“This war has no borders” – An Interview with Ukrainian Human Rights Lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Oleksandra Matviichuk
Two years after the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Sofia Johanson speaks to Oleksandra Matviichuk about her organisation’s efforts to document war...
Russian Ambassador returns to Oxford
The Russian Ambassador to the UK, Andrey Kelin, addressed the Oxford Majlis Society at the Randolph Hotel on 29 November. His talk covered the...
From War to Freedom: In conversation with an Ukrainian refugee
Aleksandr is from Kharkiv Oblast’ in Ukraine. When the war broke out, he and his family drove all the way from Ukraine to England,...
Dozens of Ukrainian refugees now homeless in Oxford
Dozens of Ukrainian refugees in Oxford have been registered homeless, the Oxford Mail has uncovered.
The Mail submitted numerous FOI requests to councils in Oxfordshire,...
The quiet language revolution in Russia’s former empire
"Where Western broadcasters once used Russian versions of Ukrainian names for people, cities, and so on, they are now switching to English spellings that are more in line with the Ukrainian language."
Russian ambassador says Ukrainian students “may return to their country”
Speaking at the Oxford Russian Club, the Russian Ambassador to the UK, Andrey Kelin, downplayed the brutality of Russian military action in Ukraine and said that refugees in Oxford who have fled the violence may return home if they want to, but will likely be conscripted.
Ukraine’s population displacement mapped using social media
Researchers in Oxford have been able to map the population displacement in Ukraine using social media activity.
Ukraine and Oxford on the anniversary of the invasion
Cherwell interviewed Oxford Ukrainian Scholars and refugee coordinators as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reached its one year anniversary.
Friday 24th February 2023 marked a year...
Oxford-Ukraine Peace Rally shows university’s continued resistance of Putin’s war
Hundreds gathered in Radcliffe Square this afternoon for the Oxford-Ukraine Peace Rally, marking one year since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The rally included an...
We should back Ukraine’s demand for a Nuremburg-style tribunal
Britain, along with the collective West, has a moral duty to support Ukrainian President Zelensky's request for a special tribunal.
‘You know that you’re witnessing history’: CNN’s Clarissa Ward at the Union
“Not only do you know that you’re witnessing history,” she said, recalling the first attack on Kharkiv. “You know that you can’t fully get your arms around everything that’s happening. But you also know that your only job is to be on air and describe what you’re seeing.”
Maxim Biller and Ukraine: The resignation of a German-Jewish author?
I am well aware that for the sake of switching off from university, or from the cruel news about Ukraine, it is better to...
‘Doomer politics’: The death spiral of Russian civil society
"The end of doomer politics will require the ideal scenario of regime change, and then that the West actually demonstrate to Russians that there is a workable alternative to the way their country is run."
Linguistic hypocrisy: Rhetoric on refugees
"Refugees are considered political problems; they are viewed as contentious, voter-dividing subjects"
