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“Ukrainian Society in Wartime”
23 June 2025, 20:22
author: Leonid Litra

ECFR launches podcast mini-series “Ukraine inside out”.

The opening episode “Ukrainian Society in Wartime” is hosted by Leonid Litra, Senior Research Fellow at the New Europe Center, Visiting Fellow at ECFR, and Lesia Ogryzko, Head of the International Cooperation Department at RISE Ukraine – Coalition for Reconstruction, Visiting Fellow at ECFR.

In this debut episode Leo Litra and Lesia Ogryzko welcome Fredrik Wesslau, distinguished policy fellow at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies, and Volodymyr Yermolenko, editor-in-chief of UkraineWorld and president of PEN Ukraine, to explore the roots and evolution of Ukraine’s remarkable societal resilience.
Together, they unpack how Ukrainian society has adapted, how global developments—from the return of Dondald Trump to attempts at peace talks—are perceived on the ground, and what the rest of Europe can learn from Ukraine’s experience. How did Ukraine remain so strong in the face of a full-scale invasion? What enabled Ukraine’s whole-of-society resistance? And what sustains Ukraine, over three years on?

Listen the full episode here.

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