Ukraine has often been called a laboratory for global challenges in the spheres of environment
information and security. The site of the worst nuclear catastrophe in history the primary
target of the Kremlin's disinformation campaigns as well as the country to spark the collapse
of the Soviet Union and to stand up to its neo-imperialist successor: Ukraine has been the
first to face and at times to set in motion processes with worldwide consequences. After
Russia's full-scale invasion compromised the global system of security the value of Ukrainian
knowledge and experience can no longer be dismissed. The urgency to learn with and from Ukraine
is now existential for the rest of the world. This unique collection presents essays in
English and Ukrainian translations by emerging authors from Ukraine and the UK who employ
cross-cultural dialog and the art of storytelling to open up Ukrainian perspectives on the
challenges facing humanity worldwide. The volume's contributors are Olesya Khromeychuk Sofia
Cheliak Kateryna Iakovlenko Olena Kozar Kris Michalowicz Phoebe Page Jonathon Turnbull
and Mstyslav Chernov. If you want to understand the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine from
the inside read this vivid moving urgent collection of essays. -Charlotte Higgins The
Guardian Moving heartfelt and often deeply personal these essays off er a compelling portrait
of life in Ukraine under the shadow of war. Essential reading for anyone who wants to
understand the reality of Russia's invasion and its terrible human consequences. -Luke Harding
The Guardian The editor: Sasha Dovzhyk completed her PhD in Comparative Literature at Birkbeck
University of London. In 2022-2023 she was Associate Lecturer in Ukrainian Literature at the
School of Slavonic and East-European Studies UCL. Since 2021 she is Special Projects Curator
at the Ukrainian Institute in London. Her previous books include Decadent Writings of Aubrey
Beardsley (ed. with Simon Wilson MHRA 2022) and Ukrainian Cassandra: New Translations of Works
by Lesia Ukrainka (Live Canon 2023). Her articles have been published in among other outlets
Modernist Cultures British Art Studies the Oxford Handbook of Decadence CNN The Guardian
New Lines Mag Los Angeles Review of Books and The Ecologist. The foreword author: Dr Rory
Finnin is Professor of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Cambridge.
