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• Ukraine Caucus Applauds House Passage of Key Programs Supporting Ukrainian Democracy

  
  Washington, D.C.
  Wednesday, Aug 26, 2020

• Firefly aims to debut its Alpha rocket for small satellites this fall

  Space.com, August 25, 

• Kernel Became the First Company in the History of Ukraine to Export 8 Million Tons of Grain

  Kyiv Post, Kyiv, Ukraine
  Tue, Aug 25, 2020

• Former U.S. Ambassadors and investors talk about Ukraine's positive achievements during the 29 years of Independence
  Voice of America VIDEO (UKR)

  U.S.Ambassadors Taylor, Tefft, Volker; Irina Paliashvili, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group; Investor Michael Bleyzer, SigmaBleyzer participated in U.S.-Ukraine Business Council webinar on Aug, 19, 2020.
  Voice of America (VOA) Ukrainian Service, Wash, D.C. Mon, Aug 24, 2020
  To watch the video in Ukrainian: https://ukrainian.voanews.com/a/5556185.html

• STATEMENT: HOLODOMOR SCULPTURE DESECRATED IN KYIV

  Morgan Williams, Founder/Curator, "Holodomor: Through the Eyes of Ukrainian Artists"

  Washington, D.C.
  Mon, August 24, 2020

• Ukraine Declares Independence!

  

• CONGRATULATIONS ON UKRAINE’S INDEPENDENCE DAY

  Press Statement by
  Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

  Washington, D.C.
  Mon, August 24, 2020

• CELEBRATING UKRAINE'S 29th INDEPENDENCE DAY
  MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2020

  U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), Wash, D.C.,
  Mon, Aug 24, 2020

  Remembering the tens of thousands who celebrated August 24-31, 1991
  True patriots, Authentic patriots, Real heroes of Ukraine.
  Those kind of patriots are needed again today!

   

• HOLODOMOR SCULPTURE DESECRATED IN KYIV

  "These were definitely not drunken people": unknown people desecrated the sculpture of a girl near the Holodomor Museum

  BBC Ukrainian Service, Kyiv, Ukraine
  Sat, August 22, 2020

• ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE: Declaration of Independence of Ukraine on August 24, 1991

  U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), Wash, D.C.,
  Fri, Aug 21, 2020

  On Saturday, August 24, 1991, in an extraordinary session, the Verkhovna Rada (Supreme Council or Parliament) of the Ukrainian SSR adopted two critical documents proclaiming Ukrainian Independence: Declaration of Independence of Ukraine and Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine.

• Funeral service for Marta Kolomayets...

  1 pm Kyiv Time, Saturday, August 22, 2020
  Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, 5 Mykilsko-Slobidska Street in Kyiv.
  
  The service, with Bishop Yosyf Milian officiating, will be livestreamed at https://youtu.be/afZhPAs 
  See the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/kyivugcc/ of the Kyiv Archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church for any additional info

• Taylor, Tefft and Volker talk about
  Ukraine’s 29 years of Independence

  By Ilya Timtchenko, Kyiv Post, Kyiv, Ukraine,

  Thursday, August 20, 2020

• EY successfully completes consulting support for pilot concession projects of Olvia and Kherson ports

  EY, Kyiv, Ukraine,

  August 20, Thu, 2020

• Sayenko Kharenko advised Orexim on USD 36 million financing

  Sayenko Kharenko, Kyiv, Ukraine,

  August 20, Thu, 2020

   

• Marta Kolomayets, head of Fulbright Ukraine, dies at 61

  By Maliek Banat,  Kyiv Post, Kyiv, Ukraine, 
  Tue, Aug 18, 2020
  [Marta served as a member of USUBC Board of Directors for 7 years]