Interview with Mariana Zaklinska, Film Commissioner for the Ivano-Frankivsk Film Commission

Bohdan Nahaylo is the Chief Editor at the Kyiv Post in Kyiv, Ukraine. He is a British-Ukrainian journalist and well-known writer whose career as a Ukraine-watcher spans more than four decades. Reflecting on the mood in Kyiv, Mr. Nahaylo does not believe Ukraine is ready for elections. He is extremely critical of the proposed U.S.-Ukraine rare earth minerals deal proposed by the Trump administration. He does not think Russian President Vladimir will accept the proposed 30-day ceasefire in the war. In this interview, Mr. Nahaylo also reviews his three years as Chief Editor at the Kyiv Post and the major challenges.https://www.kyivpost.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/bohdan-nahaylo-716a935b/?originalSubdomain=ua

11 Maalis 16min

Alexander Vindman, a Ukrainian American who was born in Kyiv, is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and former director for European affairs with the U.S. National Security Council (NSC). As a foreign area officer specializing in Eurasia, he served in the U.S. embassies in Kyiv and Moscow. Mr. Vindman received a Master of Arts degree in Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian studies from Harvard University. He also has a doctoral degree in international affairs from Johns Hopkins University. In this interview, Mr. Vindman discusses why the Trump Administration is putting pressure on President Zelenskyy to accept its framework for an initial 30-day ceasefire and an eventual peace agreement with Russia. He also reviews overall relations between the U.S. and Ukraine. He is the author of a new book "The Folly of Realism: How the West Deceived Itself About Russia and Betrayed Ukraine”. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Vindman

10 Maalis 17min

Larisa Didkovska is the Rector of the Ukrainian Free University (UFU) located in Munich, Germany. The university was originally established in Vienna, Austria, in 1921. This private graduate academic institution offers many students from Ukraine, Europe and elsewhere programs of study in the social sciences and the humanities primarily in the Ukrainian language. Noteworthy alumni of UFU include Volodymyr Kubiyovych (1900–1985), who was a famous Ukrainian geographer, cartographer, encyclopedist, politician, and statesman, and Leonid Rudnytzky (1935-2024), who was a Ukrainian-born American linguist and professor of German, Slavic and Ukrainian studies who taught at the University of Pennsylvania. https://ufu-muenchen.de/uk/

28 Helmi 17min

Christian Borys is a Ukrainian Canadian journalist who covered the Russian war against Ukraine for a while. When he returned to Canada, he decided to create a fund-raising site for the Ukrainian army. Eventually this effort evolved into a social enterprise based in Ukraine that produces various consumer products. He hopes to continue this venture even after the war ends. https://www.saintjavelin.com/pages/saint-javelin-day-2025-metal

17 Helmi 16min

Kira Rudik is a member of the Ukrainian Parliament and the leader of the Golos Party. Before her first election to parliament in 2019, she was a key player in Ukraine's technology industry as the CEO of Ring Ukraine. In this interview, Ms. Rudik assesses the current social and political mood in Ukraine and emphasizes how the country continues to fight for its freedom and sovereignty despite the Russian invasion. One of her key goals is to use the roughly $300 billion of frozen Russian assets to help support and rebuild Ukraine. https://www.kirarudik.com/

20 Tammi 16min

The third anniversary of the Russian invasion against Ukraine will occur in February 2025. Are Ukraine and Russia ready to begin peace negotiations? Will the U.S. continue to play a major role as an ally of Ukraine, or will the incoming administration of President Donald Trump change course? Taras Kuzio, professor of political science at National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, offers his views on Ukraine and its current situation with the Russian invasion. https://isad.uj.edu.pl/en_GB/taras-kuzio

6 Tammi 20min

Beginning in the 1940's, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was a key venue in the USSR for the development of cybernetics and information technology (IT). When Ukraine became independent in 1991, a new wave of creativity was unleashed in the field of technology leading to the development of innovative IT companies that sought to play a crucial role in the global economy. Serhii Kryvoblotskyi, Head of Technological R&D at the Ukrainian company MacPaw Inc., discusses this engaging book written by Volodymyr Nezorov and published by MacPaw. https://www.innovation-in-isolation.com/

30 Joulu 202415min

Tony Leliw is a London-based, freelance British Ukrainian journalist, playwright and filmmaker. His writing career spans some 30 years and he currently is a freelancer for The Kyiv Post. His new short film, "Ukraine's Gold", is based on the legend of Hetman Pavlo Polubotok. It has been warmly received in the UK and abroad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQKlXXtcfU8 https://www.kyivpost.com/authors/45

26 Joulu 202413min