Ukraine Conflict Resources

• Meduza: https://meduza.io/en
• Novaya Gazeta: https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2022/02/22/russia-explained…
• The Moscow Times: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/

• H-Ukraine: https://twitter.com/H__Ukraine
• New Voice of Ukraine: http://english.nv.ua
• Kyiv Independent: https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent
• Business Ukraine: https://twitter.com/Biz_Ukraine_Mag
• Ukraine World: https://twitter.com/ukraine_world

• Der Spiegel (requires free registration): https://spiegel.de/international/world/…
• Deutsche Welle: https://twitter.com/dwnews
• BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: https://rferl.org
• Financial Times: https://ft.com/war-in-ukraine
• Al Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/
• Skynews: https://news.sky.com/

• Telegram Feed from a Ukrainian journalist in Kharkiv: https://t.me/Tsaplienko
• Telegram Feed from Mykolaiv head of military command: https://t.me/mykolaivskaODA
• Updates from the biggest local online newspaper in Odesa: https://dumskaya.net
• On the ground reporting: Terrell Jermaine Starr Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/terrelljstarr
• Books for understanding Ukraine: https://utorontopress.com/blog/2022/02/17/books-for-understanding-ukraine/

• National Bank of Ukraine -- assistance to Ukraine's Armed Forces: https://lnkd.in/dNtpafFf
• Razom for Ukraine-- a leading civil society organization engaged in extensive humanitarian, logistics and civic efforts: https://lnkd.in/ebfCU54i
• Come Back Alive--helps Ukraine's Armed Forces via technical assistance, supplying armor and medical equipment. https://savelife.in.ua; donate: https://lnkd.in/dSAZf97n
• Tactical medical training and emergency response by Razom for Ukraine: https://lnkd.in/eC7eFf-H
• The Hospitaliers -- a volunteer field medics battalion: https://lnkd.in/evR63uNk
• United Help Ukraine: https://unitedhelpukraine.org/
• UN Refugee Agency for Ukrainians fleeing the war: https://donate.unhcr.org/int/en/ukraine-emergency#_ga=2.153843710.779357359.1646082451-1505037215.1645721495
• At least 6000 Russians have been jailed/detained for protesting Putin's invasion of Ukraine. The most important organization supporting them and future protesters is OVD-Info, which provides crucial legal aid in getting people out of detention, monitoring and publicizing their treatment, and keeping them from making wrongful confessions. You can donate here: https://donate.ovdinfo.org/
• Joint Distribution Committee: https://www.jdc.org/disasters/ukraine-response/
• Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society: HIAS.org
• Seeds for Ukraine: Help people of Ukraine affected by the war to grow more food in their private gardens https://seeds.kse.ua/

• Attend a rally (see "Events" under "Other Important Links" below).
• Repost helpful (accurate) information on social media.
• We anticipate an urgent need to support threatened and displaced scholars in the coming weeks. Help these individuals through IIE’s Scholar Rescue Fund.
• With every crisis that emerges, artists are directly and severely affected. The impact will have dire ramifications for artists in the days, weeks, and months ahead. Give to IIE’s Artist Protection Fund to secure the safety of artists in peril.
• We expect an influx of displaced and refugee students in need of support to continue their educations. Aid students throughout the application, admission, and academic degree programs so they can persevere despite all odds.

During a challenging time like this, International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) and other campus resources are available to support you.

• International Student and Scholar Services can assist with emergency financial aid if you find yourself in an unexpected financial situation.
• Student Emergency Services (SES)provides assistance to students navigating challenging or unexpected issues that impact their well-being and academic success. You can reach them at 512-471-5017 or by email at studentemergency@austin.utexas.edu.
• Counseling and Mental Health Center (CMHC) has a confidential crisis line with professional counselors that will spend time addressing your immediate concerns. The crisis line is available 24/7/365 at 512-471-2255. To schedule a regular appointment, call 512-471-3515.

Advisors in ISSS are here for you. Please reach out for any support you may need.

• IIE’s Emergency Student Fund will rush aid to Ukrainian students in need who are studying at U.S. colleges and universities. Support IIE’s Emergency Student Fund to rush financial assistance to these students.
• Global Democracy Ambassador Scholarship for Ukrainian Scholars

• Sustaining Ukraine Fellowship: The selected applicants will have the opportunity to spend an extended period (ideally one or two semesters, between October 2023 and July 2024) as Fellows, resident in either Bucharest or Sofia, where they will enjoy all the benefits associated with a fellowship (stipend, accommodation, academic and administrative assistance, integration into international academic networks).

• External List of Resources for Helping Displaced Scholars
• Science for Ukraine (job posts, funding, and support)
• Economists for Ukraine (non-residential fellowship program)
• Scholars-at-Risk Network
• Scholars at Risk Europe
• Institute of International Education (scholar rescue fund)
• DIIA (mobile application that connects 19 million Ukrainians with more than 120 government services, dozens of digital documents)
• Council for At-Risk Academics  (CARA)

An excellent analysis, by a career military historian, of how weak Russia's position in Ukraine is in the face of Ukraine's coordinated resistance. 

• https://samf.substack.com/p/space-and-time?r=15i4j0&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&fbclid=IwAR19GVJRjgCHGUN4fHpFj52WMPQN6CWml6g4JAiOeARjEf0I32VcVJqewzs

Harvard’s Ukrainian Research Institute. They note: “Russia’s war in Ukraine began in 2014 and has continued for the past eight years. On February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine, initiating a full-scale war and elevating the crisis to a new level. What is motivating Putin’s moves now, and what background do we need to understand why? The resources on this page help explain.”

• Bilous, Taras. 2022. “A letter to the Western Left from Kyiv”, Commons, February 25, https://commons.com.ua/en/letter-western-left-kyiv/
• Hall, Derek. 2022. “Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: A Response to David Harvey” February 28, 2022.  [The famous marxist geographer David Harvey recently wrote a post about Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The flaws in his argument are eloquently discussed in this post by Derek Hall.  ~Craig Campbell]
• Hirsch, Francine. 2022. “Putin’s Memory Laws Set the Stage for His War in Ukraine.” Lawfare. February 28, 2022. [I’m a big fan of Hirsch’s historical work, in particular Empire of Nations].
• Sorokin, Vladimir. 2022. “Vladimir Putin Sits atop a Crumbling Pyramid of Power.” The Guardian, February 27, 2022, sec. Opinion. 
• Devlin, Kayleen, and Olga Robinson. 2022. “Ukraine Crisis: Is Russia Waging an Information War?” BBC News, February 23, 2022, sec. Reality Check. 
• Dunn, Elizabeth Cullen, and Michael S. Bobick. 2014. “The Empire Strikes Back: War without War and Occupation without Occupation in the Russian Sphere of Influence.” American Ethnologist 41 (3): 405–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/amet.12086.
• Gessen, Keith. 2022. “Was It Inevitable? A Short History of Russia’s War on Ukraine.” The Guardian, March 11, 2022, sec. World news. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/11/was-it-inevitable-a-short-history-of-russias-war-on-ukraine.
• Barbaro, Michael, Mooj Zadie, Rachel Quester, Rachelle Bonja, Rikki Novetsky, Paige Cowett, John Ketchum, Dan Powell, and Chris Wood. 2022. “The Story Behind a Defining War Photo.” The New York Times, March 15, 2022, sec. Podcasts. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/podcasts/the-daily/ukraine-russia-war-family-killed.html.
• Tavernise, Sabrina, Asthaa Chaturvedi, Diana Nguyen, Kaitlin Roberts, Rob Szypko, Michael Simon Johnson, Marc Georges, Lisa Chow, Marion Lozano, and Chris Wood. 2022. “How Russians See the War in Ukraine.” The New York Times, March 14, 2022, sec. Podcasts. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/14/podcasts/the-daily/ukraine-russia-family-misinformation.html.
• On the Media. n.d. “The Death of Historical Memory in Russia.” Accessed March 16, 2022a. https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/episodes/death-historical-memory-russia.
• ———. n.d. “The Escape.” Accessed March 16, 2022b. https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/episodes/on-the-media-the-escape.

Ukraine with Volodymyr Ishchenko

• An in-depth interview on the historical and political-economic context of the Ukraine crisis with Ukrainian sociologist Volodymyr Ishchenko.
• https://www.thedigradio.com/podcast/ukraine-w-volodymyr-ishchenko/?fbclid=IwAR1Wz9t_elGhjKFm2YnjDmyakNzAfAu-BjE7_AY-75s5aT7i8CipYOqUlAo

Read Volodymyr’s other work:

• truthout.org/articles/ukrainians-are-far-from-unified-on-nato-let-them-decide-for-themselves/
• www.ponarseurasia.org/how-maidan-revolutions-reproduce-and-intensify-the-post-soviet-crisis-of-political-representation/
• www.lefteast.org/ukraine-in-the-vicious-circle-of-the-post-soviet-crisis-of-hegemony/
• www.lefteast.org/contradictions-post-soviet-ukraine-failure-ukraine-new-left/ 
• Tony Wood on Russia: thedigradio.com/podcast/russia-beyond-putin-with-tony-wood/

Terrell Jermaine Starr is a journalist and scholar who specializes in the subject of race in Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia. He is currently based in Ukraine right now and last week was featured on the NPR show 1A. This episode is a bit dated at this point but many may find the roundtable conversation helpful plus Starr’s analyses (including those from his social media accounts) provide nuanced discussions about race. Follow him on Twitter: @terrelljstarr

• https://www.npr.org/2022/02/22/1082389064/putin-makes-his-move-in-ukraine

• Masha Gessen: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-crushing-loss-of-hope-in-ukraine

The Slavic Connexion (podcast):

• Putin's War in Ukraine: The History of the Conflict with David Marples

• Putin's War in Ukraine: "Truth will be told" with Alex Kokcharov

This is Democracy (podcast):

• This is Democracy – Episode 185: Ukraine Invasion by Russia with Jeremi Suri

Global Disinformation Lab Director and CREEES Assistant Professor Kiril Avramov: 

• "How the Letter 'Z' Fits Into the History of Russian Propaganda Efforts"

Professor Jeremi Suri, LBJ School of Public Affairs:

• “Ukraine and the Economy will Dominate Biden’s State of the Union Address, Voice of America (28 February 2022).

• “What to Expect from Biden’s State of the Union Address,” Courthouse News Service (28 February 2022)

CREEES MA Alumnus Matt Orr:

• "Biden's Comments on Ukraine Won't Change Russia’s Calculus"

CREEES MA Alumnus Audrius Rickus:

• "Baseless claims of ‘denazification’ have underscored Russian aggression since World War II"

History PhD student Rebecca Johnston:

• "The Only Russian Official Angrier Than Putin at How Things Are Going in Ukraine"

CREEES Professor Steven Seegel:

• "What's at Stake for America as Tensions Soar in Ukraine/Russia Conflict"

Professor Robert Moser and Associate Professor Patrick McDonald (Government):

• "UT Austin Experts Break Down Russia/Ukraine Situation"

CREEES MA student Misha Symanovskyy:

• "US Imposes New Sanctions on Russia Over Ukraine Conflict"

CREEES MA Alumnus Matt Orr:

• "Things will continue to get worse: Analyst on Russia's Invasion of Ukraine"

Professors Robert Moser & Jeremi Suri, Intelligence Studies Project Director Stephen Slick, Strauss Center Director Robert Chesney, Post Doctoral Fellow, Clements Center Alexandra Sukalo:  

• "Here’s what UT foreign security experts are watching as Russia attacks Ukraine"

Professor Jeremi Suri, LBJ School of Public Affairs:

• 25 February 2022, Central Time, Wisconsin Public Radio, How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Harms World Order
• 23 February 2022, Texas Standard, Public Radio on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
• 25 January 2022, Texas Standard, Public Radio on preventing a Russian invasion of Ukraine

• Ukraine Events Calendar (ASEEES)
• Spotlight on Ukraine: A Conversation on the Current Crisis (recording)
• Austin TX Ukrainians Facebook Group for current updates on rallies, support, etc.

• CSPAN Classroom
• How to Talk to Kids About Violence, Crime, and War
• For Military Families