24 February, 2023
One year.On February 24, 2022, Russia sent its army to attack Kyiv.On February 24, 2022, we knew that this Russian aggression signified the worst for the Ukrainian people.On February 24, 2022, Ukraine, its people and its President chose resistance and freedom.On February 24, 2022, we made a solemn commitment to be on Ukraine’s side in its fight for the right to exist.For an entire year now, Ukraine has frustrated predictions of its defeat, and Ukrainian society continues its heroic fight for survival, on the European path that it has democratically chosen.For an entire year now, the world has discovered the courage, dignity and absolute commitment of the entire Ukrainian people, who have upset the criminal plans of the Kremlin and its accomplices who only gave it th...
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22 February, 2023
In the night of February 22, exactly one year ago, French and Ukrainians came together to protest against this invasion, that few wanted to happen but which seemed inevitable thanks to the threatening will of a single man. One year ago, we gathered anxious, incredulous, facing the relentless course of events that, hour after hour, were to lead to the subjugation of a people, the destruction of an entire nation, punished for having once again chosen, eight years ago, freedom during the Revolution of Dignity of Maidan.On February 22, while hour after hour Russian soldiers entered occupied Donbas, and then on the morning of February 24, while the Kremlin drunk on power revealed its intentions in broad daylight beneath the whine of missiles, we swore to support Ukraine until victory.In...
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20 February, 2023
The exhibition ‘The war. A female gaze’ is presented from February 24 at the Paris City Hall by the association Stand With Ukraine as a tribute to the role of Ukrainian women in the war launched against their country. The event will partner with the festival Odesa Photo Days, created in 2015 to promote contemporary Ukrainian photography internationally and the Franco-Ukrainian association Amuse A Muse, which works to strengthen cultural ties between France and Ukraine. The project is also supported by the Paris City Hall and the Ukrainian Embassy in France.A year ago, on February 24, 2022, people in Ukraine were woken by the sound of bombs and anxious calls from friends and relatives. Russia had just started a full-scale war against Ukraine, attacking its values and freedom. This war i...
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