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SILLY DREAM MARYNA SANTALOVA it’s holding me — tying my hands, closing my eyes. ‘sleep, girl, it’s warm here— let me show you around’. tighter and tighter it’s tying the knots; the longer I hide— the further I fall. taken…

FEELS LIKE KIRA SANTALOVA I will give you my lips, so you can speak my mother tongue. And I will spare you a piece of my heart — it will be a present of mine— so you learn what my…

SECOND FRONT Ukrainian Journalism in a Time of War ANASTASIIA HRYSHCHENKO On February 24, 2022, Ukraine entered a new reality: full-scale war. Russia’s attack on Ukraine fundamentally changed Ukrainian society, affecting every individual and bringing lasting socio-political and economic consequences.…

HOW TO STAY ALIVE After Working at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant ANNA KOZACHUK Mr. Tsvirkun became a ‘walking reactor’ at the age of 22 as he was sent to work at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, where his radiation…

WHERE DO THE CHILDREN PLAY? VALERIA GERUS Children play on playgrounds, in parks, and in gardens. Children play at home, in their backyards, and in playrooms. Children play in schools with their classmates and teachers, at home with their parents…

CONTESTED REMEMBRANCE Legal and Political Challenges in Acknowledging the Holodomor MATILDA MOLODYNSKI STOKES In Ukraine, memory is political. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the ongoing debate over the recognition of the Holodomor as genocide. Nearly a century later,…

UKRAINE’S MOST UKRAINIAN ARCHITECTURE DAN MALITSKYY What do we see when we look at Ukrainian cities? Soviet modernism. Imperial classicism. French Renaissance facades. These styles (borrowed, imposed, adapted) form the urban face of Ukraine. But is there anything beneath them?…

SOFT POWER An Opportunity to Engage From Abroad ANDRII KUZMA This article looks at how Ukraine uses soft power — things like culture, values, food, and storytelling — to connect with the world, especially during the war. Instead of tanks…