Opinion

The team of investigators BIHUS.info unveiled the first part of a large-scale investigation of corruption and embezzlement in the defense sector of Ukraine, which involves associates of President Petro Poroshenko. According to journalists, Oleh Hladkovskyi, Poroshenko’s friend and partner, member of the National Security and Defense Council, his 22-year-old son Ihor and general director of Ukroboronprom Pavlo Bukin are involved […]

Ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Berlinale, the U.S. magazine “Variety” released a never-before-seen excerpt of the film “Mr. Jones” directed by Agnieszka Holland. The film co-produced by Poland, the UK and Ukraine is based on real-life story of a young Welsh journalist Gareth Jones trying to tell the world about Holodomor – Stalin-orchestrated famine he witnessed in […]

The Kremlin envisaged three scenarios for Ukraine for the current year, Yehor Bozhok, Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, says. Moreover, according to his estimates, Moscow intends to “close” the “Ukrainian issue” in 2019. The first scenario is bringing necessary people to power in the presidential and parliamentary elections. The second is “controlled chaos”, internal destabilization in the […]

Is Russia really retreating from Moldova or just playing diplomatic theatre? What Kyiv should learn from Chisinau’s pushback and shifting geopolitical influence at Moscow’s expense.

Five years of Russian aggression. Ukrainians have learned what hybrid war is: Russia attacks on all fronts, using various means and methods. However, the possibility of full-scale operations cannot be disregarded either. What is the current situation? Representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Vadym Skibitsky commented on it in an interview to Obozrevatel. […]

Explore the compelling case for Ukraine to shift from defensive war of attrition to a strategic offensive, break the stalemate and pursue victory for lasting peace on empr.media.

The key dates and facts of Russian aggression in the Azov-Kerch theater of operation in 2018. April 27 – The border guard service of the FSB of Russia begins a series of selective stops and inspections of merchant ships in the Sea of Azov, going to and from Ukrainian ports. The daily freight of a merchant ship is up to […]

Dangerous processes can begin in Ukraine at the end of this week. They can assume a threatening nature from the third decade of the month. The Kremlin may try to realize their long-standing “isthmus scenario,” using several pretexts at once. Such “complex forecasts” were made by military columnist and blogger Oleksiy Arestovich on the UAportal. Judging by what is happening, […]

Accused Russian spy Maria Butina became an object of interest for many world media. US intelligence spied on Butina from 2016 and we will learn a lot more about the flights of this “red sparrow” in the US political space. She did not deprive Ukraine of her attention either. Maria Butina, the “Russian student,” through establishing close contacts (often sexual) with […]

Ukraine’s presidential election will be held in less than a year – March 31, 2019. Although the campaign has not been officially launched yet, a lot of potential candidates have already announced their intentions to run. Let’s consider in detail the possible future participants of the race and make a prediction about their chances to win. Petro Poroshenko The incumbent […]

If the scenario of the Kremlin meddling in Ukraine’s elections is successful, it will be a geopolitical catastrophe on a European and global scale.

OSCE special monitoring mission to Ukraine spy affairs in favor of Russia – an investigation by the German TV channel ARD. In Germany, a scandal broke out after an investigation of the German TV channel ARD on the OSCE mission in Ukraine. In particular, it refers to espionage in favor of Russia in the OSCE special monitoring mission (OSCE SMM). […]