The book “Surviving Hostomel: 21 Stories from a Hero City” by Kseniia Dvornikova, Head of Communications and Public Relations at the Pylyp Orlyk Foundation, has been included in the Long List of the BBC Book of the Year 2026 literary award in the Essays category.
The Cultural Resilience Forum “From Emergency Response to a System of Protection” took place on October 2 in Kyiv, on the grounds of the National Reserve “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra”. More than 150 Ukrainian and international specialists took part in the Forum — museum professionals, conservators, archivists, librarians, and representatives of state institutions, the military, and civic and international organizations. Participants discussed how to turn the experience of rescuing cultural heritage during the war into a systemic mechanism for its protection.
Volodymyr Yelchenko, Head of International Policy Research at the Pylyp Orlyk Foundation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine and former Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, delivered a lecture and held a seminar for students of the Hennadii Udovenko Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In Kyiv, politicians, lawyers, human rights defenders, government officials and diplomats joined forces to develop joint recommendations for unfreezing blocked Russian assets — so as to direct them to the needs of Ukraine’s Security and Defense Forces.
On the occasion of the Day of Defenders of Ukraine, on October 1 the Pylyp Orlyk Foundation and the “Nash Format” publishing house presented in Kyiv a new release in the Para Bellum book series — “Beast in the Machine” by Colonel George Dougherty. This nonfiction work by an American defense technology expert explains in an accessible and clear way how robotics and artificial intelligence have affected war. Experts of the Pylyp Orlyk Foundation spoke about how civilian life changes as the battlefield changes. And what sounded like science fiction a dozen or so years ago has become the new normal.
The Pylyp Orlyk Foundation continues its mentorship program for teachers of diaspora schools and educational hubs, “Koreni ta Kryla” (Roots and Wings: A History That Unites), and opens enrollment for a new group in Copenhagen. This year, we invite new teams to take part not only from Denmark but also from other countries of Northern Europe and the Baltics — Finland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia.
During the High-Level Week of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York, a separate event was dedicated to the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. It was a thematic exhibition, complemented by a scholarly presentation on cultural heritage and its protection amid Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
On Monday, September 28, historians Oleksandr Kucheruk, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Heorhii Papakin discussed the private and public life of Mykhailo Hrushevskyi. He emerged before the audience as a living person with a strong character and an extraordinary capacity for work. In his time and in his place, he did everything in his power for Ukraine to join the ranks of state-building nations and cease to be merely a territory.
On September 26, Europe marks the European Day of Languages — a day that reminds us of the value of linguistic diversity, multilingualism and the opportunity to learn the languages of other nations.