Zaxid.net

Zaxid.net
Type of site
News and opinion website
Available inUkrainian
Headquarters
Lviv
,
Ukraine
OwnerTelevision and Radio Company Luks
Key peopleAndriy Sadovyi
Employees24 (2025)[1]
URLzaxid.net
CommercialYes
Launched4 May 2007 (2007-05-04)
Current statusActive

Zaxid.net (from Ukrainian Захід 'West') is a Ukrainian news and opinion website that focuses on coverage of Western Ukraine.[2][3] The website was founded in 2007 and is associated with Lviv mayor Andriy Sadovyi. It was described as liberal-conservative.[4]

History

Zaxid.net was founded on 4 May 2007, coinciding with Lviv City Day. At the time, there were three news sites based in the city, but they functioned like a wire service, targeting audiences across Ukraine. In contrast, Zaxid.net was established as a regional news and analysis website.[5] Up to 2011, the content was presented in Ukrainian, Russian, and Polish. Since 2011, only the Ukrainian language remained.[6]

In May 2010, the site was bought by the Television and Radio Company Luks, which also owned the TV channel 24 Kanal. The company is indirectly majority-owned by Lviv mayor Andriy Sadovyi. Previously, his connection to Zaxid.net was only alleged.[7][8]

In 2018, the main office of Zaxid.net was blocked by activists attempting to break inside. The site's journalists claimed they had received threats from 'nationalist groups,' which the media outlet asserted was a reprisal for its reporting.[9][10]

In 2020, Zaxid.net won a defamation lawsuit filed against it by the National Union of Artists of Ukraine after it published an article alleging that the Union expelled its members improperly and its leadership engaged in corruption.[11]

Chief editors

No. Name Term Ref.
Start End Duration
1 Ihor Balynskyi 4 May 2007 18 March 2009 1 year, 10 months and 14 days [12]
2 Svitlana Zhabiuk 18 March 2009 31 August 2011 2 years, 5 months and 13 days [13]
3 Tetiana Solntseva 31 August 2011 17 October 2013 2 years, 1 month and 17 days [14]
4 Oleh Onysko 17 October 2013 6 March 2023 9 years, 4 months and 17 days [15]
5 Yaroslav Ivanochko 6 March 2023 Incumbent 2 years, 9 months and 17 days [1]

Reception

The audience of the media is roughly 60% male.[16] In 2025, based on a SimilarWeb analysis Zaxid.net was the 19th most popular news website in Ukraine.[17] A poll of Ternopil residents found that 44% of respondents were aware of the site.[6] According to the Zaxid.net chief editor, 30–35 thousand Lviv citizens visited the site daily in 2017.[5]

Following the Revolution of Dignity, the Ukrainian Parliament repealed the law on regional languages. In response, Zaxid.net published an article arguing that Ukraine should respect 'linguistic needs of the residents of the East', which was criticized by the Ukrainian linguist Iryna Farion.[18] In March 2022, Russia blocked access to the Zaxid.net website.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b "Команда" [Team]. Zaxid.net (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on September 26, 2025.
  2. ^ Kazimova, Juliana (2022). "Specifics of Materials of the Internet Media "Zaxid.net"". Bulletin of Lviv Polytechnic National University: journalism. 2 (4): 21–29. doi:10.23939/sjs2022.02.021.
  3. ^ Chabanenko, Myroslava (2014). "Образність в інтернет-журналістиці на прикладі матеріалів львівського інтернет-видання «Zaxid.net»" [Imagery in online journalism by the example of materials of Lviv online outlet Zaxid.net]. Scientific notes of the Institute of Journalism (in Ukrainian). 54. Kyiv University: 234–238.
  4. ^ "Zaxid.net". eurotopics.net. Federal Agency for Civic Education. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  5. ^ a b Perekhrest, Olha (May 4, 2017). "Проклікали 10 років" ["Clicked away 10 years]. Zaxid.net (in Ukrainian).
  6. ^ a b Dmytruk, Uliana (2019). Інтернет Простір Сучасної України: (На прикладі Інтернет-видань «Українська Правда» і «Zaxid.net») [Internet Space of Modern Ukraine: (For Example, Online Publications "Ukrainska Pravda" and "Zaxid.net")] (PDF) (Master thesis) (in Ukrainian). West Ukrainian National University. p. 71.
  7. ^ "Дружина мера Львова продала 3% ТРК "Люкс"" [The wife of the Lviv mayor sold 3% of TRC 'Luks']. Institute of Mass Information. August 2, 2019.
  8. ^ "ТРК «Люкс» купує інтернет-портал Zaxid.net" [TRC 'Luks' is buying the internet-portal Zaxid.net]. Detector Media (in Ukrainian). May 25, 2010.
  9. ^ "Zaxid.net повідомляє про блокування редакції представниками «громадських угрупувань» (ДОПОВНЕНО)" [Zaxid.net reports the blocking of its editorial office by representatives of 'public groups' (UPDATED)]. Detector Media (in Ukrainian). December 21, 2018.
  10. ^ "Поліція відкрила провадження через погрози журналістам Zaxid.net" [Police opened proceedings due to threats against Zaxid.net journalists]. Detector Media (in Ukrainian). December 24, 2019.
  11. ^ "У Львові Національна спілка художників програла позов до видання Zaxid.net" [In Lviv, the National Union of Artists lost a lawsuit against the publication Zaxid.net]. Detector Media (in Ukrainian). February 18, 2020.
  12. ^ "Добре слово" [A kind word]. Zaxid.net (in Ukrainian). March 18, 2009. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  13. ^ "Шеф-редактором інтернет-видання Zaxid.net стала Тетяна Солнцева" [Tetiana Solntseva has become the editor-in-chief of the online publication Zaxid.net]. Detector Media (in Ukrainian).
  14. ^ "Шеф-редактором Zaxid.net став Олег Онисько" [Oleh Onysko has become the editor-in-chief of Zaxid.net]. Detector Media (in Ukrainian).
  15. ^ "Олег Онисько іде з посади головного редактора Zaxid.Net" [Oleh Onysko is leaving the position of editor-in-chief of Zaxid.Net]. Detector Media (in Ukrainian).
  16. ^ Vaskivskyy, Yuriy (2019). "Advertising on the internet media (example: 1plus1.ua, zaxid.net, zakarpattya.net.ua)" (PDF). Derzhavne upravlinnya: udoskonalennya ta rozvytok. 9. doi:10.32702/2307-2156-2019.9.20.
  17. ^ "Аналітики ІМІ фіксують незначне просідання трафіку онлайн-медіа. Аналіз даних Similarweb" [IMI analysts are noting a slight drop in online media traffic. Analysis of Similarweb data] (in Ukrainian). Institute of Mass Information. June 26, 2025. Archived from the original on June 26, 2025.
  18. ^ Farion, Iryna (2018). "Львівське москвофільство на тлі інформаційного штилю" [Lviv Moskvofilstvo Against the Background of Information Dead Calm]. Ukrainian Information Space (in Ukrainian) (2): 103. doi:10.31866/2616-7948.2.2018.151687.
  19. ^ "Роскомнагляд заблокував у Росії українські офіційні сайти й ЗМІ: серед них і 24 канал" [Roskomnadzor has blocked Ukrainian official websites and media outlets in Russia, including Channel 24]. 24 Kanal (in Ukrainian). March 2, 2022.
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