Authors

Natalya Korniyenko

Ukrainian journalist, editor, interviewer. Author of "Words and Bullets," a collection of interviews with Ukrainian writers and journalists who became soldiers and volunteers during the Russian-Ukrainian War. Current project: "Refugees: Stories of War and Emigration," about Ukrainian women who were forced to leave their country because of the full-scale war. She was published in the Irish Independent and The Irish Times. Her essays were included in "Irish Pages: War in Europe" special issue, and "Stories from Ukraine: Fighters," a collection of narrative nonfiction. In 2024, Natalya was shortlisted for the "Professional Honor" Ukrainian Journalism Award. PEN Ukraine included her book "Words and Bullets" in their list of "The best books published in Ukraine in 2024."

foreigners learning Ukrainian

Seven voices: Foreigners embrace Ukrainian language in act of solidarity

culture

Dublin Book Fair’s panel on Ukrainian culture: A vital discussion on preserving heritage and identity under siege

Independence Day

Why do we have to fight: writers and journalists who are in the military talk about Ukrainian independence

Serhii Shebelist

Serhii Shebelist: Ukrainian resistance reminds the Western countries about their values

Tetyana Oharkova

Oharkova and Yermolenko: The lesson of the first year of the big war is a lesson of strength

Words and Bullets

Pavlo Stekh: War makes you switch to black and white optics

journalists

Maksym Skubenko: The truths, you have never thought about, are revealed at ground zero

russian-ukrainian war

Echoes from the frontline: Maksym Kryvtsov on war, poetry, and why Ukrainian youth give him hope

Petro Yatsenko

Petro Yatsenko: The heart of Mariupol is definitely alive

russian-ukrainian war

Yaryna Chornohuz: It’s not putin, prigozhyn or the Russian army who fight us, it’s the entire Russian people

Words and Bullets

Yevheniya Podobna: Russia has clearly shown that it has its mind set on our total destruction

Words and Bullets

Alla Pushkarchuk: It will take years to get rid of the patriarchal view of military service