Тарас Прокопишин

The occupation of Crimea unfolded before Yesypenko’s eyes. He filmed extensively on his phone: blocked Ukrainian military bases in Crimea, strikes, land grabs by the Russian army, and polling stations during the ‘referendum’

A literary scholar — on the Ukrainian war poetry and how literature can help live through the reality of the present

Russians not only physically destroyed Crimean Tatars but also erased any mention of this indigenous people of Crimea. They continued what had started during the time of the Russian Empire

A historian’s view on Russia’s war in Ukraine and the countless voices of Ukrainians who are fighting to make Europe ‘whole and safe’.

A human rights activist on the colonial legacy of the Soviet Union and why it is important to support people with disabilities

Writer — about the work of memory and creating the chronicle of the losses of Ukrainian culture

A journalist on how Ukrainian is becoming the language of the majority

Pavlo Gudimov, curator and art collector, on Ya Gallery and the reference points that programmed his lifelong love of art