The post-war elections will be some of the most expensive efforts in the history of Ukraine because each participant will need to have a full security system in place. Head of Board of the Civil Network OPORA spoke about this during the panel discussion "Suffrage after the canons fall silent – preparing Ukraine for its post-war elections”  within the conference "Elections in times of crisis: challenges and possibilities”. The events was organized by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Counci...

Last week (May 1–7), explosions took place at Russian oil refineries which will force the aggressor to rebuild the logistics of their military campaign. At the same time, the Kremlin faces systemic challenges in conducting offensive operations, and is likely to shift priorities in favor of a defensive strategy, against the backdrop of a future Ukrainian counteroffensive.

In April 2023, the Russian Federation held the presidency in the UN Security Council, a body designed to support international peace and security. However, the situation is totally absurd because this state is committing aggression against another sovereign state, killing children, and committing genocide of the Ukrainian people.

Last week (April 24–30), the first talks since the beginning of the full-scale war took place between Xi Jinping and Volodymyr Zelensky. The Chinese leader expressed readiness to promote a peaceful settlement of the war, but Ukraine keeps prioritizing a just peace without territorial compromises. At the same time, the UN strongly opposed Russian propaganda, and PACE recognized the deportation of Ukrainian children to the territory of the Russian Federation as genocide. In addition, a numbe...

On March 24, 2023, the executive director of the TikTok platform testified before the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce about the social network's safety for American society and national security. Now, the US Congress must decide whether to ban the Chinese social network used by about 150 million Americans. Svidomi and OPORA figure out whether TikTok is safe, whether its owner company, ByteDance, really works for the Beijing government, and whether it could use the data of American u...

Parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine have been under occupation for more than a year now. Russia is trying to integrate these territories into their own economic space in order to weaken their connections with Ukraine. In particular, the hryvnia came under the strike, as Russia seeks to replace it with the ruble. The occupiers introduced new rules for receiving social benefits and pensions: they can only be available to people who had become citizens of Russia. Recently, Ukrai...

Last week (April 17–23), a regular Ramstein meeting took place. Allies announced that over the year they provided Ukraine with military assistance worth $55 billion. NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, visited Kyiv. He said that Ukraine's rightful place is in the Alliance. At the same time, our country leaders expect that “a political invitation to NATO will come” in July at the summit in Vilnius. The G7 countries imposed additional sanctions against Russia. At the same time, the Kremli...

Last week (April 10–16), the US and Ukraine reacted to the leaked US intelligence secret documents. Among other things, they said that Washington doubted the success of the Ukrainian counteroffensive. On the other hand, Russia passed a law on electronic draft notice, and continues to share misinformation claiming that the Ukrainian army is shelling civilians with Western weapons, as well as about the “American biolaboratories” in Ukraine. At the same time, Russia is actively using Hungary who...