The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, called on the Ukrainian authorities to find a balanced and proportional solution to counter propaganda, a solution that preserves media pluralism and diversity of opinions. She said this during a meeting with Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the International Organizations in Vienna Yevhenii Tsymbaliuk on February 3, Ukrinform

  Ukraine should switch to the use of nuclear fuel from the United States, replacing it with fuel from the Russian Federation, acting Energy Minister of Ukraine Yuriy Vitrenko has said. “We should switch to supplying nuclear fuel from the United States instead of fuel from Russia,” he said during the presentation of the 2030 National Economic Strategy in Energy,

  A number of European Business Association (EBA) member companies, which “have Chinese roots,” are concerned about the imposition of sanctions by Ukraine against the Chinese shareholders of PJSC Motor Sich and will temporarily refrain from investing, EBA Executive Director Anna Derevyanko has said. Chinese investors have temporarily put on hold all the issues related to investing in the country,

   Some 63% of Ukrainians support the idea of dissolving the Verkhovna Rada and holding early parliamentary elections, whereas 62% support the resignation of the government and the appointment of a new Cabinet of Ministers, according to a survey conducted by the Rating sociological group on February 2-3, 2021. “As many as 63% support the idea of dissolving the parliament

   The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy intends to ask the YouTube video platform to close the YouTube channels of the NewsOne, ZIK, and 112 Ukraine television channels. Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko announced this in his Telegram channel, the Ukrainian News Agency reports. “The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy will send to YouTube the

   The United States supports the imposition of sanctions on Member of Parliament Taras Kozak (Opposition Platform – For Life faction) and the 112 Ukraine, NewsOne, and ZIK news television channels. This is evidenced by a message from the US Embassy in Ukraine, Ukrainian News Agency reports. “The United States supports Ukraine’s efforts yesterday to counter Russia’s malign influence, in

   Criminal proceedings into the involvement of minors in illegal activities have begun under the procedural guidance of the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office in connection with the preparation of children and adolescents in the uncontrolled territories of Donbas to participate in hostilities, the website of the Prosecutor General’s Office reported on Wednesday, February 3. “The pretrial investigation established that since

UAWIRE February 2, 2021 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, during a telephone conversation with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, that Washington is ready to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine. “Anthony Blinken assured Dmytro Kuleba of the readiness of the new U.S. administration to develop strong economic and military support for Ukraine, including the provision of lethal weapons,” reported the Ukrainian