Politics

Ukraine is preparing to stop the transit of Russian gas starting from 2025, when the current contract between Ukraine and Russia expires, according to Sergey Makogon, former head of the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine. It is expected that the tariff for gas transportation for domestic consumers will increase to 0.6 UAH per cubic meter from the current 0.2 […]

According to Militarnyi, the Russian Ministry of Defense asked the US Department of Defense to convince Ukraine not to conduct operations on “Navy Day” in Russia. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov stated that Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov personally called US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin regarding this issue. Sergei Ryabkov added that the phone conversation between the two ministers […]

Turkey ratified the free trade agreement with Ukraine. It was originally signed on February 3, 2022, and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan approved the agreement and its appendices on August 1. Under the agreement, Istanbul will abolish import duties for 93.4% of industrial and 7.6% of agricultural goods, while Ukraine will do the same for 56% of industrial and 11.5% of […]

General of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Serhiy Kryvonos in the recent interview with Yurii Bibik discussed the general situation at the front and Ukraine’s prospects for victory. Is it really possible to return Crimea? What is the main problem of the Ukrainian military leadership? What is the main task currently facing Ukraine? Yurii Bibik: Sirskyi in this same interview says […]

Scandal involving Russian money by film producer and Yermak’s business partner Artem Kolyubaev. Ukrainian film producer Artem Kolyubayev is better known to the public in connection with the head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak, with whom they previously made films and had a joint business. When Andriy Yermak became a politician, Artem Kolyubaev began to engage in […]

The withdrawal of Joe Biden from the presidential race, marked by his chronic reluctance to make important decisions, is quite predictable, though rare, Oleksandr Kochetkov admits. A similar reason for stepping down, “I am tired, I am leaving,” brings to mind only Boris Yeltsin. But now, the more important question is: “Can Kamala Harris gain enough momentum in such a […]

Since 2022, Lithuania has allowed Ukrainians who escaped from the war to study at its higher education institutions free of charge. Students who have already been enrolled will be able to graduate free of charge, but starting in September this year, this scheme will not be available to new students from Ukraine. “This is the desire of the Ukrainian side. […]

The idea that Putin can be forced to negotiate from a weak position is complete nonsense! And this nonsense can cost us dearly! Even if we imagine that Putin’s troops are defeated on the battlefield, as some “Napoleons” hope and plan, what would compel Putin to enter into negotiations with Ukraine in such a situation? Nothing!  Having suffered a defeat […]

Lyudmila Nemyria in “Ukrlife” broadcast interviewed Vladyslav Olenchenko, the founder of the Mikhailyvsky club, on 21 highly important questions for nowadays Ukraine and its future existence. We prepared this interview for our foreing readers and will present as a series of publications. – Good afternoon, Ludmila. Good afternoon dear viewers. And traditionally Glory to Ukraine and I would like to […]

Andriy Yermak, the head of the president’s office, was included in TIME magazine’s ranking of the most influential people in 2024. President Volodymyr Zelenskyi himself did not make it into the Time rating, and we understand why – Zelenskyi has long ceased to be an independent leader, instead of him, Yermak has been making most of the political and personnel […]

How Washington transforms red lines for Ukraine into green light for the Kremlin. So, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, following the White House (Admiral Kirby) and State Department (Mueller) spokespersons some time ago, spoke out against Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries. He said that “these attacks could have a domino effect on the global energy situation.” He said […]

Why are the Russians hitting high-risk targets? Will they dare to attack hydroelectric dams again and nuclear power plants? How should Ukrainians react? Why were Bucha and Mariupol destroyed? Political technologist Oleg Sahakyan explains in an interview with Borislav Bereza. – Moreover, these are attacks on civilian infrastructure. It’s one thing when they hit military targets or hit military-use enterprises. […]