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Ukraine’s education reform amidst the war

In Ukraine, the new school curriculum allocates between 70 and 105 hours per school year to civic education and history for fifth to eighth grade pupils. This amounts to just one hour per week for Ukrainian history, half an hour for world history and half an hour for civic education. In Russia, the situation is the reverse.

December 8, 2025 - Oleksii Lionchuk

The fight to preserve Kyiv’s past and Ukraine’s future

Beneath one of Kyiv’s most iconic squares lies an archaeological site that reveals the story of Ukraine’s past and its deep Orthodox Christian roots. Despite its importance to Ukrainian identity, activists are fighting daily to protect it from corrupt developers. Their struggle takes on even greater meaning amidst the ongoing war, as Ukrainians continue to defend not only their land but also their heritage.

December 7, 2025 - Theodore Griffin

Hybrid relations in times of war

The deterioration of Belarusian-Ukrainian relations after February 2022 did not mean the absence of Belarusians on the Ukrainian side. On the contrary, while Lukashenka aligned himself with Moscow and allowed Russian forces to use Belarusian territory for the assault on Kyiv, many of his opponents chose a different path.

December 7, 2025 - Yevhen Magda

Ukraine’s energy defence: how cogeneration and decentralized solutions are shaping a new model of resilience

As Russia turns Ukraine’s energy system into a target of daily strikes, the country is building a new model of resilience — based on decentralized generation and mobile cogeneration solutions. These technologies, capable of operating autonomously even during a complete blackout, are already forming “energy islands” for hospitals, water utilities, and district heating systems. In 2025, cogeneration has become one of the key tools of energy defence: from the rapid restoration of critical infrastructure to the creation of microgrids that withstand attacks where traditional generation can no longer cope.

December 4, 2025 - Yuliia Valova

Capitulation is not peace: Europe’s strategic failure and the coming collapse of deterrence

The recently announced peace plan drawn up by the US and Russia speaks volumes about the level of support for Ukraine. While Europe has talked a good game when it comes to military supplies, it has not maximized these efforts. Real action is needed now in order to ensure Kyiv’s independence.

November 26, 2025 - Joshua Kroeker

Stopping the war through coercion: Can Trump still bring peace in Ukraine?

Peace in Ukraine will not come while one side still believes it can win on the battlefield. Supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles is not an escalation, but a way to balance the fight and bring real negotiations closer. Russian claims that these missiles would change nothing are simply false.

November 17, 2025 - Anton Naychuk

The other frontline: displaced Ukrainians with disabilities adjust to new lives in new towns

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has raised the issue of disability. While always a cause within civil society, the harm inflicted by the war has made this issue particularly important. Activists across the country continue to make do with whatever resources they can find.

November 7, 2025 - Anna Romandash

Civil society in Ukraine: a sled dog, not a watchdog

In order to truly understand Ukraine, and particularly in wartime, it is necessary to look at the role of the extensive civil society that has emerged since the country's independence.

November 3, 2025 - Valerii Pekar

“Putin is the biggest child kidnapper in the world”

An interview with Oleksandra Matviichuk, chairwoman of the Center for Civil Liberties, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (2022). Interviewer: Andrii Kutsyk.

October 27, 2025 - Andrii Kutsyk Oleksandra Matviichuk

What determines whether a country supports Ukraine?

Support for Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression continues to divide opinion on the global stage. While Kyiv continues to enjoy the support of various countries for a wide variety of reasons, many others prize above all the maintenance of good links with the Kremlin.

October 8, 2025 - Valerii Pekar

Testing NATO’s Limits?

There is little reason to believe that Russia is planning a large-scale war against Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris. However, Russia needs far less to achieve its goals.

October 1, 2025 - Joshua Kroeker

Resistance, resilience, recovery: Ukraine’s civil society in wartime

Since gaining independence in 1991, Ukraine’s civil society has grown into one of the most vibrant and resilient in the region, playing a central role in shaping the country’s democratic path and pro-European identity. Throughout this time, citizens have mobilized in defence of human rights, sovereignty and political accountability. This civic strength became essential in responding to Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 and this is still true today.

September 27, 2025 - Liza Bezvershenko

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