Ukraine’s prosecutor general resigns as the watchdogs he was appointed to leash close in
He is the third powerful figure they've brought down. What looks like a government in crisis is a state where impunity at the top is ending.
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The Fedorov protesters lost. But they backed a man for what he built, not what he promised—and that may be new in Ukraine.
For twenty years, Ukrainians voted for the biggest promises. This summer they marched for a record instead—and a scholar thinks that's the real story.
Ukraine’s cardboard protests look like democracy working. In a war, that’s also the risk.
Three weeks on, the protests go on—smaller but daily. Fedorov's old seat is filled by an acting minister, and Fedorov himself won't join the crowds demanding his return.
Ukraine’s army chief broke his silence—an apology, a warning on soldiers’ pay, and one small number
The army chief apologized to Fedorov—and revealed only 2,000 soldiers signed the new contracts.
Ukraine’s protesters set a 24 July deadline as Zelenskyy weighs replacing his army chief
Organizers gave the government four days before nightly rallies begin.
“They removed the auditor, not the thieves”: why Ukrainians are protesting Zelenskyy’s reshuffle
The entire government has been swapped, yet protests hit Kyiv and 16 more cities only in support of ex-Defense Minister Fedorov
Ukraine’s government reshuffle followed the letter of the Constitution. But did it follow its spirit?
The official paper trail shows who decided first.
The Syrskyi feud was not it: why Ukraine really dropped its drone-war minister
As crowds fill the streets in cities across Ukraine to support the forced-out minister, a deputy air force commander says he joined in 2022 to win the war, not to watch reforms stall.
Ukraine’s premier listed a record year to the parliament that dismissed her
No one in Kyiv has said why. Her own farewell leaves out the name that would explain it.
Lviv mobilization riot exposes the draft system Ukraine’s government has refused to fix
Two official watchdogs said the fault lies higher up—with a mobilization overhaul that hasn’t reached the recruiters.
Why Ukraine could not have held a wartime election on 15 May—the operational figures behind a lapsed deadline
Numbers from Ukraine’s own election commission, walked through at the Lviv Media Forum last week, explained why a 15 May vote was never possible.
Why Ukraine’s Cabinet drafted a resolution to fire its anti-corruption chief—and why it never came to a vote?
Secret audit draft, smear campaigns, and blame-shifting: the pressure on Ukraine’s anti-corruption bureau has changed tactics—and is harder to protest.
The man who jailed NABU detectives over Russian ties has Russian ties himself
Three of five deputies also have family ties to the aggressor state, investigation finds.
Tymoshenko has survived every era. This one has recordings.
Six months after celebrating gutting Ukraine's anti-graft agencies, she faces bribery charges for buying MPs' votes
Kyiv’s worst blackouts force rivals Zelenskyy and Klitschko into same chain of command (INFOGRAPHIC)
Mayor fires back after president questions “intensity” of Kyiv’s crisis response.
Zelenskyy turns to Shmyhal for energy job others wouldn’t take
At least three candidates refused. Shmyhal initially said no too. Until he didn’t.
Ukraine’s “Big Reboot”: Zelenskyy’s largest wartime reshuffle explained
As Ukraine enters its fifth year of full-scale war, President Zelenskyy has launched the most significant overhaul of his government since Russia's invasion began. Is this a strategic repositioning for peace talks and continued warfare—or a calculated move to neutralize political rivals?
The butterfly effect that brought down Zelenskyy’s right-hand man
Teenagers saved NABU in July. NABU just ended Yermak's career.
Head of Zelenskyy’s Office Yermak resigns following anti-corruption probe
President Zelenskyy announced on 28 November that his chief of staff Andriy Yermak has resigned as Ukraine's biggest corruption scandal engulfs the Presidential Office.
Zelenskyy’s irreplaceables: too corrupt to keep, too entrenched to remove
Everyone wants Yermak and Tatarov to go. But would removing them collapse Zelenskyy’s ability to govern?