Writing reports can be a daunting task, but this one made me realise just how much the team, volunteers, trustees and the wider UIL community, including our friends, benefactors and patrons, managed to achieve over this turbulent time. Looking forward to future accomplishments!

With the help of his dad, a Ukrainian soldier places his wheelchair on top of a Bolt scooter deck and rides it down the street whooping. His dad watches. Cherries blossom. Spring hurts.

Congress hasn’t passed Ukraine aid bill in >470 days.

📽️We're honoured to present award-winning documentary CHORNOBYL 22 at the IN SHORT European Short Film Festival in London & Glasgow. Directed by Oleksiy Radynski.

🗓️21 April at Glasgow Film Theatre glasgowfilm.org/movie/in-short…

🗓️27 April at Institut français UK
institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/people-…

It’s been more than 10 years of ru war on nature in Ukraine. What have we as a global community done to deter ru ecocide?

🎥 Watch our The RSA / Ukrainian Institute London discussion with @jojomehta, Anna Ackermann, Marjukka Porvari, Bart Gruayert: youtube.com/live/aIN-oVLcN…

'I was born in southern 🇺🇦, this is my land, my people. They fight for independence, even in seemingly hopeless situations. Instead of complaining they search for solutions. This gives me hope.' Roman Bondarchuk on his doc Ukrainian Sheriffs

all russian attacks are evil but there is something that feels even more so about those ongoing in kharkiv right not when there is no signal there for half the day due to the attacks on the energy grid two weeks ago, and thus no way to check that your loved ones have survived

‘Russia is laying mines, destroying dams, committing nuclear blackmail. What can we do as a global community to deter these crimes? Tonight we’ll focus on reconstruction & justice: on holding the criminals accountable.’ Dr Sasha Dovzhyk at today’s Ukrainian Institute London/The RSA event.

This morning our windows were shattered by a blast in Zaporizhzhia. Yesterday the house of my friend's sister was damaged by a missile in Kyiv. Over the past 2 years, Russians have erased dozens of towns in Ukraine. If you want to keep this reality at a distance, help Ukraine win

What have we done in response to the ru destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in June 2023 to deter its strike on the DniproHES dam in Zaporizhzhia today? Join our discussion on ecocide at The RSA to raise this question, online/in person, 28.03. I moderate. thersa.org/events/2024/03…

Thank you Public Interest Journalism Lab for having me on their podcast. We discussed how the tools used by #Russia to deport, indoctrinate & militarise #Ukrainian children since 2022 are rooted in practices implemented in occupied territories since 2014 & much more. In 🇺🇦: journlab.online/everything-mat…

Last night, Russia hit the Zaporizhzhia Dnipro HES, yet again threatening global environmental security. Join us on 28 March to discuss global environmental challenges and lessons from Ukraine. Event is organised by Ukrainian Institute London, The RSA and partners. thersa.org/events/2024/03…

We're delighted to announce ‘People Power’, a three day celebration of Ukrainian documentary film! Organised by Ukrainian Institute London, Docudays UA & BerthaDocHouse.
🗓️ 5 - 7 April 🎟️ Limited tickets - book now to avoid disappointment! Full film programme⤵️ dochouse.org/ukrainian-seas…

On Saturday thousands of people across the world came together in solidarity to mark 2 years of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Thank you to everyone who showed their support by joining the march & vigil in central London. 📸Ukrainian Institute London volunteer Catherine Jaskowiak.

Join us for a march in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, coordinated by British-Ukrainian organisations in the UK, as we come together to mark 2 years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
🗓️ Sat 24 Feb, 13:30📍 Speakers’ Corner, Hyde Park ukrainianinstitute.org.uk/events/ukraine…

Tonight!

'My task as a journalist is to make impt stories interesting for audiences not because they're 'hot topics' but because they desperately need to be told'

Nataliya Gumenyuk at the talk I was honoured to moderate at Ukrainian Institute London. More on her work w/ The Reckoning Project: thereckoningproject.com

Russia has deported more than 20,000 Ukrainian children. Evidence of war crimes continues to mount. Join us on Wed to discuss the experience of children & Russia’s oppression of Ukr identity in occupied territories. Free 🎟️: ukrainianinstitute.org.uk/events/russias… Civil Network OPORA Voices Of Children 🇺🇦 ICUV | International Centre for Ukrainian Victory

Extremely important event on one of the most disturbing aspects of Russia’s war against Ukraine. This Wednesday at Ukrainian Institute London

Don‘t ask Ukrainians when the war will end. Ask yourselves why Putin is still able to continue. ⁦Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський⁩ #MSC2024

'If there’s one thing Ukrainians know about democracy, it is that it’s really hard work. But it pays off.' A useful thought to keep in mind right now. My TED talk on what the world can learn from Ukraine's fight for democracy can be watched via TED Talks. go.ted.com/olesyakhromeyc…