Threat, savior, or victim? How Ukrainian online news media represent labor migrants during Russia’s aggression against Ukraine
Journal: Przegląd Wschodnioeuropejski
Year: 2025

The socio-economic crisis in Ukraine after the start of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine in 2014 and Ukraine’s signing of the Association Agreement with the EU increased labor migration from Ukraine to EU member states. Based on the application of A. Tymczuk’s model of media frames regarding Ukrainian labor migrants, and using a qualitative thematic and frame analysis of selected online news media in Ukraine, I conclude that the media represent the Ukrainian labor migrant as a “threat” to the