Like any other crisis, the Brexit crisis simultaneously brings both risks and opportunities – for the United Kingdom itself, for the European Union and for third parties, including Ukraine. The positive/negative balance of the outcome largely depends on how skilfully international actors deal with the new situation.

The deficit of effective communication, both in the international arena and inside the state, is among the main problems facing contemporary Ukraine. There is no frank dialogue between the Ukrainian government and the EU. The Ukrainian opposition and Russia completely lack dialogue. The government, opposition and civil society live in parallel worlds, and ad hoccontacts between them cannot replace the functions of normal communications.