Dr. Hanna Shelest

Director of Security Programmes, Foreign Policy Council "Ukrainian Prism"

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Strength over law: how the US operation in Venezuela empowered Moscow and exposed its own weakness

What do these changes mean for the global order? How will Russia’s actions change as a result? What mistakes has the Trump administration made?

5 January 2026, 12:00 — Sergiy Sydorenko, Dr. Hanna Shelest — Long-reads and interviews

Ukraine Seeks an Alternative to NATO. Details and Consequences of the New, Yet not Approved Policy

Our chances to join NATO has become high for the first time. If Ukraine does not abandon its Euro-Atlantic aspirations now, it could become a member of NATO much faster than many imagine.

24 March 2022, 16:44 — Sergiy Sydorenko, Dr. Hanna Shelest, for European Pravda — Long-reads and interviews

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"We will never forgive Putin or forget these outrages. Britain is with Ukraine." An article by the UK Prime Minister

We signed truly the first of its kind – a 100 Year Partnership between our two countries. What this means.

16 January 2026 — Sir Keir Starmer, UK Prime Minister

Moldova’s president backs unification with Romania. Why is this happening and where could it lead?

In Moldova, political movements that openly aim to dismantle the country’s statehood are operating within the law. TBecause of this, while working towards EU integration, Sandu has developed a Plan B: "Either we move towards the EU, or we move towards Romania."

14 January 2026 — Sergiy Sydorenko, European Pravda

Europe fails the resilience test: what the Berlin blackout revealed and how Ukraine can help

Peaceful Europe is not being hit where it traditionally believed itself strongest, but where it had grown used to expecting no blow at all: critical infrastructure.

9 January 2026 — Mariia Tsaturian, For European Pravda