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Ukraine Calling — 177 episodes

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A Cabinet Shake-Up in Ukraine, political divide and geopolitical perspectives for Kyiv

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Russian influence in social media, panic over Kursk and a long way for Ukrainian independence

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Incursion in Kursk, Hopes for a Turning Point in the War in Ukraine and the Black Swans the Future Holds

4

Failure of International Law, Need for a New Order, and Prospects for Ukraine

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Honoring the memory of Ukraine’s friend Morgan Williams: American by birth and Ukrainian by choice

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The Future of Ukraine's Energy Industry: Challenges and Opportunities

7

Making Russia pay, hard challenges of Ukrainian diplomacy and the need to reform the UN

8

American politics: uncertain election results and impact on Ukraine

9

DRONES: Explosive 33-Fold Growth, Innovations, and the Future of War in Ukraine

10

Massacre in Bucha, end of peaceful life in Europe and lack of justice in Ukraine

11

Adapting Education to War: innovating amid challenges, schools in bomb shelters, reconstruction

12

Ukrainian universities: war, challenges and necessary reforms

13

Chairman of the DEJURE Foundation: Rule of law, anti-corruption reforms and democracy building under missiles flying in Ukraine

14

Russia's growing global influence, Zelensky's uncertain future and the main fear of the USA

15

«European Israel,» decline of the West and permanent war in Ukraine

16

Front row view: what's happening on the frontline in Ukraine?

17

Ukraine is on the frontline of democracy, but can it keep its own?

18

Corruption, attacks on civil society and dishonest officials. How can Ukraine fight all that?

19

Trading Wall Street for Ukraine: The Story of Andrew Pryma

20

How a Pakistani came to Ukraine and became a millionaire. The story of Mohammad Zahoor

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Yuriy Sak: Procrastination of our partners gives Russia the most valuable asset

22

Ukraine: A Nation Divided. Uncertain future of Ukrainian refugees

23

Volker: There's no clear goal from US — «we want Ukraine to defeat Russia»

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Ben Hodges: «It’s essential that Ukraine wins»

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Resilience and Reflection: Reviving Ukraine Calling Amidst Shifting Tides

26

Missing persons issue: A huge challenge for Ukraine

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Evgeny Afineevsky: «If we forget about the war in Ukraine, we’ll have the end of the world tomorrow»

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Roman Washchuk: «Abnormal normalization of business conditions in Ukraine»

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«The incredible national unity»: Michael Druckman on Ukrainians’ views and moods

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«Mission: to enable people, deprived of their fundamental rights, to help them regain that in long term» — UNHCR in Ukraine

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No going out of business for ICMP, in Ukraine or elsewhere

32

Russian invasion of Ukraine: manifestation of collapse of Soviet Union?

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Talking about collaboration we need to focus on the great harm caused, not just the people who were in a vulnerable position — human rights defender Rachel Denber

34

«Ukrainians' courage may appear suicidal to foreigners» — Commander Harulf of the Norman Brigade

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Indictment Against Putin Will Be Amended, Top International Lawyer Says

36

«A Country of Missing People»: The Book of Numbers and Fates

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Ukrainian soldier Maksym Sviezhentsev: «You have to accept that you can die, and this acceptance makes you stronger»

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Transitional justice: to help victims and to rebuild society or just to punish murderers? Anna Myriam Roccatello

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U.S.-Ukraine Veterans Bridge: «We’re going to hold the line here for democracy and freedom»

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Dr Marta Dyczok: «This horrible war has had one positive side effect»

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Eurointegration, confidence in local government and other surprises of public opinion survey in Ukraine

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We're stronger together: Volunteer Yulia Troyan on psychological connection to the military

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«Education, mental health, safety, heritage» — Chiara Dezzi Bardeschi about how UNESCO helps Ukraine

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Anastasia Stanko: «My only one decision as a journalist was I should go to the front line»

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2022 helped Ukrainians to overcome the inferiority complex — Volodymyr Yermolenko

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«Everybody in this country and beyond its borders are involved in this war» — Canadian lawyer and soldier in Ukraine's territorial defense Daniel Bilak

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«Everything I see now is inspiration» — Melinda Simmons

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Mozart, the Art of War

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«We don’t have any way of forcing states to do anything, that is the reality of it» — spokesperson for the ICRC

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Even during the all-out war, reforms in Ukraine are continuing — Michael Druckman

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Unprecedented Time for Ukraine's Profile in Canada and Globally: Roman Washchuk

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No «Ukraine fatigue» for Andreas Umland after eight years of war

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Blue and yellow means resilience. Dora Chomiak on how Razom supports Ukraine

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Ukraine 2019 Rada election. Olga Onuch on results and implications

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Kyiv's diplomacy after the elections: Ukrainians do not want peace at any cost

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Ukraine is fascinating because it is a social science laboratory, — Melinda Haring

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Ukrainians don’t like to entrench power, they don’t like five years of the same person, — Brian Bonner

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Bad weather can change everything in Ukraine elections, — Olga Onuch

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Ukrainian elections are four times more expensive than in the US, in proportion to GDP, — Taras Shevchenko

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‘In Ukraine the phrase ‘we strongly condemn’ became kind of a meme,’ Crimea Five Years After Occupation

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«Now Ukrainians warmed to a fictional president». Adrian Karatnycky explains Ukraine 2019 election and phenomenon of Volodymyr Zelensky

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Ukraine is a fantastic opportunity for investment – Thomas Sillesen

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Flawed As It Is, Ukrainian Democracy Continues To Be Competitive, – Paul D'Anieri

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'Resurrection of Christianity in Ukraine'. Prof. Jaroslav Skira on Religion And Politics, and Newly-Created Orthodox Church of Ukraine

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Global Political Analyst Bociurkiw: These Authoritarian Thug Regimes Can Get Away With It

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Kerch Strait Incident and International Law: opinions of Ben Hodges and Lucan Way

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Either There Is Truth, Or There Is No Truth, — Andriy Kulykov five years after Euromaidan

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Ester Segarra: I found how healthy the metal scene is here in Kyiv

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Serhii Plokhii: Ukraine got a state in 1991, and now Ukraine is in the process of getting a nation

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From the International Renaissance Foundation to the latest Lviv Publishers' Forum

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The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly. Michel Terestchenko on Ukraine Regional Politics

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Ukrainian History, Soviet Legacy and Historical Moment. Political Scientist’s Point of View

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What Are Ukrainians Thinking About? Professor Haran Explains

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Movies. Money. Mysticism. Defining National Cinema In Ukraine

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Red Cross doesn't have access to detainees in Non-Ukrainian controlled areas, – Head of the Mission to Ukraine

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US policy towards Ukraine has not changed, – Washington analyst Brian Whitmore

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Ukraine is a country for people who are not afraid of a little bit of ‘do-it-yourself,’ and a little bit of adventure

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What's it like to be a journalist in occupied Donetsk? Olexiy Matsiuka shares his experience

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Oleg Sentsov Is Using The Only Weapon He Has – His Body

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An American in Donbas: I’ve spent 15 months on the front lines, training and assisting in medicine

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Everything was agreed in advance, – ex-Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk on his dismissal by Rada

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Ukraine was a testing laboratory for information wars, – Stop Fake co-founder Yevhen Fedchenko

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Was it all worth it? Babchenko’s case and credibility of Ukrainian authorities

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I am proud that Bitter Harvest has been shown in 100 countries – Richard Bachynsky Hoover

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Crimea will be a part of strong, unified Ukraine again, — Arsen Zhumadilov

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An Independent Orthodox Church For Ukraine?

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“There Has To Be An ‘Or Else.’” Washington Analyst Whitmore On War, Ukraine, Russia, Hybrid Containment, And More

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Ukrainians want to be free, and in Russia they want to be great – Olivier Vedrine

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Anything is possible here, in Ukraine. That’s the beauty! — Istan Rozumny

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Ukraine can and should do a lot better in the economic sphere, – Oleksandr Savchenko

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Conflict resolution in Donbas: there has to be some sort of dialogue with the people who are causing the problem

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Conflict resolution in Donbas: no magic formula, political process is needed

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Come to Ukraine! – President of the Ukrainian-Austrian Association Alfred Praus

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The idea of GoCamps is not only about language — Oksana Nechyporenko

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A British-Ukrainian on the Arts Front

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Witnessing the Annexation of Crimea: «It was a big betrayal»

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«I participated in a pro-Ukrainian protest against Russian occupation». Afanasiev tells his story of what happened to him after that in 2014

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They Claim They Represent THE PEOPLE – Olga Onuch on Ukraine’s populists

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Ukraine is original in its own way of being fashionable, – Isagus Toche

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Everybody looks on Ukraine like it’s some sort of 25-year-old new boy – Martin Nunn

101

The Centenary Celebration That Wasn’t

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Ukraine Can Show That It Is Serious About Corruption, – Andy Hunder

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Cybersecurity – Why the US And Ukraine Are Cooperating

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We don’t need a new Maidan – Andrey Kurkov

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‘Compromise is the only way out of a very over-heated situation,’ Ukraine Analyst Karatnycky says

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​Holodomor Awareness Through Film, A Traveling Bus, And A Newly Uncovered Canadian Journalist

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“Do Your Homework, Do Things Properly, And You’ll Have A Deal.” British Businessman Toms About Ukraine

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‘We Need to Change the Decision Making Process in Ukraine’ – Serhiy Kvit

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Building Bridges through Culture

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​Re-discovering The Artist who brought Impressionism to Ukraine

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Manafort, Ukraine, And All That

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The Ukrainian Revolution As Part Of The 1917 Centenary Story In London

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25 Years of Fulbright in Ukraine: Ukrainians and Americans Discover Each Other

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​‘Russia is the Aggressor.’ Ukraine Creates New Legal Framework with Donbas Reintegration Laws

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Why all the fuss? Ukraine’s New Education Law

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Taras Kuzio: «The hybrid war, the information war, did not begin in 2014»

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Wounded Warrior Now Competing in Invictus Games

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‘Oligarchs in Ukraine are very talented business people. But they need to be forced to break up their empires. Like Rockefeller was.’

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​Ukraine as a Magnet for Cultural Explorers

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Celebrating Ukrainian Independence and Identity Through Dance

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Ukraine’s millennial projectors

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Assisting Ukraine’s Uprooted – UNHCR and Partners in Action

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Discover Ukraine from an Odesa Perspective

124

A big ‘Fail’ to Parliament and the Reform Sandwich

125

Ukraine’s economy has turned a corner and started to grow. But there is Much More Work to be Done

126

International Leaders Came to Kyiv and Left. What’s the Take Away?

127

Putting an End to the ‘Wild West Pharmo-Mafia’ in Ukraine

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Ukrainians Were the Third Largest Group of Canadians in the 1950s According to the Census

129

Lviv: It’s not a place to go visit, it’s not a place to see things, you have to go experience it

130

Just a Border, Not a Barrier

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The story of a little hotel in Lviv

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‘By Launching a Direct Military Attack Russia Forced Ukrainians to Get Off the Fence’

133

Who judges the judges? Peter Solomon on Successes & Challenges of Legal Reform in Ukraine

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Laughter and Strength Featured at Kyiv’s Book Arsenal

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KYIV ART WEEK: culture as the engine of economic development

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A new standard: a sophisticated, modern version of authentic Ukrainian cuisine

137

Ukraine, Russia, and The Hague Syndrome: Unknown Territory for the Court

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Ukraine has played a very bad hand very, very well – Brian Whitmore

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Celebrating Ukrainian Easter: Not Rabbits and Chocolate but Paska and Pysanky

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What Exactly is Hromadske Radio? What is Their Goal? Where Do They Get Their Money? Why Is Russia Banning Them?

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Transparency in the Struggle against Corruption: Latest from the Anti-Corruption Front

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On the barricades against corruption

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Projecting Ukraine. A View from Inside and Outside

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Ukraine is Where the Soul Is. Foreign Born Ukrainians Get New Legal Status

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«I participated in a pro-Ukrainian protest against Russian occupation». Afanasiev tells his story of what happened to him after that in 2014

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Maidan and War as a Process: No Silver Bullet but a Country that is Now Proud of its Identity

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Now is the Time for Growth: Community Activism and NGOs

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Rules out the window: the Trump and Putin era. More uncertainty? More disruption?

149

New and Unfinished Business in Ukraine

150

A Berlin Perspective on Ukraine: The war has not been won, but battles are being won

151

What Can Ukraine Expect from Trump: Temporary Insanity or a Permanent Shift?

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How Ukraine Was The Testing Lab For Russia’s Information War Against The United States

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Challenges for 2017: Stay Cool. Talk Clearly. Think Positively

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Ukrainian Holiday Traditions: From the Private Sphere to Mass Culture

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«We Shouldn’t Have any Illusions». What the US can learn from Ukraine about Russia

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Read This Book with a Martini. Shaken, not Stirred

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Ukraine, Canada And A Satellite Phone: How History Happened in 1991

158

Reboot the Revolution: A New Democratic Alliance between Civil Society & Indie Media in Ukraine

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Diplomatic Defense & Destabilizing Democracy in Ukraine

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The Eagle’s Trident: President Trump & What Next for Ukraine

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Disinformation in Ukraine: How to Stop Fakes

162

Prisoners and Captives in Ukraine

163

Spies, Lies and Bad-guys: Intelligence, Espionage and Terrorism in Ukraine

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Defending Ukraine: With Arms, Dialogue or Systems Change?

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Citizens into Judges — Reforming Ukraine’s Legal System

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Ukraine commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy

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Ukraine and the Challenges of the Day

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IMF Loans & Economic Challenges: Western Sunrise in Ukraine

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New Political Season: Overcoming Doublespeak in Ukraine’s Parliament

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Ukraine: 25 Years of Independence, A Thousand Years of History

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Shadow of the 1991 Moscow Coup Today

172

War, Sports, and Politics

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Is War the New Normal in Ukraine?

174

What Role does Religion Play in a Hybrid War?

175

Killing of journalist Pavel Sheremet in Kyiv: in-depth commentary

176

Canada and Ukraine: Shared Values and Real Economic Opportunities

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NATO’s Warsaw Summit and Ukraine