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

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

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

During the 28th Economic Forum in Krynica-Zdrój (Poland) The Ukrainian Week talked with the British cyber security expert on the rules of cyber hygiene and the methods of defense of the most vulnerable category of computer users

The investigation department of Russia’s Federal Security Service handed out orders on scheduling an expert psychiatric examination (a kind of forensic test) to two more captive Ukrainian sailors Vasyl Soroka and Viktor Bespalchenko

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"

The Security Service of Ukraine believes that Ukrainian citizens recruited by Russian intelligence services are planning to attack 20 churches of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)

What security challenges face Ukraine in the upcoming year?

He also tried to hire local residents for participation in illegal armed formations in Donbas

Authorities in Ukraine say they have detained a journalist accused of undermining the country’s territorial integrity

If found guilty, the journalist may face up to 15 years in jail

During the 28th Economic Forum in Krynica-Zdrój (Poland) The Ukrainian Week discussed with the Vice-Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of the Czech Republic about the issue of protection from cyberattacks and the possibilities for international regulation in the cyberspace

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

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

The Ukrainian Week talked with French cybersecurity expert Christine Dugoin-Clément about mechanisms for fighting fake news, the prospects for certifying true information, and the likelihood of separating propaganda from journalism once and for all.

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

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

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

How energy efficiency helps energy security and saves for the future

First Vice-Speaker, ex-Secretary of the National Secrutiy and Defense Council, and one of the leaders on the Maidan on events from two years ago and their significance today, Russia’s scenarios to destabilize Ukraine, and what security looks like now

Ex-Envoy to UN on Ukraine's priorities as non-permanent member of the Security Council

Ex-SBU Chief Valentyn Nalyvaichenko on who hampers the investigation of high-profile crimes, why lustration failed and what corrupt high-ranking Ukrainian officials fear and resist

Whose interests will guide the new SBU chief

François Heisbourg and Judy Dempsey comment on the leadership of the USA and Germany in the Ukraine-Russia conflict, delivery of weapons to Ukraine and the new world order

The Ukrainian Week spoke to the former deputy chief of the Security Service of Ukraine and current MP about Ukrainian partisans in the Donbas, sabotage in Russia, reforms in the SBU and who it worked for prior to the Maidan.

The Ukrainian Week talked to Damon Wilson, executive vice-president of The Atlantic Council, about the establishment of the pro-Ukrainian community in the world, the US-Russia relations after the annexation of Crimea, the new Ukrainian military and the likelihood of NATO MAP for Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities have requested the UN to call the Security Council meeting on the situation in Ukraine, Premier Arseniy Yatseniuk says

Andriy Senchenko, Acting Chief of Staff, suggested that terrorist attacks could take place on May 9 after the closed meeting of the National Security and Defence Council with chiefs of security authorities on May 6

OSCE Secretary General talks to The Ukrainian Week about OSCE mission for the presidential election, the way the current crisis is changing the role of international organizations including the OSCE in the world, and about circumstances that would force it to revise its current toolbox

Does Ukraine need mercenaries in its army

The new military reform entails a transfer to a volunteer professional army in 2014 and a significant reduction in military personnel. In reality, it seems to be nothing more than an attempt to save money

Russia may use the Snowden case in the secret intelligence war against Washington and further attacks on its own genuine whistleblowers

Edward Snowden’s revelation of covert information collection operations by the US intelligence has sown deep suspicion between Washington and its European allies

On June 6, Edward Snowden leaked information about PRISM, a federal programme used by NSA to monitor computers and telecommunication networks globally. To defend the NSA, President Obama spoke of a balance between privacy and security and the compromise this takes

The Economist Intelligence Unit estimates food availability, affordability, quality and safety in 107 countries worldwide. Ukraine lands in the middle

Current U.S.’s politics of non-interventionism can severely undermine the credibility of the West

The future adequate Ukrainian government will have to create powerful national security services, otherwise Ukraine’s sovereignty will always be at risk. So far, the SBU is run by people whose biographies, earlier careers and views are connected to one foreign state that has never accepted Ukraine’s independence.

All across Europe supermarkets are clearing their shelves of burgers, frozen lasagne and meat products as millions of angry consumers voice dismay at the latest food scandal.

Oligarch-owned private “armies” are set to benefit from the new law on security activities

While the government dedicated its scarce resources to managing external risks in relations with Russia, the overall level of domestic security risks is increasing

Dirk Brengelmann, Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy at NATO, talks about the Alliance’s strategic interest in Ukraine and the priority of Ukraine’s European integration

On September 11, 2011, the world was transformed and Ukraine was among the first to experience the changes

The French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) recently published a report titled “Economic pressure and Ukraine’s security policy.” IFRI is one of the most influential private think tanks in France. Its list of invited speakers includes Ukrainian presidents Viktor Yanukovych and Viktor Yushchenko

Neither geopolitical factors, nor the prospect of earning enormous money for lobbying someone else's interests should play a role in choosing the provider of nuclear resources and technologies. Security is what matters most. Government, not enterprises, should decide how to implement energy-saving-technologies and how to development alternative energy. That is what can be learned from the British experience

The government has rubber-stamped a new, draft military doctrine proposed by the defense ministry

How army generals and officials are cashing in on soldiers’ rations

The journalist safety index has plummeted, reaching the 2003 level