The Opposition Platform – For Life (Za Zhyttia) and the Opposition Bloc have the same roots. They are the legacy of the regime of runaway president Viktor Yanukovych. For the July 2019 parliamentary elections, however, they have run...
Here is my subjective opinion on four key points the first round showed: 1. TV promotion works Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a TV celebrity who has been promoted for years by the second most popular Ukrainian channel “1+1” owned by...
A month later, the EU and the USA imposed sanctions on Yanukovych and his clan. The list was drawn up directly in Ukraine by acting Prosecutor General Oleh Makhnitsky, and, surprisingly, there were a number of important names missing:...
Two years after tragic events at Euromaidan and the escape of disgraced president Victor Yanukovych, Ukraine is changing, but it is also facing big challenges – the war with Russia, the occupation of Crimea, and disappointment with...
In 2014, after the first Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory in the Donbas, soldiers who had lost limbs in battle were seen for the first time in public as they returned home. Since the full-on invasion by Russia in February 2022, the...
