The Euronews TV channel has filmed a story about Crimea, not mentioning the illegal annexation of the peninsula. The report tells of local schoolchildren being trained by Russian military to defuse landmines.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius is outraged by the Russian statement on arming Ukraine.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin says Ukraine should make use of the European bailout plan for Ukraine, which foresees, among other things, international donors' support of Ukrainian reforms.
The so-called Marshall Plan for Ukraine should now be called the "European Plan", Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius has told 112 Ukraine TV channel following the presentation of the plan in the Lithuanian Seimas for the ambassadors of the United States, Canada, Japan, and EU member states.
Ukraine’s anti-corruption reform is essential to the creation of a prosperous European state, and should be continued, Minister of foreign affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius said August 29, during the Vilnius meeting with representatives of National Anticorruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), Special Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) and EU Anticorruption Initiative (EUACI).
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius says Kyiv needs large-scale funding, following the example of the Marshall Plan, given the relevant reforms are made, according to the Ukrainian media outlet Europeiska Pravda.
Lithuanian leadership assured that Lithuania would continue to be a reliable partner of Ukraine in upholding its territorial integrity and sovereignty, as well as realizing the urgent tasks of the reform process, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's press service told UNIAN following the meetings of Ukraine's Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin with Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius, as well as the leadership and MPs of the Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania and members of newly created Pro Ukraine deputy group.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius says the recent NATO deployments to the Baltic region and elsewhere in Eastern Europe are a sign that the Western alliance "will do anything" to defend the security of member nations, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).