Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba today called on Bulgaria, a NATO and EU member state, to provide military assistance that his country desperately needs to survive the Russian invasion. Bulgaria has condemned the Russian invasion, voted in favor of European Union sanctions against Russia and has accepted more than 90,000 Ukrainian refugees, but the four-party […]
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D. Kuleba: The issue with Steinmeier will be settled diplomatically
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba today lamented that the publication of a German media outlet about German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s visit had caused a “difficult situation”, expressing confidence that it would be resolved through the two sides. Kuleba made the remarks during a joint press conference with his Irish counterpart Simon Coveni in Kyiv, the […]
Ukraine is asking for weapons to ‘break’ the siege of Mariupol
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has called for Ukraine to be supplied with more weapons to “break” the siege of Mariupol as Russia appears to be on the verge of full occupation of the city. “Mariupol is in a desperate situation. We are doing everything we can to support its civilians and defenders,” Kuleba told […]
Kuleba: War would not have broken out if Ukraine had been a member of NATO
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba once again called it a strategic mistake by Germany and France to oppose Ukraine’s accession to NATO in 2008. Today the country is paying for this mistake, he argued. “If we were a NATO member, this war would not have happened,” Kouleba said in an interview with NBC’s Meet the […]
Kuleba: Ukraine needs weapons now, otherwise it will be too late
The massacre in Boutsa is the tip of the iceberg, said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, adding that the situation in Mariupol “is much worse”. In a press conference he gave at NATO headquarters in Brussels after attending the meeting of relevant ministers, he noted that Ukraine and Russia should talk to see how this […]
Kyiv urges West to impose full energy embargo on Russia, demands more weapons from NATO
LAST UPDATE: 09.28 Ukraine will continue to insist on a full embargo on Russian oil and gas, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said as he attended a NATO Foreign Ministers’ Summit in Brussels. At the same time, he reiterated Kiev’s request to exclude all Russian banks from the SWIFT system, as well as to assure that […]
Ukraine: Kuleba’s telephone conversation with his Chinese counterpart
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmitry Kuleba, with Beijing again asking for talks to end the war. The phone call, which Beijing requested at the request of Ukraine, was the first such talks between the two countries since March 1, when Kuleba called on China to use […]
Kuleba: Russia has no seat in the UN Human Rights Council
Russia has no place in the UN Human Rights Council, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said today. “I spoke with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres about the current security situation and the massacre in Boutza,” Kouleba said on Twitter. “I emphasize that Ukraine will use all available UN mechanisms to gather evidence and hold Russian war […]
Coleba for massacre in Boutsa: Only ‘the tip of the iceberg’
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said today that evidence of the killing of civilians in the city of Bucha was just “the tip of the iceberg” and showed the need for tougher sanctions against Moscow. Ukrainian authorities said Sunday they were investigating possible Russian war crimes after images from Bhutto showed the bodies of civilians […]
Kuleba: New EU sanctions on Russia ‘insufficient’
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba called the new sanctions against Russia, which the European Union is preparing to announce, “insufficient.” Mr Kuleba explained that he had seen the draft of the planned fifth round of EU sanctions and added that “as it stands, it is an inadequate response to Russian crime, to the Russian aggression”. […]