[2] Nominees and winners are determined by a professional jury, and the accounting firm Deloitte regulates the final vote tally.[3] The first YUNA ceremony, which took place on 8 February 2012 at Palace "Ukraine" in Kyiv, honored the best in Ukrainian music spanning the twenty years since the country's independence in 1991 and was later named "YUNA: The Best of 20 Years".[4] The event has been held every year since, and its hosts have included celebrities such as singer Potap[5] and television presenter Anatoly Anatolich.[6] In 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the award ceremony was held online.The event's host, television presenter Volodymyr Ostapchuk, and producer Pavlo Shilko announced that winners would not receive their trophies that year.