Politics & Economics

Romania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urgently summoned the adviser-envoy of the Russian Embassy in Bucharest, Elena Kopnina, to express a protest over a fall of drone fragments on the territory of Romania. Ukrinform reports this with reference to TASS. It is noted that State Secretary for Strategic Affairs of Romania’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Iulian Fota, conveyed the protest of the Romanian side over the violation of Romania’s airspace following the discovery of fragments of a drone similar to those used by Russian forces on the territory of the country near the border with Ukraine. The State Secretary demanded…

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday pledged an additional $2.3 billion in aid to Ukraine for post-war reconstruction. That’s according to Yonhap, Ukrinform reports. "This will demonstrate our responsible role as a global pivotal state in leading assistance for the restoration of peace in Ukraine and lay the foundation for our full-fledged participation in Ukraine's future reconstruction," a presidential official said. Read also: Ukraine attracts $30B in assistance from international partners this year – PM Shmyhal Yoon Suk-yeol announced the pledge during the G20 summit session in New Delhi, saying that South Korea will provide Ukraine with $300 million in…

Brazilian President Lula da Silva believes that the G20 summit is not the right place to discuss Russia's war against Ukraine, and the UN General Assembly, where the leaders of states and governments from around the world will gather on September 19, is more suitable for this. That's according to CNN Brazil, Ukrinform reports. "We will have the United Nations General Assembly from September 19 onwards. This is the place to discuss the war. This is the place to discuss peace," he said, explaining that the G20 was created after the 2008 crisis and brought discussions about economic issues, about…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has expressed disappointment with the weak wording of the final declaration of the G20 summit and offered its own version in the part that concerns Russia's aggression against Ukraine. The ministry's spokesperson, Oleg Nikolenko, said this in a post on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. "Ukraine is grateful to its partners who tried to include strong wording in the text. At the same time, in terms of Russia's aggression against Ukraine, G20 has nothing to be proud of," Nikolenko said. He added that, obviously, Ukraine's participation in the G20 summit would have allowed its participants…

The G20 member states published a joint declaration that mentions the war in Ukraine. This is reported by The Hindustan Times with reference to the text of the final declaration of the G20 summit, Ukrinform reports. "Concerning the war in Ukraine, while recalling the discussion in Bali, we reiterated our national positions and resolutions adopted at the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly (A/RES/ES-11/1 and A/RES/ES-11/6) and underscored that all states must act in a manner consistent with the Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter in its entirety. In line with the UN Charter, all states must…

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Hayashi Yoshimasa during a meeting in Kyiv agreed to start negotiations on a bilateral agreement on security guarantees as the follow-up to the G7 Declaration. Zelensky reported this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "I welcomed Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa to Ukraine. We agreed to start negotiations on a bilateral agreement on security guarantees in the development of the G7 Declaration," Zelensky said. Read also: Japan's foreign minister visits Bucha The president expressed gratitude to Japan for remaining a key partner of Ukraine in Asia and for supporting…

Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa has honored the victims of Russian aggression in Bucha, Kyiv region. The Embassy of Japan in Ukraine published the video of a flower-laying ceremony at the memorial on the X social media platform (formerly Twitter), Ukrinform reports. Міністр закордонних справ 🇯🇵 Хаяші Йошімаса відвідав меморіал жертвам російського вторгнення в Бучі. pic.twitter.com/WTXZUT6NaD — Посольство Японії в Україні (@JPEmbUA) September 9, 2023 "The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Hayashi Yoshimasa, visited the memorial to the victims of the Russian invasion in Bucha," the embassy said. Read also: Japan condemns pseudo-elections in temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Hayashi Yoshimasa, arrived on an unannounced visit to Ukraine. This was reported by the Embassy of Japan in Ukraine on its Facebook page, Ukrinform saw. The embassy posted a video showing the minister by the train at the station. Earlier, Kyodo News, with reference to the Japanese government, wrote that Hayashi Yoshimasa is making an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Saturday in order to demonstrate support to Kyiv in the fight against the Russian invasion. Read also: Japan condemns pseudo-elections in temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine This is the first visit of the…

The Council of the European Union has added six more Russians to the sanctions list for human rights violations in temporarily occupied Crimea. That's according to data published in the Official Journal of the European Union, Ukrinform reports. "The Union is concerned about the continuing deterioration of the human rights situation in the Crimean peninsula, notably in the context of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. In that context, six persons should be included in the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2020/1998," the statement…

Russia’s unlawful ‘elections’ held in the temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine will not have any legal consequences and will not change the status of the Ukrainian territories seized by Russian troops. The relevant statement made by the Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. According to the ministry, Russia’s sham ‘elections’ to local occupation administrations within the temporarily occupied areas grossly violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, Ukrainian legislation and international law, namely the Charter of the United Nations. “Russia’s pseudo-elections in the temporarily occupied areas are worthless. They will not have any legal consequences and will…