Section: Research & Analysis
She was afraid of being missing: daughters’ memories of a female soldier who died in the war
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in Ukraine, many mothers who have lost their children have emerged. And also children who, as a result of Russian military aggression, have lost their mothers. Ukrainska Pravda. Life (media outlet) tells the story of Oksana Gorpinich, a 44-year-old mother of two daughters, who worked as a paramedic...
External funding of post-war recovery in Ukraine: it may be significantly less than necessary and vastly less than the expectations of Ukrainian citizens
The challenge of obtaining compensation A false belief has formed in broad sections of Ukrainian society, including thanks to the so-called “positive bloggers,” that after the active phase of hostilities ends in Ukraine, a guaranteed monetary windfall awaits. And primarily, this will supposedly happen through reparations that the...
Killing of prisoners of war in Olenivka and search for survivors: what are international organizations doing? Results of the trip to Geneva
The tragic night at Azovstal: terrorist act and its aftermath A year has passed since the evacuation of defenders of Mariupol from the Azovstal (Iron and Steel Works) fortress began. What happened during this difficult year? Where are the defenders of besieged Mariupol now, who surrendered under the guarantee of preserving their lives? Every day...
Will Ukraine export gas? Whom and why is it needed during the war?
The impact of reduced gas production and demand The idea of exporting scarce gas during wartime, which is floating somewhere in the Ministry of Energy, the financial and energy committees of the parliament, seems strange at first glance. And on second glance as well. However, there is undoubtedly some logic to it. Sometimes it makes sense to...
Border development: how Ukraine is increasing its land exports without waiting for the opening of seaports
Coping with the flow of cargo that inundated wagons and trucks in the western direction in 2022 posed a challenge for Ukrainian infrastructure. It was even more challenging for the infrastructure of EU countries which had never faced such a volume before. There was a shortage of personnel and wagons at the borders, and roads leading to the...
How to recruit emigrants from the USSR/Russia. A KGB manual
At the end of 2018, the American media published rare secret documents of the KGB (Committee for State Security). Among them was a 1968 manual for Chekists on how to use the capabilities of the Soviet Committee for Cultural Relations of Compatriots Abroad (one of the predecessors of Rossotrudnichestvo) in their agent work. The manual was...