Alya Shandra

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Alya Shandra is the editor-in-chief at Euromaidan Press. Before joining Euromaidan Press, she participated in environmental research and education projects. Alya can be contacted at alya.shandra (a) gmail.com, on twitter @AlyaShandra., or FB

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Anti-corruption Ukraine Kaleniuk NABU SAPO

16 minute read

“I defended Zelenskyy against Trump’s dictatorship accusations. Now I can’t,” says Ukraine’s top corruption fighter

Zelenskyy must reverse course on the legislation targeting corruption prosecutors, or risk proving Putin right about Ukrainian democracy, warns the architect of the system being destroyed.

8 minute read

Analysis

Ukraine’s decisive moment: Win by 2027 or face “autonomous swarms,” warns ex-Commander-in-Chief

Ukraine's survival depends on revolutionary strategy, not traditional firepower, Valerii Zaluzhnyi writes

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Analysis

Can Ukraine’s $ 1,000 drones really beat Russia’s $ 35,000 Shaheds?

The missiles are too expensive. The interceptors are unproven. But Ukraine is betting on the math of survival.

Shabunin anti-corruption activist ukraine persecution

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Ukrainian reforms

“Obvious revenge”: Ukraine prosecutes the activist who created its anti-corruption system

Vitaliy Shabunin has many critics. But today, even they agree that it's about political persecution.

Assassination SBU Voronych Voronich Kyiv Ukraine

9 minute read

Russian Aggression

The brain behind Ukraine’s shadow war successes—Motorola and Kursk—gunned down in Kyiv parking lot

Five silenced shots in a Kyiv parking lot ended the career of the colonel who eliminated Motorola and masterminded Ukraine's Kursk offensive

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13 minute read

Ukraine

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church says it left Moscow. Documents say otherwise.

Church officials can claim what they want, but the paper trail doesn't lie—and it leads straight back to Moscow.

8 minute read

Analysis

The weapons Ukraine just lost to US aid freeze, explained

It's not only about Patriots and air defense—Ukraine's entire military toolkit just got gutted

7 minute read

Ukraine

Ukraine just stripped citizenship from the leader of Putin’s favorite church—his 8,000 parishes are next

Metropolitan Onufriy's citizenship revocation is just the opening move—Ukraine's legal machinery is already grinding toward dissolving his Moscow-aligned Ukrainian Orthodox Church entirely.

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Analysis

Shahed drones now dive like missiles—and Ukraine can’t shoot fast enough

The same mobile teams that hunted Shaheds last year can barely touch them now.

7 minute read

Interview

Frozen conflict Ukraine’s “best case scenario” because Russia has nukes, Kurt Volker says

Ukraine's regular destruction of red lines is no argument, former envoy claims

Zelenskyy speaks at conference Ukraine war

14 minute read

Analysis

Ukraine’s victory plan is dead, killed by Russian nuclear mind games

The culprit wasn't Russian strength—it was Western fear of threats that never came.

10 minute read

Analysis

GLOBSEC mapped seven Ukraine war scenarios through 2026. Even the “best case” spells future disaster.

The supposed "good" scenario, with 2% propability—a ceasefire with European peacekeepers—would merely give Russia time to regroup for the next assault.

13 minute read

International

“I was not fierce enough”: Georgian activist’s brutal confession as democracy collapses

She saw the red flags, trained the people now dismantling democracy—and stayed silent too long.