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

Alexander Motyl, a professor of political science with Rutgers University in Newark, N.J. and a well known speaker, writer and artist, talks about his family, his distinguished career and the future of Ukraine. This interview was produced in July 2021.

https://www.newark.rutgers.edu/about-us/have-you-met-rutgers-newark/alexander-motyl

Andrew Mac is a partner in the international law firm Asters and is based in Washington, D.C. He is a non-staff, non-paid adviser to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He discusses how the president has been able to effectively engage Western countries to actively support Ukraine during the current war with Russia. https://www.asterslaw.com/our_team/mac/

Dora Chomiak is the president of Razom, an international grass-roots organization established during Ukraine’s Euro-Maidan revolution in 2014. Razom now has 100,000 active volunteers and donors, and, since Russia launched its full-scale war on Ukraine on February 24, the organization has raised more than $12 million for the purchase and delivery of humanitarian and other relief aid to Ukraine. Ms. Chomiak discusses this effort and gives her perspective on what has made the organization so successful. razomforukraine.org

Oleksandr Kosovan is the CEO of MacPaw and cofounder of the SMRK venture capital fund and a well respected technology sector business leader in Ukraine. He offers his perspective on what it is happening in the IT industry and tech startups in Ukraine during the Russia-Ukraine war. https://macpaw.com/

https://humanitarian-aid.macpaw.com/

Serhii Plokhii, author, historian and director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, offers his perspectives on the Russia-Ukraine war. He discusses Russian President Vladimir Putin and his motives for the invasion. Prof. Plokhii also talks about nuclear power plants in Ukraine and the global risks from repeated attacks by the Russians. https://huri.harvard.edu/

The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine is playing a key role in the country's defense in the Russia-Ukraine war. Deputy Minister Alexander Bornyakov talks about the creation of a volunteer IT Army of Ukraine and efforts to encourage major Silicon Valley tech companies to stop doing business with Russia. He also reviews the use of crypto currency for helping to raise funds for the army of Ukraine. https://thedigital.gov.ua/

The situation with nuclear power plants in Ukraine during the current war with Russia poses a significant global risk. Sergii Mirnyi is a Ukrainian international expert on nuclear accidents who was commander of the radiation reconnaissance platoon at Chernobyl in 1986 when the nuclear disaster occurred. He talks about what is happening now with nuclear power plants in Ukraine and the potential for new major disasters as the Russians attempt to capture and control them during the war.

Ukraine is now in its 10th day of the Russian invasion and war. Ukrainian member of parliament Kira Rudik talks about the current situation in Ukraine and its efforts to defend its independence.

Mykhailo Veselsky, a businessman, philanthropist and the founder of the Radowell Project, talks about his efforts to improve the lives of all the citizens of Radowell, Ukraine. The Radowell Project includes activities in education, medicine, the local economy and the encouragement of entrepreneurship. https://radowell.org.ua/en/

Natalya Poshyvaylo-Towler was born near Poltava, Ukraine. She left for

New Zealand in the late 1990's and eventually settled in Melbourne, Australia. She is a regional vice president with the Ukrainian World Congress, an organization focused on the global Ukrainian diaspora. Natalya discusses her family history, her travel to the southern hemisphere and her life there and offers her observations about the Ukrainian communities in New Zealand and Australia. https://www.ukrainianworldcongress.org/about/leadership/nataliya-poshyvaylo-towler/