25 June, 2025
A look back at the 3rd Summit of Cities and Regions in Kyiv, June 5-6, 2025
As Ukraine continues to face Russian aggression, the 3rd Summit of Cities and Regions was a powerful moment of solidarity and commitment. President Volodymyr Zelensky opened the meeting by emphasizing how direct ties between communities are essential to resist, rebuild, and prepare for the future.The French delegation, the largest in size, demonstrated the concrete commitment of French local authorities, mobilized to provide lasting support, as close as possible to where needs are.Five new strategic partnerships were signed to strengthen exchanges between French and Ukrainian territories:
✅ Île-de-France with the Kyiv and Chernihiv oblasts for the training of Ukrainian civil servants in the management ...
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23 June, 2025
Stand With Ukraine visited the Camille Claudel High School in Mantes-la-Ville for a second time, engaging with 10th-grade students and those in the European Spanish section as part of a project funded by the Île-de-France Region. The project aims to raise awareness among high school students in the Paris region about the European Union’s challenges, European citizenship, and the conflict in Ukraine.
Beyond the institutional and geopolitical aspects discussed during the exchange, this session also explored another facet of the war: the importance of culture and the commitment of artists in the international mobilization supporting Ukraine.
Through examples of music videos, film productions, and public engagements by actors and musicians, we showed the students how present Ukraine is...
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21 June, 2025
Barely a moment after the partnership between the cities of Mykolaiv and Montpellier was signed on June 6 in Kyiv, during the International Summit of Cities and Regions, the first acts of solidarity have already taken shape.
The City of Montpellier, with the support of the Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée Region, immediately responded by organizing a well-deserved respite stay for children from Mykolaiv affected by the consequences of the Russian aggression. Yesterday, they were welcomed to La Grande-Motte for a fifteen-day stay at the peaceful 3MTKD Sport Culture Social center, facing the Mediterranean, where they can marvel, discover French culture, have fun, and above all, forget—if only for a moment—the horrors of war.
To prepare for this precious moment, Clémentine Papa, Dire...
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