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Ukraine must not forget fight against corruption while battling Russia
The original article can be found here – https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraine-must-not-forget-fight-against-corruption-while-battling-russia/ With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine now in its eighteenth month, the courage of the Ukrainian army and the resilience of the Ukrainian people have inspired the world, generating enormous amounts of international sympathy and goodwill. Audiences everywhere are rooting for Ukraine to win the war and […]
Eight reasons for Ukrainian optimism in 2023
The original article can be found here – https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/eight-reasons-for-ukrainian-optimism-in-2023/ Ukrainians have experienced an incredibly traumatic year but the country enters 2023 with reason for cautious optimism. While the war is still far from over, a number of domestic and international trends emerged during the first ten months of the Russian invasion which pointed to the […]
Ukraine fails vaccine test
The original article can be found here – https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraine-fails-vaccine-test/ As Ukraine entered April 2021, the country was in its third lockdown phase since the Covid 19 pandemic began in spring 2020, and its second lockdown in the space of just three months. To date, at least 35,000 Ukrainians have died as a result of the […]
Young Ukrainian mayor offers hope of a new politics
The original article can be found here – https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/young-ukrainian-mayor-offers-hope-of-a-new-politics/ In November 2020, Rivne residents voted for a dramatic change in the local status quo by electing 34-year-old Oleksandr Tretyak as their new mayor. Despite polls showing him starting the election campaign in September with support levels of just 1.2%, the charismatic candidate managed to score […]
How Zelenskyy can improve the US-Ukraine relationship
The original article can be found here – https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/how-zelenskyy-can-improve-the-us-ukraine-relationship/ Following a sometimes rocky relationship during the four years of the Trump administration, the Ukrainian government is seeking to begin the Biden presidency with US-Ukrainian ties on a more stable footing. Since President Biden’s inauguration, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has taken a number of steps that […]
Rethinking Yushchenko
The original article can be found here – https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/rethinking-yushchenko/ “He plants trees which will be of use to another age,” said the Roman poet Caecilius Statius. This phrase captures the idea of a far-sighted leader who is focused on the distant future beyond their own lifetime. As Viktor Yushchenko celebrates his sixty-seventh birthday this week, […]
Ukraine embraces openness with new report on Russian hybrid warfare challenges
The original article can be found here – https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraine-embraces-openness-with-new-report-on-russian-hybrid-warfare-challenges/ Ukraine’s security and intelligence services have struggled with reputational issues ever since independence. During the early post-Soviet period, the Security Services and Foreign Intelligence Service operated with much the same mentality as the KGB during the Cold War, with the West seen as the main adversary. […]
Death of Kharkiv mayor Kernes marks end of era
The original article can be found here – https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/death-of-kharkiv-mayor-kernes-marks-end-of-era/ On December 17, 2020, Kharkiv’s controversial and influential mayor Hennadiy Kernes died in Berlin from Covid-19 complications following months of treatment. The death of 61-year-old Kernes marks the end of a political era in Ukraine’s second largest city. City Council Secretary Ihor Terekhov now assumes the […]
National parties lose out to local candidates in Ukraine’s 2020 municipal elections
Original article can be found here – https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/national-parties-lose-out-to-local-candidates-in-ukraines-2020-municipal-elections/ Early December saw most of Ukraine’s remaining local election runoff votes take place, giving us a more or less complete picture of the situation across the country. It is now clear that the most striking feature of this local election cycle was the success of incumbent mayors […]
Mayoral races in Ukraine: City-by-city runoff preview
Original article can be found here – https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/mayoral-races-in-ukraine-city-by-city-runoff-preview/ Ukraine’s local election season continues in the second half of November with a series of second round runoff votes to elect mayors across the country. On November 15, incumbent mayors Trukhanov in Odesa and Motherland’s Lysenko in Sumy won their respective runoffs decisively, while Andriy Pankov lost […]