Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Russia has introduced a bill to invalidate the 1954 transfer of Crimea to Ukraine in an attempt to legitimize its illegal occupation, but Ukraine has condemned it as a desperate propaganda move that will not change the internationally recognized reality that Crimea is Ukraine.

Ukraine expressed its disappointment with Pope Francis' statement on the demonstration of the "white flag" and negotiations with Russia, the aggressor, emphasizing the need for a just peace based on the principles of the UN and the Ukrainian Peace Formula.

Former Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko is appointed Consul General of Ukraine in Toronto.

Oleh Nikolenko, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, announced his resignation after 3. 5 years in office, most of which were spent during the difficult period of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Top fashion brands such as Zara, Massimo Dutti, and Bershka are reopening in Ukraine after being temporarily shut down by the russian invasion, another step in the return of major international companies to the country.

China's Special Representative for Eurasia, Lu Hui, visited Ukraine and held frank and friendly talks with Ukrainian officials about Ukraine-China relations.

Kuleba called on allied countries to urgently provide Ukraine with weapons and ammunition in larger quantities and at a faster pace to help repel Russian attacks and liberate the occupied territories.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Valeriy Zaluzhnyi as Ukraine's Ambassador to the United Kingdom to strengthen the alliance between the two countries.

Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, may become Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Ukraine has a clear plan of action and first results in accessing frozen Russian assets worth about €300 billion to finance the costs of recovery.

The Language Ombudsman discussed with representatives of the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) the provision of education in Ukrainian for more than 600,000 Ukrainian children living abroad.

russia has been officially expelled from the Danube Commission, which regulates navigation on the Danube, for actions incompatible with the convention under which the organization operates.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has created a new page "Wartime Diplomacy" to highlight the achievements of Ukrainian diplomats in strengthening the country's defense capabilities and gaining international support for the military during the ongoing russian aggression.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba discussed with his French counterpart the strengthening of support for the Ukrainian Defense Forces and thanked France for its leadership in forming a coalition to provide long-range weapons.

Ukraine has once again asked Germany to supply Taurus cruise missiles amid an ongoing dispute in Berlin.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister called on the OSCE to become a platform for holding Russia accountable for its crimes during the war in Ukraine, rather than a forum for dialogue.

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on the UN to use all tools to bring home Ukrainian children abducted by Russia during its war against Ukraine.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will visit the UN Headquarters in New York on February 23 to attend General Assembly and Security Council meetings on Russian aggression, address an event on the deportation of Ukrainian children, and hold bilateral meetings to discuss further military assistance, defense cooperation and humanitarian response.

Polish protesters blocked the border between Poland and Ukraine, undermining Ukraine's economy and resilience to Russian aggression; Ukraine called on Poland to provide a legal assessment, unblock the border, and stop anti-Ukrainian rhetoric.

Ukraine is ready to resume the work of its mobile consulate in the Transnistrian region of Moldova to provide consular services to Ukrainian citizens, if their safety and freedom of movement are ensured.

Polish protesters briefly blocked a passenger train traveling between Ukraine and Poland, but the train later continued to move after Polish police intervened.

Approximately 3,200 trucks are waiting at six border crossings with Poland due to blockades by protesting local farmers.

The head of Ukraine's military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, hinted in an interview with the French Liberation that his wife's poisoning was linked to the Russians.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine considers anti-Ukrainian protests in Poland unacceptable and calls on the Polish authorities to take a constructive approach to resolving issues related to the transit of Ukrainian grain and trade.

At the merits stage of the case, Ukraine will argue that Russia has violated the order of the International Court of Justice on provisional measures in the case of Ukraine v. Russia by continuing military operations in Ukraine after the order was issued.

Ukraine appealed to MAC Cosmetics because of the name of the popular lipstick shade "Russian Red" and noted that Russian Red is the color of the blood of Ukrainians killed by Russia.

A 15-year-old Ukrainian boy suffered severe head injuries after being beaten in a xenophobic attack in Germany, and the Consulate General in Düsseldorf is providing consular assistance to the victim.

The Government adopted a resolution regulating the receipt and use of international military assistance in accordance with the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Ukraine is stepping up construction of fortifications along the entire front line. The Prime Minister said that hundreds of kilometers of new fortifications have been built along the front line in Donetsk region.

German police have detained the attacker who killed 17-year-old basketball player Volodymyr Yermakov. He attacked the boy and his friend because they were Ukrainians.