Ukraine is giving more pastors an exemption from conscription. However, whether this will work in practice remains a big question, says Oleksii Blyzniuk.

God can work in miraculous ways, even amidst war and corruption. Columnist Oleksii experienced this in his own life.

How is the situation of religious freedom in Ukraine? In his previous column, Oleksii Blyzniuk underlined the dilemma of a ban on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church for its ties with Russia. Now, this ban has come into force. What does that mean?

Ukraine has a dilemma. The country must decide about the future of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which belongs to the Moscow Patriarchate. Columnist Oleksii Blyzniuk writes that banning it would risk the much-needed foreign support, but keeping it means keeping a pro-Kremlin organisation in the country.

In the next column, Oleksii will write from the front. But now, he still wears civilian clothes. He is disappointed that the revised recruitment law did not end the space for corruption.

Ukrainian men are not always willing to defend their country. Corruption abounds, according to columnist Oleksii Blyzniuk.

What to do after victory, Oleksii Blyzniuk wondered in late October. But what victory? As long as corruption exists, it is impossible to win. Because the war is a profitable business for some high-ranking officials, he says now.

In Ukraine children are needed more than ever, columnist Oleksii Blyzniuk writes. Because who will restore Ukraine otherwise when the war ends?

Of course, life goes on in Kyiv during the war. And in the occupied territory, not all is bad. But still, we wait for the counter-offensive to start. And we pray that God will drive out the Russian plague from our land.

We survived the winter! For now, that is probably our greatest joy. In this column, I want to share thoughts about people's moods in the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, that prevail at the moment.