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The Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and his wife Katherine have visited The University of Manchester to speak to students about the war in his country, after attending events in Ireland to mark 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement.

A project involving experts from The University of Manchester which created a live ‘early alarm’ system of major displacement, human rights abuses, humanitarian needs and civilian resistance in Ukraine has been recognised by the OECD’s Observatory …

As Ukrainians mark the 31st anniversary of their 1991 vote for independence, a new book has been released which argues that western nations underestimated the strength of Ukraine’s civic national identity when Russia began their invasion earlier …

The University of Manchester has held an event to welcome the first recipients of its newly-created Humanitarian Scholarships for students fleeing conflict and persecution.

The University of Manchester is holding the UK's first ever Ukrainian student conference this Friday. 

Students from The University of Manchester have been able to pose questions directly to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a live question and answer session.

The University of Manchester has created fully-funded scholarships for 20 students who are fleeing war and persecution, with people now able to apply to start studying in September.

A member of staff from The University of Manchester has completed a marathon cycling challenge, raising over £3000 for UK-Med’s Ukraine Appeal in the process.

Experts from universities in the UK and the USA have repurposed their research activities to quickly create a system which provides a running account of atrocities taking place in Ukraine, constructed from social media accounts located in the …

A member of staff from The University of Manchester is set to cycle around the entire circumference of The Netherlands – 1400km in total – to raise funds for UK-Med’s Ukraine Appeal.

Prompted by the acute need for support for students and university staff fleeing Ukraine, and similar situations around the world, The University of Manchester is creating an emergency fund of more than £5 million. 

What does it mean to be a Ukrainian? In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we talk to three experts about the origins of Ukrainian nationalism, and how Ukrainian national identity is changing.

A two-page leaflet developed from the experience of displaced Syrian parents living through the country’s civil war has been updated and translated into Ukrainian and other languages in the hope it will make a difference for families.

As the world’s eyes fell on Ukraine following the Russian invasion of its borders, staff from The University of Manchester’s International Programmes Office (IPO) had to focus their gaze on getting our students back to the UK.At the time of the …

A humanitarian charity based at The University of Manchester has launched an urgent Ukraine Appeal, as it seeks to raise money to provide emergency medical aid for the millions of people displaced by the Russian invasion of the country.

About 317,000 Ukrainians inject drugs like heroin regularly. 

We’ve all been moved and concerned by the events taking place in Ukraine, and many of us want to know how we can help. 

Where exactly does our news come from? And are those who unearth it getting fair credit? As media consumers, these are questions we should be asking on a regular basis.Take the case of “Colonel Chepiga”. The BBC reported on September 27 that “Ruslan …

The crisis embroiling the West and Russia over the apparent use of chemical weapons in the English cathedral town of Salisbury can tell us a lot about how the Putin administration is becoming more and more adept at manipulating media coverage of …

The first-ever in-depth investigation into RT - the international news network formerly known as Russia Today - has been launched by researchers at The University of Manchester and the Open University.

Stephen Hutchings, University of Manchester and Vera Tolz, University of ManchesterThe decision of former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond to front a weekly political chat show on Russian international channel RT has been widely criticised …

Proceed with caution. Gil C via ShutterstockPrecious N Chatterje-Doody, University of ManchesterAs stories of Russian “information warfare” in various Western countries continue to mount, governments, intelligence agencies and journalists are …