In its Strategic Concept for 10 years, NATO recognized Russia as the most significant and direct threat to the security of allies, peace, and stability in the Euro-Atlantic region. Also, the Alliance plans to increase its military presence by 7.5 times, accept two new members, Sweden and Finland, and increase Ukraine's trust fund to $300 million. Ukraine, in turn, not only draws attention to some problems and asks for a solution but tries to dictate a specific agenda. And after the victory, ...

The Civil Network OPORA, with support from the National Democratic Institute, is pleased to announce a call for participation in a four-day training program within the ‘Open Election Data & Disinformation’ Academy! The Academy will take place in Warsaw from August 1-4. Deadline: July 6, 2022

At least 10,000 Mariupol civilians are in filtration prisons of various levels. Now, in the temporarily occupied territories, all people are obliged to undergo this filtering. But at present, this repressive practice appears as background and has not been finally condemned at the international community level. OPORA analysts and invited experts spoke about this during the traditional Monday online discussion "The Occupied" on June 27.

At the beginning of full-scale hostilities against Ukraine, the kremlin junta repeated the mantra that they had no intention of establishing an occupation regime in the occupied territories. Behind the veil of outspoken bluffing, the words were hiding a totally pragmatic consideration. Even the limited occupation of someone else’s territory is unjustifiably costly. Furthermore, in terms of logistics management, it is an overly complicated idea.

On June 18, Lithuania began transiting restrictions on EU-sanctioned goods between most of Russia and the Kaliningrad region. The Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation promised a "serious and sensitive response" to such measures. In the traditional Friday broadcast of War Speeches, OPORA analysts and guests discussed how Russia's threats to Lithuania could be viewed.

On June 23, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the immediate granting of candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova. 515 deputies voted in favor, 40 voted against and 25 abstained. This is stated in the voting protocol published on the European Parliament's website. The corresponding decision was supported by the European Council.

Continuous consumption of information over the past three months has already become a new habit for many Ukrainians. Social media addresses this need by promptly providing information from a variety of sources in a single news feed.

On March 18, 2022, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine suspended all activities of 11 political parties in Ukraine as pro-Russian for the period of martial law. Currently, the activities of all these political forces have been banned in court. The Eighth Administrative Court of Appeal has already ruled on the parties: the Opposition Bloc, the Socialists, Justice and Development, Nashi, Derzhava, and the Volodymyr Saldo Bloc, the Socialist Party of Ukraine, the Left Opposition...