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Social media activist Oleksandra Al Zakhran, 26, has been cataloging the lives of her family and other Ukrainians as they try to survive under the constant bombardment of Russian military attacks. Born in Kyiv and currently residing in Canada, Al Zakhran is a Ukrainian-Lebanese activist and business owner, who has been sharing stories and educating […]
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Biden Administration Grants Temporary Protection to Ukrainian Refugees as War Continues
Victoria Carchietta, a second-generation Ukrainian American and a junior at New York University, can only imagine her grandmother as she watches the mass exodus of Ukrainians fleeing their country after Russia invaded more than two weeks ago. “It feels like history is repeating itself,” said Carchietta, who recalled how her grandmother described escaping Ukraine from […]
NYU’s Student Government Assembly Rushes to Support in Wake of Ukrainian Conflict
New York University’s Student Government Assembly has leapt into action in the immediate wake of the crisis in Ukraine. From providing funding, to creating a safe space for any and all to learn or grieve, they have sought ways to provide support to members of the community affected by the conflict. Two days before Russian […]
Amid Historic Conflict, NYU Students Reflect on Families Past and Present Fleeing Ukraine
In the wake of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, New York University students reflect on the costs of war on their own families and friends back home, fiercely held family traditions, and stories of their own grandparents fleeing their home country decades earlier. As they watch history once again repeated, here are some […]
LGBTQ Ukrainians Face Persecution In Russian Invasion
Yevhen Trachuk left Kyiv on Feb. 28. After a week of hiding in metro stations at night to avoid bombs and spending his days drinking and smoking in his Kyiv apartment, Trachuk got on a train and went west, to the Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk. Trachuk is a 25-year-old LGBTQ rights activist and works with […]
Thousands gather in Times Square in support of Ukraine
NEW YORK — “We’re not angels, Russia’s not the devil, but what they’re doing is wrong,” said Karen Cahn, a protester in Times Square on Saturday, March 5. Cahn, like thousands of others, showed up for a rally organized by Razom for Ukraine, a nonprofit dedicated to the betterment of Ukraine. The rally, one of […]
NYU Russian Faculty and Students Discuss Russian-Ukrainian Conflict
Russian New York University faculty and students on Friday expressed opposition and disappointment over President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine. Speaking after a panel discussion hosted by the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia, Anastasia Vlasova, a freshman student from Moscow with friends and relatives in Ukraine, said she’s “incredibly disappointed in […]
The Ukrainian Crisis: What You Need to Know About the Invasion
Russian President Vladimir Putin began a full scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 after months of troop buildup and failed diplomatic efforts by the United States and its European allies to avert a conflict. Since then, the Ukrainian people under President Volodymyr Zelensky have been courageously fighting to defend their freedom and their independence […]
Solidarity Amidst Crisis, NYU Community Gathers in Support of Ukraine
Days after President Vladimir Putin’s military invasion, hundreds of New York University students, faculty and alumni on Monday gathered at the steps of Kimmel Center for University Life to recognize the innocent victims of the historic crisis in Ukraine. “We condemn Putin’s words, actions and the attempt to question the right of statehood in Ukraine,” […]
NYC LGBTQ+ community gathers for LGBTQ+ Ukrainians at Stonewall Inn
On Saturday, a crowd of around 100 people donning colorful flower crowns and waving bright blue and yellow flags gathered at Stonewall Inn in support of Ukraine and its LGBTQ+ community in the wake of Russia’s invasion. The group, many of whom held up cardboard signs, some reading “queer love stops Putin” and “404 NATO […]