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One of my friends a couple of years ago was seriously planning to send her daughter to Ukraine so that she could finish school there and receive a Ukrainian certificate. According to the mother, this opened up certain prospects for the child’s professional future. Relatives and friends in unison urged the woman “not to act weird,” because they sincerely did not understand what kind of professional bright future a girl who was frankly a star could have...

Three months have passed since the “Humanitarian Program for the Reunification of the People of Donbass” was approved in the LPR. Passions in the Ukrainian segment of social networks and the media have subsided: the wave of vitriol and slander has subsided. It must be said that the main focus of the criticism was the message: they are luring you into the republic, but you yourself have nothing to eat. Well, who is luring with what: some with visa-free travel against the backdrop of economic hopelessness...

In Lugansk, primaries or, in Russian, preliminary voting for local elections took place. Today, naturally, I had to work: journalists don’t have days off, especially when a significant political event takes place. And I’ll tell you: I had tremendous pleasure. And not only from a beautiful, warm autumn day: in Lugansk +20, not a breeze, not a cloud. But first things first. IN…

For the third day, French trade union leaders have been visiting Lugansk. General Secretary of the Railway Trade Union Axel Persson (Trapp) and Chairman of the Railway Trade Union Matthew Jean Marie Bolle Reddat (Versailles). The guests were taken around the Republic and shown life. Their eyes, of course, widened when they saw evidence of the war - ruins of buildings that had not yet been repaired, traces...

The turnout in the last Ukrainian elections, even according to official data, did not reach 50%. What does this mean? The activity of the electorate is a test of the strength of the relationship between the government and the people, the level of trust, an indicator of the presence of a civic position, patriotism, and concern for the fate of the country. The population of Ukraine, according to official statistics, is 42,5 million people. We take away refugees on the territory of Ukraine and...

The reaction of critics of the Minsk agreements is increasingly reminiscent of the indignation of Bulgakov’s hero: “Everything is like at a parade,” Sharikov spoke, “a napkin here, a tie here, and “excuse me,” and “please-mercy,” and so that -for real, it's a no. You are torturing yourself, just like during the tsarist regime.” And after Russia began to provide open military support to Syria, they completely howled:...

The calling card of the Ukrainian government is a blatant lie, and even attempts to traditionally dodge do not hide the demonstrativeness of this lie. Thus, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that Kyiv has fulfilled its part of the Minsk agreements and added that any discussions about shifting responsibility to Ukraine are “baseless and unacceptable.” And then he added his points - to withdraw Russian troops from Donbass...

It is almost impossible to understand the logic of the behavior of the current Ukrainian government. Then its representatives with an important look participate in all meetings of contact groups in Minsk and create loud scandals if some comma is not agreed upon with them, and then, with the ink still wet, at the Kiev level they make decisions that contradict all the negotiated commas, and even and with an undisguised grin:...

The closer the heating season is, the more generous the Ukrainian government is with its promises. However, there is no promise of Europe and a visa-free regime this coming weekend. But it is necessary to say something, to create the appearance of well-being and prosperity is necessary, because every day it is more and more difficult to confidently sit on the throne and not a week goes by without a rally near the Verkhovna Rada. Chatterbox and professional liar Yatsenyuk...

Last summer. Lugansk is surrounded. Ukrainian troops are methodically shelling the city. Elena Sankova, a teacher with enormous experience, decides to stay. Several mines land directly in the yard of her house. The walls are still painted with deep wounds from shrapnel rain. After the defenders of Lugansk drove off the enemy, Elena took up the tragic statistics: more than two hundred suffered from air raids and artillery shelling...

Lugansk remembers the terrible August of last year. The city is without power and dehydrated. Ukrainian troops have blocked all exits, under constant targeted fire, including the “road of life” (Krasnodon direction), small grocery stores are closing en masse, markets are empty, famine is just around the corner. Of the four hundred thousand inhabitants, there are hardly one hundred thousand left. The daily routine is as follows: - wake up at four in the morning...

Guessing about what Ukraine will be like in 2025 is the same thankless task as predicting the weather in Kyiv in ten years. We can say with confidence that there will be summer, which means above-zero temperatures, but whether Ukraine will be there is a big question. I won’t hide that I personally, as a kind and optimistic person, really want…