelerates, the space for diplomacy is shrinking. We will further increase our support for efforts to end…

The industrial producer price index totaled 2.2% in August, while the same indicator slowed to 31.2% year-on-year. The latest data from the State Statistics Service shows that the industrial producer price index, which tracks the average change in wholesale prices for raw materials and intermediate consumption goods, reached 2.2% in August, down from 8.8% in July. The primary factor contributing to the deceleration in industrial inflation last month was the cost of electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning, which increased by 3.6% in August (16.6% in July). Read also: NBU Governor comments on exchange rate of hryvnia following talks with…

The High Council of Justice (HCJ) has dismissed six judges, including two judges of the Supreme Court. The agency's press service said this in a statement, Ukrinform reports. "The Council decided to dismiss six judges in connection with the submission of resignation letters," the statement reads. In particular, HCJ dismissed Ruslan Ralets as a judge of the Dubny District Court in the Rivne region, Oleksandr Prokopenko as a judge of the Supreme Court, Bohdan Hrynovetskyi as a judge of the Ivano-Frankivsk Court of Appeal, Dmytro Sydorenko as a judge of the Dnipropetrovsk District Administrative Court, Valerii Belka as a judge…

Russian ruler Vladimir Putin has violated so many international norms that he will not stop on his own. Russia can only be forced to peace, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky believes. According to an Ukrinform correspondent in New York, the President said this on Tuesday at a meeting of the UN Security Council. According to him, Russia always has to lie to justify its war. Russia cannot invoke the UN Charter to explain what it is doing against Ukraine, Zelensky said. “In fact, in its own perverted way, in its own crooked world, it refers to the Charter - but…

During his visit to the United States, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met with President of Guatemala Bernardo Arevalo. The President of Ukraine announced this on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. “I met with President of Guatemala Bernardo Arevalo in New York. The key topic of our conversation was the implementation of the Peace Formula,” he said. The President of Ukraine expressed gratitude to Guatemala for participating in the first Peace Summit and supporting the Joint Communiqué. “The peace formula can bring a lasting and just peace closer,” Zelensky emphasized. Read also: UN Security Council meeting with Zelensky takes place in New…

Ukrainian MP Artem Dmytruk is awaiting trial on his extradition to Ukraine after he was detained in London. That's according to The Independent, Ukrinform reports. "A Ukrainian MP sheltering in London is set to appear in court to fight an extradition request from the Zelensky government," the story reads. The extradition request is based on "hooliganism" charges from an incident he was involved in 2020 when he tried to force his way into a political meeting. Read also: PGO opens case over possible organization of illegal border crossing by Dmytruk Dmytruk told The Independent that the UK government has provided…

Temporary solutions for ending Russia's war against Ukraine will not bring lasting peace but will merely postpone the war. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said this in a comment on statements about the possibility of temporarily leaving part of Ukrainian territory under occupation, Ukrinform reports. The ministry said that the withdrawal of Russian occupying forces from the sovereign territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders was one of the mandatory points of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's Peace Formula. This and other provisions of the Formula will guarantee a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace not only for Ukraine, but for the…

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and the foreign ministers of the EU countries have agreed to make joint and quick decisions for victory and peace at an informal meeting in New York. The Ukrainian foreign policy chief announced this on X, Ukrinform reports. "I was delighted to meet with my EU colleagues in a friendly atmosphere of an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in New York. Thank you, dear [EU High Representative] Josep Borrell. We coordinated steps and agreed to make joint, swift, and strong decisions for victory and peace. Time matters," Sybiha said. Read also: Biden at UN:…