16 May, 2025
Ukraine is not alone—French cities continue to mobilize. At Saint-Nazaire City Hall, the cities of Kherson, Nantes, and Saint-Nazaire came together to officially launch a partnership between the three estuary cities: the Loire for Nantes and Saint-Nazaire, and the Dnipro for Kherson.
Vitalii Bielobrov, Deputy Mayor of Kherson, traveled to France for this symbolic event. The official signing took place in Saint-Nazaire, in the presence of Mayor David Samzun, Johanna Rolland, Mayor of Nantes and President of Nantes Métropole, Ukrainian Ambassador to France Vadym Omelchenko, and the Stand With Ukraine team.Kherson, a strategic city in southern Ukraine located on the banks of the Dnipro River, was occupied by Russian forces at the very beginning of the full-scale invasion in 2022. After m...
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9 May, 2025
On Europe Day, 50 high school students from schools in the European Parliament Ambassador School Programme gathered in Paris to celebrate the founding values of the European Union: peace, solidarity, and democracy.
The day began at Europa Experience with a presentation by Stand With Ukraine on European citizenship, the stakes of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, and Ukraine’s central role within the European project. The discussion also addressed the dangers of disinformation in the context of hybrid warfare—fought both on the battlefield and online—where information itself becomes a strategic weapon.
Stand With Ukraine guided students through the key events of the Maidan uprising, emphasizing that it was a youth-led movement which, as early as 2013, powerfully expressed a desi...
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6 May, 2025
Today, Stand With Ukraine carried out its first school-based workshops, engaging with four vocational classes at Lycée Professionnel Galilée in Paris’s 13th arrondissement, with the support of the Île-de-France Region.
The program included: deciphering fake news, understanding disinformation in the age of artificial intelligence, exploring Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, and discussing the importance of freedom, European values, and the crucial role of youth.
Students also discovered Ukraine’s richness through its contemporary art scene, technological innovations, sporting achievements, and vibrant culture—symbols of resistance and hope. They gained a deeper understanding of the valuable contributions Ukraine can make to the European Union.
We are proud to see these students...
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