Over the past few months, Ukraine has endured one of the harshest winters in decades. In the Chernihiv region, temperatures plunged to as low as –27°C, accompanied by heavy snowfall and prolonged periods of extreme cold. Throughout this time, Russia continued its relentless attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, leaving thousands of people without electricity, heating, and, in some cases, even access to running water for weeks at a time. For families already living under

SCHOOL TWINNING: At the beginning of our friendship with the Chernihiv Region we spoke about the importance of making sure that young people were at the centre of everything we do. I'm therefore thrilled that Cobham Hall School have become the first school in Kent to formally twin with a school in the Chernihiv Region since the signing of the Chernihiv-Kent Agreement last year. Many congratulations to the staff and students at Cobham Hall and the Koriukivka Lyceum. I was so

Reflections by Councillor Jordan Meade... Over the past six months, I’ve been working to secure a cooperation partnership between Kent County Council and the Chernihiv Oblast Чернігівська ОДА, in Ukraine. This mutually beneficial agreement will act as an enabler for the businesses, community groups and residents of Kent to strategically support one of the Ukrainian regions that was most affected by Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine in 2022. On Thursday, I was overwhelmed t

Jordan reflects on his recent visit to Chernihiv... As a guest of the #Chernihiv Regional State Administration, I was privileged to visit the Institute of Agricultural Microbiology and Agro-Industrial Production of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of #Ukraine. Here I was able to meet with scientists of the Institute and officers of the Chernihiv Department of Agro-Industrial Development to discuss the importance of agriculture and scope out potential opportunities fo

Jordan was introduced to the delights of traditional birch tree water by Darka Harnyk , who with the team at Repair Together are doing amazing work rebuilding previously occupied villages in the #Chernihiv region of #Ukraine #SlavaUkraini #RepairTogether #StandWithUkraine

As part of their recent travels around Ukraine to learn more about the impact of the war on heritage, culture and religion, Jordan and Rosemary had the incredible privileged of be shown around the immensely beautiful St Andrew's Church in the centre of Kyiv. Constructed in 1747, this rare example of Elizabethan Baroque architecture is situated on the steep hill where St Andrew the Apostle foretold that this sacred spot would be the cradle of Christianity in the Slavic lands.