Ukrainian civil society organizations call on Western decision-makers to unite and provide Ukraine with modern Western tanks during the next Rammstein meeting on January 20. Ukraine is constantly suffering from massive Russian attacks on civilian facilities and energy infrastructure. There is a clear pattern of Russian treatment of residents in the occupied towns, which are visible after the liberation: torture prisons, numerous war crimes, kids abducted and deported to Russia and others. Rus...

In a previous review, OPORA wrote that the beginning of January stayed in the memory due to the fact of  providing Ukraine with a Patriot air defense squadron and a little more than 400 units of various armored vehicles. The trend also remained relevant in the past week (January 9–15). In particular, Poland was the first among the allies to announce that they would transfer 14 modern Leopard-2 tanks to Ukraine. Now, the permission for their supply shall come from Germany as a manufacturer cou...

In the event when during the stay of the respondents in Poland, Ukraine will be holding national elections, most of the study participants (82%) would like to participate. Compared to the turnout in the last national elections in Ukraine (parliamentary elections in July, 2019), today, respondents are more eager to participate in the elections. Sometimes, the discussion of elections came as a surprise because Ukraine currently has the martial law, and the conduct of elections can only be possi...

56% of respondents used Facebook, it became the main source of news for 15%. The advantage of this social network is the automatic selection of information, the disadvantage is about the long time to publish a piece of news and how it is displayed on the feed. YouTube was viewed by 51% of respondents, as the main source of news it is used by 12%.

Social networks have been the main source of news over the past month for the vast majority of respondents — 95%. Twice as often respondents used news websites — 44%. Next follow friends and family — 37%, television — 33%, radio — 12%, and print media — 4%.

MEDIA CONSUMPTION AND PUBLIC ACTIVITY OF UKRAINIANS WHO FOUND TEMPORARY SHELTER FROM THE WAR IN POLAND

Last week (January 2–8) will be best remembered for a cascade of good news about the provision of weapons to Ukraine. In particular, Germany decided to transfer to Ukraine an additional battery of the Patriot air defense system. Instead, the United States, Germany, and France announced that they will transfer to Ukraine a little more than 400 units of various types of armored vehicles that can be used for a potential counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the spring of 2023. Comme...

우리는 한국이 글로벌 중추국가로서의 리더십을 발휘하여 2022년 12월 15일 유엔 총회 본회의에서 사상 처음으로 일시 점령된 우크라이나 크름 자치공화국 및 세바스토폴시 인권상황 결의(결의 77/229)에 찬성한 것을 환영합니다. 이제 우리는 귀 정부가 ‘가치 외교’ 옹호를 계속하여 국제사법재판소(ICJ) 제노사이드 범죄의 방지와 처벌에 관한 협약상 제노사이드 주장(우크라이나 대 러시아 연방) 사건의 소송에 참가할 것을 촉구합니다.