Ukraine is battling to preserve democratic progress during wartime, but it’s not easy

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Sitting in the family’s Kyiv apartment as her husband prepared for a deployment to the front, Padalko conceded that democracy “is struggling during war.“But we need to bring a new democracy to Ukraine after the war is over,” she said.

Political scientist Olexiy Haran said Ukraine has retained an impressive level of democracy despite the war.“And definitely it’s not only because of our government, but it’s also because of opposition, civil society, the expert community, media,” he said.

Marichka Padalko, a TV anchor whose channel is part of the Telemarathon, said Ukrainian journalists know they must fight to ensure a free press.“Every government is the press’ friend at first, and then they want to control it,” said Padalko, who is married to Soboliev, the former lawmaker now part of the front-line drone unit.“There is a lot of self-censorship with Ukrainian journalists.