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..
Why are Russians hell-bent on destroying Ukraine and killing Ukrainians, fueled by TV lies and old myths? A new book asks what dark purpose that hatred serves.
Ukraine’s corruption investigators are back to charging million-dollar schemes after surviving a July attempt to strip their independence. But they’re working under a government that still has the administrative tools to derail sensitive cases and has demonstrated its willingness to use them.
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?
Ukraine’s government spent weeks trying to block a qualified anti-corruption investigator. Today, $2.3 billion in international pressure changed their minds.