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

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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.

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

Listen on various platforms: https://li.sten.to/explaining-ukraine

This episode podcast is created by Internews Ukraine as part of the project “Strengthening Truth, Transparency and Democracy to Counter Disinformation”, supported by the Government of Canada.

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CONTENTS:

00:00 – Introduction and Context of the Research

03:42 – Main Trends in Ukrainian Media Consumption

06:00 – Trends of Different Media Platforms

14:06 – Government Communication and Electoral Logic

17:45 – Media Literacy and the Disinformation Gap

25:49 – Changing Perceptions of War Coverage in Ukrainian Media

36:16 – Russian Information Influence