Ukraine fights on the frontline of the entire democratic world. But while the fight is ongoing, is there a possibility that Ukraine will lose its democracy? What defines autocracies and democracies? How strong are the former, and is it true that the latter are in decline? Why did Vladimir Putin, who used to be a very cautious dictator, suddenly decide to start a full-colonial war in the middle of Europe? Запис Ukraine is on the frontline of democracy, but can it keep its own? спершу з'явиться на hromadskeradio.org.

Ukraine has been grappling with a full-scale invasion for over two years, facing an unprecedented challenge that threatens its very existence. Despite this, corruption continues to flourish within the country. Why, in a nation fighting for survival, do individuals who served in the pro-Russian government hold top positions? Ukraine aspires to join the European Union, yet attacks on civil society and investigative journalists persist. The country seeks to establish the rule of law, yet drops charges against corrupt officials. Запис Corruption, attacks on civil society and dishonest officials. How can Ukraine fight all that? спершу з'явиться на hromadskeradio.org.

Ukraine stands despite the war and devastation. Millions of people have left the country, resulting in a gigantic gap in the workforce. And yet still, Ukraine could be a haven for investors. This may sound like a crazy idea and a dream, but Andrew Pryma, owner of Ukraine Business News, can show that there is a solid reason behind it. Запис Trading Wall Street for Ukraine: The Story of Andrew Pryma спершу з'явиться на hromadskeradio.org.

Ukraine is often regarded as a poor country struggling with corruption. Is it even possible to become a self-made millionaire there? Mohammad Zahoor came to Ukraine as a 19-year-old teenager. In the 1990s, amid the chaos that followed the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union, Zahoor managed to establish a thriving steel mill that he sold in 2008. Then, he lost most of this fortune because of bad business deals, unworthy partners, corruption, and the war. Запис How a Pakistani came to Ukraine and became a millionaire. The story of Mohammad Zahoor спершу з'явиться на hromadskeradio.org.

At the time of the full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine had only enough ammunition to last a month. What is the current state of the Ukrainian military? Yuriy Sak, adviser to the Ministry of Strategic Industries, delves into this topic in the new episode of Ukraine Calling.

Approximately 4.9 million Ukrainians remain abroad in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. Do they regret their decision, and will they ever return? Hlib Vyshlinsky, executive director of the Centre for Economic Strategy, sheds light on these topics in the new episode of Ukraine Calling.

What will it take to win the war? And how close is Ukraine to becoming self-sufficient in terms of weapons production? Kurt Volker, former U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine, and Liudmyla Dolhonovska, Chief of Staff at the American University, Kyiv delve into these questions in the new episode of Ukraine Calling.

In this episode of Ukraine Calling, host Brian Bonner engages in a thought-provoking discussion with retired General Ben Hodges, the former commander of U.S. forces in Europe. As the war in Ukraine continues, topics ranging from the pressing issue of conscription to logistical challenges and delays in Western aid take center stage.

Hromadske Radio presents the relaunch of «Ukraine Calling»! The podcast is hosted by Brian Bonner and is dedicated to providing insightful coverage of Ukraine's evolving landscape. In this inaugural episode, we sit down with Marta Dyczok, the visionary behind «Ukraine Calling» and the author of a book chronicling its journey.

Matthew Holliday, Program Director Europe, of the International Commission for Missing Persons, says Ukraine is getting there where the issue is concerned, but Ukraine’s institutions should better relate to one another.

A world-famous film director, whose accolades include an Academy Award nomination and Emmy nominations for his documentary, «Winter on Fire», Evgeny Afineevsky says he keeps coming to Ukraine because what is happening in this country impacts on the fate of the world.

Also, what makes people in Ukraine’s government system super risk-averse; the supposed case of a million-hryvnya fine for a missing letter in a company’s address; why Mr Washchuk thinks that the lowering of the level of support for Ukraine was, in some aspects, inevitable; and who is the world champion in using the word «corruption».

Our interviewee today is Michael Druckman the program director for Ukraine of the International Republican Institute. And we will talk about how we Ukrainians changed our views while fighting the Russian onslaught.

Today we will speak with the UNHCR representative in Ukraine Karolina Lindholm Billing about the 30 years that this organization has been working in our country, but mostly of 2022-23.

Our today’s interviewee is Ms Kathryne Bomberger is the Director General of the International Commission on Missing Persons. And we’ll be talking about the tasks this commission performs in the world, and is going to do in Ukraine in particular.

Today’s interlocutor is Dr. Can Kasapoğlu. He’s a senior fellow at Hudson Institute and the director of the research program at the Turkish think tank EDAM Turkey/

Rachel Denber, who is a deputy director for Europe and Central Asia at Human Rights Watch, and Julia Gorbunova, who is a senior researcher for Ukraine for Human Rights Watch, tell about the bullet points of their reports in Ukraine.

Today’s interlocutor is Harulf, who is a Canadian, a soldier, and the commander of the Norman Brigade.

Today’s interlocutor is Mark Stephen Ellis, an expert in international criminal law, executive director of the International Bar Association.

Kevin Sullivan, the author of the book «A Country of Missing People» and a member of the International Commission on Missing Persons team in The Hague, speaks about Ukraine and the consequences of war.

Dr. Marta Dyczok is having a conversation with Dr. Maksym Sviezhentsevher. He holds a PhD in History from Western University, which is where she teaches. He tells stories about joining the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2022, fighting near Bakhmut and even finding time for scholarly work.

Our today’s interviewee is Anna Myriam Roccatello, Deputy Executive Director and director of programs of the International Centre for Transitional Justice. And we’ll be talking mostly about transitional justice and Ukraine, or Ukraine and transitional justice.

The conversation with three members of the U.S.-Ukraine Veterans Bridge was recorded on the eve of Ukraine’s Independence Day 2023. It is an important discussion about the violence of war, veterans issues and transgender people in the army.

Today’s interlocutor is Dr. Marta Dyczok. She works at Western University in Ontario, Canada. She is a prolific author and she has several books to her credit.

This is Ukraine Calling and our guest today is Michael Druckman — Director of IRI Ukraine (International Republican Institute).

The military volunteer and the specialist in technical assistance Yulia Troyan said about Open Media Ukraine, where she works, and about the help of the army.

This is Ukraine Calling, the English-language podcast from Hromadske Radio in Kyiv. Andriy Kulykov today`s interviewee is Chiara Dezzi Bardeschi — the Head of UNESCO Desk in Ukraine since October 2022.

This is Ukraine Calling, the English-language podcast from Hromadske Radio in Kyiv. And today`s guest is frontline reporter, journalist Anastasia Stanko.

Volodymyr Yermolenko talked about his book about Ukraine, which is addressed to an international audience, the war, Russian fascism and what a fantastic country we live in.

Daniel Bilak talked about his service, thoughts on a full-scale Russian invasion, Canada's role in supporting Ukraine and joining NATO.

Dame Melinda Simmons recalls the day Russia started the full scale war against Ukraine, talks on Ukraine refugees in the UK, and explains how Russian nuclear threats are met in Great Britain.

This is Ukraine Calling, the English language podcast by Hromadske Radio in Kyiv, and our today`s guest is Andrew Milburn — the founder of an organization called the Mozart Group

This is Ukraine Calling and our guest today is Achille Després. We talked with him about the ICRC's work in Ukraine.

This is Ukraine Calling and our guest today is Michael Druckman — Director of IRI Ukraine (International Republican Institute),

Ukraine Calling — September 3, 2022. This is a podcast of Hromadske Radio in Kyiv.

This is the second issue of the Ukraine Calling relaunched. Our guest today is Andreas Umland — Analyst of the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies

Dora Chomiak uses word "resilience" to characterize Ukraine. She says it is because "resilience" means the ability to bend and not brake to her: "It means the stability to laugh and cry at the same time, to sort of scream and laugh at the same time. To love deeply, and in many, many different ways. So that resilience is that creativity, it’s that innovations, it’s that deeply rooted knowledge of self. And the self is different, and the self is the same. Each person is different, but the sense of here, and that resilience is that word I use a lot when I talk about Ukraine today".

Ukraine parliamentary elections results are in special issue of Ukraine Calling: Marta Dyczok speaks to British political scientist Prof. Olga Onuch

Ukraine presidential elections explained by Brian Whitmore and Volodymyr Dybovyk

Bohdan Nahaylo talks to Melinda Haring, editor of Atlantic Council’s Ukraine Alert Blog and Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute in Washington DC, about how Capitol Hill views the Ukrainian presidential elections and Ukraine generally

Chief Editor of the Kyiv Post and a long-term Ukraine watcher Brian Bonner analyses chances for Volodymyr Zelensky and Petro Poroshenko to win in the presidential elections

On Sunday the 31st of March 2019, Ukrainians are going to the polls to elect a new president. 39 candidates are on the ballot, including a man who plays an ordinary person who gets elected president on television, and now he's running for president in real life. Marta Dyczok discusses the campaign with political scientist Professor Olga Onuch

Media expert Taras Shevchenko speaks to Marta Dyczok about Media and elections. “You need to have both components. Media and a pretty strong candidate. If the candidate is not interesting then even huge coverage in media will not help”

Historian Maksym Sviezhentsev talks to host Alex Wishart on Crimean situation five years after annexation by Russia

Veteran Ukraine watcher Adrian Karatnycky’s hard talk: superficiality and reality in the election, media, and reforms

Danish businessman Thomas Sillesen speaks to Bohdan Nahaylo about alternative energy, business environment and that Ukraine could easily have 7-8 percent growth GDP per year

Political Scientist Paul D’Anieri speaks to Marta Dyczok about Ukraine’s Election Year 2019: War, Wildcards, and Winning

How The Stars Aligned And The Ukrainian Orthodox Church Unified. Marta Dyczok Speaks To Historical Theologian Prof. Skira

This week’s interview is with global political analyst Michael Bociurkiw. Bohdan Nahaylo talks to Michael on his take on the latest events in Ukraine

Tensions were high in Ukraine this week after Russia attacked Ukrainian ships in the Kerch Strait, captured vessels, took more Ukrainians prisoner, and Ukraine declared martial law

Marta Dyczok speaks to Andriy Kulykov and Kyrylo Loukerenko about Hromadske Radio During the Euromaidan and Five Years Later

This week’s interview is about something that not many people have heard about in the Ukrainian context - the metal scene. Our interviewer Bohdan Nahaylo talks to Spanish photographer Ester Sagarra, and Kyiv gallerista Myroslava Hartmond joins in the conversation.

Hello and welcome to this week’s episode of Ukraine Calling. I’m Bohdan Nahaylo for Hromadske Radio in Kyiv and as always we’re bringing you news, our feature interview followed, by some new music from Ukraine. This week our guest is celebrated Harvard historian and award-winning author Professor Serhii Plokhii. Here is a chance to get to know more about this distinguished scholar and publicists and his views. 

Welcome to this week’s episode of Ukraine Calling. I’m Oksana Smerechuk for Hromadske Radio in Kyiv and as always we’re bringing you our feature interview followed by some new music from Ukraine. This week we’re talking to Radoslava Chekmysheva from the International Renaissance Foundation.  We’ll be hearing about the work of the Foundation in Ukraine...

Michel Terestchenko, the expat mayor of Hlukhiv and the grandson of a member of the only democratic government in pre-Soviet Russia, talks to Bohdan Nahaylo

Political Scientist Maksym Yakovlyev of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy talks to host Bohdan Nahaylo on the new political season vs. Ukrainian history background

Polls show Ukrainians are hopeful and concerned: professor Haran on public opinion trends

Professor at Columbia University Yuri Shevchuk and producer at Directory Films Ihor Savychenko explain what Ukraine can show to the Hollywood

Head of the Red Cross Mission in Ukraine, Mr. Alain Aeschlimann talks to Hromadske Radio co-founder Andriy Kulykov on what has been done and what remains to be done

"The US policy on Ukraine remains unchanged". Brian Whitmore talks to Marta Dyczok

Ukraine Travel Guide from Kadie Ward who traveled throughout Ukraine dozens of times during the last few years

Ukrainian journalist Olexiy Matsiuka talks about self-censorship, occupied territories and 4th Donbas Media Forum in Kharkiv

Oleg Sentsov knows about international support, human rights activist Maksym Butkevych tells Marta Dyczok

Former combat medic and philanthropist David Plaster on Ukraine prior the Euromaidan and War: "I made this prediction that by the end of the year there would be another revolution"

Former Minister of Finance Oleksandr Danyliuk talks to Bohdan Nahaylo on his relations with authorities in Kyiv: "this is a club and I am not a member of this club"

Stop Fake's Yevhen Fedchenko talks to Marta Dyczok about information wars and explains how to fact check the news

Michael Bociurkiw and Kateryna Kruk provide two angles on the attempted assassination of Russian journalist Arkadiy Babchenko in Kyiv

Bohdan Nahaylo talks to Richard Bachynsky Hoover, Canadian-Ukrainian executive producer and screen writer

Crimean Tatar activist Arsen Zhumadilov talks to Bohdan Nahaylo on Crimean Tatars, their tragic modern history, their place and role in Ukraine, and their current difficult situation

Marta Dyczok interviews religion expert Prof. Frank Sysyn, Oksana Smerechuk speaks to Daniel Bilak for an expert view from Kyiv

"Putin’s a hybrid man. He’s waging a hybrid war. And we have to respond with hybrid containment". Brian Whitmore talks to Marta Dyczok

Bohdan Nahaylo speaks with Kyiv-based political scientist and journalist Olivier Vedrine, who hosts a TV program called The Western Voice with Olivier Vedrine

Canadian-born film-maker and actor Istan Rozumny offers his insights on working in Ukraine’s film industry and what makes it attractive internationally

Leading economic specialist offers a frank and wideranging view of current economic challeges for Ukraine

Three military experts with extensive peacekeeping experience talk to Andiry Kulykov about chances for peace in Ukraine's Donbas region that is torn by war. Part 2 of 2

Three military experts with extensive peacekeeping experience talk to Andiry Kulykov. They compare Donbas conflict to the situations in Northern Ireland, Yemen, South Africa, and Cyprus. Part 1 of 2

Bohdan Nahaylo talks to Alfred Praus, the President of the Ukrainian-Austrian Association, and they highlight the old and multifacted links between the two countries

Oksana Nechyporenko invites volunteers from all over the world to help young Ukrainians break down language barriers, and to show them that the world is global

Bohdan Nahaylo talks to art curator and gallery owner Myroslava Hartmond about a gallery in Kyiv’s historical centre, in the midst of Ukraine’s rapidly evolving art scene

​How did the takeover of Crimea really happen? Director Kostiantyn Kliatskin and Executive Producer Serhiy Maliarchuk explain what they learned while making the documentary Crimea. As It Was

Hennadii Afanasiev tells Oksana Smerechuk how he was detained in Crimea in 2014 then and imprisoned in Russia. And what he’s doing now

Why do Ukrainians keep taking to the streets? What are activists and politicians not learning? Political Scientist Olga Onuch explains

Bohdan Nahaylo interviews French eco-designer Isagus Toche who now lives and works in Kyiv: vyshyvanka fashion, Ukrainian designers, and much more

Bohdan Nahaylo interviews communications expert Martin Nunn on how Ukrainian polititians and bureaucrats try to improve their image -- and the perception of Ukraine -- at home and abroad

Historian and writer Yuri Poliakiwsky talks to Bohdan Nahaylo on the Centenary of the Ukrainian Independence and the the Day of Unity on the 22nd of January

Bohdan Nahaylo speaks to Andy Hunder how Ukraine and the business environment look from his viewpoint as President of the American Chamber of Commerce

Hromadske Radio CEO and co-founder, Andriy Kulykov, speaks (via Skype) to three US cybersecurity experts who are working with Ukraine

Bohdan Nahaylo talks to one of Ukraine’s top writers, Andrey Kurkov, on humour and irony as a medicine against depression

Adrian Karatnycky talks to Bohdan Nahaylo how the old Ukraine and the new Ukraine are engaged in struggle and compromise

Feature Interview: film maker Andrew Tkach and lawyer Bohdan Onyshchuk talk to Bohdan Nahaylo about the Holodomor and more

British-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce President, Bate C. Toms talks to Bohdan Nahaylo about 26 Years of Doing Business, and More, in Ukraine

Ukrainian scholar and education administrator Serhiy Kvit talks to Marta Dyczok about New Ways to Look at Politics, Information, and Exchanging Experiences

Roman Shwed talks to Bohdan Nahaylo about Music, Radio, Displacement, Return, and Listening

Art Historian James Rubin talks to Bohdan Nahaylo about Ukrainian Impressionist Painter Mykhailo Tkachenko

Brian Bonner, Kyiv Post Editor in Chief, talks to Bohdan Nahaylo about Ukraine and front page news

Ukrainian Institute Director Marina Pesenti and Project Manager Larysa Iarovenko tell Marta Dyczok about how the Ukrainian dimension of the Revolution has been highlighted in the United Kingdom

Marta Kolmayets tells Marta Dyczok about the Successes of the Fulbright Program: 25 Years of Globalizing Ukrainian Scholars and Opening Ukraine for Americans

Olexiy Haran Speaks to Marta Dyczok and Explains the New Donbas Reintegration Laws

​Language expert Volodymyr Kulyk tells Marta Dyczok why Ukraine’s New Education Law is causing Controversy

Taras Kuzio talks to Marko Suprun about the Donbas, Russia, his latest book, and more

Ukrainian Volunteer fighter Pavlo Mamontov tells Oksana Smerechuk how he went from the Euromaidan to the Donbas War Zone, University and Now Toronto for the Invictus Games

Award winning author, journalist Diane Francis Tells Bohdan Nahaylo why she’s Investing in Ukraine, and more

Vincent Rees tells Bohdan Nahaylo how the Tourism Industry in Ukraine has Just Scratched the Surface of Potential

Artistic Director of the Pavlychenko Folklorique Ensemble Serhiy Korolyuk talks to Bohdan Nahaylo about the Power of Dance

Energetic millennial Yarema Dukh, Foreign Media Coordinator and Special Assistant to the Press Secretary of the President Poroshenko, speaks to Bohdan Nahaylo

Feature Interview: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative in Ukraine Pablo Mateu speaks to Bohdan Nahaylo

Vladislav Davidzon Talks to Bohdan Nahaylo how a Girl from Odesa in Paris Inspired Him to Create a Magazine, and More

End of Month Expert Panel Discussion, with Brian Bonner and Inna Pidluska

Vladimir Osakovsky, Chief Economist for Russia and CIS at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch talks to Marta Dyczok about the accomplishments and challenges in Ukraine’s economy

Political Scientist Olexiy Haran and NATO Envoy to Ukraine Alexander Vinnikov tell Marta Dyczok why so many international leaders and delegations came to Kyiv and what this means

Dr. Ulana Suprun, Ukraine’s Acting Health Minister, talks to Marta Dyczok about Putting the Patient First, Successful Reforms and Challenges

Canada’s Ambassador to Ukraine Roman Waschuk Talks to Bohdan Nahaylo About Canada 150 and Ukraine

Canadian Journalist Lee Reaney talks to Bohdan Nahalyo about living and working in various parts of Ukraine for 15 years, and why he loves Lviv

Ukraine’s Vice Premier for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, talks to Oksana Smerechuk about visa free travel, gender equality, and more

Roman and Kristina Tatarsky tell Oksana Smerechuk a modern story about growing a small business in Lviv’s dynamic tourism sector

Peter Dickinson, veteran Ukraine-watcher, publisher, analyst, journalist, tells Bohdan Nahaylo how the country has changed before his eyes.

Canadian Judicial Reform Expert Peter Solomon talks to Marta Dyczok about the successes & challenges of legal reform in Ukraine

Mystets’kyi Arsenal Director Olesia Ostrovska-Liuta tells Oksana Smerechuk how the annual Book Fair is a showcase for Ukraine’s intellectual landscape

“Once we open our hands to the world, the world will be much more friendly towards us.” Evhen Bereznytsky tells Bohdan Nahaylo about Kyiv Art Week as International Cultural Diplomacy

Maria Banko tells Bohdan Nahalyo about a successful social-corporate-patriotic model of restaurant business in Ukraine

International legal expert Mykola Hnatovskyy talks to Bohdan Nahaylo about the response this month by the International Court of Justice to applications filed by Ukraine against Russia

Where Does Ukraine Fit in a World Where Hopes are Competing with Fears? Brian Whitmore tells Marta Dyczok how he sees it

Ethnologist Ihor Poshyvailo Explains Christian and Pagan Elements of Ukrainian Easter, with Oksana Smerechuk

Hromadske Radio Head Andriy Kulykov talks to Marta Dyczok about free speech, public radio, and what makes him tick

Transparency International Ukraine Specialist Andriy Sliusar tells Bohdan Nahaylo how the Anti-Corruption Fight is Going.

What It Was Like to Work under Nasirov. Former Odesa Customs Chief Yulia Marushevska Speaks to Bohdan Nahaylo

Where Does Ukraine Stand? Bohdan Nahaylo asks Information Policy Ministry Adviser, Julia Kazdobina, and Atlantic Council Fellow living in Ukraine, Brian Mefford

Bohdan Nahaylo speaks to Anton Tkach and Oleksandr Bartneyev about their new legal status as Ukrainians living abroad

Hennadii Afanasiev tells Oksana Smerechuk how he was detained in Crimea in 2014 then and imprisoned in Russia. And what he’s doing now

Mykhailo Wynnyckyj tells Oksana Smerechuk what it was like to be on the Maidan and the changes he sees since

Oksana Smerechuk talks to Kateryna Yushchenko and Anastasiia Medvid on how community service and community activism are developing phenomena in Ukraine

Marta Dyczok interviews Matthew Kaminski, Politico’s Executive Editor, who talks about politics and journalism in an uncertain world

Bohdan Nahaylo interviews James Brooke, editor of Ukraine Business Journal, about doing business in a country at war

What Should Ukraine Do in a Rapidly Changing World? Democracy Promoter Michael Meyer-Resende’s advice: go back to the basics of liberal democracy and make lots of friends

Trump has a lot of out-of-box ideas about American foreign policy. Prof. Drezner looks at what could happen if they do not work well

StopFake’s Yevhen Fedchenko Explains What the US Can Learn from Ukraine about Information Warfare

Bohdan Nahaylo asks Hromadske Radio CEO Andriy Kulykov about Ukraine as a Political Nation, the Media, and More

Oksana Smerechuk Describes how Old Holiday Traditions are Re-surfacing and Fusing with New Ones in Ukraine

Ukrainian Think Tank Director Sergiy Taran provides a sober year end assessment of the US and Russia

Harvard Professor Serhii Plokhii talks on Hromadske Radio about 2016 Books, Trends, and More

A Behind the Scenes Look at How Canada Recognized Ukraine's Independence Referendum of 1 December 1991

Host Marko Suprun gets three perspectives from US expert Adrian Karatnycky, Ukrainian MP Svitlana Zalishchuk, and Ukrainian journalist Andriy Kulykov

Host Marko Suprun speaks to EuroMaidanPress editor Alya Shandra about how Russia is trying to destabilize democracy in Ukraine

Host Marko Suprun asks Kadie Ward, Brian Mefford, and Michael Bociurkiw what Trump’s victory means for Ukraine

Host Marko Suprun speaks to journalists Iryna Chalupa and Margo Gontar about disinformation and how to counteract it

This week Marko Suprun hosts a conversation with Dmytro Potekhin, former prisoner of the Donetsk People’s Republic

A look into intelligence, espionage and terrorism in Ukraine. Marko Suprun interviews Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, former head of the Security Service of Ukraine

October 14th is a state recognized holiday called Defender of Ukraine Day. Marko Suprun interviews Oleh Rybachuk of Centre UA, a united actions centre founded in 2009 to promote European reforms

Bohdan Nahaylo spoke to two legal experts about the recent Constitutional Amendments and how they will affect Ukraine’s Judicial System

Timothy Snyder, a professor at Yale University, explained how we should remember Babyn Yar today

Guest Host Bohdan Nahaylo speaks to two prominent journalists, David Satter and Brian Bonner, about Ukraine in the international context

The International Monetary Fund released the third tranche of its loan to Ukraine this year, despite Russia’s objections. Why IMF support is important for Ukraine?

Oksana Syroyid and Borys Wrzesnewskyj, a Ukrainian and a Canadian MPs, discuss Ukrainian and international politics in a new issue of Ukraine Calling, with new host Marko Suprun

This week the big story in Ukraine was a celebration. The country marked the 25th anniversary of its modern statehood

Twenty five years ago, on August 19th, 1991, the world woke up to news of the Moscow coup. Ukraine, than still a Soviet republic, used the upheaval to make its own way to sovereignity

To discuss the theme of the week Ukraine Calling spoke to Ukraine’s former Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko, two experts in Kyiv: Brian Mefford and Michael Getto. And Jairo do Nascimento in Brazil

In eastern Ukraine, war continues, and appears to be escalating, but is no longer making international headlines

Two orthodox pilgrim marches happened in Kyiv this week. Religion and politics can be a volatile mix. Marta Dyczok gets opinions from a participant of a march, and two experts

Ukraine Calling discusses the assassination of Pavel Sheremet with journalist Andriy Kulykov, Kennan Institute in Kyiv Director Kateryna Smahliy, and publisher/entrepreneur Paul Niland

To help explain why the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement is important for both countries, Hromadske Radio spoke with Chrystia Freeland, Volodymyr Groysman, Andriy Shevchenko and Mykhailo Wynnyckyi

NATO’s Warsaw Summit was all over the news. As leaders of the world’s most powerful military alliance prepared to meet in Poland, many in Ukraine were wondering how the meeting would affect them