#Ukraine minister Emine Dzhaparova

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Ukraine’s Defense Ministry has a new leader for the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion. After a recent series of corruption scandals at the agency, previous Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov resigned from his post at Zelensky’s request on September 4. His replacement, Rustem Umerov, is a Muslim and an advocate for the rights of Crimean Tatars. Though he has no military experience, Umerov does have connections in Turkey and several Arab countries, which could prove valuable as Kyiv seeks to convince largely neutral countries to take Ukraine’s side in the conflict. He’s also joined multiple rounds of peace talks with Russia (and may have been poisoned in the process). Meduza examines Umerov’s biography and shares insights from sources in Ukraine about the country’s new defense minister.

A member of the ‘Crimea lobby’

Rustem Umerov is 41 years old. He was born in Uzbekistan to a Muslim family of Crimean Tatars who had been deported by the Soviet authorities from the Crimean city of Alushta in 1944. The family returned to their native peninsula in the late 1980s.

After studying economics in college, Umerov started his career as a manager for the Ukrainian mobile operator Lifecell in 2004. In 2010, he entered the investment business, working as a managing director for ICG Investments and iCapital before starting his own investment firm, Astem, together with his brother, Aslan Omer Kyrymly.

According to the Ukrainian outlet New Voice, the brothers also founded the Astem Foundation, which has contributed funds to Stanford University’s Ukrainian Emerging Leaders Program, a fellowship for Ukrainian lawyers, businessmen, public figures, and entrepreneurs.

In 2007, Umerov helped create the Crimean Tatars’ Association, a nonprofit representing Crimean Tatars’ interests in Ukraine. From 2007 to 2019, he served as an advisor to longtime Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev.

In 2012, Umerov became a co-founder and board member of the Crimean International Business Association, and in the summer of 2021, he was elected co-chairman of the international summit Crimea Platform. Last year, he described the conference as an “international venue at which we’ll discuss the fate of our Ukrainian Crimea in the future.”

A source from the Ukrainian government who knows Umerov described the new minister to Meduza as a “representative of the new generation of the Crimean Tatar elites”: “These are guys in the Ukrainian government and business world whose fathers and grandfathers fought for their people’s rights. Like Mustafa Dzhemilev, for example.”

According to the source, other members of this group include Ukrainian First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova, Permanent Ukrainian Presidential Representative in Crimea Tamila Tasheva, and several officials in the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. “It’s sort of like a lobby for Crimea and Crimean Platform,” he said. “They fight to ensure that Crimea will always remain part of Ukraine. It’s an important part of [Rustem Umerov’s] life and work.”

An experienced negotiator

In the spring of 2022, after the start of the full-scale war, Umerov took part in the Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations in Belarus and Turkey. On March 29, 2022, he attended a meeting in Istanbul where Kyiv offered “permanent neutrality” to Russia in exchange for international legal guarantees.

Umerov’s knowledge of Turkish and his links to Turkey came in handy during his talks with Russia, in which Ankara frequently served as a mediator, a source close to Ukraine’s security forces told Meduza. According to the source, Umerov managed to establish good relations with Turkey’s foreign minister (who previously served as its intelligence chief), Hakan Fidan.

Another source in the Ukrainian government said he has also heard about Umerov’s connections to Turkish politicians. Before branching into politics, Umerov was an investment advisor for the Turkish company Turkcell, Turkey’s leading mobile operator and owner of the Ukrainian company Lifecell, where Umerov began his career.

Poisoned at a peace negotiation?

In March 2022, at a meeting with a Russian delegation, Umerov was allegedly poisoned. According to investigative journalists at Bellingcat, the incident occurred at a round of negotiations late in the evening on March 3. The Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, who took part in the talks in an unofficial capacity, and another participant who has not been named publicly were reportedly affected, as well.

“Later that night, the three members of the negotiating group returned to their apartment in Kyiv and felt the first symptoms, which included inflammation of the eyes and skin and piercing eye pain,” investigators said. The Wall Street Journal described similar symptoms.

Experts concluded that the symptoms were most likely the result of poisoning by unidentified chemical weapons, but definitively determining their cause was impossible because of the lack of equipment at the site. “The experts said the dosage and type of toxin used were likely insufficient to cause life-threatening damage and most likely were intended to scare the victims as opposed to cause permanent damage,” Bellingcat wrote.

Initially, Umerov denied having experienced poisoning symptoms, but he later confirmed it indirectly. “At the moment, everything is fine; there are no difficulties. I’m already working. I’m in action. At one point, there was something, but I can’t diagnose myself or express my personal opinion; it’s a delicate issue,” he said in an interview with the Ukrainian outlet New Voice in April 2022. After the apparent poisoning, Umerov temporarily suspended his participation in negotiations, according to the Russian investigative outlet Agentstvo.

In March 2023, Umerov joined Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, on a visit to the UAE and shortly afterward accompanied Volodymyr Zelensky to Saudi Arabia, according to Forbes Ukraine. He also helped organize talks between Zelensky and the Saudi authorities in July 2023, a source close to Ukraine’s security forces told Meduza.

Umerov’s many connections have made it possible for him to help the Ukrainian president’s office and its head, Andriy Yermak, to build a strategy for working with the Middle East and the Global South, according to a Ukrainian official who knows the new defense minister:

Thanks to Rustem, some very significant things have happened for Ukraine. This includes [prisoner] exchanges, Ukraine’s involvement in the fate of our Azov fighters, and President Zelensky’s participation in the [2023] Arab League Summit — a first for Ukraine. Furthermore, we understand the level of influence Russia has on these countries, and the [Ukrainian] president was allowed to participate despite that.

The official emphasized that Umerov has played a crucial role in establishing Ukraine’s bilateral relations with the Muslim world.

Additionally, the Ukrainian outlet Babel has reported that Umerov was involved in the Black Sea grain deal negotiations.

In September 2022, Umerov flew to Saudi Arabia during the large prisoner exchange there, according to a Meduza source close to Ukraine’s security forces. This is consistent with other sources’ accounts of Umerov’s international relationships, as Turkey and Saudi Arabia served as the deal’s mediators. A source familiar with the exchange process confirmed to Meduza that Umerov indeed “may have [flown] to Saudi Arabia as part of the exchange,” but the source did not elaborate.

Vitaliy Shabunin, who heads the nonprofit Anti-Corruption Action Center, wrote about the exchange process on Facebook. “Since February 2022, Umerov — an important member of the group that conducts all of the closed negotiations over the release of POWs — has freed more than 2,000 of our people, including the Azovstal fighters,” explained Shabunin.

Umerov’s appointment as defense minister says a lot about Kyiv’s current approach to the war, a source in the Ukrainian government told Meduza. On one hand, they said, it shows how important Crimea still is for Ukraine. On the other hand, Umerov is among the most active proponents of Zelensky’s “peace formula” at international forums.

Zelensky first presented his “peace formula” to the leaders of the G20 in November 2022. The plan comprises 10 principles: nuclear, agricultural, and energy security; the release of all prisoners linked to the war; the restoration of Ukraine’s territory according to the borders agreed upon in 1991; the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine and the cessation of hostilities; the creation of a special tribunal to prosecute Russian war crimes; environmental protections; the prevention of further escalation; and a signed document confirming the end of the war. The “formula” was developed by the Ukrainian president’s office along with the country’s Foreign Ministry, and Rustem Umerov has helped promote it at international venues.

“Ukraine’s new defense minister is a good diplomat. He will actively recruit other states to support the Ukrainian ‘peace formula.’ First and foremost, he’ll recruit governments that haven’t defined their position on the war: the Global South, the Arab world, Africa, and Asia,” said a Ukrainian politician who spoke to Meduza. “I wouldn’t consider any of those things good news for Russia.”

A ‘strong manager’ who ‘brought in cash’

In 2019, Umerov was elected to Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada as a member of the Holos party. As a parliamentary deputy, he was actively involved in issues related to the economy and ethnic minorities and helped draft dozens of bills.

On September 7, 2022, the Verkhovna Rada appointed Umerov as the head of the State Property Fund, an executive agency responsible for state property’s privatization, leasing, and use. “The proposal [for me to lead the State Property Fund] came from the president during one of the reports on POWs and armaments,” Umerov said in an October 2022 interview with Forbes Ukraine.

According to Umerov, one of his main goals as the fund’s leader was to attract foreign investors in Ukraine, even with the war still raging. “Umerov is a strong manager who understands how systems work and how to build these systems. In his year as the head of the State Property Fund, he achieved major results, bringing in the kind of cash it hadn’t seen for decades — largely thanks to his business-minded approach. He found good investors and started selling [Ukrainian] assets,” a source in the Ukrainian government told Meduza.

In the source’s view, all of these qualities should help the country’s new defense minister continue the reforms he’s initiated, including the development of Ukraine’s recently created Defense Procurement Agency and the digitization of the Defense Ministry.

A new kind of defense minister

Umerov’s appointment as Ukraine’s new defense minister would have been impossible if it weren’t for his “decent relationship” with Zelensky Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak, a source close to Ukraine’s security forces told Meduza. Support from Ukraine’s international partners has also played a role, and Umerov’s candidacy received active endorsements from public organizations and anti-corruption activists such as Vitaliy Shabunin and Daria Kalenyuk, who spoke about it with their Western partners, according to Meduza’s source.

“Umerov is a new kind of person for the [Ukrainian] Defense Ministry. He has no military training or experience in the ministry. But we’ll see,” a source close to the Ukrainian security forces told Meduza.

The source added that he doesn’t foresee Umerov’s appointment directly impacting the court of the war: “In any case, under a law on security forces passed in 2018, only a civilian can become the head of the Defense Ministry.”

The Defense Ministry is responsible for the army’s budget and logistics, its awards, and strategic issues, while decisions about military operations fall to the commander in chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a post currently held by General Valeriy Zaluzhny. Meanwhile, the General Staff determines the army’s resource requirements.

“So, Umerov is not going to be in charge of combat operations but will focus on matters related to the military-industrial complex, Ramstein negotiations [with NATO partners], and so on,” said Meduza’s source close to the Ukrainian security forces.

In his resignation statement, outgoing Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov said that one of Ukraine’s priorities moving forward will be to build long-term partnerships with key allies in order to establish real security guarantees and defense capabilities.

Umerov is expected to work on these issues as well — or, more precisely, to continue working on them, if the Anti-Corruption Action Center’s Vitaliy Shabunin is to be believed. According to Shabunin, “Umernov has been overseeing covert shipments of heavy weaponry from countries since the start of the war, which are not publicly disclosed.”

“Hopefully, it strengthens the Defense Ministry. Because before this, it seemed like we were having bad luck with appointments in this agency. Within the ministry, we understand all of our problems,” a source close to Ukraine’s security forces told Meduza.

According to the source, Reznikov’s dismissal was the result of numerous corruption scandals linked to the ministry.

“The defense minister allows that kind of thing in contracts and claims that he can’t control it, while meanwhile the whole world is collecting [donations] for drones for Ukraine, and volunteers are trying to help bring [victory] closer… Of course, trust [in Reznikov] was undermined,” he said.

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"Of course, when Ukrainian high-ranking officials tell these facts to their colleagues from India, they gradually begin to understand the real picture; not the one in which they've believed since the days of Soviet and now Putin's propaganda."

For the life of me, I can't understand why it's so difficult to read a history textbook or scour the internet for factual information about Ukraine's history to get a clearer picture of the country's situation, and its countless problems with mafia land, especially for the ones in India with a higher intellect. Listening to and believing in ruskie propaganda is not intelligent, it's a brainless endeavor.

"... 60% of India's weapons are Soviet. Actually, our war showed that Soviet weapons are ineffective. I think that India is very actively monitoring the consequences of the Russian army and its weapons in Ukraine and draws its own conclusions regarding reorientation towards other countries."

I think it's not too far-fetched to imagine the Indians being worried about having so much military material that could prove to be near ineffective against a foe that has mainly Western kit.

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Whenever impunity happens and if it is not stopped, it becomes bigger.” Ukraine’s rep to India

Ukraine has warned India to recognize the dangers of not stopping those who take any route to push their agenda including impunity which directly refers to India’s neighboring countries like ‘Pakistan’ and ‘China’.

The First Deputy Minister of Ukraine's foreign ministry, Emine Dzhaparova was interacting with the diplomatic corps, former envoys, and reporters at the ICWA wherein she said that the events taking place between Ukraine and Russia ever since the war breakout last year indicate how to handle ‘difficult neighbors’.

"There is one message with which I have come to India. Ukraine wants India and Ukraine to be closer. Yes, there is a history between us. But we want to start a new relationship with India," Ms. Dzhaparova said.

She was attending the conference at the Delhi-based Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), a government institute of national importance that was set up exclusively to study international relations and foreign affairs.

"India also has a difficult neighborhood with China and Pakistan. The Crimea episode has a lesson for India as well. Whenever impunity happens and if it is not stopped, it becomes bigger," she added.

The comments from the foreign official came in the backdrop of the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan as well as China which continues to rename Indian territories in Arunachal Pradesh while continuous activity is being recorded in Ladkah near the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

"We expect the visit of Ajit Doval. Russia has more time to make visits. We are facing a war. Sometimes you may want to do something but can't. My visit is a mark of friendship, for a better relationship with India, but it requires reciprocity," Ms. Dzhaparova concluded expressing her wish for Ajit Doval to visit Ukraine.

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India Says Zelensky Wrote To PM Modi, Ukraine Seeks More Humanitarian Aid

Ukraine has also sought the participation of President Zelensky in the September G20 Summit under India's Presidency. There has been no word from India on the matter so far.

New Delhi: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The letter was sent across by the Dy Foreign Minister Emine Dzapharova to Mos, MEA Meenakshi Lekhi. She also requested for additional humanitarian aid during her talks with Meenakshi Lekhi.

Ukraine has also sought the participation of President Zelensky in the September G20 Summit under India's Presidency. There has been no word from India on the matter so far.

Ukraine has requested additional humanitarian supplies, including medicines and medical equipment. Ms Lekhi tweeted that India had assured enhanced humanitarian assistance to Ukraine.

The Ukraine Minister said the war-torn country would allow foreign medical students to take the Unified State Qualification Exam in their country of domicile, which is a huge relief for thousands of Indian students forced to leave Ukraine when war broke out.

Ukraine has also suggested that rebuilding infrastructure in the country could be an opportunity for Indian companies.

On Monday, the Ukrainian minister said Kyiv wanted New Delhi to be more involved in helping resolve its war with Russia and sought a visit by PM Modi and other top officials.

She also said that Ukraine is not in a position to instruct India on its economic relations with other countries, in an apparent reference to New Delhi's energy ties with Moscow.

Emine Dzhaparova's visit to India is the first from Ukraine after Russia began its invasion of the country last year.

The minister described India as a global leader and a 'Vishwaguru' which can play a role in addressing global challenges.

"I think India is a global player. It is really a 'Vishwaguru' of the world. We are feeling the pain by actually fighting for the values. This is about justice... Rusia is questioning the very existence of my country. In our history of 1,500 years, Ukraine never attacked any country," she said.

In his bilateral meeting with Putin in Uzbekistan on September 16 in the Uzbek city of Samarkand, PM Modi had said, "Today's era is not of war" - a comment that resonated with various world leaders and was widely praised.

Significantly, the Ukrainian minister said India should recognize the dangers of not stopping those who prefer to push their agenda with "impunity", apparently referring to Pakistan and China.

Emine Dzhaparova told a gathering of diplomats, former envoys and reporters that the events preceding the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine last year could serve as an example of how to handle "difficult neighbours".

"There is one message with which I have come to India. Ukraine really wants India and Ukraine to be closer. Yes, there is a history between us. But we want to start a new relationship with India," Ms Dzhaparova said.

"India also has a difficult neighbourhood with China and Pakistan. The Crimea episode has a lesson for India as well. Whenever impunity happens and if it is not stopped, it becomes bigger," she said.

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Ukraine's Leader Wants to Visit UN on Invasion Anniversary : Inside US

Ukraine’s Leader Wants to Visit UN on Invasion Anniversary : Inside US

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Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to visit UN on invasion anniversary

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Ukraine’s leader wants to visit UN on invasion anniversary#Ukraines #leader #visit #invasion #anniversary

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Ukraine-Proposed Peace Summit May Be Organized As UN General Assembly Session - Diplomat

Ukraine-Proposed Peace Summit May Be Organized As UN General Assembly Session – Diplomat

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Ukraine-Proposed Peace Summit May Be Organized As UN General Assembly Session - Diplomat

Ukraine-Proposed Peace Summit May Be Organized As UN General Assembly Session – Diplomat

UNITED NATIONS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – 14th January, 2023) The Ukraine-proposed Peace Summit may be organized within the scope of the work of the UN General Assembly, Ukrainian First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova said. “We are discussing the modality of assignment as of now… It will be either a debate in the General Assembly within the agenda item on occupied territories or a…

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Russia declares in search and capture the deputy prime minister of Ukraine and the 'number two' of Foreign Affairs

Russia declares in search and capture the deputy prime minister of Ukraine and the ‘number two’ of Foreign Affairs

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ruzzian "army" raping our children

A 1-year-old Ukrainian boy is allegedly dead after being raped by russian soldiers in a village near Kharkiv, according to the Ukrainian human rights ombudswoman. A growing number of accusations that russian soldiers are raping the youngest and most vulnerable war victims is the latest disturbing twist in a modern war defined by archaic brutality.

The dead boy is among dozens of alleged child rape victims which include two 10-year-old boys, triplets aged 9, a 2-year-old girl raped by two russian soldiers, and a 9-month-old baby who was penetrated with a candlestick in front of its mother, according to Ukraine’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Lyudmyla Denisova.

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An 11-year-old boy was raped in front of his mother, according to Ukraine's deputy foreign minister who lashed out at russia for its "most gruesome human rights violations".

In a tweet posted by the UK Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, Emine Dzhaparova was pictured holding a drawing by the child who she says is still too traumatised to speak and only communicates using "black lines".