KYIV – Kateryna Handzyuk, or Katya, as friends and fellow activists called her, was an anti-corruption activist in Kherson. On July 31, 2018, she was attacked with sulfuric acid in front of her house. Three months later, she died of her injuries. Now, a year after her death, the main question in the case still has no answer: Who ordered the killing of Katya Handzyuk?
On November 4, several hundred people gathered on Bankova Street, a small street in central Kyiv where the Presidential Office of Ukraine is located. After Volodymyr Zelenskyy was inaugurated as president, one of his first decisions was to remove the fences that had blocked the entrance to Bankova, where the building formerly known as the Presidential Administration stands. As a result, the public now has access to the front door of the Presidential Office.