When Russian-backed separatists began their offensive in eastern Ukraine in spring 2014, the city of Sloviansk was the first one they took over. After several months, it was liberated, but it keeps its memory as the place where Russia’s war in eastern Ukraine, which killed over 13,000 people, started

What will Ukraine rely on after any result of the election?

Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has scored a landslide victory in the country's presidential election

Ukrainians cast ballots Sunday in a presidential runoff which had the incumbent struggling to fend off a strong challenge by a comedian who denounces corruption and plays the role of president in a TV sitcom

How Donbas elected president after almost a decade break

Why the development of political marketing can make democracy in Ukraine a threat to national security

In a popular TV series, a fictional Ukrainian president gets so drunk at a dinner with the head of the International Monetary Fund that he throws her into a swimming pool

A comedian with no political experience has won the most votes in the first round of Ukraine's presidential elections, early results indicate

How the current and former leadership of the self-declared republics in occupied Donbas see the upcoming elections for President of Ukraine

Electoral preferences according to the map

Ukrainian voters residing in Russia will be able to vote in the presidential election only by travelling to another country, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said

What are the main candidates for president proposing in their platforms and how have these changed from what they proposed five years ago

Why Ukraine’s parties are not social lifts and will never be, so unless they change fundamentally

Parliament and Ukrainian presidential election: action and reaction

A clash was with far-right demonstrators who disrupted a campaign appearance of President Petro Poroshenko

The political novice's popularity with voters has left pundits scratching their heads — and some critics fearing he's biting off more than he can chew

Poroshenko and Tymoshenko's chances to make it to the second round are almost equal, experts say

The CEC is to officially announce the final registered list of candidates no later than February 9

Russia has developed three scenarios

How different is the current campaign in terms of political slogans and promises compared to 2014?

Apart from the desire for power, what drives presidential candidates to play with voters and how dangerous is this for Ukraine?

What to expect in the new parliamentary season

UAH 6,659, 11,951 and 7,451, an equivalent of $256, 450 and 280 – this is how an average Ukrainian sees desired subsistence, average wage and pension across Ukraine, according to SOCIS, a sociology center. According to the State Statistics Bureau, the real numbers are UAH 1,777, 8,725 and 2,479 respectively, or around $68, 335 and 95.

The opposition in Ukraine is mostly reactive and it chooses actions that will be most useful for criticizing the current Administration or gaining the attention of a specific part of the electorate. What Ukraine needs most right now is a consolidating program and a party that could present its own alternative for the country

The strange multiplication by division of political parties in Ukraine and their internecine infighting

What cyberthreats Ukraine is likely to face in 2019 elections, and what it is doing to prevent them

Who wins the next election won’t be decided by the voters who are now supporting various parties and candidates but by those who will vacillate until the very last minute

What those in power and opposition are likely to do to improve their rates and mobilize the electorate

Undecided voters are a tasty morsel for parties that are not in the Verkhovna Rada, yet none of these parties has much of a chance of winning them over in significant numbers

What threats face Ukraine if a fragmented Verkhovna Rada is elected that does not represent the interests of the majority of Ukrainians?