The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has lodged a protest over the Russian Supreme Court's refusal to rule in favor of an appeal filed by Ukrainian citizen Valentyn Vyhovsky, who was been sentenced in Russia to 11 years in prison.
Ukraine has praised a resolution, adopted by the European Parliament on February 4, which strongly condemns illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol by Russia and violation of human rights, the Foreign Ministry’s press service reports.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has called on the international community to continue putting pressure on Russia to ensure the implementation of the Minsk agreements.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has expressed strong protest over the illegal entry in the territory of Ukraine and sojourn in the temporarily occupied city of Donetsk of the Czech Republic citizens, MPs from the Czech and Moravia Communist Party in the lower house of the Czech Parliament Zdenek Ondracek and Stanislav Mackovik.
Former Polish Ambassador to Ukraine Marek Ziolkowski will be responsible for overseeing eastern affairs and security policy at the Polish Foreign Ministry, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland reports.