Kateryna Farbar is Ukraine correspondent at oDR, openDemocracy's post-Soviet space project, and an editor at Ukrainian Political Critique. She is a graduate of Paris Sorbonne IV, and is interested in political philosophy and ethics. She previously wrote under the name Kateryna Semchuk.
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Published in: oDR: FeatureUtility bill hike set to compound ordinary Ukrainians’ economic pain
Ukraine’s economy has taken a battering from Russia’s invasion, with unemployment high and consumer debt soaring
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Published in: oDR: FeatureHow war has hit Zakarpattia, hundreds of miles from Ukraine's front lines
Zakarpattia is the region of Ukraine furthest from Russia and Belarus. But even here, the war is hard to escape
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Published in: oDR: ExplainerUkraine is reforming its welfare system as the cost of war rises
Social support will become means-tested as millions of Ukrainians face war, displacement and poverty
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Published in: oDR: FeatureThe cost of war leaves Ukraine struggling to pay its teachers
Ukraine has been forced to cut school grants and local authorities are now scrambling to fund teachers’ wages
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Published in: oDR: FeatureUkraine’s soldiers face drastic wage cuts as austerity bites
Salary cuts will have a negative impact on their morale, preparedness and medical treatment, say soldiers
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Published in: oDR: InvestigationExclusive: EU concerned by Ukraine’s controversial labour reforms
European Union says Ukraine’s reforms must follow international labour standards and social dialogue principles