War in Ukraine Ukraine used the Patriot missile defense system to shoot down a Russian hypersonic missile over Kyiv, the first time Ukraine has been able to intercept this type of weapon (Politico and AP […]
08.05.2023 • okoshevaya
Ukraine and NATO NATO has pledged support “for as long as it takes” against Russia. NBC quoted NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg after defense leaders met at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. (NBC) Stoltenberg made a […]
24.04.2023 • okoshevaya
Already in the first days of Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin was said to make a catastrophic mistake that would cost Russia very dearly. More than a year into the war, the world […]
21.03.2023 • okoshevaya
More than a year into the war, Ukraine has withstood, however much the Kremlin wanted to destroy it, and even has emerged stronger than ever Ukraine's Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk, incumbent deputy foreign minister, […]
21.03.2023 • okoshevaya
What qualities help non-governmental organisations adapt to the pandemic and war, and who found it more difficult, how to keep the team focused and where to find additional sources of funding, whether it was possible […]
22.09.2022 • Bohdan Marusyak
After Russian troops invaded the territory of sovereign Ukraine on 24 February 2022, a number of countries have imposed restrictive measures on individuals and companies involved in military aggression. The main type of restrictive measure on all […]
21.03.2022 • Bohdan Marusyak
We are talking to military experts about the first experience of the war. It's the fourth day of the war with Russia. The agenda changes with lightning speed, several times a day, however, certainly not […]
28.02.2022 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ukraine Crisis Media Centre hosted a briefing, "Analysis of human rights violations in occupied Crimea in 2021," organised by the Crimean Tatar Resource Centre (CTRC). According to the organisation, Russian security forces conducted 53 searches; […]
23.02.2022 • Bohdan Marusyak
On 1 February, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree to enact the decision of the National Security and Defence Council on the "Action Plan of the Cybersecurity Strategy of Ukraine," endorsed in August 2021. […]
21.02.2022 • Bohdan Marusyak
In 2021, Ukraine moved down one spot in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) and now ranks 122nd out of 180 countries on the CPI list. What is behind this assessment, should we worry about it, and what […]
16.02.2022 • Bohdan Marusyak
Recently, there have been many apocalyptic and crude texts about how the situation in Ukraine will develop further. Unfortunately, most of them are limited to retelling already known, or often fictional or far-fetched facts. We […]
09.02.2022 • Bohdan Marusyak
Everyone has heard about the rows surrounding the construction and certification of Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. This project embodies the Kremlin's economic and political expansion in the north. However, it is not the only […]
31.01.2022 • Bohdan Marusyak
In their report "Forecast 2022," the experts of the Ukrainian Institute for the Future identified five crisis trends that will be particularly acute and determine the situation in certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk […]
26.01.2022 • Bohdan Marusyak
The experts of the Institute of Mass Information (IMI) covered numerous cases of violations of freedom of speech in Ukraine in 2021. Of them, 145 cases involved physical aggression against journalists. For comparison: in 2020, IMI […]
12.01.2022 • Bohdan Marusyak
Security diplomacy is taking precedence over economic diplomacy. This is probably the key idea from the latest nationwide poll commissioned by the New Europe Center. Although Ukrainians see the course towards the EU as a […]
10.01.2022 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Forecast 2022 report by the Ukrainian Institute for the Future was presented within the framework of the 3rd Alumni Forum of the Serhiy Nyzhny Kyiv School of Public Administration. The Forecast identifies four scenarios for developments in […]
05.01.2022 • Bohdan Marusyak
This year has seen much work and also many achievements. I believe that the main accomplishment is the approval of comprehensive Ukraine's Foreign Policy Strategy for the first time in 30 years of independence. Why is this […]
30.12.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Over the past six months, 45% of digital buyers in Ukraine have faced online fraud attempts. This figure is congruent with the activity of cyber criminals in the EU. OLX Ukraine, together with OLX Group colleagues from […]
15.12.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a stark ultimatum. In a number of recent statements, he has demanded that the United States make “reliable and firm legal guarantees” that NATO will not expand eastward—or else, […]
13.12.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
As of early 2014, the Crimean tourism sector was on the rise and was undoubtedly a leading industry in Crimea. Starting from 2010, the tourist flow reached a stable level of 5-6 million visitors per year, […]
08.12.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak