How the newly selected head of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), Semen Kryvonos, is connected with the Office of the President, and what his predecessor, Artem Sytnyk, thinks about him – in this analysis.

At the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion the Verkhovna Rada suspended the process of the mandatory submission of electronic declarations by officials. And neither lawmakers nor representatives of the President’s Office are in a rush to bring this practice back.

Over two days, NATO foreign ministers came to agreement on what assistance should be provided to Ukraine to help it survive Russia’s full-scale war and invasion of the country.

Ihor Kolomoisky, Hennadiy Korban, and Vadim Rabinovich, three powerful Ukrainian businessmen, have suddenly became targets in a rumored presidential decree on the revocation of citizenship. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy never confirmed the existence of this document, but Korban is no longer allowed into the country.

A major shockwave rocked Ukraine’s political circles on July 17, when President Volodymyr Zelenskyy unveiled decrees suspending the head of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine Ivan Bakanov, as well as Persecutor-General Iryna Venediktova. 

The core businesses of Ukraine’s richest man Rinat Akhmetov are deeply in the red, prompting the oligarch to relinquish his influential – and lossmaking – media division. Avoiding getting officially designated as an oligarch by the state under new laws is an added bonus.

Molfar faced the beginning of the full-scale war against Russia as a combatant with Ukraine’s Azov Battalion, which is a part of the National Guard.

The Ukrainian diaspora is helping speed up Ukraine's accession to the EU, organizes protests, raises funds for the army, and is taking care of refugees – almost everywhere except Russia.

Since the breakout of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Sheikh Said Ismagilov, Mufti of the “Ummah” Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine, has swapped his religious garments for a military uniform and became a chaplain for Muslim fighters in Kyiv’s volunteer Territorial Defense (TD) force.

The head of Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, Vitaliy Kim, has described the city of Mykolaiv as “an ant colony,” where everyone is industriously toiling away to bring the eventual victory in the war closer.

It is only 10 km from the Skhidny residential district on the edge of the city of Mariupol to the conflict zone. Here, it is still possible to hear cannonades from neighboring villages. But people are already used to this, and are reluctant to even believe in a possible new Russian invasion.

For over three months, Ukraine been balanced between peace and a potential Russian invasion. The first report on Russia’s increasing military build-up was published by The Washington Post on Oct. 30.