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Bihus exposé: Ukraine’s SBU illegally surveilled investigative journalists
Bihus.Info journalists revealed this week that Ukraine's SBU security force secretly recorded their team, igniting concerns over eroding press freedoms.
Does Zelenskyy want to fire top general Zaluzhnyi? Everything we know
“The number of disagreements between Zelensky and Zaluzhny has reached a critical point,” an analyst said, as attempts to dismiss the revered commander sparked backlash.
Orthodox Church of Ukraine activists implore leaders to condemn violence during parish transfers
Prompted by a fight which broke out when OCU vigilantes expelled Moscow-backed representatives from a monastery, activists of Ukraine's independent Orthodox Church request its leadership to condemn the use of force
Ukraine makes first step to ban Russian-backed church
Ukraine moved closer to cracking down on a Ukrainian Orthodox Church aligned with Russia, with parliament approving a law to ban the religious body.
How Ukraine’s helicopter tsar helped arm the enemy
[editorial]Ukraine’s aerospace company Motor Sich, producing mainly engines for helicopters and turbines, became Ukraine’s largest nationalization since the…
Ukraine’s unanswered plea for MiG29s: consequence of NATO’s fear of Article 5
[editorial]Despite Western media and politicians’ assumptions that Ukraine does not need fighter jets “all that much,” military expert…
Court refuses to arrest former Ukraine president Poroshenko in state treason case yet limits travel
The Kyiv Pechersk district court refused to arrest Ukraine’s fifth president Petro Poroshenko in a case where he…
Poroshenko returns to Ukraine where he faces treason charges, appears in court (updates)
Ukraine’s fifth president Petro Poroshenko, the main political rival of current president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, returns to Ukraine, where…
Prosecution of Ukraine’s ex-President Poroshenko, explained
[editorial]Is Ukraine’s prosecution of its ex-President Poroshenko political persecution or well-grounded in evidence? We examine the facts of…
Prosecutor General’s Office seeks to arrest Ukraine’s fifth President Poroshenko on state treason charges
The Office of the Prosecutor-General of Ukraine seeks to arrest Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s President from 2014 to 2019,…
Ukraine’s demonopolization agency fines ex-president Poroshenko-linked companies $10.3 million
On 20 December, Ukraine’s acting Prosecutor General Oleksiy Symonenko charged former President Petro Poroshenko with high treason and…
Thousands in Kyiv demand resignation of Zelenskyy and his office’s chief
On the evening of December 1, central Kyiv was full of protests. Their organizers claimed the mass protests…
What everyday corruption looks like in Ukraine and how reforms stop it
[editorial]Speaking about Ukraine’s admission to NATO, Joe Biden said Ukrainians “still have to clean up corruption.” Corruption is…
SBU busts “anti-Ukrainian” anti-vaxx network with presumable Russian handlers, arrests leader
[editorial]On 10-16 November 2021, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) conducted a series of searches at homes of…
Ukrainian language slowly yet steadily displaces Russian in Ukraine
[editorial]On 9 November, Ukrainians celebrate the day of Ukrainian language and writing. It is celebrated since 1997, symbolically,…
Lockdown and vaccination opponents protest in Kyiv amid COVID-19 surge
[editorial]Roughly 2,000 people in Kyiv protested new lockdown rules on 3 November. Amid a COVID-19 surge, the government…
Ukraine holds first-ever confiscation of illegal assets
[editorial] On 27 October, the Appellate Chember of the High Anti-Corruption Court upheld its decision to confiscate MP…
With Crimea Platform, sanctions can become even smarter — UK Ambassador’s interview, part 1
[editorial] The Crimea Platform should not be led by any other country than Ukraine, and Ukraine should be…
Ukraine’s parliament elects Zelenskyy loyalist as speaker: possible outcomes
[editorial]On 8 October, the Ukrainian parliament elected a new Speaker of Verkhovna Rada. The consequences of this for…
Ukrainian anti-oligarch law inadvertently shines spotlight on Russian-linked members of presidential entourage
On the same day of the attempted assassination, President Zelenskyy delivered a speech to the 76th session of…