Andrew Kowalchyk

Penske Material since 2005

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

President Volodymyr Zelensky’s former press secretary Iuliia Mendel gave an interview to Tucker Carlson, an American conservative political commentator.

In this video, the Kyiv Independent’s Nastia Kasinchuk breaks down all the false claims that Mendel said in her one-and-a-half hour long interview, including the mobilization law in Ukraine, the freedom of speech and her claims about Zelensky himself.

[Andrew Kowalchyk @Akinab]

@esaagar How about this idea - Ukraine can join NATO, but promises never to invade Russia. Should be sufficient, no? Would that not satisfy Russias security concerns?

[Todd Hirsch @theToddHirsch]

2. Contrary to what UCP Leader said about me in the leaders' debate, I actually HAD done my own analysis of the NDP's costing plan. And I endorsed it.

Please RETWEET this as much as you can. My credibility has been attacked and I need to set the record straight.

[Dmytro Kuleba @DmytroKuleba]

To those who have missed the previous 30 years, here is a short list of the results of negotiations with Russia that it never respected:

1. The Budapest Memorandum of 1994. Russia agreed to “respect independence, sovereignty, and the existing borders of Ukraine” as well as “refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine”. Breached by Russia invading Crimea in 2014.

2. The Russian-Ukrainian Friendship Treaty of 1997. Russia agreed to respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity and “reaffirmed the inviolability of the borders” between the two countries. Russia breached it in 2014.

3. The OSCE Istanbul Summit in 1999. Russia committed to withdrawing its troops from Moldova’s Transdniestrian region and Georgia until the end of 2002. That never happened.

4. The 2008 Georgia ceasefire agreement following Russian aggression against the country. Russia agreed that “Russian military forces must withdraw to the lines prior to the start of hostilities”. That never happened.

5. The Ilovaysk “Green Corridor” in August 2014 and other “humanitarian” death corridors. Russia pledged to let Ukrainian forces leave the encircled town of Ilovaysk in the east of Ukraine, but instead opened fire and killed 366 Ukrainian troops. In the following years, Russia attacked numerous humanitarian corridors in Syria.

6. The “Minsk” agreements of 2014 and 2015. Russia agreed to cease the fire in the east of Ukraine. There had been 200 rounds of talks and 20 attempts to enforce a ceasefire, all of which the Russian side promptly violated. On February 24th, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

7. The 2022 Black Sea Grain Initiative. Russia pledged to “provide maximum assurances regarding a safe and secure environment for all vessels engaged in this initiative." It then hindered the initiative's operation for months before withdrawing unilaterally a year later.

NB: I am only focused on deals made with Russia to address specific issues and conflicts. I am not mentioning almost 400 international treaties that Russia has breached since 2014.

There are no conclusions to be drawn here, except that no one can seriously use the words "Russia" and "negotiations" in the same phrase.

Putin is a habitual liar who promised international leaders that he would not attack Ukraine days before his invasion in February 2022.

Russia's tactic has remained consistent in its many wars over the last three decades: kill, grab, lie, and deny.

Why would anyone genuinely believe that Russia in 2023 is any different from Russia in 1994, 1997, 1999, 2008, 2014, 2015, and 2022?

[EMPR.media @EuromaidanPR]

russia’s losses in manpower -1,130 soldiers on the Ukrainian soil for the last 24h.
Good morning.

[Trevor Tombe @trevortombe]

“There is no surer way to undermine support for carbon pricing than to apply it selectively; that’s both unfair and unwise.”

💯 Time to apply the same minimum to Quebec as applies to all other provinces.

[Andrew Kowalchyk @Akinab]

Now at an hour. 🙄

[Andrew Kowalchyk @Akinab]

@FlyYEG @WestJet
Just flew in from Victoria, waiting 40 minutes for baggage. What could take so long? No other incoming flights. Consistently terrible baggage service for years at this airport.

[Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina]

Grandfather sits over the body of his dead 9-year-old granddaughter.

The girl ran with her mother to a shelter in Kyiv. It was at night, a few minutes after the beginning of the air alarm in the capital.

On June 1, the world celebrates Children's Day.

Photo Getty Images

[Andrew Kowalchyk @Akinab]

@petermansbridge @SXMCanadaTalks Thanks for the excellent interview.

[Andrew Kowalchyk @Akinab]

ruzzian murderers
May victory come swiftly to the Ukrainian heroes
#SlavaUkraini

[Maria Avdeeva @maria_avdv]

Massive drone attack on Kyiv. High-rise in Holosiivsky district on fire. Fire caused by falling debris in Darnytsky district. Multiple explosions in Podilsky district, residential building on fire. Third night of Russian attacks in a row. Never experienced anything like this.

[Todd Hirsch @theToddHirsch]

1. I have received ZERO compensation for my work with the Alberta NDP.

They asked me for my professional and expert opinion on Alberta's fiscal and economic policy, and I provided it for free.

I respect any political party that seeks expert advice.

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[Foreign Policy CAN @CanadaFP]

Putin claims that Russia invaded #Ukraine to protect people in the Donbas region.

But Russian forces continue to indiscriminately target civilians in Donbas and across Ukraine.

This isn’t what protection looks like.

#StandWithUkraine

[Ukraine / Україна @Ukraine]

Debates over the identities of many renowned artists frequently boil down to imperial agenda arguments: anything outstanding was the empire's achievement. Russia employs this exact reasoning to assert ownership of Ukrainian artist of Greek descent Arkhyp Kuindzhi. @United24media

[Ukrainska Pravda in English @pravda_eng]

💔 Heartbreaking photo of Misha Shulha crying during the memorial service for his 11-year-old sister Sofia Shulha and 17-year-old brother Kyrylo Pysariev. The Children were killed by a Russian missile that hit a nine-story building in Uman on April 28.

#RussiaIsATerroristState

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Somehow, despite all the evidence of the last year, despite Ukraine taking back most of its territory, despite victories at Kyiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, much of the American media has fallen back into the default that Ukraine can't do much against Russia. Very odd.

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

The young daughter of Vitaly Merinov, the Ukrainian 4-time kickboxing world champion, watching her fathers funeral.

Vitaly was killed in battle against the Russian Army.

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

a reminder as finland joins nato tomorrow:

[Simon Ostrovsky @SimonOstrovsky]

"Absent from Putin’s rants is the 1994 Budapest Memorandum... in exchange for dismantling, destroying or relocating [nuclear] weapons to Russia, Ukraine received assurances of its territorial integrity — with Moscow as one of the guarantors." https://t.co/LFV6nSyHXZ

[Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @ChakhoyanAndrew]

Which USSR did you like more?
🔴 1939 when it signed a pact w/ Hitler
🔴 1962 when it tried to place ☢️ weapons in 🇨🇺
🔴 1968 when it sent tanks to Prague
🔴 1979 when it invaded 🇦🇫
🔵 1991 when it fell apart & People of the former colonies/Soviet republics found freedom
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