Threats of Wartime Restrictions to Post-War Democracy in Ukraine

The aim of the text is to assess the amount and essence of measures, connected with wartime restrictions, adopted in Ukraine during the Russian-Ukrainian war from February 2014 to January 2023. The period of study is divided into three stages – 1) from the beginning of the war till Covid-19; 2) the period of "semi-peaceful" Covid-19 restrictions (2020 – the beginning of 2022); 3) from 24 February 2022 till January 2023.
The main attention is given to restrictions of political activity including freedom of speech, the press, religion, association, public gatherings, protests in social media, possibilities, and confines for anti-Ukrainian propaganda.
Ukrainian data shows that neither the beginning of the war in 2014 nor the of the Covid-19 lockdowns couldn't bring the country to significant restrictions on democratic freedoms. All the time state authorities slowly go further to authoritarian-minded consolidation in front of the perceived danger of the political crisis. At the same time due to "off-line restrictions" during the Covid-19 period the trend of increase in the number of controversial decisions of authorities despite people's protests. 
From 24 February 2022 Ukraine implemented martial law which entails a lot of restrictions on political activity. But at the same time, Ukrainian authorities made additional confines for pro-Russian minded forces. It looks relevant to the circumstances and is welcomed by Ukrainian society, but it should bring huge threats to the post-war democracy in Ukraine.