Michael Bociurkiw
@WorldAffairsPro
Global affairs analyst. Published in @NYTimes. Regular @BBCWorld & @CNN. Sr. Fellow - @atlanticcouncil. Author - Digital Pandemic. Former @OSCE @UNICEF Spox.
War is no excuse for backsliding. Zelensky’s government was elected on a promise of change. The West is watching. Ukrainians are watching. And they will not accept a return to the old ways. As thousands of protesters shouted in unison today ганьба (shame) open.substack.com/pub/worldbrief…
"Shame!" shouted many Ukrainian lawmakers as a majority formed from Zelensky's ruling party, pro-Russian oppo bloc & Yulia Tymoshenko's Batkivshchyna voted to, in effect, dismantle Ukraine's independent anticorruption institutions. My story on a grim day: ft.com/content/21cf3d…
A shocking about face by @ZelenskyyUa - with a former vice-prime minister for European integration - @IKlympush - saying the move threatens #Ukraine’s path to EU membership: Ukraine’s Parliament Rolls Back Anti-Corruption Independence▶kyivpost.com/post/56747
The two female ambassadorial nominees named by @ZelenskyyUa are for Spain & Oman. Worth noting that the @MFA_Ukraine’s deputy minister is the very experienced diplomat @Mariana_Betsa
#Ukraine️ President Zelensky has announced 16 ambassadorships: only 2 are women (although new DC envoy is female). Former UA FM @DmytroKuleba boasted to us in this 2021 interview that in his first 18 months, number of female ambassadors rose from just four to 14 @andrii_sybiha
"There can be no justification for shooting people waiting for food - none whatsoever" - UK Foreign Secretary @DavidLammy yesterday evening, speaking in the House of Commons on lethal forced used on Gazans queuing for food. More in my World Briefing: michaelbociurkiw.com/p/25-nations-a…
Overnight Russia again attacked Odesa with strike drones. At least one injured. A high-rise building was badly damaged and several cars destroyed. Occurs a day ahead of another round of RF-UA peace talks in Istanbul #ukraine
Inside Russia’s suicide drone factories manned by teenagers telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
Russia state media says next round of talks with Ukraine expected in Istanbul this week mdza.io/b/LUmxTqG2_g via @meduza_en
@cathaypacific facing criticism after failing to adequately notify travelers about mass flight cancellations caused by #Wipha. Although it grounded all flights 0500-1800 Sun, it failed to issue a single tweet or timely public alert. Pax we spoke to livid open.substack.com/pub/worldbrief…
I suspect that the recent visit to Kyiv by Trump’s envoy, General Keith Kellogg, may have given the Zelensky team a discreet nudge toward the negotiating table open.substack.com/pub/worldbrief…
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky offers Putin fresh peace talks independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…
