reforms

Army reform plan: why proposed changes do not solve army’s key problems The proposed changes to the military service system have sparked a series of debates among service members. Increases in certain payments, new approaches to contracts and deferrals do not address the key issues of fairness, motivation, and certainty for those who have been serving since 2014 and 2022 13.06.26 15:27 16 715 36 Previously in trend: Reforms in the army

Glen Grant: We need to change ZSU management structure if we want to reform the ZSU and win We are now at a vital stage of the war. One thing stands out in the Ukrainian Armed Forces above all others. It is not the outstanding combat actions of the soldiers on the front line, which rightly deserve worldwide praise, but the fact that the system itself is dysfunctional on many levels, from political to military. 02.09.24 11:25 14 226 35

How government and people’s deputies decided to allow corrupt officials to pay off for their crimes and avoid punishment The government has initiated a scheme to avoid prison for serious criminal offenses. It is proposed to allow corrupt officials to "compensate for the loss" by simply paying a relatively large fine. BusinessCensor analyzed how the innovation, if adopted, will return peace of mind and healthy sleep to people’s deputies, officials, oligarchs - all those involved in criminal proceedings 19.07.24 18:22 100 0

BES reform, tariffs, and benefits review: What Ukraine needs to do to get IMF money Almost all of Ukraine’s revenues are spent on defense. At the same time, other expenditure items are covered by assistance from international partners, including the IMF. However, a number of requirements must be met to receive it. 09.04.24 17:56 120 0

Why President’s Office is holding on to corrupt BES despite risk of disrupting Ukraine’s international financing Why is it so important for the government to steamroll its draft law on BES, which was criticized by business associations and not supported by Western partners? 27.02.24 09:27 80 0 Previously in trend: Financial assistance to Ukraine

Yurii Butusov: "200 soldiers died in the military barracks in Mykolaiv. Conclusions should have been drawn then" Yurii Butusov, editor-in-chief of Censor.NET, on Radio NV about why the tragedy was allowed in the 128th Brigade, how many such cases have already occurred in the Ukrainian army, why generals and brigade commanders do not draw conclusions and are not ready to learn, how NATO standards work only on paper, what is happening with mobilization and why the military is dismissed without explanation. 08.11.23 23:40 28 504 0

Movement for soldier’s rights and military reforms is needed in Ukraine There is a category of people who are not used to bad news from the frontline. It is harder to get used to the lack of good news from the rear. It’s hard to see so many people put to sleep. 11.10.23 13:05 5 504 0

Andriy Zagorodnyuk: The Ministry of Defence Reform Office’s main projects 41-year-old Andriy Zagorodnyuk took the reins of the Ministry of Defence Reforms Project Office (RPO) three years ago. Since then, RPO has become a unique example of cooperation between civil society and the defence ministry. We present a long read on the Reform Office’s key projects. 17.04.18 14:19 3 972 0

EU-Ukraine Association Agreement: A reminder to continue reforms Without renewed domestic commitment to reforms, the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement will bring about little change in Ukraine. 04.09.17 17:51 140 0

Ukraine Has Increased Volatility As New Russian Sanctions Introduced As Vladimir Putin aggressively retaliates to America’s new sanctions against Russia by ordering the American diplomatic mission in Russia to reduce its staff by 755 employees, Ukraine might be facing new immediate threats of another invasion and land grab from the East. 08.08.17 18:02 185 0

The United States must support Ukraine's vibrant transformation The U.S. should be interested in Ukraine realizing its full potential. 19.06.17 16:30 174 0

Ukraine Reform Monitor: April 2017 In the past year, Ukraine’s reform progress slowed as the president consolidated power and key decentralization reforms met opposition in the parliament. 21.04.17 17:45 193 0

Ukraine’s most underreported reform Ukraine’s decentralisation was one of the first, fastest and most comprehensive reforms initiated by the initial post-EuroMaidan government in March 2014, and its then vice-prime minister and today head of government Volodymyr Hroisman. 13.04.17 17:23 219 0

American-Born Doctor Takes on Ukraine’s Health Care System Ulana Suprun is a woman on a mission. The 53-year-old radiologist from New York who was appointed Ukraine’s Acting Minister of Health in July is determined to shake up Ukraine’s sclerotic health care system. 24.01.17 14:57 366 0

Ukraine in 2016: A brief summary If you ask an average citizen in Ukraine about the progress of reforms in 2016, you will most likely hear that nothing has changed. According to many, over the past year there has been little improvement when comparing the population’s high demands and expectations with the actual results. However, a closer look at the reforms might prove the opposite. 10.01.17 17:29 320 0

Promising Economics Three Years After Ukraine's Maidan Revolution Overstating Ukraine's success is as unacceptable as understating what Ukrainians have done to make their country prosperous, free and democratic, Ukraine's PM Hroisman says. 02.12.16 13:44 152 0

Ukraine prepares for Trump If the Trump administration cuts funding for Ukraine, its government would lose a crucial source of economic support and an important incentive for domestic change, since foreign aid from the United States and elsewhere has long been the most important carrot for reform in Ukraine. 01.12.16 17:21 274 0 Previously in trend: President Trump

Ukraine Is ‘Running Against the Clock’ to Prevent Another Revolution, Saakashvili says Russia will now sit on the fences and wait for Ukraine to destroy itself. That’s exactly what Ukraine shall not allow. 17.11.16 10:23 375 0

A 3-Step Strategy for Trump on Ukraine During the campaign, President-Elect Trump described the U.S. policies antagonizing Putin as deeply flawed, and he is ideally positioned to construct an entirely new U.S.-Russian relationship. 15.11.16 16:38 327 2 Previously in trend: President Trump

Ukraine might become NATO interoperable partner within five years. That’s possible, - Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense Slotkin Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Elissa Slotkin visited Ukraine last week. Censor.NET was the only one among Ukrainian media to interview her during her visit. The U.S. is currently the largest donor of military and technical assistance to Ukraine, the volume of which has surpassed $600M since 2014. Ms. Slotkin spoke of achievements in military and defense cooperation between the U.S. and Ukraine, possibilities of interoperability between Ukraine and NATO, the U.S. stance on Russian aggression against Ukraine, and provision of lethal weapons for Ukraine by the United States. 26.09.16 12:16 21 710 0

Kyiv in Denial Ukraine’s leaders think their country is too important to fail. They're wrong. 03.08.16 17:49 206 0

Ukraine's PM Hroisman: I am my own man Ukraine's Western backers have praised the steps taken since Hroisman came to power, and on Friday Washington signed a new loan guarantee agreement worth $1 billion. 06.06.16 16:07 167 0 Previously in trend: Hroisman's Cabinet

Mikheil Saakashvili: 'Ukraine's government has no vision for reform' A year after becoming governor of Odesa, the combative ex-Georgian president talks to The Guardian about his anti-corruption drive and his frustration with Petro Poroshenko. 25.05.16 18:02 464 0

What Ukraine’s new prime minister is (and isn’t) likely to achieve The new government will pursue the needed reforms at best only half-heartedly. 21.04.16 17:03 222 0

Ukraine’s Unyielding Corruption Poroshenko seems to have accepted continuing corruption as the price to pay for a modicum of maneuvering room. But the president, the prime minister and the Parliament must be made to understand that the International Monetary Fund and donor nations, including the United States, cannot continue to shovel money into a corrupt swamp unless the government starts shaping the democratic rule that Ukrainians demanded in their protests. 01.04.16 16:22 269 0

Corruption in Ukraine: Dear friends, Ukraine’s grace period for tackling cronyism may have run out IN TSARSKE SELO (“Tsar’s Village”), a smart district in Kyiv, Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, owns a swathe of desirable land. Across the street sits a sprawling compound belonging to Ihor Kononenko, the president’s friend and deputy head of his parliamentary faction. 13.02.16 13:22 333 0

Ukraine: Still hoping for change Expectations that sparked a revolution have not been met yet 22.12.15 17:23 176 0

Opening Europe The European Commission last week agreed to launch the process of abolishing visas for Ukrainians without waiting until Ukraine completes implementing these provisions, based on the promise of the Ukrainian authorities to finish the work. 21.12.15 16:53 194 0

Inside the Ukrainian special forces fight against separatists – and their own government Ukrainian Special Forces units (the Spetsnaz) were once billed as among the country’s elite troops, which revival is now integral to determining Ukraine’s ability to field a professional force. 19.11.15 11:09 62 913 52 Previously in trend: War

Ukraine Is in Danger of Becoming a Failed State Left without the much-used cover of a war, the internal divisions and dysfunctional core of the Ukrainian political elite didn't take long to reveal itself. 09.11.15 13:50 211 0

Ukraine’s most popular politician Mikhail Saakashvili wants to be the “standard-bearer for reforms” — and possibly the next prime minister. 06.11.15 16:23 158 0

Top 10 necessary reforms for the Ukrainian army Top 10 issues that need to be urgently addressed in order to make the Ukrainian army perform better, as observed by Patriot Training Center experts for Censor.NET. 23.10.15 11:00 707 0

Struggling Ukraine Is Bad News for Russians Now that Ukraine has embarked on the path of Westernization, it will doubtless continue in the same direction. 21.10.15 15:01 286 0

Putin is obsessed with the idea of testing NATO, and the Baltics will be next, Odessa governor Mikheil Saakashvili says Former Georgia president Mikheil Saakashvili, who now serves as governor of Odesa in Ukraine, believes Putin is a serious threat not just to Ukraine. 21.07.15 17:19 474 0

Ukraine Can’t Survive On Its Own Almost miraculously, the Ukrainian people are coming together to rebuild their country from scratch. The same expectations and demands that underpinned the “Revolution of Dignity” in 2014 remain unifying demands in Ukraine today. 21.07.15 12:29 191 0

Ukraine PM Yatsenyuk: We're nothing like Greece The fighting in the east - while having killed thousands - does not affect business prospects in the large Eastern European nation, Ukraine's PM says of its country. 16.07.15 12:41 183 0

A Thorn For Russia, Georgia's Ex-President Pops Up In Ukraine Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been recently appointed governor of Odesa, sea region of Ukraine, sees his new job as a continuation of the fight against Russia and for Western values. 25.06.15 11:47 167 0

Yatseniuk: "Do not be scared of Russia. It is for Russia to be scared of all of us" In his interview to Financial Times, Ukraine's Prime Minister Arsenii Yatseniuk speaks of EU membership perspective, debt restructuring, deoligarchization, and his relationship with President Poroshenko. 25.05.15 17:22 448 0

Vitali Klitschko, former heavyweight champ, says Ukraine can’t take on Russia alone He is not the only Ukrainian leader to make such pronouncements, but Mr. Klitschko’s voice carries a special kind of weight because he is the only one who was world-famous long before the pro-Western uprising that toppled Ukraine’s government last year. 28.04.15 13:36 275 0 Previously in trend: War

The real threat to Europe lies in Ukraine rather than Greece The biggest threat to European Union's geostrategic and long-term economic interests stems from a collapse of Ukraine, not Greece. 27.04.15 11:47 473 0 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Economic disaster War

Last Chance for Ukraine and Europe The European Union stands at a crossroads. The shape it takes five years from now will be decided in the coming 3-5 months. 01.04.15 11:45 289 0 Previously in trend: War

30-Somethings Remake Ukraine Young Ukrainian technocrats willing to roll up their sleeves for little or no pay are perhaps the best thing Ukraine has going for it at the moment. 31.03.15 11:35 224 0