Ukraine – Forward!

Ukraine – Forward! (Ukrainian: Україна – Вперед!, Ukrajina – Vpered!, Russian: Украина — Вперёд!) is a social democratic political party in Ukraine. From its registration in December 1998 until March 2012 it was named Ukrainian Social Democratic Party. The party has, according to official figures, about 86,000 party members. The official name of the party is: Party of Natalia Korolevska "Ukraine – Forward!" (Ukrainian: Партію Наталії Королевської "Україна - Вперед!", Russian: Партию Натальи Королевской "Украина — Вперёд!")

Ukrainian Social Democratic Party was from its first election in 2002 a long-time member of Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT) but its leader Korolevska fell out with the BYuT's new leaders and they expelled her party from the bloc in March 2012. As a part of BYuT the party was always represented in the Ukrainian Parliament. But after running independently in 2012 it failed to win parliamentary representation. Party leader Korolevska did become Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine in the second Azarov Government on 24 December 2012. In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election members of the party took part in the elections on the party list of Opposition Bloc; Opposition Bloc won 29 seats. From 2018, the party became a member of the Opposition Platform — For Life bloc, a pro-Russian political alliance, though the party no longer exists as a result of it being banned.

Ukraine – Forward! is commonly seen in Ukraine as a pro-business party and as representing corporate interests, although during the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych and throughout Euromaidan, the party also campaigned for Yulia Tymoshenko's release from jail.