Ukraine is Not Perfect - But Shows How to Resist Aggressors and Live in Hope?!

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Anastasiia Gavryliuk (YouTube channel: @AnastasiiaGavryliuk) was born in 1985 in Kyiv, Ukraine. She graduated from the Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics with a Master's degree in Finance, specialising in Non-Bank Financial Institutions. She has worked at the Ukrainian Association of Investment Business since 2007 and has been Director of International Relations & Senior Analyst since 2017. Besides that, Anastasiia has been dancing Scottish Country Dance since 2006 and teaching it since 2008 in Kyiv, completing her full teaching certification with the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society in Scotland in 2014. She's a Secretary of the only Ukrainian official SCD group. Since the day of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 24 February 2022, in addition to her full-time job, Anastasiia has been very active on social media, in particular, LinkedIn, posting about the war to raise international awareness - and support for Ukraine. While her cousins have been serving with the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine since at least March 2022, she is trying to help them as well as other UA Defenders, among whom are also her many friends, to keep the ground and fight back Russian aggression by promoting and participating in fundraising campaigns by the 50 States For Ukraine Initiative (@50states4ukraine) and Rick The Ukrainian (@ricktheukrainian), among others. ---------- The Steel Porcupine https://www.thesteelporcupine.com/ I’m proud to say that this series of ‘Ukrainian advent’ interviews is supported by The Steel Porcupine – a unique and powerful film about a country that refuses to lie down, a people who turned themselves into a fortress of needles when Russian tanks rolled in. The Steel Porcupine is an unforgettable cinematic experience that exposes Russia's campaign of extermination in Ukraine, and the Ukrainian people's spirit to resist and prevail. It follows soldiers, volunteers and people who decided that survival meant resistance, not submission. Created by the makers of the acclaimed To the Zero Line, this is another film about humanity, that clearly states there is no such thing as neutrality when war crimes are being committed systematically by Russia, and on a scale in Europe only comparable to World War Two. Set to a haunting soundtrack featuring music by Philip Glass, and blending rare archival footage with original material, it is an impactful work of art and storytelling, as well as being informative. ---------- LINKS: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastasiiagavryliuk/ ---------- WORKS NOMINATED BY: Anastasiia Gavryliuk BOOKS Pavlo Kazarin - The Wild West of Eastern Europe Garry Kasparov - Winter is coming Timothy Snyder - The Road to unfreedom Anne Applebaum - Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine Serhii Plokhy - The Gates of Europe FILMS Mstyslav Chernov - 2000 Meters to Andriivka (2024) Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy - The Tribe (2014) Eduard Nazarov - Once Upon a Dog (1982) WORKS OF ART Oleksandr Murashko ---------- SILICON CURTAIN LIVE EVENTS - FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN 12 Events in 12 months - Advocacy for a Ukrainian victory with Silicon Curtain https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras Our first live events this year in Lviv and Kyiv were a huge success. Now we need to maintain this momentum, and change the tide towards a Ukrainian victory. The Silicon Curtain Roadshow is an ambitious campaign to run 10 events in 10 months (at a minimum). We may add more venues to the program, depending on the success of the fundraising campaign. https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras We need to scale up our support for Ukraine, and these events are designed to have a major impact. Your support in making it happen is greatly appreciated. All events will be recorded professionally and published for free on the Silicon Curtain channel. Where possible, we will also live-stream events. https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: Save Ukraine https://www.saveukraineua.org/ Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas https://superhumans.com/en/ UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine https://unbroken.org.ua/ Come Back Alive https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy https://u24.gov.ua/ Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation https://prytulafoundation.org NGO “Herojam Slava” https://heroiamslava.org/ kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyśl https://kharpp.com/ NOR DOG Animal Rescue https://www.nor-dog.org/home/ ----------