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Washington events honor Ukraine’s unity, protest Russian terror, support Savchenko

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WASHINGTON – Hundreds of Ukrainian Americans came together at three events here to honor Ukraine’s historic struggle for its unity and independence, and to express their support for Ukraine’s current fight against Russia’s attempt to undermine it again. The series of gatherings began on Friday, January 23, when the Embassy of Ukraine hosted an evening reception honoring Ukraine’s historic 1919 “Day of Unity.” It was followed by two demonstrations: in front of the White House on Sunday afternoon, January 25, in support of Ukraine’s current fight against Russian aggression, and on Monday, January 26, in front of the Russian Embassy, demanding the release of Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian military pilot imprisoned in Russia who has been on a hunger strike since mid-December. In his remarks at the Day of Unity reception at the embassy, Ambassador Alexander Motsyk noted that the January 22, 1919, signing of the “Akt Sobornosty,” which for the first time united the eastern and western parts of Ukraine into one country, was the realization of a centuries-old dream of the Ukrainian people. Unfortunately it didn’t last long, he added, and Russia brought eastern Ukraine back under its control. And now, he said, two decades after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, when Ukraine regained its independence, it is once again the subject of Russian aggression, with Moscow’s annexation of Crimea and participation in the separatist fighting in Ukraine’s eastern regions.

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Microsoft and Ukraine sign cybersecurity agreement

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WASHINGTON – Standing in the historic George Washington room of the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, Jamie Wylly (left), general manager of public safety and national security at Microsoft, shakes hands with Vladimir Zverev, head of Ukraine’s State Service of Special Communication, following their signing December 22 of the Security Program Agreement intended to help protect Ukraine against foreign cybercrime and intervention. Standing with them are Nadiia Vasylieva, Microsoft’s chief executive officer in Ukraine; Ukrainian Ambassador Olexander Motsyk (center); and Igor Kozachenko, director of Ukraine’s Science-Research Institute of Special Communication and Information Protection (right).