BRAMA, Oct 29, 2003, 9:00 am ET
Press Release
Moscow threatens Ukraine with bombs
No reaction from United States but on October 29, Ukrainian Americans will respond
Ukrainian Americans will add their voices to a series of worldwide protests condemning Russia's encroachment of Ukraine's sovereign territory. In late September, Russian workers began constructing a dam across the Kerch Strait in the Azov Sea, with a view towards linking the Russian mainland to the Ukrainian island of Tuzla.
Speaking at a media briefing last week, the Chief of Russia's Presidential Administration, Oleksandr Voloshyn, told Ukrainian journalists "Russia will never give up the Kerch Strait to Ukraine ... If necessary, we will do everything possible and impossible to uphold our position. If necessary, we will bomb the place."
The protests are scheduled ahead of an October 30 meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and Russia in Kyiv. Joining protests in the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Lviv, Ukrainian Americans will gather in Washington DC, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 29:
Washington: Russian Embassy to the U.S., 2650 Wisconsin Ave., NW, at 1 PM. Contact: Michael Sawkiw Jr. (202) 547-0018
New York: Russian Mission to the UN, Lexington Ave. and 67th St., between 12 and 2 PM. Contact: Tamara Gallo (212) 228-6840, Steve Bandera (212) 982-5042
Chicago: Daley Plaza, at 4 PM. Contact: Orest Baranyk (847) 254-1787
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Sponsored by: Ukrainian World Congress, Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine
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