Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in June he’d considered infecting himself to show people it’s "not the plague"

Forest fires have killed at least six people and ravaged several villages in eastern Ukraine

The governor of Ukraine's central bank, Yakiv Smoliy, says he is resigning because of “systematic political pressure that denied fulfillment” of his duties

The Maidan continues to be an effective factor in Ukraine’s politics. How to preserve its achievements?

President Zelenskiy’s plans to attract migrants back and establish ties with the diaspora are missing the point

How might the president interpret bad news better?

How disappointment in Volodymyr Zelenskiy will help pro-Russian forces and how they are evolving

What is it that voters in free Donbas like about Zelenskiy?

The self-proclaimed republics in occupied Donbas are changing their rhetoric about returning to Ukraine and are more actively imposing the attributes of a statelet...

What kind of image has Volodymyr Zelenskiy created for himself abroad?

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

The Zelenskiy team is slowly adapting to the frozen conflict in occupied Donbas

Volodymyr Zelenskiy is a surprising reflection of Ukrainian society

Surviving at the helm of Russia while making its international crimes legal

New Year in occupied Donbas

In what way do Zelenskiy’s initiatives regarding decentralization, referenda and dual citizenship threaten the integrity of the Ukrainian state?

The new administration failed, after all, to make good on a single serious reform. The seemingly minor postponement could suggest a systemic crisis of decision-making

Why high-ranking foreign officials’ visits to Kyiv don’t contribute to the strengthening of Ukrainian diplomacy

The decision was made in order to fulfill an order issued by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is the highest-ranking US official to travel to Ukraine since the impeachment began

2020 local elections will be more of a challenge for the Servant of the People party than the parliamentary campaign

As Zelensky mentions pact that carved up Poland and started World War II, Putin’s spokesperson claims that is ‘erroneous and offensive’

The red lines that keep haunting Volodymyr Zelenskiy have managed to find their way into the bill on decentralization, too

Today of Kryvyi Rih

What kinds of social policy initiatives is the new administration preparing?

Who is behind the “No capitulation!” movement, why they are doing it, and how it could actually help Zelenskiy

Trump's political appointees at the White House's budget office were already ordering the Pentagon to freeze security funding for Ukraine, newly released government documents show

Сherchez la femme in this case is more like cherchez le gaz

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky are meeting in Paris for their first face-to-face talks on a conflict in which more than 13,000 have died

Ukraine's president on Monday (Dec 2) renewed his denial of a quid pro quo with Donald Trump over military aid, despite a growing case against the US president in impeachment proceedings in Washington

The government can hardly count on support from the streets despite its high ratings

The new administration appears to be risking turning its critics into enemies and losing public support

How might the “servants of the people” take a chance and reboot governments in the regions?

Who runs Ukraine on behalf of Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and why

Why did Volodymyr Zelenskiy need to lift immunity for MPs and how does this threaten Ukraine’s democracy?

Bryan Lanza served as an adviser on Trump’s 2016 campaign—and more recently helped get U.S. sanctions on a Russian oligarch’s aluminum company lifted.

How to prevent surrender

In international relations, Ukraine keeps reacting to foreign initiatives rather than coming up with its own

A look at the current online strategies of the two main rivals in the 2019 presidential campaign

Who voted for whom, or to what extent voter preferences coincide with the results of their choices

The current powers-that-be obviously reflect their voters, but wherein does the real similarity lie?

A representative of the Office of the President says the weapons were seized by the police

Will Ukraine’s new authorities be able to use populism to ruin democracy and usurp power?

Multiple people associated with Trump, both inside and outside of his administration, were engaged in efforts to change leadership at Naftogaz, Ukraine's geopolitically important state-owned oil and gas company

How Zelenskiy is likened to Yanukovych

When President Donald Trump asked his counterpart in Ukraine to help investigate Trump’s political opponents, the Ukrainian President and his team did not see the request as linked to the release of U.S. military aid

President Donald Trump asked his acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney to put a hold on millions in military aid to Ukraine roughly one week before a call with Zelenskiy

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said the United States will continue to support Ukraine in the country's conflict with Russia and its right to full territorial integrity

The hidden danger of “peace at any cost” made us realise that ending the war and reintegration of the occupied territories are two separate, unrelated issues

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

How the President’s team replaces answers to uncomfortable questions

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

How President Zelenskiy’s choice of staff will affect the cause of political prisoners

How Zelenskiy’s efforts to keep the parliament under control may pave the way to the loss of Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity

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

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

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

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

Why results of the Ukrainian presidential elections absolutely do not mean Ukrainians’ desire for a shift in foreign policy?

Will Zelenskiy be in charge of previous regime’s political revenge?

This follows from respective presidential decree 423 dated June 21, Ukrainian News Agency reports

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

Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday made his first official visit to the major trading port city of Mariupol, where he observed joint military exercises in the Sea of Azov

The consequences of default for Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has signed a decree pardoning 72-year-old, Russia-born Vyacheslav Vysotsky

Ukraine says fresh clashes with Russia-backed separatists in the country's east have claimed the lives of two of its soldiers, raising to six the number of Ukrainian troops reported killed this week

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

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

Reactions to Zelenskiy’s victory in Russia

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

Why the Zelenskiy's team needs to be careful not to torpedo the processes of economic and political emancipation from Russia

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

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