Tag: Lukian Selskyi

December 1 is a date that is easy to overlook in the calendar. But it was on this very day in 1991 that Ukrainians signed the verdict on the USSR. 90.32% – “yes” to Independence. Without conditions, without special statuses, without consultations with experts from Moscow or Washington...

In Geneva at the end of November, when the United States and Ukraine announced a “renewed and refined peace framework,” many people breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the transnational scandal...

The corruption scandal that has exposed the nerves of the Ukrainian state in recent weeks has revealed what had long been swept under layers of optimistic narratives. The current war has not erased old pathologies, burned away institutional flaws, or washed off habits formed over decades...

In Ukraine, language is still spoken of as if it were just another subject on the school timetable. Yet it remains the most painful spot in our political and cultural biography. Once – and Yurii Sheveliov would not let us deny it – even a private conversation in Ukrainian among educated families of the imperial era was regarded as a mark of lower status, while consistent use of Ukrainian was treated as an act of political opposition to the language of empire...

The American information space rarely acknowledges that the center of gravity in Russia’s war against Ukraine is increasingly shifting from the frontlines to energy and logistics. This week illustrates it clearly. Ukrainian strikes on Russia’s oil infrastructure, new U.S.–U.K. sanctions against Rosneft and Lukoil, nervous turmoil along the India–Baltic routes, a modest yet symbolic OPEC+ decision, and, in parallel, the cautious thawing of security channels between Washington and Beijing...

Next week will mark the live broadcast of two media machines that shape the global agenda: the American one, personalized under Donald Trump, and the Chinese one, centralized under Xi Jinping...

Ukrainians in America understand perfectly well: today, not all wars are decided only on the battlefield. Information channels, digital platforms, government communication strategies, and the media ecosystem have become a field where the frameworks of reality are set, where permissible emotions and “exit scenarios” are defined...

The Ukrainian theme in the United States is ubiquitous: speeches on Capitol Hill, high-profile votes, the Ukraine Action Summit held twice a year, and appearances on national television....

When the lights go out in a large movie theater, a girl appears on the screen, looking up at the sky. There are no explosions or shelling sounds — yet in her gaze lies the weight of loss, a destroyed home, and shattered dreams...

In September, one of the westernmost states of America became the stage where ancient Ukrainian culture met modern fashion and revealed itself in all its beauty before the American public...