Dmytro Kuleba

Two women, lower right, look out a window after a Russian missile strike in Lviv, Ukraine, on May 3, 2022. Russian missile strikes targeted the city in western Ukraine, hitting electrical substations and disrupting power. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

May 4, 2022, 11:28 pm

Russia pounds Ukraine, targeting supply of Western arms

European Union moves to further punish Moscow for the war by proposing a ban on oil imports

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is seen following a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, on April 7, 2022. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

May 2, 2022, 4:17 pm

Ukraine FM responds to Lavrov: ‘He can’t hide the deeply rooted antisemitism’

Dmytro Kuleba lashes out at Russian counterpart who said Hitler had ‘Jewish blood’ and Jews are among worst antisemites; Kyiv diplomat says Russians believe in their own supremacy

By TOI staff and Agencies

April 16, 2022, 8:39 am

Ukrainian FM sends Passover greetings, cites Kyiv’s commitment to ‘life and freedom’

Dmytro Kuleba urges unity in ‘bringing peace to Ukraine’; Biden evokes Ukrainians, all those ‘fighting for freedom’ during virtual seder as world leaders wish Jews a happy holiday

By TOI staff

US President Joe Biden participates in a meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, second from left, and Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov, left, on Saturday, March 26, 2022, in Warsaw. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, right, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, third from right, look on. (AP/Evan Vucci)

March 26, 2022, 6:18 pm

Biden meets Ukrainian ministers in Warsaw, in first talks since Russian invasion

State Department says sides discussed America’s ‘unwavering commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity’ amid Russian invasion

By Aurelia End

Medical staff, Ukrainian and Israeli government representatives, and patients on site at Israel's field hospital in Mostyska, Ukraine, March 22, 2022. (Carrie Keller-Lynn/The Times of Israel)

March 25, 2022, 11:03 pm

Ukrainian foreign minister thanks Israel for opening field hospital: ‘Tireless work’

Dmytro Kuleba tags Lapid in tweet praising Israeli medics ‘for their important humanitarian mission’ after facility formally opened near Lviv

By TOI staff

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, left, and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, right. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar); (AP Photo)

March 15, 2022, 6:48 pm

Lapid speaks to Ukrainian counterpart for first time since Russian invasion

In a ‘long and positive’ talk, Dmytro Kuleba thanks foreign minister for Israel’s latest mediation efforts, humanitarian aid and position on sanctions

By TOI staff

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba listens to journalists during a news conference, in Antalya, Turkey, March 10, 2022. (AP Photo)

March 14, 2022, 12:20 pm

Ukrainian FM reportedly agrees to speak with Lapid after weeklong snub

Kyiv said to notify Jerusalem that Dmytro Kuleba ready to talk with foreign minister on Monday or Tuesday

By TOI staff

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba gives a press conference, after meeting with his Russian counterpart for talks in Antalya, Turkey, on March 10, 2022. (AFP)

March 13, 2022, 10:49 pm

Ukrainian FM said to snub Lapid’s request for phone call

Two top diplomats reportedly haven’t spoken in nearly three months; Ukraine official quoted saying Kuleba unhappy with Lapid meeting Russia’s Lavrov ahead of invasion

By TOI staff

Yevhen Matveyev, mayor of the Ukrainian city of Dniprorudne, who was allegedly abducted by Russian forces on March 13, 2022. (Ukranian Foreign Ministry)

March 13, 2022, 1:49 pm

Ukraine says 2nd mayor abducted in Russian ‘terror’ tactics

Ukrainian foreign minister says head of Dniprorudne city council, Yevhen Matveyev, has been taken away by troops; mayor of Melitopol remains missing

By TOI staff

A demonstration against occupying Russian forces in Kherson, Ukraine, on March 9, 2022. (Screenshot)

March 13, 2022, 12:27 am

Ukraine says Russia plotting to create a pro-Moscow ‘people’s republic’ in Kherson

Russian forces seized southern port city on March 3; FM claims Moscow seeks ‘fully staged’ independence vote

By AFP

This image made from a video released by Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant shows a bright flaring object landing in the grounds of the nuclear plant in Enerhodar, Ukraine, on March 4, 2022. (Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant via AP)

March 10, 2022, 11:58 pm

Russia, Ukraine ‘ready to work’ with IAEA, UN nuclear watchdog chief says

‘Both sides agree that something needs to be done,’ Grossi tells reporters after Russia takes control of Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia nuclear plants, raising alarm across globe

By AFP

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, left, meets his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, right, ahead of their tripartite meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in Antalya, Turkey, March 10, 2022. (Fatih Aktas/Turkish Foreign Ministry via AP)

March 10, 2022, 1:40 pm

Ukrainian FM vows ‘no surrender’ after ‘difficult’ 1st high-level talks with Russia

Meeting comes amid outrage in Kyiv over a Russian airstrike hitting a children’s hospital, which Lavrov claims was a military base for Ukrainian extremists

By Agencies and TOI staff

In this illustrative file photo from March 10, 2020, El Al planes are parked at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

March 8, 2022, 2:16 pm

Israel to underwrite airlines flying to Russia due to sanctions over Ukraine war

Treasury source says financial guarantees to be extended for Israeli carriers because they can’t get regular insurance; most Western airlines boycotting Russia

By Daniella Cheslow

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, pictured at the Ukrainian-Polish border crossing in Korczowa, Poland on March 5, 2022. (OLIVIER DOULIERY / Pool / AFP)

March 8, 2022, 10:53 am

Ukrainian FM apologizes for claiming El Al accepts ‘blood-soaked’ Russian money

Dmytro Kuleba acknowledges Israeli airline no longer takes payment from Mir system, hails ‘its important humanitarian operations’ in Ukraine

By Alexander Fulbright

March 7, 2022, 8:52 pm

Ukraine FM accuses El Al of accepting ‘blood-soaked’ Russian money; El Al denies it

Israeli airline insists it ceased accepting Mir payments last week, rejects Dmytro Kuleba’s ‘misleading’ tweet; says it also ferries aid in, refugees out

By TOI staff