By Oleksiy Sorokin When the presidential administration decided to negotiate with Russian-backed militants who control parts of Ukraine’s east, it proved extremely controversial. It also sparked tensions within Servant of the People, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s political party, which holds the majority of seats in parliament. Now, some loyal lawmakers are seeking to form a group in support of the president.

The age of young new faces is over after six months of work of Honcharuk’s government. “Not stealing isn’t enough,” said President Zelenskyy while parliament was voting to sack it on 4 March. However, the anxiety grows in Ukrainian civil society as the new government which was sworn in that day includes some old faces who worked with disgraced ex-President Yanukovych, have close links

UkraineAlert by Alexander J. Motyl Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has just replaced most of his cabinet, including his prime minister. His office will spin this as a sign of renewal. In fact, it’s an indication that Zelenskyy is already in serious trouble. Less than one year ago, Zelenskyy was able to win the presidency because he was all things to

By Timothy Ash. It was disappointing, in the end, how President Volodymyr Zelensky responded to Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk’s offer to resign after leaked audio recordings of a meeting with top advisers. The audiotapes revealed disparaging remarks about the president’s lack of understanding about the economy. Honcharuk did nothing wrong – he was taped, and leaked from, a private meeting with

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s prime minister submitted his resignation Friday, days after he was caught on tape saying the country’s president knows nothing about the economy. In a Facebook post, Oleksiy Honcharuk said that he had given his resignation to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. “I took this post to implement the president’s program. He is an example of transparency and

Editor’s Note At the moment when Ukrainian flight PS 752 was shot down over Teheran, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in Oman. He did not announce this visit publicly until pro-Russian Ukrainian media Strana.ua, which is reportedly financed by Russia, published photos of Zelenskyy in Oman’s most expensive hotel, the Al Bustan Palace Ritz-Carlton, on 5 January. Three days later,

Sometimes the only thing left when dealing with a cannibal is to simply stand by his victim. By eater, I mean Putin and his regime. He unscrewed our hands and put us in a situation that basically should not be. I just returned from the court of appeal, which released the Berkutsk people under personal obligation. Everyone understood what the decision of the

19:18, 27 December 2019 Kolomoysky himself denies meeting with Bogdan The head of the President’s Office, Andriy Bohdan, allegedly secretly met with Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoysky and his business partners. A new journalistic investigation of the ‘Scheme’ stated this. December 25, according to journalists, Bohdan met with the head of Naftogaz Andriy Kobolev. And after that I went to one of the

Article by: Antin Mukharsky Background Note Antin Mukharsky is a well-known Ukrainian writer, musician, stage actor and television personality. His famous alter ego is Orest Liutyy, Professor of Anthropology, who appears on stage to sing Ukrainian patriotic and parody songs, what he calls “Fierce Ukrainization”.  In February 2014, he performed on the Maidan, including clandestine concerts for Pravy Sektor, and