Bart Marcois

Feb 26, 2024 | kyivpost.com | Maryna Shashkova |Bart Marcois |Steve Brown

The government has changed the spelling of the Ukrainian capital in its official communications from ‘Kiew’ to the Ukrainian ‘Kyjiw’, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion. The move followed a long-running campaign by the Ukrainian government in 2018, which lobbied for the use of transliterations that are closer to the Ukrainian spelling ‘Київ’ than the Russian ‘Киев’ as a matter of emancipation from the former Russian rulers.

Feb 26, 2024 | kyivpost.com | Maryna Shashkova |Bart Marcois |Steve Brown

President Volodymy Zelensky said at a press conference yesterday that any narrative questioning his legitimacy as a result of Ukraine's postponing elections is clearly part of Russia's informational campaign against Ukraine. Ukraine's planned presidential election in May has been called off due to the state of martial law and constant attacks from Russia, according to Kyiv. Zelensky said that neither Western allies nor Ukrainian politicians doubted his legitimacy during wartime.

Feb 26, 2024 | kyivpost.com | Maryna Shashkova |Bart Marcois |Steve Brown

Sweden's NATO membership bid, submitted in the wake of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, looks set to clear the final hurdle with Hungary scheduled to vote on ratification on Monday. Accession to the US-led alliance means stark changes for both Sweden's defence and the geopolitical balance in the region. Why did Sweden decide to join NATO? At the end of the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th century, Sweden adopted an official policy of neutrality.

Feb 26, 2024 | kyivpost.com | Bart Marcois |Maryna Shashkova |Steve Brown

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that the Russian people are to blame for the death of opposition politician Oleksiy Navalny, who died on Feb. 16 in a Russian prison. “The Russians had their opposition politician in prison. They killed him. There is no need to say now how. They killed him [along] with the Kremlin,” the president said at a press conference on Feb. 25, answering a question from Kyiv Post.