Jarabik's regular op-ed for Új Szó — the leading newspaper of Slovakia’s Hungarian community — focuses this time on Ukraine’s escalating political crisis amidst an increasingly precarious battlefield situation. In his latest piece, published on August 7, Jarabik examines how President Zelensky’s attempt to assert control over anti-corruption institutions has misfired, resulting in his first major political defeat since the onset of the war. He argues that the ensuing institutional unraveling, amplified by a reenergized opposition and a belated EU response, marks Ukraine’s abrupt return to its tumultuous, pluralistic politics — at a moment when national unity is most vital. As Russian forces threaten the last defensive lines of Donbas and Washington’s ceasefire diplomacy stalls, Jarabik warns that Kyiv’s domestic power struggles risk crippling Ukraine’s wartime governance, precisely when the conflict’s resolution is once again shifting decisively to the battlefield.