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

In the summer of 2017, Kateryna Handziuk wrote an op-ed piece for The Ukrainian Week, which we are republishing here

The perpetrators assaulted a priest, the report says

Minsk and Kyiv approved a plan on border demarcation for 2018-2026 earlier this year

The culprits were detained on bribe charges

Ukraine’s oligarchs are slowly but surely losing their economic clout

Why the bomb laid under the foundation of the USSR exploded

Mykola Guta was released on his personal recognizance

A prominent Ukrainian anti-corruption activist has died, three months after she was injured in an acid attack

Economic growth in most oblasts has reached pre-war levels or even passed them. What prospects does Ukraine face now?

Do we see an understanding of the Russian threat in the European Union?

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

Ukraine seems to be following European trends as its rural areas go through changes. Can and should anything be done about it?

According to official data, the number of Ukrainian workers in Poland was down by 7 percent over the past three years

At least 2.5 million Ukrainians live in the EU. A recent study looks at the motivations and expectations of the latest wave of Ukrainian emigration to France

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

What to expect after the Ukrainian Orthodox Church receives autonomy

The foreign minister stresses that it is necessary to protect the interests of Ukrainians in Hungary

What a census can tell us that no other survey can

New Ukrainian budget airline SkyUp launched ticket sales for its first international flights on October 23

Tymofiy Nahorniy's political force was supposed to take part in the election and promote Russian narratives

Hungarian officials get very nervous when accused of coordinating their moves with Moscow

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

Certain little-known facts about reforms in Georgia could be a good lesson for Ukraine

How Ukraine’s population dynamics is similar and different compared to its neighbors

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

on Mahatma Gandhi's legacy

The schismatic Patriarch of Kyev, Filaret, and the schismatic Archbishop of Ukraine, Makariy, are as of today considered canonical hierarchs of the Orthodox Church

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.

He said the summons was due to the existence of a "death list" of Transcarpathian Hungarians in Ukraine

Training will focus on air sovereignty, air interdiction, air-to-ground integration, air mobility operations, aeromedical evacuation, cyber defense, and personnel recovery

The Hungarian consul in Beregszász (Berehove) has been declared by Ukraine’s foreign ministry “persona non grata” and must leave the country within 72 hours, the ministry said on its website on Thursday

Could ukrainization have prevented the current occupation of the East of Ukraine?

The most frequent demand is to prohibit the use of animals in circuses and dolphins in dolphinaria

Ukraine currently stands as the number one exporter to the EU, a title it has held for the past few years

Psychologist from Volyn who became known in the Czech Republic for helping people with addictions on his help for the Ukrainian military and the promotion of Ukrainian culture abroad

Petro Poroshenko speaks during his annual state-of-the-nation address in Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018.

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

The Ukrainian Week discussed with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine the development of business ties between our countries, ways to improve the image of Ukraine and the place of Tokyo in the security situation in the Pacific region

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

Why the principles of the existence of society become empty abstractions

Two-thirds of Ukrainians who would take part in a referendum on their country joining NATO would vote in favour of the move, according to a poll

NATO Communications and Information Agency Innovation Manager on NATO Hackathons and the features of the first Ukrainian defense hackathon

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

What to expect in the new parliamentary season

This year, the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, or the Jewish New Year, is celebrated September 9-11

Washington has been expanding defense deals with Kyiv amid increased threats from Russia, but the cooperation may increasingly go both ways

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

Taking part are about 2,200 troops from 14 countries, including the United States and nine other NATO member states. The maneuvers are scheduled to continue until September 15.

How Soviet citizens ended up voting unanimously in elections

Kyiv hosted a military parade on the 27th anniversary of Ukraine's independence on August 24. Some 4,500 soldiers, 250 military vehicles, and 18 units comprised of 300 foreign troops took part in the parade, which also featured women who are in Ukraine's military forces.

Armed forces and armored vehicles paraded through the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, during a celebration of the country's Independence Day on August 24.

Alleged spy Stanislav Yezhov went on trial on August 22

Why are Minsk and Warsaw still avoiding bitter historical polemic

What Ukrainian researchers do at the Faraday Station

How corrupt oligarchic lobbying by a Russian monopoly on Ukraine’s electricity market is destroying the country’s energy security and making Ukrainians pay more for energy than they should

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 opportunity to travel to neighboring countries without hindrance has had an effect people in the regions of Ukraine most distant from Europe – despite the war, they have begun to travel actively. The Ukrainian Week talked to Stanislav Chernohor, experienced traveller and head of the Community Development Foundation in Kramatorsk.

Afterthoughts on Babchenko’s case

From the Lisbon Protocol to the Budapest Memorandum. When, why and how the concept of Ukraine’s status as a non-nuclear weapon state was designed? Declaration of Ukraine’s status as a non-nuclear weapon state and strengthening of its independent statehood. Negotiations on the outline of Ukraine’s non-nuclear weapon state status under international law: process and outcome. The time of wasted opportunities. Budapest Memorandum: a historic mistake or inadequate actions by Ukraine’s government? Modern model to guarantee Ukraine’s security as a non-nuclear weapon state.

The Ukrainian Week spoke with Germany’s special envoy to Ukraine on reform in governance and decentralization, Georg Milbradt, about German government assistance in the implementation of reforms and about the successes and difficulties faced in this process.

Why are Ukraine’s public finances starting to look shaky?

How to overcome Russian cultural domination

How the media helped pave the way for Russkiy Mir in the independent Ukraine

Reforms in the roadways management system are starting to show results

Why Ukraine should focus on developing its domestic transport infrastructure

At the end of April, the Ministry of Information Policy published results of polls from Donetsk Oblast. According to organizers, they were conducted on both sides of the conflict line

The appointment of a new ombudswoman revealed that the law on this representative figure needs to be changed to protect the post from political influence

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

Why are Ukrainian users more and more often finding themselves banned by Facebook?

Henryk Józewski represents some of the most interesting aspects in the Ukrainian-Polish history of the 20th century. What was his legacy as the voievode of Volyn and why he resigned on April 13, 1938

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

NYT’s Andrew Kramer claims that “Four cases involving Paul J. Manafort have been effectively frozen by Ukraine’s chief prosecutor. Ukrainian officials are wary of offending President Trump.” How true is this?

Amour-Auguste-Louis-Joseph Berthelot, better known as baron de Baye (1853-1931), was a member of Société de Géographie, the world's oldest geographical society based in Paris. In the late 19th century, he made unique photographs of Ukrainians as he travelled across the country for an archeological expedition. Baron de Baye left behind a series of works on Ukraine, including Etudes sur l'archéologie de l'Ukraine antérieure à notre ère (1895), Kiev, la mère des villes russes (1896), En Petite-Russie: souvenirs d'une mission (1903), En Crimée (1908) and more. All of his works were published in Paris.

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

Deputy Minister of Finance on the revised plans for a strategic restructuring of the state banking sector in 2018-2022

Ukraine’s banking system needs to be put to work serving the national economic interest

Where Ukraine’s banking system is moving

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

The volunteer movement and civic activists have won the trust of most Ukrainians. Still, the number of people in Ukraine that join their initiatives remains small

How a volunteer project explores and transforms the country

As other candidates fumble to establish a footing, Yulia Tymoshenko is busy mobilizing resources for a third presidential run

Chair of the Seminar of Health Sciences and Health Policy at the University of Lucerne and Director of Swiss Paraplegic Research about why rehabilitation will take a crucial place in modern societies and healthcare, how it helps national economies and how long a healthcare reform takes

Founded in 1796 by magnate Stanislaw Potocki for his wife Zofia, this arboretum is home to over 2,000 local and exotic plants, landscaping designs from the early 19th century inspired by Greek myths admired by Zofia, originally from Greece, and beautiful scenery at any time of year

Finance Minister about reforming the State Fiscal Service and other challenges facing Ukraine’s domestic economy

On March 2, 1919, the Polish government decided to polonize and colonialize Volynhia, as the Volyn region of Ukraine was then known

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?

Could Ukraine’s armed forces have prevailed in Crimea?

Head of Ukraine’s Mission to NATO on the prospects of NATO expansion, Ukraine’s plans on defense reform, and the impact of politics on security considerations within the Alliance

What’s new for Ukraine’s defense and security institutions in the President’s national security draft law?