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.

On 24 February 2022, regional and district military administrations were established in Ukraine. Under the law, they may be established in territories where martial law has been imposed to ensure the enforcement of the Constitution and laws of Ukraine, defence, civil protection, public safety, the protection of critical infrastructure, and the safeguarding of the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of citizens.

For the first time since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, the Ukrainian Parliament resumed live broadcasts of its sessions at the public's request. For most of their terms, the deputies worked in a semi-closed regime, but using open data from the Parliament's website, OPORA compiled statistics on the work of the Verkhovna Rada over 6 years.

All agreements are similar structurally. However, accents and commitments differ. The agreements are divided into blocks: military cooperation, responsibility for aggression, democracy, reforms and European integration, economy, energy, etc. Civil Network OPORA highlights 17 criteria in our study.