
Despite overwhelming political pressure and legal hurdles, Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies have managed to bring charges against a number of top officials.
High-profile cases, however, have been stalled in courts for years.
Oleksandr Klymenko, …
Amy B. Zegart

Despite overwhelming political pressure and legal hurdles, Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies have managed to bring charges against a number of top officials.
High-profile cases, however, have been stalled in courts for years.
Oleksandr Klymenko, …




Russian soldiers have advanced further into the city of Pokrovsk, threatening not only to take the city, but to complete a larger encirclement of the surrounding area, as independent analysts and commanders report a serious deterioration of the …

Russia's oil exports to China and India are a lifeline, fueling Moscow's war effort. Experts say now there is a chance to cut it.
Over the past decade, revenues from oil and gas have accounted for 30–50% of Russia's budget, roughly equating



Russia’s military claims it controls Pokrovsk and has Ukrainian forces encircled. Ukraine disputes that, while acknowledging the situation in the city is extremely difficult.
Ukrainian serviceman Artyom Prybylnov of the 155th Brigade told the BBC …


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Last week, a debate ensued over Ukraine's monetary policy on Facebook, …
A network of companies in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia is supplying fuel to a “shadow fleet” moving Russian oil in defiance of sanctions, according to an investigation by Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT conducted with 15min, Eesti Ekspress and …

In the fourth year of Russia’s full-scale war, parts of Ukraine are still facing devastating firsts.
On Oct. 22, tragedy struck the village of Pohreby in Kyiv Oblast — a Russian drone hit a house where 38-year-old Antonina Zaichenko, her six-month-old …
