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Former Zelenskyy press secretary Yulia Mendel called him authoritarian and urged territorial concessions — and immediately found herself at the center of a scandal. Donald Trump said she’s being set up for prison. But the real question isn’t about Mendel. It’s about why criticizing the government in Ukraine has become a criminal offense.
Yuriy Holyk, the “gray cardinal” of the president’s “Great Construction” program, has fled abroad from NABU. Dozens of criminal cases, billions in reconstruction funds — and not a single real punishment. A column on the system that hides its own.
A Ukrainian citizen has sued the state, demanding an official declaration of a state of war, and the case has reached the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court. This column examines why the government keeps calling it “martial law” — and who benefits from that legal fiction.
An op-ed on Bill No. 16139, registered in Ukraine’s parliament on October 12, which would let police detain men based solely on gender and age and forcibly deliver them to enlistment offices — while the bill’s text remains classified.
Ukraine enters October 2026 with no election date in sight, but with plenty of rumors about candidates, ratings, and backroom deals. The government is once again using the war as a universal shield against political competition. This column is not a call for immediate elections — it asks who the Office of the President fears more: Putin or its own people.
A Rating Group poll puts Valerii Zaluzhnyi’s trust at 64% against Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s roughly 55%, while 53% of Ukrainians back a single-term limit for the presidency. As Donald Trump demands immediate elections that Ukraine’s constitution bans under martial law, the column asks whether external pressure will rally the nation around the incumbent — or sharpen the internal demand for change.
Donald Trump publicly urged Ukrainians to replace their president, and the Kremlin instantly called the statement “historic.” The Constitution bans elections under martial law, and 71% of Ukrainians want them only after the war. A column on why Kyiv must answer firmly — and defend its sovereignty instead of politely swallowing the insult.
