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U.S. Embassy Celebrates America’s Independence

United States Ambassador to Ukraine John E. Herbst and his wife, Mrs. Nadezda Christoff Herbst, welcomed prominent Ukrainians from across Ukraine to their residence in Kyiv as part of local American Independence Day celebrations. The guest list included members of the current and former governments, Supreme Rada deputies, and leaders in business, education, media and the arts.

U.S. Ambassador Herbst and Mrs. Nadezda Christoff Herbst welcome Vice Prime Minister Roman Bezsmertnyi
  U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John E. Herbst and Mrs. Nadezda Christoff Herbst welcome Vice Prime Minister Roman Bezsmertnyi to their home for the U.S. Independence Day Celebration.

 
U.S. Ambassador Herbst welcomes Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk and Yevhen Bystrytskyi, Executive Director of the International Renaissance Foundation
  U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John E. Herbst welcomes Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk and Yevhen Bystrytskyi, Executive Director of the International Renaissance Foundation to his home for the U.S. Independence Day Celebration.

 
U.S. Ambassador Herbst and Mrs. Nadezda Christoff Herbst welcome Rada Deputy Ihor Shurma
  U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John E. Herbst and Mrs. Nadezda Christoff Herbst welcome Rada Deputy Ihor Shurma to their home for the U.S. Independence Day Celebration.

 
U.S. Ambassador Herbst and Mrs. Nadezda Christoff Herbst welcome Rada Deputy Volodymyr Makeenko
  U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John E. Herbst and Mrs. Nadezda Christoff Herbst welcome Rada Deputy Volodymyr Makeenko to their home for the U.S. Independence Day Celebration.

 
U.S. Ambassador Herbst and Mrs. Nadezda Christoff Herbst welcome Rada Deputy Borys Andresyuk
  U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John E. Herbst and Mrs. Nadezda Christoff Herbst welcome Rada Deputy Borys Andresyuk to their home for the U.S. Independence Day Celebration.

 
U.S. Ambassador Herbst and Mrs. Nadezda Christoff Herbst welcome General Major Oleh Syvushenko, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and General-Lieutenant Anatoliy Sobora, Deputy Chief of General Staff, Commander, Support Forces
  U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John E. Herbst and Mrs. Nadezda Christoff Herbst welcome General Major Oleh Syvushenko, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and General-Lieutenant Anatoliy Sobora, Deputy Chief of General Staff, Commander, Support Forces to their home for the U.S. Independence Day Celebration.

 
U.S. Ambassador Herbst and Mrs. Nadezda Christoff Herbst welcome Volodymyr Udovychenko, Mayor of Slavutych
  U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John E. Herbst and Mrs. Nadezda Christoff Herbst welcome Volodymyr Udovychenko, Mayor of Slavutych, to their home for the U.S. Independence Day Celebration.

 
U.S. Ambassador Herbst and Mrs. Nadezda Christoff Herbst welcome Metropolitan Mefodiy of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
  U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John E. Herbst and Mrs. Nadezda Christoff Herbst welcome Metropolitan Mefodiy of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church to their home for the U.S. Independence Day Celebration.

 
U.S. Ambassador Herbst and Mrs. Nadezda Christoff Herbst welcome Sheikh Akhmed Tamim, Islamic Leader
  U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John E. Herbst and Mrs. Nadezda Christoff Herbst welcome Sheikh Akhmed Tamim, Islamic Leader to their home for the U.S. Independence Day Celebration.

 
U.S. Ambassador Herbst and Mrs. Nadezda Christoff Herbst welcome the representative of Metropolitan Volodymyr, Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchy
  U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John E. Herbst and Mrs. Nadezda Christoff Herbst welcome the representative of Metropolitan Volodymyr, Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchy to their home for the U.S. Independence Day Celebration.

 
Speaker of the Rada Volodymyr Lytvyn chats with Petro Hryhorychenko, President of Roma Congress of Ukraine
  Speaker of the Rada Volodymyr Lytvyn chats with Petro Hryhorychenko, President of Roma Congress of Ukraine.

 
Ihor Hryniv, Director of the Institute for Strategic Studies, chats with Petro Poroshenko, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council
  Ihor Hryniv, Director of the Institute for Strategic Studies, chats with Petro Poroshenko, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council.

 
Rada Deputy Serhiy Osyka shares a conversation with Former Minister of Finance Ihor Yushko
  Rada Deputy Serhiy Osyka shares a conversation with Former Minister of Finance Ihor Yushko.

 
Boris Lozhkin, President of the Ukrainian Media Holding, journalist Oleksander Tkachenko, and Minister of Transportation Yevhen Chernovenko share in conversation
  Boris Lozhkin, President of the Ukrainian Media Holding, journalist Oleksander Tkachenko, and Minister of Transportation Yevhen Chernovenko share in conversation at the Independence Day celebration.

 
Rada Deputy Vitaliy Khomutynnyk and Viktor Suslov, Head of the State Commission on the Regulation of Financial Services Markets, chat with a third guest
  Rada Deputy Vitaliy Khomutynnyk and Viktor Suslov, Head of the State Commission on the Regulation of Financial Services Markets, chat with a third guest at the Independence Day celebration.

 
Speaker of the Rada Volodymyr Lytvyn chats with Rada Deputy Viktor Pinchuk and Rada Deputy Ihor Yeremeev
  Speaker of the Rada Volodymyr Lytvyn chats with Rada Deputy Viktor Pinchuk and Rada Deputy Ihor Yeremeev at the Independence Day celebration.

 
Olha Isayevych of Sabre Svitlo in Lviv shares a point with Speaker of the Rada Volodymyr Lytvyn
  Olha Isayevych of Sabre Svitlo in Lviv shares a point with Speaker of the Rada Volodymyr Lytvyn.

 

U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John E. Herbst remarks at the U.S. Independence Day Celebration

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