The year 2025 was a turning point not only in terms of the war, but also in terms of the realisation of how the state actually functions under constant pressure. It was the year when belief in abstract mechanisms and universal prescriptions finally disappeared. Instead, a clear understanding emerged: the country is held together by concrete people and concrete actions.

The all-Ukrainian portal Informer Ukraine has prepared material on the informal results of the year – through cases and figures that directly affected reality. These actions were not always accompanied by high-profile statements, but almost always had long-term consequences.

Some worked in operating theatres and saved lives, others worked in headquarters and planned complex special operations. Some invested in sport and youth, others in culture and historical memory, others in industry and economic stability. All these areas together formed the fabric of 2025.

Boris Todurov: the stability of medicine during the war

Boris Todurov’s role in 2025 went far beyond professional medicine. As the founder of the Ukrainian school of transplantology and the first heart transplant surgeon in Ukraine, he preserved and developed the work of the Heart Institute under wartime conditions on a full scale.

It is not just about individual operations, but about maintaining an integral system that operates under constant pressure – staffing, logistics, financial. Her actions have become an example of how the medical industry can not only survive, but thrive even in crisis conditions.

Rinat Akhmetov: business in responsibility mode

For Rinat Akhmetov, 2025 was a test of the scale of his business empire. Loss of assets, strikes in the energy sector and a significant reduction in fortunes became the new reality.

Nevertheless, his projects remained systemic: underground hospitals, humanitarian programmes, long-term support for the military and civilians. Even in exile, the Shakhtar football club continued to represent Ukraine at European level.

His high-profile case is an example of how big business is being transformed into a tool for the survival of the state.

Hryhoriy Kozlovskyy: sport as social infrastructure

Hryhoriy Kozlovskyy’s 2025 project has finally moved beyond classic football management. FC and Academy Ruh have become an example of systematic youth work: digital technologies, long-term training programmes, involvement of children from different regions, including migrants.

The youngest squad among professional clubs is a conscious choice, shaping the future not only of football but also of society.

At the same time, Kozlovskyy has remained one of the AFU’s most consistent patrons, investing heavily in equipment, drones, support for artillery units and the rehabilitation of the military.

His high-profile endeavour is to turn sport into an element of sustainable national development.

Vasily Malyuk: asymmetry as a strategy

Special Operation Web, deployed in 2025, became a symbol of a new approach to warfare. Defeating enemy strategic aviation deep behind the front lines demonstrated the effectiveness of long-term planning, technology and unconventional solutions.

Even after the personnel changes, Vasily Malyuk remained a figure associated with the new school of special services – precise, mobile and asymmetric.

Oleksandr Svishchov: a systematic approach to patronage of the arts

Oleksandr Svishchov in 2025 demonstrated a multi-directional model in which economy, sport and culture operate as one system.

The launch of a large fish processing plant created jobs and a tax base. At the same time, it invested in the development of water polo, tennis, children’s and federation sports programmes.

A separate area is cultural and historical projects: museums, books, films, heritage preservation. Svishchov has received awards from combat units for its assistance to the military.

His high-profile case is an example of institutional thinking, in which different areas do not compete with each other, but reinforce each other.

Kirill Budanov: Intelligence as a political factor

In 2025, Kirill Budanov transformed military intelligence into one of the centres of strategic influence. Successful frontline operations were combined with countering enemy information campaigns.

His subsequent political appointment was a logical continuation of this transformation. The high-profile Budanov case is not a separate operation, but a change in the role of intelligence in the state.

Country voice: sport and culture

• Oleksandr Usik in 2025 remained a symbol of endurance on the international stage.
• Artem Pivovarov has proven that mass culture can be responsible and meaningful.
• Nikita Kadan has integrated the Ukrainian war experience with a global artistic context.
• Victoria Amelina left a word that has become a testament to the era.

Bottom line

The Loud Cases of 2025 is not a story of personal success. It is a story about choice and responsibility.

Hryhoriy Kozlovskyy and Oleksandr Svishchov, along with other key figures, showed that modern Ukraine is based on systemic solutions – in sport, culture, medicine, security and the economy.

It is this kind of action that lays the foundation for the future reconstruction of the country.