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Corruption is a significant issue in Ukrainian society [1] [2] going back to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. [3] After declaring independence from the Soviet Union, Ukraine faced a series of politicians from different sides of the political spectrum, as well as criminal bosses and oligarchs, who used the corruption of police, political parties, and industry to gain power. [4]
Ukraine-Russia war map: Where Putin’s forces are making gains in eastern Ukraine. Tom Watling. January 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM. A still image taken from a handout video provided by the Russian ...
Ukraine and Russia have been fighting in the streets of Chasiv Yar, a city in the Donetsk region, since July, when Kyiv’s troops withdrew from the eastern Kanal neighbourhood, establishing the ...
According to the Institute for the Study of War, Ukraine’s counteroffensive made substantial headway from Sept. 4 to Oct. 3 in regaining territory from the northern city of Kharkiv to the border ...
Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia annexed Ukrainian Crimea and supported pro-Russian separatists fighting the Ukrainian military in the Donbas war. The first eight years of conflict also included naval incidents, cyberwarfare, and heightened political tensions. In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Animated map of Russia's invasion of Ukraine through 5 December 2022 (click to play animation) Ukrainian soldiers killed in the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2022 The Russian invasion of Ukraine began on the morning of 24 February 2022, [ 229 ] when Putin announced a "special military operation" to " demilitarise and denazify " Ukraine.
Ukraine ticked up in Transparency International's latest Corruption Perceptions Index, ranking 104th out of 180 countries. Public tolerance for graft has also plummeted as Russia's invasion saps ...
The International Criminal Court investigation in Ukraine or the Situation in Ukraine is an ongoing investigation by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) into "any past and present allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide committed on any part of the territory of Ukraine by any person" during the period starting "from 21 November 2013 onwards", [1] on ...