A superb talk, thank you Olesya Khromeychuk and Victor Sebestyen for joining us at #GlosHistFest24

“Adversaries and allies alike are watching.A clock is ticking and you can feel victory slipping away. It’s not too late to provide Ukraine with the additional weaponry it urgently needs and a path to victory. Imagine what defeat looks like”
A useful essay: americanpurpose.com/articles/imagi…

A full house and a very warm reception at Gloucester History Festival! Many thanks to Richard Graham for organising the panel that focussed on Ukraine. Huge thanks to all for continuing to stand firmly in solidarity with Ukraine.

An astonishing almost 99 percent of the 300 Iranian drones and missiles launched at Israel last night were intercepted, according to. Daniel Hagari, chief spokesman for the military.
Ukraine would love such air defences….

The final day of the Spring Weekend is here! We have some wonderful authors, historians & thinkers joining us today. Phil Moss, Jon Eeles, Mark Turnbull, Philippa Langley Prof Janina Ramirez Victor Sebestyen Olesya Khromeychuk Richard Graham Vernon Harwood Will Hutton & David Kynaston

I’m looking forward to speaking at Gloucester History Festival tomorrow. Join our panel at 4pm. gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/events/ukraine…

Big thanks to all who joined our event on women and leadership in wartime! Special shoutout to speakers Tamara Martsenyuk, Olesya Khromeychuk, and Olga Sovenko. Share your thoughts if you were part of the discussion. And do tell us what topics you'd like us to dive into next time!

Ukraine is the only country in the world facing ballistic missile attacks. It can be defended by Patriot systems unused or in storage elsewhere. This needs to happen now.

This night the terrorist russia completely destroyed the largest power generating facility of Kyiv region - the 1.8 GW Trypilska thermal power plant located 45 km from Kyiv. The plant was running on coal and gas.

The destroy our energy system.

WE NEED AIR DEFENSE NOW

❗️The deadline is fast approaching. Send your submissions by 30 April.
✒️ For this edition of the UIL Ukrainian Literature in Translation Prize, we call for translations of contemporary Ukrainian literature published between 1991 and 2024.
ℹ️Guidelines: ukrainianinstitute.org.uk/ukrainian-lite…

📽️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-…

Kharkiv needs air defense systems. Russians try to destroy the city completely. These days are again absolutely horrific for one of the biggest Ukrainian cities.

#UkraineNeedsAirDefense

Londoners, don't miss The Tailor of Inverness at Finborough Theatre theatre this May-June - a brilliantly told story of memory, family secrets, Poland and Ukraine. (By playwright Matthew Zajac, who has moved mountains to raise money for Ukraine over the last two years!)

Working with Olga_Syd is pure joy. Her knowledge, professionalism and sensitivity make her a dream colleague. Really grateful to her for curating this season of Ukrainian documentary cinema for Ukrainian Institute London. We're already plotting our next adventure, so watch this space!

Thank you to all who came to People Power, a three-day celebration of Ukrainian cinema presented by Ukrainian Institute London, BerthaDocHouse, and Docudays UA, curated by Olga Sidorushkina Olga_Syd. We are already planning our next project showcasing 🇺🇦 films, so stay tuned for updates!

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…

What can we do as a global community to deter Russia’s crimes against the environment? On 28 March we held an expert discussion on global environmental challenges, ecological impacts of Russia’s war, and lessons from Ukraine. Watch a recording on Youtube: youtube.com/watch?t=33&v=a…

Reading Olesya Khromeychuk via The Ukrainians Media in a cafe bar in Dnipro (Plov) while the air alert sirens go off. Spent all day yesterday interviewing musicians and activists for a new Ukrainian publisher. It's a long project but eager to share what I can soon.

Join us today for the last screening of People Power, a season of Ukrainian documentary films presented by Ukrainian Institute London, Docudays UA, and BerthaDocHouse. We'll be showing The Hamlet Syndrome. Only a few tickets left: dochouse.org/event/the-haml…

Aesthetically, it’s too much — the world won’t buy it.
The lack of a logical motive: explain it, you say,
why are they killing you — there must be a reason,
a motivation. This is not how a good plot is built.

Halyna Kruk, in my translation The Ukrainians Media theukrainians.org/thats-why-lite…