Constitution on Pause: How the Monopoly of Power and Martial Law Reshaped Ukraine’s Power Structure

... functions to coordination in national security and defense, this body has de facto gained quasi-judicial powers under Volodymyr Zelenskyy. What began as a sanctions mechanism meant to target external threats has become a tool of domestic politics. Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his team have used it to sideline political opponents, exert economic pressure and reduce civic space. The NSDC has been regularly imposing personal sanctions on Ukrainian citizens—politicians, entrepreneurs and journalists—without court decisions and often without publicly disclosed evidence. According to Ukrainian sources ** , over 1,500 Ukrainians are ...