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Beyond the protests — How legal mechanisms became tools of pressure

"Every time I come to Kyiv, there are protests," my French colleague once told me. "That's so great that at least in Ukraine, protests work. You can't persist while fighting on both fronts." He's right: protests do work. But only to a degree. More importantly, they are symptoms of a far more problematic phenomenon: the systematic use of ostensibly legal mechanisms to undermine civil society. If left unchecked, this practice could jeopardize Ukraine's democratic future. Last July, the swift ado

About Ukrainian losses

Ukrainian losses include military casualties and civilian deaths since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022. While Ukraine acknowledges losses on the battlefield, specific casualty figures are rarely made public. International organizations document thousands of confirmed civilian deaths, with actual numbers likely far higher in occupied territories.

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