Krynytsya (The Well), your wellspring for Ukraine and Ukrainians

Lucia Bondar is a Ukrainian publisher and author. Her coffee table books focus on architecture and design in Ukraine. Ms. Bondar's latest book, "Ukraine Rising: Contemporary Creative Culture from Ukraine" is a collaboration with the independent German book publisher Gestalten based in Berlin. This book presents the work of the Ukrainian creative community and highlights their innovation and intrep...

In 2017 Ukrainian American doctors Nelya and Serhii Melnitchouk founded a non-profit to work on improving cancer and trauma care in Ukraine. The focus of Global Medical Knowledge Alliance (GMKA) is to develop physician and patient educational content that is evidence based, written by experts, and available through an online educational platform. Serhii is a cardiac surgeon at Massachusetts Genera...

The implementation of geothermal energy in Ukraine could bring an important new source to ensure energy security. Taras Popadynets, head of Geothermal Ukraine, and Yuliia Demchuk, board member, discuss why the NGO Geothermal Ukraine was established and what the advantages are in the implementation of geothermal energy in Ukraine. https://geothermalukraine.org/

Prof. Volodymyr Dubovyk is the Director, Center for International Studies at Mechnikov National University, Odesa, Ukraine. He is a Ukrainian expert on U.S.-Ukraine relations and security in the Black Sea region. Prof. Dubovyk is currently a visiting scholar at the Tufts University Fletcher Russia and Eurasia program in Massachusetts. He offers his views on U.S.-Ukraine relations and Ukraine's inc...

On June 5, 2023, the Kahkovka Dam was breached in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine. The disaster has been cited as evidence of Russian ecological warfare against Ukraine. Freelance Ukrainian American journalist Mark Temnycky talks about what happened and the long term impact for Ukraine and the global economy. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/mark-temnycky/

The Holodomor Research and Education Consortium (HREC) promotes the research, study, and understanding of the Holodomor, which was the man-made Famine in Ukraine of 1932–33. HREC was established in 2013 with the generous support of the Temerty Foundation as a project of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) at the University of Alberta. The HREC mandate is carried out by CIUS staff in...

Pavlo Kovtoniuk is a cofounder of the Ukrainian Health Center (UHC). The UHC is a think tank based in Kyiv Ukraine offering consultancy, analytics, and educational services. Mr. Kovtoniuk talks about the extreme challenges faced by the health care system in Ukraine since the Russian invasion began in February 2024 and offers his views on what might lie ahead. https://uhc.org.ua/en/home/

Nataliya Gumenyuk is a Ukrainian journalist and expert on foreign affairs. She is a cofounder of the independent media Hromadske TV and the Reckoning Project, which was established to document war crimes in Ukraine. Ms. Gumenyuk is also the CEO of the Public Interest Journalism Lab. She gives her perspectives on how Ukrainian society has changed during the war and why securing Crimea is critical t...

There is an ongoing battle against Russian disinformation about Ukraine being fought today. Julia Petryk, the head of PR with the Ukrainian software firm MacPaw, is also the cofounder of the Ukrainian PR Army. The worldwide group (mostly volunteer) was formed shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine occurred in February 2022. Ms. Petryk talks about how and why the group was established, its c...

Alex Lissitsa is an agribusiness expert, a Presidium member with the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club and CEO of the Warsaw-listed agricultural company IMC. He discusses the current Russian blockade of Ukrainian Black Sea grain exports and shipping and its impact on global food insecurity. www.linkedin.com/in/alex-lissitsa/

The Ukrainian Canadian Daniel Bilak has spent 30 years helping to develop a western style governmental administration in Ukraine. A lawyer by profession, he has also been involved with managing investment opportunity in the country. Today Mr. Bilak is serving in Ukraine's territorial defense forces. He reviews his valuable efforts and talks about the recent destruction of the Kakokhova dam in sout...

Katherine Marsh is a Ukrainian American journalist and author. Her latest book, "The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine", is a middle-grade survival story that traces a painful family secret back to the Holodomor, the horrific forced famine in Ukraine in the 1930's. Katherine discusses the history of her family and how she drew from it to write this compelling book. https://us.mac...

On June 23rd-24th, the Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin led a military rebellion in Russia. His troops took over the Russian military command center Rostov-on-Don and some of them marched on Moscow. Prigozhin recalled his troops before they reached the Russian capital. Political Science Professor Alexander Motyl, who is an expert on Soviet and post-Soviet politics, offers his analysis of these...

Oleg Drozdov is the owner of the well-known Ukrainian architectural firm Drozdov & Partners. He is also the cofounder of the Kharkiv School of Architecture established in 2017. In 2022, Mr. Drozdov cofounded Ro3kvit, a coalition of Ukrainian and international architects, urban planners and artists dedicated to assisting the recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine. He talks about his career in archi...

Sasha Maslov, who was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, is a Ukrainian American portrait photographer and visual storyteller. He has done work for major global media companies like The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and many others. Sasha has produced several books of his photographs including "Ukrainian Railroad Ladies (2020)" https://railroadladies.com/ . He is currently wo...

Nadia Parfan is a Ukrainian anthropologist, programmer, documentary film director and producer. She is also the founder of the online streaming service "Takflix" (https://takflix.com/en). Takflix is a unique video-on-demand streaming service to watch Ukrainian films, which are hand-picked by its curators. It has about 70,000 registered users who are 60% from Ukraine and 40% from other countries. N...

Alexander Vindman, a Ukrainian American who was born in Kyiv, is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and former director for European affairs with the U.S. National Security Council (NSC). As a foreign area officer specializing in Eurasia, he served in the U.S. embassies in Kyiv and Moscow. Mr. Vindman received a Master of Arts degree in Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian studies from...

Julian Kytasty is a Ukrainian American composer, singer, kobzar, bandurist, flutist and conductor. He has performed around the world and collaborated with many different groups including the well known Yara Arts Group of New York City. Julian descends from a long line of bandura players in his family. In this interview, he talks about his distinguished musical career and his family. Photo by Ihor...

Eight years ago, Israeli-American film director, producer and cinematographer Evgeny Afineevsky released the documentary “Winter on Fire,” the award-winning film that tells the story of the Ukrainian Maidan revolution of 2013-2014. After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, he felt it was his duty to continue telling the story of the brave Ukrainian people and their quest for freedom and indep...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought with it a large-scale problem with mines. It is estimated that about 35-40% of the country is covered with mines and unexploded ordnance on land, in the seas and in lakes and rivers. This poses a great threat to the public, the economy and in particular agriculture and therefore global food safety. Tymur Korytnyi, Director of Digital and IT for the State...

World Central Kitchen (WCK) is a non-profit NGO not-for-profit delivering meals to people affected by natural disasters. It was founded by chef José Andrés in 2010. For the first time, WCK entered a war zone when it began operating in Ukraine in 2022. Yuliya Stefanyuk, Ukraine country leader for WCK, talks about her experiences with the humanitarian organization and how it has provided millions of...

Dr. Taras Kuzio is a well-known British Ukrainian writer and author and a professor of political science with the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv, Ukraine. He is an expert in Ukrainian political, economic and security affairs. In this interview, Prof. Kuzio reviews Ukraine's current prospects for victory in its war with Russia and talks about whether NATO will accept it as a new...

"Escape from Mariupol: A Survivor's True Story" is co-authored by Adoriana Marik (a pseudonym) and Anne Howard. This newly published book recounts the life of a 31-year-old woman trapped in a basement and underground tunnels for more than a month in Russian-occupied Mariupol, Ukraine, in the spring of 2022. She also describes her experiences trying to leave this war-torn area and her eventual arri...

Hope for Ukraine is a New Jersey-based non-profit established in 2016 to help children obtain needed medical treatment in Ukraine. Yuriy Boyechko, president of the organization, explains that with the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Hope for Ukraine has expanded its mission to deliver food and other relief supplies to the war-torn country. The organization continues to produce positi...

Ukraine's air defense systems are critical to protect the country against Russian missile and drone attacks. Technologist and entrepreneur Dmytro Bielievtsov, the CTO of the startup Respeecher, discusses a new project, Zvook, which is developing an acoustic monitoring network powered by AI. The goal of the project is to enhance Ukraine's air defense systems to better detect incoming enemy missiles...