ICUV paid an advocacy visit to France
Our co-founders Hanna Hopko and Olena Halushka with partners New Europe Center had a two-day advocacy visit to France to promote Ukrainian interests and needs in order to win this war.
Our co-founders Hanna Hopko and Olena Halushka with partners New Europe Center had a two-day advocacy visit to France to promote Ukrainian interests and needs in order to win this war.
A group of Ukrainian and Polish civic activists and volunteers held a three-day demonstration on the streets of Warsaw. It took place in front of the Marriott Hotel where US President Joe Biden was staying, during his visit to Poland.
On February 24, in Warsaw (Poland) thousands of Ukrainians and Poles took to the streets to mark the anniversary of russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian civil society organizations call on Western decision-makers to unite in defeating russian threats to the civilized world.
What will happen in Europe and the world if russia wins
According to the results of 2022, the sown area under grain crops decreased by 28% compared to the average indicators of the three previous years, and under oil crops – by 17%. The main reasons are temporary occupation of parts of Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions and contamination of fields with mines.
The international working group on the issue of sanctions against russia (the McFaul-Yermak group) in its “Action Plan...” dated April 19 provided for sanctions against Rosatom. But it is not in any of the accepted 7 sanctions packages. At the same time, the issue of Western sanctions against Rosatom is sensitive for russia, as the corporation's statement dated August 19, 2022 shows.
This year, for the first time, the ICUV team organized an intense Advocating for Ukrainian Victory component within the framework of WSF. The program we prepared, contained panel discussions, open events, and art installations to engage more support for our country.
As of August 1, 2022, direct losses of the Ukrainian economy caused by russia damaging or destroying the residential and non-residential buildings as well as infrastructure in Ukraine amounted to $108.3 billion or 2,9 trillion UAH, according to the estimation of the KSE Institute. The amount is already significant, but as the russian aggression still goes on, that number will keep growing. This makes post-war reconstruction and recovery an important process which has to be scrupulously thought through already now.