Living the war from inside Ukraine

It's been three months since Russia's aggression on Ukraine started.  How was it and how is it now? We asked Anna, a young journalist currently living in Ukraine. We talked to her about how her life changed, how misinformation and disinformation are used as weapons and what we can do about it. Anna Fratsyvir is a second-year student in the Bachelor’s of International Communications program at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Due to her humanities inclination combined with a deep interest in culture and international cooperation, she has participated in numerous scientific conferences and projects devoted to the modern tendency of the development of diplomacy and foreign policy. She is motivated to carry out projects aimed to implement western democratic ideals into Ukrainian society and to promote civic engagement in local communities. She speaks five languages, among which are Ukrainian, English, German, Spanish, and Russian. Apart from this, she is involved in journalism and blogging, which she considers to be an engine of ideas and opportunities in the 21st century.  Matilde is a student in Political Science and International Relations at the Cesare Alfieri University of Florence. She is currently in Paris where she is living the Erasmus+ experience at Sorbonne University. Matilde’s dedication to international affairs goes far beyond a simple passion and interest in her studies; thanks to the many experiences she had abroad, she has always felt part of a community much larger and broader than just that of her home country. Matilde believes in a world in which the diversity of countries and cultures is a richness and an opportunity for everyone, and she works every day to see it realized. Her goal as a Young European Ambassador is to move further the gaze of those who still cannot see this world. Matilde finds beauty in complexity. Currently on Erasmus in Prague for his third year of the Bachelor’s degree, Jules Bigot studies at SciencesPo Paris and specializes in the European Union and Central and Eastern Europe. Having grown up in a very European environment in Brussels, Jules has always been driven by the desire to meet new people and talk about Europe. That is why he got involved in various EU-related initiatives such as This Time I’m Voting, JEF Europe, Le Taurillon, Europe Direct and now the Young European Ambassadors initiative.