Igor Burdyga

Igor Burdyga began his career as a journalist with Interfax-Ukraine in 2007 before moving to Kommersant-Ukraine. Since spring 2015, he has been a freelance correspondent for the Ukrainian edition of Deutsche Welle.

Will victims finally get justice for the Euromaidan killings?

Ten years on from the killing of protesters, members of a specialist police unit in Ukraine are in court

By Igor Burdyga

/ 28 Dec 2023

Will victims finally get justice for the Euromaidan killings?

The desperate effort to get Ukraine’s captured civilians back from Russia

Thousands of ordinary Ukrainians have been taken prisoner by Russian forces. Is there hope for them?

By Igor Burdyga

/ 22 Dec 2023

The desperate effort to get Ukraine’s captured civilians back from Russia

A long road to freedom: How Russia stole 2,000 Ukrainian prisoners

Russian troops fleeing Kherson last November took the city’s prisoners with them. Many are still stuck in Russia

By Igor Burdyga

/ 10 Nov 2023

A long road to freedom: How Russia stole 2,000 Ukrainian prisoners

Why did Russia hold so-called ‘elections’ in occupied Ukraine?

The Kremlin held polls for secret candidates in the DNR and LNR. Ukraine says taking part was a crime

By Igor Burdyga

/ 20 Sep 2023

Why did Russia hold so-called ‘elections’ in occupied Ukraine?

The problems with Ukraine’s wartime collaboration law

Politicians want to amend the new law on collaboration to make it fairer to people living in occupied areas

By Igor Burdyga

/ 16 Aug 2023

The problems with Ukraine’s wartime collaboration law

Kherson: Life in a flooded city

Despite ruined homes, waist-high floods and food shortages, Kherson’s residents are still finding reasons to smile

By Igor Burdyga

/ 13 Jul 2023

These are the men Russia wanted to put in charge of Ukraine

Ukraine has banned Pro-Russia political party Opposition Platform, but its MPs still play a decisive role in Parliament

By Igor Burdyga

/ 4 Mar 2023

These are the men Russia wanted to put in charge of Ukraine

Russia promised Kherson it would stay forever. It left chaos behind

The author returns to his home town, to discover how locals are coping now the Russians have gone

By Igor Burdyga

/ 5 Dec 2022

Russia promised Kherson it would stay forever. It left chaos behind

Annexation to armed resistance: the fight for southern Ukraine

Putin may have annexed parts of Ukraine, but Russia’s hold on Kherson, in particular, is weakening daily

By Igor Burdyga

/ 4 Oct 2022

Annexation to armed resistance: the fight for southern Ukraine

How Ukraine’s metal industry is powering this city’s fight against Russia

Led by an ex-politician with no official power, Kryvyi Rih’s miners and metalworkers have united against Russia

By Igor Burdyga

/ 21 Sep 2022

How Ukraine’s metal industry is powering this city’s fight against Russia

The war in Ukraine, six months on

oDR’s regular Ukrainian contributors write about the main issues facing the country after six months of war

By Kateryna Farbar, Serhiy Guz, Igor Burdyga, Оксана Дутчак and Natalia Lomonosova

/ 24 Aug 2022

The rise and fall of Putin’s man in Ukraine

How Viktor Medvedchuk, once a key intermediary between the Kremlin and Ukraine, ended up on trial for treason

By Igor Burdyga

/ 26 Jul 2022

The rise and fall of Putin’s man in Ukraine