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

Ukrainian American Yuri Yanchyshyn has been a period furniture and wooden artifacts conservator for more than 30 years. He has worked for many important cultural institutions worldwide including The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 2016 he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for conservation work in Ukraine. One of Mr. Yanchyshyn's major projects has been the preservation of wooden churches ("tserkvas"). In this effort he has collaborated with Mykola Bevz, the chair of the Department of Restoration and Reconstruction of Architectural Complexes at Lviv Polytechnic National University, Department of Architecture and Conservation. He discusses his work and career in this interview. https://www.periodfurnitureconservation.com/ https://www.redarchresearch.org/projects/ukraine-aid-project/

Ukraine faces significant electrical shortages this winter due to the constant attacks by Russia on its power grid. Oleksandr Kharchenko, an energy industry expert and managing director of the Energy Industry Research Center in Kyiv, Ukraine, discusses what has happened to Ukraine's energy infrastructure during the Russian invasion and ongoing efforts to repair it. Mr. Kharchenko also talks about what should be done long-term to redevelop and revitalize Ukraine's energy ecosystem to make it self-sufficient and sustainable. https://www.linkedin.com/in/okharchenko/ https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/ukraines-winter-energy-crisis-facing-threat-missiles-and-default

Fedir Serdiuk is a young Ukrainian entrepreneur who is active in the field of emergency medical care in Ukraine. In 2016, he and Igor Korpusov founded a first aid training organization FAST (First Aid and SpecialTraining). FAST has more than 200 local and international companies among its clients. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Mr. Serdiuk, Mr. Korpusov and a colleague Leonid Kopus established the non-profit PULSE to support the development of emergency and combat medicine in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Fedir Serdiuk talks about these activities and the impact of the Russian invasion on emergency medical care in Ukraine. https://actfast.pro/en/my.html https://www.pulse.charity/en

Andrew Wilson is a British author, Professor in Ukrainian Studies at University College London and a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. In this interview, he talks about politics in Ukraine during the period of the Russian invasion. He also explores what impact IDP's and returning war refugees might have on the country's direction. Here is a list of his publications. https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/7084-andrew-wilson/publications. And, this is his ECFR profile. https://ecfr.eu/profile/andrew_wilson/

Andrew D'Anieri is a resident fellow and former assistant director with the Atlantic Council Eurasia Center. He discusses the recent trip to Kyiv of U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Lindsey Graham. They made a proposal for a new U.S.-Ukraine economic partnership in the development of strategic metals and rare earth elements. Senator Blumenthal's upcoming fall introduction of the Stand with Ukraine Act in Congress is also reviewed. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/andrew-danieri/

Andreas Umland is an analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS) at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs and an Associate Professor of Political Science at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. His focus as a political scientist has been contemporary Russian and Ukrainian history, domestic politics and foreign affairs. In this interview, Mr. Umland provides his views on the ongoing Ukrainian incursion into the Kursk region of Russia and talks about the possible impact on Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the presidency of Vladimir Putin. https://www.ui.se/english/about/staff/andreas-umland/

Brian Bonner has been a prominent figure in Ukraine's media scene for almost three decades. He became chief editor of the Kyiv Post in 2008 and assumed the additional responsibilities of executive director from 2018 until 2021. Today Mr. Bonner is involved with a number of Ukraine-oriented projects including The Cipher Brief and the Hromadske Radio podcast, "Ukraine Calling". In this interview, he reflects on the changes he has seen in Ukraine since the 1990's and the current situation during the Russian invasion. https://archive.kyivpost.com/author/briansbonner

Lina Ngo was born in Kyiv to Vietnamese emigres. Once the Russian invasion began in 2022, she and her family left Ukraine and eventually settled in Seattle, Wash. where she has family. Lina is now a college student there and an activist supporting the Ukrainian army through the NGO Ukraine Defense Support. She talks about her experiences and her desire to return to Ukraine when the war ends. https://www.facebook.com/bao.linh.94402

More than 30% of Ukraine's territory has been mined during the Russia invasion. Kosta Schneider, Chief Creative Director at Publicis Groupe Ukraine and the Czech Republic, is the spokesperson for an important effort to raise global awareness of the critical need for demining in Ukraine. The Minefields Honey Project is a collaboration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the agricultural company Kernal, the company Dronarium and the Publicis Group, a global advertising and public relations company. https://minefieldshoney.onepage.me/

The Ukrainian Museum-Archives in Cleveland was first established in 1952 by displaced scholars who took on the mission of collecting and preserving items from Ukrainian history and culture. Dr. Taras Mahlay, on the Board of Directors and President of UMA, and Andriy Fedynsky, Director of UMA, discuss the museum, its valuable work and collections. An important part of its mission is collaboration with other museums, education and cultural institutions worldwide. https://www.umacleveland.org/