Abstract

Democracy requires well-functioning mass media, i.e. media that are professional, diverse and independent providing accurate, unbiased and accessible information. Pervasive and systematic propaganda, which is a key warfare tool of “hybrid wars” of nowadays as the case of Ukraine so well illustrates, is detrimental to the freedom of the media and has to be addressed by the state. The article provides an overview of the current Ukrainian media legislation, focusing, in particular, on the measures taken by Ukraine to counterbalance foreign propaganda as well as the risks of media capture and the threat to the freedom of press that such measures entail.

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