Society & Culture

As a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion, 505 objects of cultural infrastructure have been already destroyed in Ukraine. "A total of 1,322 objects of cultural infrastructure have already been damaged due to Russian aggression in Ukraine. Almost a third of them – 505 objects – have been destroyed," the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine posted on Telegram. Cultural infrastructure suffered the greatest losses and damages in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Luhansk regions. The Ministry notes that almost half (47%) of the damaged and destroyed objects of cultural infrastructure are club facilities. As reported, 101 objects…

Natalka Panchenko is a volunteer who lives in Poland and has been supporting Ukraine in every way for many years. She is the leader of the Euromaidan-Warszawa Association which organises information campaigns and sends humanitarian aid and military equipment to Ukraine. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the activist blocked trade between the EU and Russia, and together with like-minded people, she managed to achieve systemic changes. Natalka is producing the joint film project Ukraїner and the Polish television channel TVP Dokument, which the team filmed in 2021. She plans to use the joint project to keep Ukraine in…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 28, 2023:  Nadiya Shaporynska, the president of the non-profit charity organization US Ukrainian Activists (USUA) reported on her Facebook Page that on Friday, February 24, 2023, US Ukrainian Activists, Benjamin Wittes, United Help Ukraine, and Razom for Ukraine held a Vigil and Protest at the gates of the russian embassy in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of people attended this event. https://youtu.be/1Jg3l2dFGPQ Nadiya informed, “During the Candlelight Vigil we remembered all the Ukrainians who lost their lives during 9 years of russia's military aggression against Ukraine.” At the Protest against russia's genocidal war in Ukraine, Nadiya Shaporynska led…

About 50% of the Swiss support the transfer of Swiss-made ammunition to Ukraine by third countries. That’s according to Bluewin.ch, referring to an online survey run on behalf of the Tamedia and 20 Minutes outlets, Ukrinform reports. "Fifty percent of those surveyed want to allow third countries to send Swiss-made ammunition to Ukraine," the report says. According to the outcome of the poll published on Wednesday, 46% of respondents opposed the idea, and another 4% remained undecided. Read also: US awards $522M contracts for ammunition for Ukraine Younger Swiss nationals tend to be more skeptical than the older generation. While…

Hamburg: Participants of a demonstration against the war in Ukraine hold a poster with the inscription "24.02.22. 365 days of Russian terror in Ukraine".Daniel Bockwoldt/picture alliance via Getty Images https://youtu.be/Ko3Q83dhD9Q?t=2 Activists in Poland's capital, Warsaw, staked out an apartment block where Russian diplomats lived and sounded air raid sirens and recordings of falling bombs at 6 am to mimic what Ukrainians wake up to daily and serve as a reminder of the realities of Putin's invasion.  Poland, a neighbor of Ukraine, is home to approximately 1.6 million refugees reported to have fled Ukraine since February 24, 2022. In Warsaw, activists woke…

Yesterday marked one year since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Since then, Ukrainian people have shown immense strength and resiliency. Thank you to San Antonio District 4 Councilwoman Adriana Rocha Garcia, PhD and Ukrainian San Antonio for organizing a candlelight vigil to honor the lives lost since the conflict began.

On February 26, Ukraine marks Day of Resistance to Russia’s Occupation of Crimea. Nine years ago, Russian sabotage groups started attempts to seize the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. On February 26, 2014, at the initiative of the Mejlis, thousands of Crimean Tatars and pro-Ukrainian activists gathered outside the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea to show resistance against the Russian occupation and in support of Ukraine’s territorial integrity. At 05:00 a.m., February 27, 2014, Russian regular troops seized government premises in Crimea. On February 26, 2020, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed Decree No. 58/2020, declaring February 26 the Day of Resistance to…

Nadiya Shaporynska, the president of the non-profit charity organization US Ukrainian Activists (USUA), informed Zmist Edition, "US Ukrainian Activists, Benjamin Wittes, United Help Ukraine, and Razom for Ukraine will hold Candlelight Vigil to remember all the Ukrainians who lost their lives during 9 years of russia’s military aggression in Ukraine and will also have a protest against russia’s genocidal war against Ukraine” at 7p.m. on Friday, February 24, 2023 at the russian embassy in Washington, D.C. This event will mark one year since russia began the full-scale war against Ukraine.” 7-10pm

Ukrainian San Antonio hold rally in the front of the Court House, 24.02.2023

https://youtu.be/o2nZTVCBp8c?t=3 "Russian influence and disinformation - methods of counteraction" Institute for democracy and development “PolitA” invites you to a discussion on the impact of Russian aggression and disinformation and how to counter it. One of the fronts of the war is information warfare. Russia actively conducts a propaganda campaign inside the country, introducing false values and principles to its citizens for decades, substituting concepts. But it also directly and indirectly influences the information agenda of the day in the European Union. There were documented cases of active use of trolls and disinformation during the US elections, but what is the…