Why did Ukraine reshuffle half its government amid war?
The shake-up, justified as a need for "new energy," comes as Ukraine faces critical challenges in its conflict with Russia and pursuit of Western support.
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“Not about banning.” Theologian unpacks Ukraine’s new anti-Russian church law
Ukraine's religious landscape faces a seismic shift with new legislation, but it's not the blanket ban many expect. A theological expert unpacks the law's true nature and potential outcomes.
“Mom, is it a nuclear bomb?” Ukrainian MP Sovsun on parenting, parliament, and perseverance in Kyiv
"Don't worry, it's a regular bomb" became the strangest sentence of Inna Sovsun's life, uttered to her son during a missile attack on Kyiv. The opposition lawmaker now balances parenting with keeping Ukraine's democracy alive amid Russia's war.
The Great Escape: How Ukraine’s ninth-richest man slipped out of the country amid fraud allegations
Ukraine’s ninth-wealthiest man Hennadiy Boholiubov flees the country on a train using another man's passport. Although he has legal reasons to leave Ukraine due to his age, he allegedly escapes charges of embezzlement and fraud of billions of dollars.
“Most countries protect their farmers.” Poland’s top trade economist on why border blockade keeps going
The dispute is deeper than cheap crops; Poland wants a bilateral trade agreement with Ukraine, says Piotr Soroczyński
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
Sunset of the oligarchs: Ukraine’s war-time nationalization of strategic enterprises rectifies past sins Long-standing Chinese and Russian attempts…
Ukraine’s unanswered plea for MiG29s: consequence of NATO’s fear of Article 5
Mykhaylo Samus is a director at The New Geopolitics Research Network and Deputy Director at the Army Research,…
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
The latest allegations against the former president Petro Poroshenko, under which prosecutors seek his arrest, claim that Poroshenko…
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
Contents Sources of daily corruption Five success stories that have reduced commonplace corruption in Ukraine 1998. Simplified tax…
SBU busts “anti-Ukrainian” anti-vaxx network with presumable Russian handlers, arrests leader
However, Stakhiv didn’t limit himself to anti-vaccination activism. In his recent videos and public speeches he also declared…
Ukrainian language slowly yet steadily displaces Russian in Ukraine
Language was always a cornerstone of Ukraine’s national identity, along with Ukrainian aspirations for individual and national freedom…