Where Ukrainians get their news in war - with Kostiantyn Kvurt

• Where do Ukrainians get their news?
• What are the key trends in Ukraine’s media sector during the war?
• Do citizens trust information coming from the government?
• And why is Ukrainian society so dependent on Telegram, a Russian social network?

In this episode, we discuss a report, “Ukrainian media. News Consumption and Trust in 2025” — a new study conducted by Internews Ukraine with support from its partners.

Read the report: https://internews.ua/en/opportunity/media_trust_consumption_2025_release

• Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, a Ukrainian philosopher, editor-in-chief of UkraineWorld, and president of PEN Ukraine.
• Guest: Kostiantyn Kvurt, a Ukrainian media expert and chair of the board of Internews Ukraine, one of the country’s largest media NGOs.

Explaining Ukraine is produced by UkraineWorld, an English-language media outlet about Ukraine run by Internews Ukraine.

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The study was conducted with the support of the Askold and Dir Fund, administered by ISAR Ednannia within the project “Strong Civil Society of Ukraine – a Driver of Reforms and Democracy”, funded by Norway and Sweden, as well as with the support of the Government of Canada and the French media development agency CFI. The content is the responsibility of Internews Ukraine (Ukrainian Media and Society Foundation) and does not necessarily reflect the views of the donor organisations or the governments of the mentioned countries.