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Debate on the Ukraine

JohnWhittingdale December 20, 2017 1 min read

John Whittingdale, Chairman of the Ukraine All Party Parliamentary Group, led a debate in Parliament on the Situation in Ukraine. During the debate, John Whittingdale described his recent visit to Kiev and to the Government-controlled areas close to the conflict zone in East Ukraine. John called on the Government to provide more financial assistance to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis facing 2.3 million people in East Ukraine and to increase diplomatic pressure on Russia to abide by the Minsk II agreement and to respect the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-12-20/debates/33A41F5D-B50D-48AE-8C56-3F278FD017CF/Ukraine 

http://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/132bafa5-0187-436f-85f2-c14baef4025f 

John is pictured with Parliamentary colleagues from the UK and Ukraine:

Bob Seely MP, Yuri Levchenko MP, Svitlana Zalishchuk MP, Natalya Katser- Buchkovska MP, Jonathan Djanogly MP, Alex Ryabchyn MP.

John is also pictured visiting the Avdiivka Coke Plant in East Ukraine

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