Volodymyr Viatrovych
Volodymyr Viatrovych is a Ukrainian historian and politician who served as director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory between 2014 and 2019. He is known for his research on the history of the OUN and UPA and has authored several books on twentieth-century Ukrainian liberation movements. He was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in 2019 on the party list of European Solidarity. Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he has been involved in volunteer work and initiatives to protect Ukrainian cultural heritage.
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Ukraine's parliament cancels plenary session and government Q&A with no warning to MPs
The Verkhovna Rada plenary session and Hour of Questions to the Government scheduled for September 18 were unexpectedly cancelled. Many MPs and some ministers learned of the decision only upon arriving at the parliament building, where a guard told them the session would not take place. Opposition MPs publicly criticised the Rada leadership over the cancellation, while Ukrainian media linked the disruption to the Carpathian Summit in Bukovel, where President Zelensky announced a new C8 regional format.