On 27 February, representatives of the Civil Network OPORA presented to the members and secretariat of the Central Election Commission the concept of a comprehensive study aimed at updating the State Voter Register, which they plan to carry out in the coming six months.

The ban on pro-Russian parties has not led to a governance crisis in local councils where such political forces had significant representation. However, given that it is impossible to replace the expelled deputies from these parties, some communities have already found themselves in a situation of an unstable quorum, which sometimes significantly complicates decision-making. Such a “staff shortage” increases the value of every vote, making councils vulnerable to ad-hoc agreements, which may affect the quality of governance in wartime.

Civil Network OPORA organized a facilitated dialogue in Rome to strengthen civic engagement and integrate citizens’ perspectives into public policymaking, ensuring their implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. Among the key objectives OPORA pursued through dialogues with Ukrainian communities abroad were systematizing their experiences, developing a strategy for their interaction with Ukraine’s democratic institutions and civil society, and fostering a shared understanding of the challenges, needs, and ways to engage Ukrainians living abroad in the development of public policies within Ukraine.

The most popular Telegram channels in Ukraine systematically disseminate violent narratives. And although such messages are few in number, they appear virtually every day or every week. This was reported by Anastasiia Romaniuk, a digital platforms analyst at the Civil Network OPORA, during the presentation of the study “Aggression in the Digital World: Research on Violent Narratives in Popular Ukrainian Telegram Channels”, which took place on 18 February.

The issue of political financing is one of the indicators in the Roadmap, the implementation of which is necessary for Ukraine’s accession to the EU. This was stated by Olha Aivazovska, Chair of the Board of the Civil Network OPORA, during the roundtable “Reforming Legal Liability for Political Financing and Reporting”, which took place on 16 February in Kyiv.

Society must find an inclusive solution to ensure the right to vote and stand for election for key voter groups, primarily military personnel who are defending the state and the millions of internally displaced persons due to Russia’s full-scale invasion. Our partners express their full confidence that this will be achieved. This was stated by Oleksandr Korniienko, First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, during the round table “Ensuring the realisation of electoral rights for specific groups of voters: challenges and prospects”, which took place in Kyiv on 5 February.

During the monitoring process, we recorded content that contributes to the radicalization of its consumers, normalizes or legitimizes manifestations of discrimination and/or violence to achieve political goals, restricts the rights of various population groups or their representatives, and includes instances of hate speech, dehumanization, advocacy for discrimination, and more.

As a result of the full-scale war launched by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, millions of Ukrainian citizens were forced to leave their homes and flee abroad. According to the Civil Network OPORA, as of May 2025, approximately 8.9 million Ukrainians were staying outside of Ukraine. While it is difficult to determine exact figures due to varying data from Ukrainian and international institutions, the share of Ukrainian citizens abroad currently represents about 15–20% of Ukraine’s population prior to February 24, 2022. This indicates that Ukraine's demographic and migration situation requires urgent intervention from the Ukrainian government, the civil sector, and the partner states that have hosted the largest numbers of Ukrainian citizens.