The Ukrainian Week

17 January, 2022	Breaking news	Former Ukraine president lands in Kyiv to face treason case Prosecutor claims Petro Poroshenko was involved in financing of Russian-backed separatists in 2014-15
22 June, 2020	Breaking news	Former Ukrainian president says Biden never pressed him on Burisma “My absolutely clear answer: no, never,” Petro Poroshenko told CNN.
10 June, 2020	Breaking news	Ukrainian ex-president becomes suspect in criminal case Ukrainian State Bureau of Investigation accuses Petro Poroshenko of giving illegal order to head of intelligence
28 February, 2020	Politics	Feeling good The government has managed to keep its approval rating high. For the first time in years, many Ukrainians believe that their life has not deteriorated
31 October, 2019	Politics	Between the officious and the odious A look at the current online strategies of the two main rivals in the 2019 presidential campaign
12 August, 2019	Politics	Digitize, digitize, let nothing new evade your eyes How the President’s team replaces answers to uncomfortable questions
26 July, 2019	Breaking news	Poroshenko's car attacked near State Investigations Bureau So-called 'titushky', the hired thugs picked a fight with the ex-President's guards, used tear gas and escaped
27 June, 2019	Politics	No U-turn is allowed Why results of the Ukrainian presidential elections absolutely do not mean Ukrainians’ desire for a shift in foreign policy?
10 June, 2019	Economics	The poisonous recipe from Kolomoiskiy The consequences of default for Ukraine
29 May, 2019	Breaking news	Georgia ex-leader Saakashvili has Ukrainian citizenship restored Ukraine's new president has given citizenship back to former Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili almost two years after it was removed
27 May, 2019	Politics	Value and build up Ukrainians must recognize the achievements of the last five years and not give into backsliding
15 May, 2019	Breaking news	Poroshenko signs law on functioning of Ukrainian as state language The law is not applicable to the sphere of private communication and religious ceremonies
13 May, 2019	Politics	Under two presidents How current and the next state leaders use the timeout
21 April, 2019	Breaking news	Ukrainian presidential election begins, surveys show comedian candidate leading the polls 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
17 April, 2019	Economics	Predictable revenge The Donbas and especially the Luhansk Oblast have remained to be the domain of the pro-Russian forces, although the electoral map of the region has changed significantly
11 April, 2019	Breaking news	Ukrainian Security Service to report reasonability of Medvedchuk’s involvement in captives swap talks Ukrainian Security Service chief Vasyl Hrytsak will submit a report to President Petro Poroshenko analyzing how reasonable Opposition Platform – For Life party Chairman Viktor Medvedchuk’s involvement in negotiations on freeing Ukrainian captives is
9 April, 2019	Breaking news	Ukraine develops cruise missiles with range of over 1,000 km Ukrainian military can now destroy any enemy ship within a radius of 300 kilometers
1 April, 2019	Breaking news	Ukraine election: Comedian leads presidential contest A comedian with no political experience has won the most votes in the first round of Ukraine's presidential elections, early results indicate
28 March, 2019	Breaking news	BBC to pay 'substantial' sum for story libelling Ukrainian president News report on TV and online claimed Petro Poroshenko had bribed Donald Trump’s lawyer
19 March, 2019	Breaking news	2955 Ukrainian soldiers died in Donbas during war with Russia One Ukrainian serviceman died today in the Donbas conflict zone
11 March, 2019	Politics	Round 1: A warm-up Parliament and Ukrainian presidential election: action and reaction
10 March, 2019	Breaking news	Ukraine police: 15 officers injured in clash with far-right A clash was with far-right demonstrators who disrupted a campaign appearance of President Petro Poroshenko
28 February, 2019	Breaking news	Poroshenko proposes new anti-graft bill after court annuls 2015 Law Ukrainian President has proposed fresh legislation to fight corruption, a move that raised concerns the country is backtracking in the battle against corruption
20 February, 2019	Breaking news	Zelensky takes lead in Ukraine poll ahead of 2019 presidential vote Poroshenko and Tymoshenko's chances to make it to the second round are almost equal, experts say
3 February, 2019	Breaking news	Ukrainian Orthodox Church enthrones Epifaniy as leader The new Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) has installed its first metropolitan, Epifaniy, at a ceremony in Kyiv on February 3, in a process that further establishes the new church body's independence
29 January, 2019	Breaking news	Ukrainian President announces reelection bid, aims for EU membership Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has announced he will seek reelection in the March presidential election, and vowed to press for European Union and NATO membership
10 December, 2018	Breaking news	Poroshenko signs law terminating Ukrainian-Russian friendship treaty Ukrianian President called the new law "part of our strategy towards fully breaking with the colonial past and reorientation towards Europe"
3 December, 2018	Breaking news	Ukraine calls up reservists amid tensions with Russia Ukraine's president on Monday announced a partial call-up of reservists for training amid tensions with Russia
29 November, 2018	Breaking news	Ukraine president calls for Nato warships in Sea of Azov Kyiv asks for western presence in sea it shares with Russia, saying Putin is blocking ports
26 November, 2018	Breaking news	Ukraine to vote on martial law after Russia seizes boats in Kerch Strait Ukrainian officials say at least six sailors were wounded and denies doing anything wrong, accusing Russia of military aggression
21 November, 2018	Breaking news	Ukraine salutes slain Euromaidan activists on fifth anniversary of uprising President Poroshenko has headed a delegation of top Ukrainian officials marking the fifth anniversary of the start of the Euromaidan protests
3 November, 2018	Breaking news	Poroshenko and Patriarch Bartholomew sign accord on independent Ukrainian Church Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew signed an agreement on November 3 in Istanbul, outlining cooperation between Kyiv and the Patriarchate of Constantinople that paves the way for the establishment of an independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church, a plan that has angered Moscow
26 October, 2018	Breaking news	Ukrainian and Belarusian presidents discuss trade and economic cooperation Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko met on Friday to discuss trade and economic cooperation between their countries, Poroshenko's press service said
20 September, 2018	Breaking news	Ukrainian president pushes ahead with plans to secure NATO membership Petro Poroshenko speaks during his annual state-of-the-nation address in Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018.
19 April, 2018	Politics	The B-Yu-T rides again As other candidates fumble to establish a footing, Yulia Tymoshenko is busy mobilizing resources for a third presidential run
23 March, 2018	Politics	Vote busters What those in power and opposition are likely to do to improve their rates and mobilize the electorate
21 February, 2018	Politics	The Central Electoral Commission conundrum The shambolic renovation of the Central Electoral Commission, which has been in progress for several years now, looks about to be finally concluded. On Feb. 5, the President submitted a list of candidates to the Verkhovna Rada and this suggests that the process is finally being unblocked
14 February, 2018	Politics	Season two coming up? Mistakes, unlearned lessons and consequences in the political confrontation between Ukraine’s leadership and Mikheil Saakashvili
22 December, 2017	Politics	New players, same broken game What explains the tug-o-war between various enforcement agencies in Ukraine
5 December, 2017	Politics	Mikheil Saakashvili: Detention and unexpected release What is known as of December 5
9 October, 2017	Politics	Border incident The odyssey of Mikheil Saakashvili had a happy ending for him but caused his opponents headaches and image problems
15 September, 2017	Politics	In a number of words The annual speech of the President outlines accomplishments and failures. Over the course of modern Ukrainian history, the addresses have painted the image of the country’s every leader and his era in politics
11 September, 2017	Politics	Third time’s a charm President Poroshenko's state of the nation address to the Rada
8 June, 2017	Politics	The three-year itch Three years after being elected, the president faces the same problems as his predecessors
8 June, 2017	Politics	Poroshenko vs the memes How Ukrainian social media users react to the President
23 March, 2017	Politics	Time for a strong middle-class party What is needed for Ukraine to have a political force that is not linked to oligarchs
19 October, 2016	Politics	Storm clouds ahead for allies Who is vying for leadership in the Poroshenko Bloc and Yatseniuk's People’s Front
16 September, 2016	Politics	The war of all against all The new regular session of the Verkhovna Rada started on September 6. It looks like actors on Ukraine’s political scene, probably with the exception of Petro Poroshenko's Bloc and Arseniy Yatseniuk’s People's Front, have great expectations and ambitious plans for this fall seasons. Major oligarchs are likely to step up their game. The situation in the presidential team is not at its best either
1 July, 2016	Politics	Bouillabaisse de president What is Petro Poroshenko's team and who are the centres of influence in it
1 July, 2016	Politics	The fine art of compromise Although his powers are president of Ukraine are quite limited, over the last two years Petro Poroshenko has learned to use them like a virtuoso, allowing him considerable influence over the legislature and Government
25 May, 2016	Politics	Bankova's sparring partners Is the President Administration ready for a snap election
18 April, 2016	World	Taxes vs presidents How the Panama leaks will affect top politicians and offshore dealings
11 April, 2016	Politics	In anticipation of a temporary lull A crisis of relations in the victorious team blows up into a real fratricidal war and ends with some of them fraternizing with the one-time enemy. Just over 10 years ago, the country lived through a similar story
8 March, 2016	Politics	Petro Poroshenko Bloc: fragmentation The presidential party's approach to forming party lists and selecting candidates for single-member constituencies has divided it into a multitude of groups and even more basically independent MPs
27 January, 2016	Politics	Reversing the Deep-Freeze The dangers of further impoverishment
27 January, 2016	Politics	A Game of Snap with Joker Ukraine’s main political players want pre-term elections, but this won’t happen
17 December, 2015	Politics	The Third Coming? Is Maidan 3.0 possible, and what would it look like?
16 December, 2015	Politics	Push and Shove The Cabinet is bound to be shuffled. The bargaining is already underway. The new one is unlikely to be a government of technocrats
7 December, 2015	Politics	Most Wanted: A Crib Sheet for the President The Ukrainian Week has put together a little list of those whom the current Administration should add to its sights so that it does not stop with Ghennadiy Korban
20 August, 2015	Politics	Cloning Saakashvili Proposed decentralization raises concern over the quality of human resources available to run the regions
20 July, 2015	Economics	Express Shock Therapy, Hybrid Economic Results Positive and negative results of austerity and painful economic reforms
14 July, 2015	Politics	Who Are You, Mr. Hrytsak? Whose interests will guide the new SBU chief
10 July, 2015	Politics	Systemic Shape-Shifting What searches and arrests at the Prosecutor General's Office signal
23 April, 2015	Politics	The Phantom of Deoligarchization Taming a few oligarchs will not change the oligarchic system, since Ukraine still has no organized alternative to it in the form of civil society or small and medium businesses
27 February, 2015	Economics	On the Track of the Fleeing Capital How many billions of dollars Ukraine lost in 2014
14 November, 2014	Politics	Poroshenko’s Blunders The President’s bloc is painfully reminiscent of Viktor Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine party mixed with elements of Viktor Yanukovych’s Party of Regions
12 November, 2014	Politics	Rapid Response Elections The impressive victory of pro-European forces in the party lists must be put to work toward rapid and irreversible reforms, otherwise it will quickly turn into an equally impressive defeat
11 November, 2014	Politics	Starting a New Life, Voting as Before The election in Donbas followed the traditional scenario for this region. Unfortunately, its residents learned nothing from the bloody lessons of 2014
23 October, 2014	Politics	Back to Black? The parliamentary election may bring only few “new faces” to parliament
24 September, 2014	World	Caution and Restraint. To Be Continued… Why it would be wrong for Kyiv to expect blanket solidarity from the West
8 July, 2014	Politics	Yehor Firsov: “Living in a new way? We’ll see” The Ukrainian Week talks to the Donetsk-born Yehor Firsov, the youngest MP in the Verkhovna Rada, about recipes for rapid career growth in politics, the bazaar atmosphere in parliament and the helpless Rinat Akhmetov
1 July, 2014	News	President Poroshenko ends truce in the Donbas President Petro Poroshenko announces the end of ceasefire in the Donbas, he says after the meeting of the National Security and Defence Council, his press service reports
30 June, 2014	News	Terrorists shell the airfield in Kramatorsk and checkpoints near Sloviansk during truce Terrorists shelled the bases of Ukrainian military near Kramatorsk airfield and checkpoints near Sloviansk, the villages of Makariv and Avdeyevka, the Anti-Terrorist press service reports
30 June, 2014	Politics	A Heavy Mace for Mr. Poroshenko What the new President should start with to meet expectations of his voters
30 June, 2014	Politics	Vitaliy Kovalchuk: “The agreement on close cooperation between UDAR and Poroshenko has not been voided by anyone” The chairman of the UDAR faction in parliament speaks about the roots of the Poroshenko-Klitschko union, the need for an early parliamentary election and the tests of power
28 June, 2014	News	InfoResist: Terrorists shoot at the airfield and two bases of Ukrainian military in Kramatorsk At night on June 27-28, terrorists kept shooting at the anti-terrorist operation groups, InfoResist coordinator Dmytro Tymchuk reports on his Facebook page
27 June, 2014	News	Ukraine signs Association Agreement with EU Ukraine signed the Association Agreement with the EU on Friday, June 27, in Brussels
19 June, 2014	News	Parliament supports new NBU Chair, Prosecutor General and Foreign Minister proposed by President Poroshenko MPs supported candidates to replace acting Chair of the NBU, Prosecutor General and Foreign Minister offered by President Poroshenko in the vote today
17 June, 2014	News	Dmytro Tymchuk: Quite a few militants in the Donbas will lay down arms in ceasefire Many militants in the Donbas will take the chance and lay down arms during the temporary ceasefire, coordinator of Information Resistance group, Dmytro Tymchuk, tells The Ukrainian Week in a comment
17 June, 2014	News	Ceasefire in the Donbas to evacuate the wounded and dead The ceasefire agreement in the area of the antiterrorist operation came into effect at around 7.20 p.m. today. It allows the injured and the dead to be taken out of the area, Vasyl Budik, a man held hostage by Ihor (aka Bes) Bezler’s militants in Horlivka, a town in Donetsk Oblast, wrote on his Facebook page today
17 June, 2014	News	Premier Yatseniuk links disruption of gas talks to the signing of the Association Agreement Ukraine’s Premier Arseniy Yatseniuk believes that Russia has disrupted gas talks not least because of the upcoming visit of President Petro Poroshenko to Brussels to sign the economic part of the Association Agreement with the EU, he said when speaking in Parliament
9 June, 2014	News	Defense Ministry claims that the armed conflict will stop in the Donbas The armed conflict is in the process of being stopped in Eastern Ukraine, Acting Defense Minister Mykhailo Koval said as reported by the Ministry of Defense press-service
4 June, 2014	News	Poroshenko will offer a peaceful solution for Ukraine during inauguration Petro Poroshenko, the winner of the presidential race in Ukraine, will present the plan for peaceful solution for the Ukrainian crisis during his inauguration, he said at a briefing on his visit to Warsaw
3 June, 2014	Politics	The Birth of New Political Reality Presidential elections are merely a prologue to the dramatic overhaul of political landscape
2 June, 2014	News	Petro Poroshenko officially announced president Central Election Commission announces Petro Poroshenko the President of Ukraine elected on May 25
20 May, 2014	Politics	Déjà vu? Poroshenko vs Tymoshenko Ukraine risks returning to the post-Orange Revolution internal squabbles very soon
29 March, 2014	News	Klitschko will not run for Ukraine presidency Vitaliy Klitschko who was considered as one of the candidates for presidency backs Ukrainian tycoon Petro Poroshenko for this post in the May 25 elections.
14 April, 2013	Politics	People’s Self-Defence 2.0 Yuriy Lutsenko is going to create a new political project. The question is whether he will make the same mistakes as were made during the launch of People’s Self-Defence and whether the new organization will be constructed to serve the interests of Petro Poroshenko