War

Why Russian culture should not be tolerated

Despite how much certain states want to look at Russia pragmatically and search for dialogue opportunities, it continuously proves its inability to come to civilised solutions. In addition, the state-aggressor takes advantage of how its culture and lifestyle can be...

Ukraine Through the Eyes of Reporters: Gulliver Cragg

The third episode of Ukraine Through The Eyes of Reporters features Gulliver Cragg, British journalist, who has worked for the French radio in English, France24 TV channel, and after moving to Poland, started to cover Poland, Ukraine, Hungary and Belarus....

Russification of children as an instrument of occupation

Abducting children is Russia’s crime which often goes unnoticed due to daily shellings of Ukrainian cities. While stopping at nothing to destroy Ukrainians as a nation, the terrorist country Russia is re-educating Ukraine’s young representatives to become Russian citizens. Thus,...

Are the sanctions against Russia working? Review of expert sources

The economic interdependence of rival countries is one of the safeguards that can prevent wars. Therefore, when a nation violates international law or starts an aggressive invasion, other countries apply economic sanctions against the aggressor. This is a powerful tool...

Situational awareness: the role of aerial reconnaissance during the war

Aerial reconnaissance is an important component of warfare. Thanks to it, defenders survey and transmit information, destroy enemy targets, and most importantly, save the lives of not only military personnel but also civilians. In 2014, at the beginning of the...

National communities of Ukraine in the war against Russia

The Ukrainian Institute and Ukraїner have completed an international digital campaign about representatives of different national communities in Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggression. These stories are vivid examples of the multiculturalism of the Ukrainian mass...

Erasing Ukrainian Collective Memory

For centuries, the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union were involved in an organized effort to “erase” the memory of Ukrainians as well as other oppressed peoples. With the erasure went the ideas of independence, knowledge of their own history,...

How Russia Russified the east of Ukraine

For centuries, Ukrainians have had their unique Ukrainian language and culture. These developed separately from Russian society, in a parallel tradition. However, when the Ukrainian territories were incorporated into the Russian Empire and then the Soviet Union, the Russian authorities...