Platform for Life and Peace (Ukrainian: Платформа за життя та мир, romanized: Platforma za zhyttia ta myr, pronounced [pɫɐtˈfɔrmɐ za ʒeˈtʲːa ta mɪr]; PZZhM/ПЗЖМ) is a parliamentary group in Ukraine created after the ban on the Opposition Platform — For Life and the dissolution of the parliamentary group of the same name following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
[5] In the 2014 parliamentary elections, the Opposition Bloc took 4th place, gaining 9.43% of the votes and receiving 31 seats in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the VIII convocation.
In the 2019 parliamentary elections, the Opposition Platform - For Life received 13.05% support (1,908,087 votes) on party lists, and 6 candidates also qualified in majoritarian constituencies.
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, OPZZh took a pro-Ukrainian position,[7] although collaboration was widespread among party members.
[17] According to Yuriy Boyko, the group contains "deputies willing to work for protecting Ukraine, helping the people, and rebuilding our country".