Almost immediately following the end of the EuroMaidan Revolution in Ukraine in February 2014, Russia swiftly moved to annex and occupy the Crimean Peninsula. Within a couple of months, unrest erupted in eastern Ukraine followed by Russian-backed militias taking over administrative buildings. The events mark the start of Russia's 10-year invasion and occupation of Ukraine that continues to this day.
Amid Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, civil society groups are pushing for key judicial reform to continue. Halyna Chyzhyk, who leads judicial reform advocacy in the Anti-Corruption Action Centre (ANTAC), a Kyiv-based NGO, explained to IWPR journalist Svitlana Morenets why Ukraine’s cannot afford to allow such processes to be delayed.