#Commentary of Vladislav Berdichevsky on situation regarding draft resolutions prepared by Ukraine for consideration by United Nations

The Third Committee of the UN General Assembly supported the updated Ukrainian draft resolution on human rights in Crimea. In introducing the draft resolution, the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Sergey Kislitsa argued that the human rights situation in Crimea ʺcontinued to deteriorateʺ and that Russia, "as an occupying power, continued to flagrantly violate its obligations".
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#Commentary of Valery Skorokhodov on indifference of United States to international law

The Chief of the Pentagon James Mattis believes that the United Nations granted the United States a permission to conduct warfare in the Syrian territory. "The United Nations stated that we could, in principle, prosecute the “Islamic State” (an organization banned in the DPR – Ed.). And we are there to destroy them," the Minister of Defense of the United States demonstrated his legal literacy.
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#Commentary of Alla Barkhatnova on why Ukraine wants to abolish spring and Victory Day

The Head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory Vladimir Vyatrovich proposed to make changes to the public holidays calendar. March 8 may become a day of struggle for women's rights without the status of holiday. Even more significant changes may affect the celebration of Victory Day – the holiday is planned to be moved from the 9th of May to the 8th, and its name will have a very different meaning.
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#Commentary of Alla Barkhatnova on why NATO promoting Ukraine as scarecrow

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a press conference in Brussels that the measures to reform the NATO structures have largely become a response to the events in Ukraine. Probably, this is the first time when a country that is not part of the North Atlantic bloc is encroaching on such a significant influence. It turns out that the tail wags the dog.
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