Peeter Helme

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Peeter Helme is a business journalist based in Lviv, Ukraine. Living in Ukraine since 2023, he first worked from Odesa and now reports from Lviv. Before joining Euromaidan Press, Peeter worked in Ukraine for an international logistics company in 2023–2024. Earlier, he worked across print, radio, and television journalism in Estonia, in both public and private media. His background also includes commercial and editorial copywriting. Peeter studied in Estonia and Germany, earning a BA in History from the University of Tartu in 2003. For Euromaidan Press, he covers Ukraine’s economy and wartime resilience, as well as energy issues, fiscal policy, and other major economic developments..

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Analysis

Ukraine’s draft evasion problem is a symptom of a deeper crisis

Why do Ukrainian men refuse mobilization, hide in their homes, and let their wives, sisters, and mothers do the everyday heavy lifting? Why does Ukraine’s mobilization system no longer work?

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Latest news Ukraine

Russia accidentally admits what it denied for three years: war is breaking its economy

Russia just admitted something it has spent three years denying: the war is breaking its economy. According to Russian Finance Ministry data, Moscow’s federal deficit hit $62 billion by July — already 25% over its yearly target with five months still to go.

Tsyvinskyi BEB Ukraine economic security chief1

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Ukrainian politics

Ukraine caves under $ 2.3 bn threat, appoints investigator it desperately wanted to block

Ukraine’s government spent weeks trying to block a qualified anti-corruption investigator. Today, $2.3 billion in international pressure changed their minds.

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Economy of Ukraine

PrivatBank finally beat its own billionaires—but only 2,100 km from Kyiv

It took London and eight years to bring to justice Ukraine's richest men who siphoned off 1.5% of its GDP

Inflation in Ukraine wartime economy high food prices

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Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine cuts inflation forecast to 9.7% despite ongoing war

Country defies economic patterns typically seen in countries fighting for survival

NABU SAPO demonstratsion anti-corruption movement

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FAQs

The EU is withholding billions from Ukraine and honestly, it’s kinda fair

Ukraine reversed a controversial oversight law on 31 July, a move that promises to restore the independence of…

Jüri Luik estonian representative to NATO

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Latest news Ukraine

Estonia’s NATO envoy warns: Europe can’t defend itself without Ukraine

Estonia’s NATO ambassador Jüri Luik warns that without Ukraine’s military power, Europe cannot contain the Russian threat or build a defense independent of US support.

Privatbank app money bank UKraine state control

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Ukraine

Ukraine nationalized its way out of crisis—now it can’t stop making money

The emergency worked too well. And that's actually a dangerous thing.

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