31 August, 2023
One of the great examples of cooperation between French and Ukrainian cities, that was successfully initiated this summer under the auspices of the Stand With Ukraine, was the interaction between the French city of Saint-Menehould in the province of Champagne and the Ukrainian city of Kalynivka in Vinnytsia region.
In August, the city of Saint-Menehould has organised exciting holidays for Ukrainian children from Kalynyvka, whose parents are fighting for Ukraine now or, unfortunately, died defending our country,
On the 21th of August a delegation of 50 children and teachers from the Vinnytsia region arrived to Saint-Menehould and was welcomed by the mayor of the city Bertrand Courot and a team of activists and volunteers, who organized a rich program of stay for the children.
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3 April, 2023
Last Monday, the association Stand with Ukraine travelled to Ovroutch, a small Ukrainian town
close to the Belarusian frontier, accompanied by Mr Thibaut Guignard, Mayor of the municipality
of Ploeuc l’Hermitage and Vice-President of the Urban Area of Saint-Brieuc. This visit came a
week after a journey by the Vice-Mayor of Ovroutch accompanied by other Ukrainian Mayors to
Saint-Brieuc.
We arrive in Ovroutch after a two hour drive, and are welcomed by the Mayor and Vice-Mayor of
the municipality, with whom the friendship links created virtually and subsequently in France
guarantee a joyful reunion! We are honoured to be offered a traditional welcome with special
bread. Before the war this municipality of 35,000 people was known for its landscape of fields
and forest, rare stones...
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29 March, 2023
Stand with Ukraine welcomes the visit to France from 27 to 29 March of a delegation of four Ukrainian mayors, organised with the Ukrainian NGO ANTS with the aim of developing Franco-Ukrainian cooperation at local level. This visit is one of the concrete outcomes of the "Lights for Winter" campaign led by the association since last November to strengthen links between French and Ukrainian local authorities through emergency humanitarian aid.
The delegation was received on 27 March by Mr. Benjamin Haddad, president of the France-Ukraine parliamentary friendship group, who presented the work of the National Assembly in favour of Ukraine, and then by his counterparts in the Senate, Mr. Joël Guerriau and Mrs. Annick Billau, who testified to the sincere solidarity of their institution with th...
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