Gosha Tykhyi

For those who have followed me over the years, here is my new official handle in my new capacity as @MFA_Ukraine spokesperson. Follow for updates and let’s keep in touch.

The German side has informed of its intention to hold a call with Putin. However, even if the German Chancellor did not express positions that contradict Ukraine's, conversations with the Russian dictator as such do not add any value to the pursuit of a just peace.

MFA of Ukraine has appointed Heorhii Tykhyi as the new Spokesperson! Heorhii will be working in the press service to ensure that the voice of the MFA, and most importantly, the voice of Ukraine abroad, is even louder. 🔗 Follow the new spokesperson @SpoxUkraineMFA

There are so many ways to support Ukraine now. Read about one of them in the joint Op-ed by @DmytroKuleba and @larsloekke for @business. Denmark is leading by example, time and again. #dkpol @mfMorten @Eifo_fond @Erhvervs_min @DKAMBinUkraine @DanishMFA

Our #SoMeInsights podcast is now live! Thanks to @goshquiet, comms advisor to the Ukrainian Foreign Minister for sharing tips about his craft in Episode 1. @luefkens and I will be interviewing digital diplomacy leaders and experts behind key social media accounts.

Thank you @luefkens and @Dante_Licona for launching this exciting podcast and having me for a talk on @DmytroKuleba’s and @MFA_Ukraine’s communications and digital diplomacy in the times of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine.

Russia's war on Ukraine is the largest aggression in Europe since WWII. Wars of this scale are fought in stages. Positional warfare is just one of them. Ukraine’s allies should stay focused on the goal of Ukrainian victory and ensure sufficient support to achieve it.

“The war against Russia is, after all, a technological battle.” Former Ukrainian defense minister @Andriypzag argues that the West’s technology and resources are crucial to securing a Ukrainian victory: trib.al/eihjqsP

Außenminister @DmytroKuleba fordert im ARD-Interview schärfere Exportkontrollen: „Angesichts der Masse an Bauteilen, die nach Russland geht, angesichts der Masse an russischen Raketenangriffen, kann man sagen: Exportkontrolle ist für die Ukraine eine Art neuer Luftverteidigung.“

❌ MYTH: #NATO promised #Russia it would not expand after the Cold War. ✅ FACT: Such an agreement was never made. NATO’s door has been open to new members since it was founded in 1949. Check out 🇷🇺 myths about NATO ⤵️

Staying the course is a difficult task. But we know how to win, and we will. In my piece for @ForeignAffairs, I counter skepticism and lay out Ukraine’s strategy on the path to victory. We should not allow defeatist voices to shape our policy decisions. foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/path-v…

liberté dignité invincibilité

To those who have missed the previous 30 years, here is a short list of the results of negotiations with Russia that it never respected:   1. The Budapest Memorandum of 1994. Russia agreed to “respect independence, sovereignty, and the existing borders of Ukraine” as well as “refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine”. Breached by Russia invading Crimea in 2014.   2. The Russian-Ukrainian Friendship Treaty of 1997. Russia agreed to respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity and “reaffirmed the inviolability of the borders” between the two countries. Russia breached it in 2014.   3. The OSCE Istanbul Summit in 1999. Russia committed to withdrawing its troops from Moldova’s Transdniestrian region and Georgia until the end of 2002. That never happened.   4. The 2008 Georgia ceasefire agreement following Russian aggression against the country. Russia agreed that “Russian military forces must withdraw to the lines prior to the start of hostilities”. That never happened.   5. The Ilovaysk “Green Corridor” in August 2014 and other “humanitarian” death corridors. Russia pledged to let Ukrainian forces leave the encircled town of Ilovaysk in the east of Ukraine, but instead opened fire and killed 366 Ukrainian troops. In the following years, Russia attacked numerous humanitarian corridors in Syria.   6. The “Minsk” agreements of 2014 and 2015. Russia agreed to cease the fire in the east of Ukraine. There had been 200 rounds of talks and 20 attempts to enforce a ceasefire, all of which the Russian side promptly violated. On February 24th, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.   7. The 2022 Black Sea Grain Initiative. Russia pledged to “provide maximum assurances regarding a safe and secure environment for all vessels engaged in this initiative." It then hindered the initiative's operation for months before withdrawing unilaterally a year later.   NB: I am only focused on deals made with Russia to address specific issues and conflicts. I am not mentioning almost 400 international treaties that Russia has breached since 2014.   There are no conclusions to be drawn here, except that no one can seriously use the words "Russia" and "negotiations" in the same phrase.   Putin is a habitual liar who promised international leaders that he would not attack Ukraine days before his invasion in February 2022.   Russia's tactic has remained consistent in its many wars over the last three decades: kill, grab, lie, and deny.   Why would anyone genuinely believe that Russia in 2023 is any different from Russia in 1994, 1997, 1999, 2008, 2014, 2015, and 2022?

To those with short memories: Between 2014 and 2022, Ukraine held about 200 rounds of talks with Russia. During this period, 20 cease-fire agreements were reached, all of which were quickly violated by Russia. None of the 200 rounds of talks or the 20 ceasefires have prevented Putin from launching a brutal all-out invasion of Ukraine on February 24th, 2022. Those who argue that Ukraine should negotiate with Russia now are either uninformed or misled, or they side with Russia and want Putin to take a pause before an even larger aggression. We should not and will not fall into this trap.

Our colleagues spent their last seconds alive helping - sorting parcels with medicine and humanitarian aid for the civilian suffering from the war. The russia destroyed a civilian building and should be convicted of war crimes. Please, spread the word #RussiaIsATerroristState

@ITUADE @VassiliGolod @WDR @DmytroKuleba @berdynskykh_k @GermanyinUA @UKRinDEU @Vitaliy_Klychko @APUkraine @Ukraine @MFA_Ukraine 🙏🏻🇺🇦

@VassiliGolod @WDR @DmytroKuleba @goshquiet @berdynskykh_k @GermanyinUA @UKRinDEU @Vitaliy_Klychko @APUkraine @Ukraine @MFA_Ukraine о круто на фото Гоша Тихий - герой, що зняв той легендарний репортаж про Іловайськ у 14-му році. Їх машина тоді під кулями встигла вийти з оточення

Ми відкрили ARD Studio Kyiv. Це добре для України. Тому що це показує, що Україну бачать. І добре для Німеччини. Тому що в Німеччині досі дуже мало знають про Україну. Щоб краще зрозуміти один одного, треба познайомитися ближче. Ми приїхали, щоб залишитися.

Danylo (23) & Diana (20) - the young couple who was killed last night in Zaporizhia. Got married a year ago after he proposed to her in a bomb shelter. Damn ruzzia…. #StandWithUkraine #StopRussia

@mattia_n @noclador my deep sympathy 😢

This morning, I got the call I long dreaded. My wife's cousin Sasha or Sashko, with whom she was close, was killed in action in the Verbove direction in Zaporizhzhia. Sashko was only 33 years old and already served in the army in the Donbas in 2015-16. After the full-scale invasion started, he and his father initially remained in the occupied territories in northern Luhansk. The two of them fled Svatove in early April, once the horrors of Bucha broke the news. The Russian's then had systematically began to search houses looking for veterans. They got lucky because they were not there when the Russian army raided their house. Together Djadja Ihor and Sahshko fled with their small, ancient Zhiguli in what both described as an adventure that included a lot of dirt roads to Rivne. Days after, Sashko voluntarily enlisted to the Airborne Forces, where he had served in 2015-16. Just like many infantry men, he saw a lot of intensive fighting since April 2022. I vividly remember how happy he was when we helped him to buy decent boots, spare cloth, a modern helmet and a decent bulletproof vest... My wife was very close with Sashko but he never wanted to speak about 'the horrors of war' as he put it. He was wounded twice. The most serious was in September last year in eastern Ukraine. When I asked him what happened, he jokingly said he fell from a tank. He left the multiple shrapnel in his legs unexplained. While in the hospital with his second injury this spring, he got to know his wife Tetiana in the hospital. To marry her, Sashko got two days off and hurried to Kryvih Rih, the nearest place the two spontaneously got an appointment! One day after the wedding, Sasha returned to the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Back then, he already spoke of intensive fighting in March 2023, months before the Ukrainian counter offensive. His biggest wish was to have a daughter... and just last week, he got the results from his latest medical examination. Because of the multiple injuries and a disability status he would have been allowed to return to the training grounds as an instructor. He refused as he did not want to leave his unit in the middle of intensive fighting. The last we heard of him few weeks ago, he echoed the sentiment that so many of our Ukrainian friends and acquaintances share: as difficult as it is and despite the high cost, I want to fight this war, so that his future children would not have to. Sashko paid the ultimate price before becoming a father. We will never forget you. Rest in peace, brother!

Was die ukrainischen Soldaten motiviert: Sie wissen genau, dass Putin am Ende keinen Kompromiss, keinen Deal will. Er will die Ukraine zerstören, sein Sowjet-Reich zurück. Sie kämpfen also auch für ihre Enkel. Meine Einschätzung bei @maischberger 👇

Trust, strength, and respect. These are the pillars of Ukraine's unbreakable spirit. These are the reasons why, despite all odds, Ukraine is advancing. These are the reasons why Ukraine is sure to win. Our warriors are paving the way forward. I thank each and every one of them.