23 April, 2026
Yesterday, Stand With Ukraine took part in the EU–Ukraine Business Summit in Brussels to present La Cantine de Marioupol. The summit was co-organized by the European Commission as part of the preparations for the Ukraine Recovery Conference, scheduled for 25–26 June in Gdańsk.
More than 1,000 decision-makers, investors, and institutional stakeholders gathered over two days.
During the summit, participants had the opportunity to taste cookies prepared by trainees from Cuisine Mode d’Emploi(s).
The project in a few words:
A culinary training program for veterans and displaced people, primarily from Mariupol. Cooking is used as a tool for professional reintegration, psychological recovery, and economic revitalization.
So far, 22 trainees have been trained: 11 in Toulouse in autumn 2024 a...
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14 January, 2026
Ukraine: Cold as a Weapon of War
As Ukraine endures an exceptional cold wave, with temperatures dropping as low as –20°C, Russia is intensifying its air strikes against civilian energy infrastructure.Electricity, district heating, and distribution networks are being methodically targeted to trigger a humanitarian crisis in the middle of winter.
In Kyiv, millions of residents are experiencing prolonged power outages. Without electricity or heating, apartments become uninhabitable. Energy workers are operating under extreme conditions, while new waves of attacks are being announced.
This strategy is clear: to exhaust the population, test the limits of Ukraine’s air defense, and turn the cold into an instrument of war.
Yet despite darkness and freezing temperatures, resilience remains. Uk...
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31 December, 2025
After a night train from Lviv, Chef Thierry Marx continued his visit to Ukraine in Kyiv.
In Kyiv, cooking and training were at the heart of the exchanges during a meeting organized with Expertise France in Ukraine, Культура їжі | Cult Food, and the French Embassy in Ukraine, held at the offices of UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas Group. The evening was opened by Gael Veyssiere, French Ambassador to Ukraine.
Alongside Ukrainian chef Ievgen Klopotenko, Thierry Marx cooked with Ukrainian trainees trained in France, including former military personnel and displaced persons, particularly from Mariupol, as well as teachers from the vocational high school for hospitality and catering in Chernihiv.
In Ukraine, Expertise France is leading the STIYKIST project, which aims to strengthen the skills of teache...
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