Society and Culture - Publications

London pushes back against Putin's favorite singer Anna Netrebko

Will Britain's cultural elite and Ukrainian activists succeed in preventing the Putinist diva from performing on the Royal Opera stage?

History of Independence in Photos: From "Revolution on Granite" to "Revolution on Cardboard"

Ukraine's struggle is a dramatic poem without an ending — every generation writes a new stanza

One year after strike on Okhmatdyt children's hospital: A scar on nation's conscience

The key perpetrator behind the attack has been named. Reconstruction has finally begun, though the process has been overshadowed by bureaucracy and complications around tenders.

Mykola Tochytsky, Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications

The top priority challenges facing Ukraine’s museum sector are replenishing personnel numbers and securing adequate funding

Oleksandr Ivanko, a former peacekeeper, is recalling his mission in the DR Congo, the war, rehabilitation for wounds and return to civilian life

Russian museums have betrayed the mission of culture, must be hold responsible for supporting war in Ukraine

A Crimean Tatar Feminist Perspective: An inquiry from within on the “Situation” of Indigenous women and the war in Ukraine

This unfair and unjust war of choice inflicted by the Russian Federation in February of 2022 against Ukraine and its people has caused an upheaval across once peaceful Ukrainian people and its society. 

Uzhhorod Declaration: Cooperation for Resilience

Europe’s awakening as the realization of shared responsibility for the future

In the current political landscape, signs are emerging indicating that Europe is waking up, the cooperation between Ukraine and Germany being one example.

Raiders from Peterhof: How Russia Uses Museums to Enforce Occupation

Nearly three years of the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine brought many changes that require us to revisit the established approaches to organizing defence and ensuring security of democratic societies. Ukraine’s experience is very useful in this context.

What Makes Culture Crucial for and Integral to Ukraine’s National Security

2025 will be the year of cultural conservation and resilience. It is crucial to make sure no crime against cultural heritage goes unpunished

Mykola Tochytskyi: Culture and communication are the key to Ukrainian subjectivity

How to win the semantic war

A Life Symphony Performed by Ukrainian Surgeons on The 1,000th Day of the War

An Ukrinform reporter attended a unique heart surgery performed on a newborn just minutes after a cesarean section

Propaganda and pseudo-humanism: What is wrong with the film “Russians at War”

The Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security explains how the film “Russians at War” helps the Putin regime promote its propaganda narratives and exert informational influence abroad.

Zvezda TV’s role in information support of Russia’s war of aggression on Ukraine

The Russian Zvezda TV channel and its related information resources are actively used to create and spread disinformation and propaganda, in particular, to justify aggression against Ukraine.

How Russian special information operations try to undermine mobilization in Ukraine

Since the beginning of Russian hybrid aggression against Ukraine in 2014, mobilization in Ukraine has been targeted by the Russian state security services.  

Explaining complex things in simple words: Situation at ZNPP, Russian crimes against civilians, Ukraine’s Olympic wins

The Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security pursues efforts to provide a brief explanation to foreign audiences on the current topics of particular interest as regards Ukraine.    

Saving Ukrainian culture and identity

On June 26, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) passed a resolution titled "Countering the Erasure of Cultural Identity in Times of War and Peace," authored by Ukrainian MP Yevhenia Kravchuk, which received 105 votes in favor.

The R.T. Weatherman Foundation will never leave Ukraine behind

The Weatherman Foundation, a registered US 501-C3 Non-profit, has undertaken various missions for Ukrainian civil society and the country’s defense forces.

(Un)Holy war. How Putin destroyed freedom of religion in Russia and is trying to repeat it in Ukraine

“Religious persecution in Ukraine” is one of Russian propaganda’s favourite topics. With particular persistence, Moscow broadcasts this narrative to Western audiences, presenting as “evidence” the facts of “persecution” at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP), allegedly carried out by the “Kyiv regime”. 

Operation “Usurpation”: how and why the Kremlin is trying to challenge Zelensky’s legitimacy

Russia’s full-scale invasion made presidential elections in Ukraine impossible. They were supposed to be held in 2024. Therefore, the media campaign to discredit the Ukrainian authorities through accusations of “illegitimacy” and “usurpation of power” was only a matter of time.

Explaining complex things in simple words: ‘’MAF temple’’ dismantling

The Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security pursues efforts to provide a brief explanation to foreign audiences on the current topics of particular interest as regards Ukraine.

‘’Never Again?’’ How false conclusions from the Second World War brought the attack on Ukraine closer

In order to summarize the conclusions that the Western world made after the Second World War, two words are enough: ‘’Never again.’’ 

How Academic Freedom and Ukrainian History are under attack, on the example of one dirty campaign

A compilation of archival documents was retracted from the list of the Best Historical Materials, and the Ukrainian StratCom Center believes it was done for political reasons.

Stories of Odesa firefighters injured in rocket attack

Despite their own injuries, they saved others

Restoring Ukraine: "We will rebuild school in Avdiivka as well!"

An architectural competition is underway to design a school that will serve as a model for rebuilding Ukrainian educational institutions. However, the project must take into account the location

Explaining complex things in simple words: Situation at the front, Kharkiv holding ground, compensation for war losses

The Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security pursues efforts to provide a brief explanation to foreign audiences on the current topics of particular interest as regards Ukraine.

Vakhtang Nagler: My attitude towards Ukraine is shaped by you, Ukrainians

Vakhtang is an Austrian Georgian with a Ukrainian soul. Ukrinform continues to paint portraits of friends of Ukraine

Ukrainian soldiers in Russian “elections,” or new works of enemy propaganda

How Russian propaganda promotes the “elections” of their president among Ukrainians.

Explaining complex things in simple words: “Peacemaking” initiatives of the Vatican, affirming truth about war, and prospects for boosting Ukraine’s defenses

The Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security pursues efforts to provide a brief explanation to foreign audiences on the current topics of particular interest as regards Ukraine.