Ukrainian Orthodox leaders on Saturday approved the creation of a unified church independent of the Moscow Patriarchate and elected a leader to head the new church, officials said

On Ukraine’s first steps towards its national Orthodox Church

How religious are Ukrainian politicians?

Ukrianian President called the new law "part of our strategy towards fully breaking with the colonial past and reorientation towards Europe"

Lawyer: It will depend on the "political situation and the political will of the Kremlin"

Why is there lack of understanding of character of conflict between Russia and Western world

Previously, a moratorium on the public use of Russian-language cultural products was introduced in Lviv and Zhytomyr regions

However, according to Marchuk, the Russian side does not accept such offers

Shipping traffic has resumed to and from Ukraine’s ports on the Sea of Azov following a standoff with Russia, a Ukrainian minister has said

Ukraine's president on Monday announced a partial call-up of reservists for training amid tensions with Russia

Ukraine will not allow Russian men aged 16-60 into the country following the imposition of martial law, Kyiv says

U.S. President says he is considering canceling his scheduled meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Argentina this week over Russia's detention of Ukrainian sailors

Ukraine has accused Russia of ramming one of its boats off the coast of the annexed Crimea, amid rising tensions

The Russian Federation Council has warned Ukraine it is able to close the Sea of ​​Azov to the Ukrainian ships within minutes

The perpetrators assaulted a priest, the report says

Moscow move affecting 322 people comes after Ukraine targeted Russian officials and businesses earlier this year

What to expect after the Ukrainian Orthodox Church receives autonomy

Since Belarus’ Paritetbank was not acceptable for the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

Leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church were meeting in the Belarusian capital on October 15 amid a dispute over moves toward independence for the Orthodox Church in Ukraine

The Ukrainian fishermen went to sea from the Russian-occupied village of Kholodne, Donetsk region

During the 28th Economic Forum in Krynica-Zdrój (Poland) The Ukrainian Week discussed with the President of the Center for the Study of New Generation Warfare about the situation in the Black Sea and the historical and modern aspects of the confrontation between the USA and Russia.

Volodymyr Balukh has suspended a months-long hunger strike pending his expected transfer to a prison in Russia

Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov has started writing a new script while serving his term in a Russian jail

These Ukrainians were captured from 2014 to 2018

Information confirming Rudkovsky’s guilt was obtained through joint investigative procedures conducted by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Interior Ministry

How Russia is building a network of influence in Slovakia

Hostilities in the Sea of Azov are heating up, and the U.S. is increasing its involvement

What’s happening with the Ukrainian peninsula’s economy these days?

How Russia is turning Crimea into a military base by changing its economy and society

The operation itself took half an hour

A ban on the use of cultural products, namely movies, books, songs, etc., in the Russian language in the public has been introduced in Ukraine`s Lviv region

The Russian military said on Monday (Sept 17) that the missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 came from the arsenals of the Ukrainian army

Russia’s Orthodox Church said on Friday it would no longer participate in structures chaired by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

A bond dispute in which Ukraine alleges Russia used “threatening behaviour” is set to go to a full blown trial in the English courts, appeal judges ruled on Friday

Russia’s security services claimed to have disrupted an Islamic State member’s plot to assassinate an east Ukrainian rebel fighter on orders from Ukraine’s security apparatus

Russian propaganda systemically lowers the number of officially recognized casualties on the part of Russian occupation forces in eastern Ukraine's warzone

It was reported after the killing of Oleksandr Zakharchenko, the head of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic, on August, 31.

Alleged spy Stanislav Yezhov went on trial on August 22

Anti-cult movements as an instrument in Russia’s hybrid war

The influence of the World Cup on Russia's image

How close is Ukraine to autocephaly for its Orthodox Church?

How have Russian counter-sanctions impacted Belarusian exports and imports?

The shadow of Kremlin’s prisoners over the 2018 World Cup

How to overcome Russian cultural domination

The information background of the World Cup in Russia

On May 16, Ukrainian filmmaker currently jailed in Russia as a political prisoner went on a hunger strike. In a public letter he wrote that he would only stop the strike if all 64 Ukrainian prisoners jailed in Russia for politically-motivated grounds are released

The Kremlin's gas pipelines bypassing Ukraine are a threat to the country's energy security. What can it do to protect itself from upcoming risks

The Ukrainian Week asks American think-tankers and diplomats three questions: 1. Is Ukraine seen as part of Russia’s sphere of influence in the US? 2. Why a part of the American establishment believes that Ukraine should be attributed to Russia’s orbit? 3. What can Ukraine do to counter this approach?

Director General of the NATO International Military Staff on NATO’s readiness to face hybrid challenges from Russia, expectations for NATO’s upcoming summit in Brussels, and about how Ukraine can contribute to international security

How Russian lobbyism works in sports

My deep sympathy for Ukraine and commitment for the Maidan revolution originated in the awareness of the persistence of the soviet system in Eastern Europe despite the collapse of USSR and of the communist empire. This persistence has been dramatically enhanced by the choice of continuity by Russia, the absence of any trial of communist crimes, the hold on power of the same ruling class through apparent changes, and of the same political mores: a blend of secret police and high scale corruption

Former special representative of the Austrian OSCE chairperson-in-office for the Transnistrian settlement process about options for the peacekeeping mission in the Donbas, the motivation for friendship between Austrian and Russian politicians, and about ways in which the experience with the Transnistrian conflict can be useful for Ukraine

French political analyst Nicolas Tenzer about the diplomatic crisis between the West and Russia, the state of Franco-Russian relations, and the prospects for reviving negotiations in the Normandy format

How the re-election of Vladimir Putin revealed Russia’s weaknesses and can benefit Ukraine

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

Could Ukraine’s armed forces have prevailed in Crimea?

How did a one-time hawkish Reagan aide become Putin’s favorite congressman?

Compared to many other countries in Europe, Ukraine’s religious life is very active, although there is no state religion. So how do politics and religion work together here?

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate is expanding its influence and propaganda in Donbas

Important aspects of the new Deoccupation Law

Deputy Justice Minister and the Ombudsman to the European Court of Human Rights on official evidence of the presence of Russian troops in Ukraine's territory

Who is fighting against Ukrainian military in Donbas

How Ukraine’s security, defence and the capability to counter hybrid aggression changed in 2017

For Ukrainians incarcerated in the occupied territories and in the Russian Federation itself, things could get much worse in 2018. Only serious international pressure is likely to make Moscow release these political prisoners

How the Kremlin is building up its presence in the Middle East

Deputy Chief of Staff of NATO’s Military Partnerships Directorate about the role of the Ukrainian military in the Alliance’s operations, and the interest of Western military in Ukraine’s Anti-Terrorist Operation and Russia’s Zapad 2017 exercise

Russian law enforcers raided the houses of Muslim Crimean Tatars in Bakhchysarai in the morning of October 11

How the Kremlin propaganda is affecting Ukrainian Muslims

The Ukrainian Week spoke to representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate at the Ministry of Defence about his department's work, Russian military in Ukraine and the threats it is facing

Why the Kremlin needs private military companies

How the Russian opposition sees Ukraine

The place of freedom and free people in today's Russia

Which model Ukraine could apply in its further economic interaction with Russia

On June 14, it was a year since the last exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia took place. Nothing has happened in all that time to make a swap more likely

Ukrainian civilians who are in captivity in “LNR” and “DNR” are one of the most painful problems facing Ukraine

Although there’s been a sharp reduction in trade and commercial ties with Russia and in Ukraine’s dependence on its neighbor, some key sectors still show levels of interaction that pose a threat to national security

Legislation and bills on the state language: current status and expectations

Is Ukrainian society ready for changes in language policy

Co-Head of Ukraine-NATO Interparliamentary Council on the current state of dialogue between the Alliance and Ukraine, the future of the Euro-Atlantic security system and the Russian propaganda

The Crimean Tatars faced deportation from the peninsula under Stalin in 1944. Today, they are facing a policy of quiet expulsion from their lands

Current state and plans in Ukraine’s defense industry

As of the end of March, 44 Ukrainian citizens remained in Russian captivity. What can Ukraine do to free them?

What might cause the “Russian Spring” to make a comeback in Ukraine and where might this happen?

What prevented Kremlin curators from realising the "Crimean scenario" in most regions of South-Eastern Ukraine?

Alyaksandr Lukashenka has recognized the danger emanating from Russia. So far, it’s been covert, but the signs are serious

What the January Cabinet of Ministers' decree on the occupied territory means for Ukraine and Russia

Freeing the Kremlin's prisoners as our main assignment for the year

One of the most proactive lawyers defending Crimean Tatars in courts ends up behind bars

The Kremlin's hybrid aggression against Ukraine: essence, development

As to Crimea, there is no way to count on Russia’s internal forces. So the main source of pressure remains external. That means sanctions

Verkhovna Rada Vice-Speaker on re-balancing power in Ukraine, the effect of the Minsk process, and occupied territories

How elections in the Donbas usually play out

Why is Russia rushing to put an end to the warlords in its self-proclaimed republics in occupied Donbas?

Pro-Russian oligarchs have begun a serious push to persuade Ukrainians that the only way to a better life is to renew “torn” economic ties with Russia. This flies in the face of facts on the ground

In the face of multiple challenges, the focus goes on security. The nature of political response, however, is at least equally important

What shapes Georgia’s foreign policy and perceptions of its course domestically?

In the past two years, crime rates have grown in Ukraine. Factors contributing to the general criminalization of society include economic decline and war

The story of a Stalin-era shady businessman

Ukrainian prisoners in Crimea are being transferred to Russia, given Russian passports and punished for rejecting them

What kind of a leader is Germany between the US, China and Russia? How do German politicians view their country’s role in the world? The Ukrainian Week spoke about this to Stephen Szabo, Executive Director of the Washington-based Transatlantic Academy