The only barrier to a long usurpation of power by the one-party propresident majority will be fragmentation of his faction in parliament amidst the lack of serious competition and temptations of power

During the 2nd Ukrainian Defense Hackathon The Ukrainian Week talked to the Head of Spectrum and C3 Infrastructure Branch at NATO Headquarters C3 Staff on the results of the competition, the details of the main projects of the Alliance for Ukraine and prospects of cooperation with the Ukrainian security and defense sector.

The man, who is now being charged with treason, has been cooperating with a Russian intelligence official operating under the diplomatic cover

The Ukrainian Week talked with U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations on prospects for the release of Ukrainian prisoners, the specifics of negotiations with the Russia and options for resolving the conflict in the Donbas

What the new government’s initiatives to lift the blockade from the occupied Donbas actually mean

Kyiv says four Ukrainian soldiers have lost their lives in the latest clashes with Russia-backed separatists in the country's east

How Ukraine has played soft with Russia in preparing for a gas clash next year

Why it is dangerous to neglect the topic of war and what the mission of the media community should be

The U.S. called on Russia to release jailed Ukrainian sailors and enable a prisoner exchange, U.S. State Department Special Representative Kurt Volker told reporters in Kyiv

How the branches of power live and interact after the presidential election

The press center of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported

Polling is taking place in Ukraine, with voters electing a new parliament

Sunday's vote will determine newly-elected president's tenure as he needs power in legislature to implement his agenda

The U.S. "continues to strongly condemn Russia's dangerous naval assault on the Ukrainian Navy and the illegal detainment 24 Ukrainian sailors," legislators say

on the 5th anniversary of the attack upon Malaysian airlines flight MH17 on July 17, 2014

How popular parties plan to implement rule of law reforms

The President’s Office is outraged by Russia's failure to release 24 Ukrainian POW sailors and the easing of naturalization procedure for Donbas residents

The Ukrainian Week discussed with the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada the likely scenarios of revenge and means of its prevention, as well as the results of the government’s activity over the past five years

Ukraine has arrested an alleged major computer hacker who has been sought by the United States for years

On pacifism as a servant of the aggressor

Russian President Vladimir Putin had his first phone call with Ukraine's new president on Thursday and discussions centered on the conflict in eastern Ukraine that has bitterly blighted relations between the two countries

The language bill, passed by the Ukrainian parliament in the end of April, has had many important aspects left out. Many of those were important features that would allow this legislation to enable effective Ukrainisation of the public sphere in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker will participate in the summit

The Ukraine-Russia union treaty of 1920

Over the next couple of months Ukraine will be facing powerful economic challenges

Ukraine needs to pay UAH 70.2 billion or nearly USD 2.7 billion (at the National Bank of Ukraine’s official exchange rate on July 3) on its foreign debts by the end of 2019

Canadian official dismisses claim by Ukrainian president that Canada will supply armoured vehicles

Socio-demographic portrait of the electorate for the top presidential candidates in the past 20 years

The Russian side already tried to gather a council meeting on the law on Volodymyr Zelenskiy's inauguration day on May 20

Russia refuses to comply with the ITLOS ruling, insisting the international rules do not apply to the sailors' case

The Ukrainian Week spoke to Minister Suprun about the most dangerous superstitions in healthcare, promotion of healthcare, the development of critical thinking, the future of the healthcare reform, and about opponents

The Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU, on June 25 announced it had detained Araik Amirkhanyan, a businessman from Odesa.

Ukrainian politicians and foreign diplomats joined thousands marching in a gay pride parade in Kiev on Sunday, the biggest and most peaceful ever in the former Soviet country

The new President’s first steps create quite a few potential problems for himself first and foremost. Potential successes are harder to see

Zelenskiy has embarked on his first trips to France and Germany as head of state, starting with a visit to Paris on June 17 in which he met with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace

How are the Arctic Ocean, the Black and the Azov Seas interrelated in Russia’s strategic military thinking?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy intends to keep Ukraine "on the path of European and Euro-Atlantic integration." He also said he is ready to negotiate with Russia to end the war in Eastern Ukraine

How Poland became the biggest market for Ukrainian goods

Volodymyr Zelenskiy has picked as a top security chief a man who Reuters has reported as having ties with tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky, an appointment that underscores links between the two

During the 12th Kyiv Security Forum The Ukrainian Week met with the British historian and political scientist to discuss the electoral situation in Ukraine as well as the policy of deterring Russia

Electrical coops are the way to really get oligarchs out of the power sector

There are limits to the possible in domestic politics and Volodymyr Zelenskiy should not stretch them

Ukraine's new president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has announced his administration - and several positions have gone to his former TV colleagues

Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky announced a snap parliamentary election during his swearing-in as Ukraine's new president

During the 12th Kyiv Security Forum The Ukrainian Week met with the American publicist and researcher of Russian policy, Brian Whitmore, to discuss the future steps of Moscow in Ukraine and in the world, as well as details of the Kremlin's strategy for the West

Volodymyr Zelenskiy won the election but he’s still being mysterious about his team, promising “new faces.” This is nothing new in Ukraine’s history, and new hasn’t always meant better

How current and the next state leaders use the timeout

The president’s lawyer wants Ukrainian officials to investigate a call Joe Biden made about corruption

Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump’s personal lawyer, plans to travel to Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, in coming days

What’s making the hryvnia stronger and what’s likely to happen further on

Ukraine's embassy wrote that a Democratic National Committee (DNC) insider reached out in 2016 seeking dirt on President Trump's campaign

Danyliuk is responsible for international relations, economics, financial and banking policies, while Riaboshapka – for law enforcement oversight and anti-corruption policies

Ukraine needs strong policy of fighting the poverty

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Wednesday that makes it easier for those living in eastern Ukraine's separatist territories to access a Russian passport

Why economic decline of the liberated parts of the Donbas is dangerous

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 sympathy with Russia is a threat for Ukraine and how it can be diminished

A Ukrainian court on Thursday ruled that the 2016 nationalization of a major bank owned by a tycoon was illegal, sending shockwaves through the country’s financial community

Several autonomous subversive and terrorist units have been deployed in Ukraine from the Russian Federation and the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic" since the beginning of 2017

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

Armed police opened fire on a car as it was driven at them having just "deliberately rammed" the Ukrainian ambassador's official vehicle in London on Saturday morning

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

The Ukrainian economy is successfully integrating with the European Union, just one of many positive aspects of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, which came into effect in September 2017 and is now offering real result

Ukrainian military can now destroy any enemy ship within a radius of 300 kilometers

What system they are trying to restore in Russia today

The European Parliament has accused the Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe (OSCE) of whitewashing a press release about the Ukrainian presidential election by watering down critical wording about Russia

What the structure of investments in the economy of Ukraine signals about

The female soldier, Yana Chernova, had "no chance of surviving in this hell," according to the Donbas Battalion commander

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

The commander of a NATO maritime group said Dutch, Spanish, Canadian, Turkish, Romanian and Bulgarian frigates entered the Black Sea on Thursday

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

Why we cannot allow the newly introduced electricity trade market to turn into a handy tool of concealing deep problems in the sector?

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

Why government oversight over big business is just as important as privatization

A French navy warship has been docked in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa since March 23, making it the second NATO ship to visit Ukraine since the beginning of this year

Russia on Friday (Mar 22) convicted a "disabled" Ukrainian man on terrorism charges and sentenced him to six years in prison, prompting the European Union to call for his immediate release

What is unique about Ukrainian migration and how it impacts national identity

One Ukrainian serviceman died today in the Donbas conflict zone

The convoy was spotted in Russia's Rostov region

What makes it so hard to assess the impact of the Revolution of Dignity on Ukrainian society today

How Yevhen Konovalets managed the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists as it turned to follow the course of Halychyna youth

The EU demands that Russia release Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW) sailors who were attacked and captured in the Kerch Strait on November 25, 2018, according to a press release prepared in connection with the imposition of sanctions against eight Russians because of these events

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

Warsaw urges Moscow to release Ukrainian sailors imprisoned in Russia, return Ukrainian vessels and guarantee freedom of navigation in the Kerch Strait

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

The fighters practiced with multiple launch rocket systems

Parliament and Ukrainian presidential election: action and reaction

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

He is seen as a valuable witness under the program launched by the Security Service of Ukraine titled 'Someone's Waiting for You Back Home"

How the idea of Ukraine crossed imperial borders from East to West

Ukrainian President has proposed fresh legislation to fight corruption, a move that raised concerns the country is backtracking in the battle against corruption

The conditions of test flights of the Spectator-M1 were close to the combat ones

How true is it that trade with Russia is on the rise again and that is causing this?

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

Why Ukrainians think the situation in their country is worse than it really is and what can be done about this