Feature / ‘What life is this?’: Escaping Ukraine’s occupied territories From food shortages to informants, eight evacuees tell openDemocracy of life in Russian-occupied towns By Isobel Koshiw / 7 Dec 2023
Feature / What Ukraine’s operation against Russian-occupied Crimea means for the war Ukraine has targeted the annexed peninsula of Crimea – on jet skis. But is it enough to turn the tide? By Isobel Koshiw and Kostyantyn Andriyuk / 10 Oct 2023
News / NATO training leaves Ukrainian troops ‘underprepared’ for war Western instructors don’t understand the kind of war or enemy that we’re fighting, say Ukrainian soldiers By Isobel Koshiw / 8 Aug 2023
Analysis / What would Western sanctions mean for Russia? The unprecedented measures proposed by the US, the EU and the UK could create chaos in Russia’s economy and impoverish its population By Isobel Koshiw / 8 Feb 2022
Explainer / Everyone is talking about Minsk but what does it mean for Ukraine? If Ukraine accepts Russia’s interpretation of the Minsk Agreements it could face indefinite Russian influence in its affairs and an internal backlash By Isobel Koshiw / 4 Feb 2022
Feature / Banks in spotlight over Belarus regime finance in London Did international banks break their own ethics policies by helping Belarus's repressive regime issue $1.25bn of state bonds? By Thomas Rowley and Isobel Koshiw / 10 Jun 2021
oD Russia / Grift, graft, and the Saakashvili show Anti-corruption intrigue and opposition fanfare are leaving Ukrainians and the west disillusioned with Poroshenko’s politics. By Isobel Koshiw / 7 Dec 2017
human rights / Ukraine’s opposition protest: not quite a Maidan, not yet a movement As the opposition splinters, the line between protest and destabilisation grows thinner in Ukrainian minds. By Isobel Koshiw / 1 Nov 2017
Conflict & security / Growing up apolitical in Ukraine’s war zone War, propaganda and misunderstanding — teenagers in Ukraine’s frontline towns are growing up under incredible stress. Українська By Isobel Koshiw and Anastasia Vlasova / 31 Jul 2017